...Media Fast Writing Assignment Last Tuesday, I attempted to unplug myself from the world of media and see how it affected my everyday life. After trying to disconnect myself from everything that involves media, I realized how much I rely on it to get me through each day. I was never this aware of its presence in today’s society until disconnecting myself. Without media to rely on, I found myself having to readjust my whole normal routine just to get through the day. At the start of the day I found myself stressed, unorganized and uneasy. I use my cell phone as an alarm and by turning it off the night before I found myself waking up every few hours for fear of over sleeping. As I headed to my first class I paid attention to various things that I normally never would before. I am usually flipping through my phone, checking emails and replying to texts, but that morning was different. I walked with a relaxed pace to Dodge Hall with my head up and found myself greeting people I knew. As class began, I was immediately able to focus on the material being presented, rather the usual multitasking I tend to do. However, not feeling the constant buzz from my blackberry in my pocket made me somewhat tense throughout the morning, thinking that I was missing some sort of important information. Normally I check my phone every fifteen minutes or so, even if I’m not texting, or communicating in some way ,just to see if I’ve received anything. Realizing this really opened my eyes as to how...
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...Personal Media Inventory Paper Nicole Manso COM 400 July 8, 2013 Lisa Smith Personal Media Inventory Paper Here on planet Earth we receive information and entertainment in a variety of ways through the media which includes the following: internet, television, radio, magazines and news paper. Both day one and day two, of my Personal Media Inventory, first begin with checking my Facebook account, like that of many adults in their 20’s,which is a social media site that provides both entertaining information regarding your personal friends and famous entertainers, along with news information updates. The internet is at the tips of our fingers because of cell phones which allow us to receive information and entertainment with a touch of a button. Then after I am finished getting ready for work get into my car and listen to the morning talk shows on the radio. They are both entertaining and informative in the sense that the cover topics of pure entrainment and topics that relate issues going on in the world with further discussion to reach different types of age groups. Each day between 11:00 and 11:30 am I take my lunch and check Twitter and Facebook for any news and social media updates. On day one Facebook lead me to a Huffington Post link about a news article that I found to be informative and interesting. That is another great thing about social media, having Facebook friends and following people with common interests on Twitters allows for myself to have the ability to...
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...Success; the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. Success is measured in various ways to each individual. What you choose to succeed in may be totally greater or smaller than the next person. I choose to obtain success in my goal by first receiving further knowledge in Film and Electronic Media. It was not until after my freshmen year of being enrolled in the Mass Communications program at the University of Louisiana at Monroe that I found my passion for producing and editing different types of media. Growing up I always thought of filming and editing videos as a hobby and not turning it into a life-long career. While taking different classes and learning how to professionally make art, I began to take up a huge interest. This led me to finding...
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...Major Kennedy Professor Tucker HMXP 102 Media Fasting Essay #3 Fasting from social media or any type of media for a whole twenty four hours is pretty hard. During this time of pure meditation from the digital world was a good way for me to understand, why we need media and why it’s also not needed. Since I was born, I’ve always been surrounded by technology, even the earliest stages of the internet. Most of us today use social media, television, or even our phones to obtain news and information around us. Personally I couldn’t tell you the last time I read a newspaper to know what’s going on in my community. Media is making our lifestyles a microwavable generation where everything is quick and handed to us. Not knocking technology or social media because I feel like it’s much easier to get information in the palm of your hand. But one thing I notice about using too much technology is that we are slowly losing face to face communication skills. More people use texting as a main source of communication and I’ve seen my peers write essay papers like the way they text which isn’t a good trait to obtain. By doing this fasting from technology, I felt at peace for a while, felt like I didn’t have worry about people or the world. Sometimes we don’t even realize how stuck on our phones we be or even the fact that we check our phones even when no one has called or text us. Media is influencing us in our everyday lives, by commercials, reality shows, and even game shows. Realizing...
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...17.3.2011 ABSTRACT The purpose of this analysis is to determine some of the primary issues concerning the influence of the media and technology in post-modern American society. We know that the media is a prevalent and powerful force in contemporary society and that technology has infiltrated the everyday lives of most Americans. In this analysis I will examine the impacts of media and technological saturation through an exploration of my own media usage habits. After a 72-hour period in which I will not use my media/technological electronics, I will define what I see as the prevalent issues surrounding present-day American reliance on media and technology as a source of information, as well as a method of understanding the world. Included is a discussion of the conflict theory and its perception of the ways in which the bourgeoisie and elite politicians control and oppress the proletariat through utilization of media and technology as well as a brief overview of the class-dominance theory of the social media. I will explore some of the methods by which this is done, as well as investigate some of the impacts that the media/technology have on the public, especially Narcotizing Dysfunction. I will explain in detail precisely how the media shape and influence people and society, and I will address the controversial use of electronic devices as communication tools, particularly their overuse. I shall discuss the possibility that these kinds of technologies are addictive...
