MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MEDIA
I have been born into a generation where media plays a parent role in my daily life. I grew up watching television shows that taught me my abcs and 123s and made my Christmas list based off of the advertisement that played during the commercials. My relationship with media is like a circle, without a specific beginning point and never ending.
As I have grown older the role I allow media to play in my life has grown too. Everyday, I spend hours on end scrolling through different types of media. Social media is now the media type that I give most of my time up too, specifically the apps Snapchat and Instagram. I can't concentrate on my homework without deleting the two from my phone because I unconsciously pick it up and stare at the screen, wasting precious time. Social media is my main source of communication with my friends, another factor playing into my almost abuse relationship with media.
Media has had a huge influence on how I view myself. Sometimes it is my best friend who gives me almost too much confidence, but occasionally media becomes my worst nightmare, telling me that my reflection is not what it once was. I screams at me to loose weight or wear more makeup.
I am in an love hate relationship with media.
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I agree that media can cause so many negative things to enter your thought space and it is so damaging to us who have to grow up and face these things on an everyday basis. I also find it difficult to focus on my homework when my phone is around me , that's why I sometimes just have to turn it all the way off and put it in a different room.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this completely because I think that media, especially social media takes up so much of our time that we could be doing productive things instead of just sitting and scrolling, but we do it anyway. But, at least we recognize it, rather than being completely unaware of how much time we are giving up to something that is going to mean nothing to us in no time.
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