Paul Prescher was born in 1990 in Chaska, Minnesota. He is majoring in Mass Communication and minoring in Communication Studies at Minnesota State University, Mankato. His hobbies include hanging out with friends, playing sports, playing video games, and working at the university. Mass communication is the academic study of how information is relayed to large audiences through mass media, and it can be spread through newspapers, the internet, television, social networks, film, magazines, radio, and advertisements. It is important for presenting information, getting opinions out, spreading information, and developing new ideas, but it can also be used to spread both useful information and false ideologies.