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...Without Media”. A Day Without Media was first conducted as an experiment by an undergraduate class at University of Maryland but was duplicated by myself for the doomsday experience. By way of this challenge I learned different variables such as my media consumption habits, my most used sources, what were the psychological effects, and the difficulty of finding activities to consume the time I use for social media. This experience was nothing nice, especially for someone whose phone is their world. Media is a way of life. I learned from my personal experience that I eat, sleep and breathe media. This challenge was extremely hard to complete being that all my sources and connections to the outside world were taken from me. Most of my media use comes from my phone. I am always involved in social media such as Instagram, Twitter and sometimes even Facebook. Then while in engaged in these features I am in tune with my music application. I love music. It’s my personal getaway, a home away from home. If my phone is not in use then it’s my computer. It’s always something to do on the computer, whether I’m surfing the web, online shopping, movie streaming, or even catching up on my latest shows. My computer is my backup generator. Without media I am lifeless, and this assignment almost brought me to my death. Being that all active media was not an option during a whole twenty-four hour period I had to find different activities to take part in. Instead of being active in media I found...
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...The technology that that we are available to use everyday use has given me an opportunity to truly express my inner thoughts and feeling with the rest of the world and share them instantaneously. The technological breakthroughs that we see today has changed how society communicates forever. Technology has even begun to change my communication style especially outside of the classroom. Today more than ever we can truly experience culture from around the world at the click of a button. It has allowed for writing to open my eyes to the world around me. Technology has been vital for shaping me and many other people of my generation to be the best communicators that we can be. The advancements that the world has made with the internet, the personal computer and many other devices has opened up so many...
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...our society. Sex is easily accessible with things like Internet porn and social media chatting, that we (as men) no longer have to try to attract a girl to us. The effort of romanticism is gone. The new generations of young men do not know what it means to show affection, romance or love. There still is some hope for romance and chivalry. Despite all of the social media distractions the young men in our society have to find a way to bring back the gentlemanship of generations past. Most of the time before two and a half years ago, 19 years old, I was one of those guys who I am talking about in this piece. I would go out to wild parties and hook up with girls whom I did not know the names of. My best friends and I would hang out, sit around talking about girls. We gossiped about the girls we had been with. Who ever got with the most girls was always the “coolest”. It was weird; back then, my definition of cool. My use of social media was strictly for finding new girls that I thought were hot and trying to hit on them through that social network. I would go on Facebook and Instagram seeing new and old couples thinking, “Ugh, that doesn’t look like fun, why would anyone want to be locked down like that?” Then go on with my day eating lunch either alone flirting with girls online. I enjoyed that time in my life though. I went through everyday, not giving a care about anything or anyone beside myself, except my car. I put more time into my car than anything else. Anyways, after...
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...believed in the green light and a distant reality and so do I. In order to find who I want to be, I had to face myself and society. For ten years of my life I attended a Catholic school. Often, private schools are very small. Everyone knows everyone. There was set behavior, morals and obviously belief system. Moreover, 8th grade was a huge turning point in my life. Prior to that, my identity was never really questioned. I have battled a few racist students here and there, but under the stereotypes placed upon Black Americans. Moreover, this never really bothered me because...
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...2018, where contemporary electronic media is everywhere. Everyone uses contemporary electronics in their everyday lives since it has become a norm to our society. All around us is contemporary electronics and according to Daily Mail, the average person spends more than 8 hours and 41 minutes on an electronic device. If someone had to cut themselves off from electronics in today’s society for 24 hours, I don’t think the majority of humankind would be able to. I say this because now a day everyone relies on their electronics as a way to communicate, work, educate, agriculture, banking, transportation, music, and much more. For 24 hours I will be able to experience this world without using any contemporary electronics. Before I started my 24 hours without using contemporary electronics, I sat down and took the time to think about how this experience would affect me negatively and positively. I believed this experience would affect me in a...
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...Obtaining a University Degree is Extremely Important In my essay, I argue that in my world view obtaining a university degree is extremely important. I will define the term “World View” according to Hobson, Samovar and Porter. I will also discuss the factors that have influenced my world view of education and learning such as a vast experience of financial services experience in the UK and Australia, and more recent journey into the social business media space. I will also touch on what is important to me in my worldview and why these factors have ignited my ambition in acquiring a university degree. Samovar and Porterribing, describe as Worldview as being an “overarching philosophy or conception of the world” (2004, 1) and Hobson supports this by defining it as “a set of beliefs that we hold through which we organise our understanding of ourselves and our understanding of others” (1996, 2). Both agree that it influences a person's perceptions, beliefs, and values. We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. Gautama Siddharta A worldview is the paradigm of how people translate their meaning of their world; in other words, what we make of the world is our worldview. It is something taken for granted without having proof. A worldview is like a pair of reading glasses in that if you get the right prescription, your vision will be clear. However if the prescription is wrong; it could make your eyes worse...
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...Allow me to begin with my alarm clock, which is connected to my Apple Music account and provides me the opportunity to start my day off with any song of my choice. If I get lucky, my phone will appear on the nightstand to my right; although, it often ends up appearing under my back or even below my pillow. Taking into consideration how much I truly use my phone throughout the day, the cold side of the pillow is presumably the only object capable of cooling my phone down. Anyhow, allow me to move on with rest of my day. I lounge in my bed for another half hour, subconsciously scrolling past Instagram posts and Tweets made by anybody from my closest friends to acquaintances whose existences I have not considered for a day since my high school graduation. But, this is the social media world, and an 'unfollow' is almost as disrespectful as a ‘fuck you’ directly to their face. So, with that being said, it's often safer to just mute these people's posts rather than dealing with the inconvenience of running into them and having to think of an answer as to why you unfollowed, considering there are those types of people who will put you on the spot and ask. What a great world we live in, right? As soon as I realize it’s time to make my way out of bed, I head directly to the restroom in...
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...Throughout time, things and people tend to transform and develop into something more outstanding. The world of technology has increasingly changed for the better. The world previously had no such knowledge of what a computer even was and now everything is all about technology. Over time the world has become resourceful and gained plenty more knowledge. Most people would agree that the world has altered for the better. However, some things have not changed for the better. Throughout history, people have drilled into one another brains that thin is beautiful. If someone doesn’t look like the model on the front of a magazine then there must be something wrong with them. Some might not be accepted if they don’t look like those models or to be...
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...Final Project Milestone Four: Final Project Southern New Hampshire University Personal Identity Statement: I was born and raised in Dalzell, South Carolina where she knew from a small age that she would be someone important, where it was in radio, writing or photography. She knew that she would have her hands in the media in some shape or form. Growing up as a child and to this day, I am dependable, loving, dedicated, goal-oriented, creative, detail-oriented, a singer, a writer, a helper, and a most importantly I am a photographer. Although I am not a professional photographer, I am dedicated and love what I do. Photography to me tells a story that no one else knew happened, even if you were there in the picture yourself. I’m a former newspaper reporter trying to work as a photographer. I worked for the Benedict College Tigers school newspaper as a news reporter and editor for two years, as an entertainment reporter. I’ve spent a lot of time perfecting my craft of photography since I graduated from Benedict College. Along with perfecting my craft, I have shot for different occasions such as weddings, birthday parties, anniversaries and engagements. I also served on the newsletter for an LGBT Greek organization, Phi Nu Kappa Sorority, Inc., for a year. While working on the Benedict College newspaper, I was able to work with other students from Prairie View University during the Historically Black Universities and College National Journalist Conference. While working with...
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...experience which I challenged myself – I asked myself not to communicate via the Internet for 24 hours in order to see how I would feel without contacting with the world through the Internet. I decided to stay disconnected with the social media in a day, the challenge started at 8am on 14/03/2015. This blog entry is to show my activities within the challenge. 8.00am (14/03/2015) I woke up and turned off wifi and mobile data completely. I did not turned off my cellphone because I love taking pictures, I want to capture moments of life – therefore I can use camera of my cellphone to make it. 8.30am It was considered early to me to wake up at this time. I got out of bed and did my personal hygiene in the morning. Turned back to my room, I decided to clean my room after busy weeks with schoolwork. Normally, I use my phone to check out my Facebook and messages, but I did not do it. I was quite satisfied to see my neat room. 9.15am I was hungry, I made instant noodle as a breakfast. I started feeling uncomfortable without using social media. Well, I really wanted to make it, so I continued the challenge. 10.00am After eating and cleaning stuff in the kitchen, I played some nice and sweet pieces of music on the piano. I really enjoyed it and did not think of what was happening in the social media. I played for 2 hours which made me have a calm mind. 12 noon I felt that I should check out my media account since I wondered whether anyone looked for me urgently. I picked the phone...
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