My Relationship With Media
My Relationship With Media
Naturally, as young person growing up in America during the 2000s, my relationship with media is a close one. I am growing up in an age where hanging out means sitting together side by side watching TV while scrolling through our phones. I watch some form of video media every day and I am constantly on social media. I listen to music frequently, often using it as a social defense mechanism to avoid the obligation of having to talk to people when I don't feel like it. I am addicted to my phone. There's no question about it. I have even come to use media as a reward for productivity. In fact, right after I finish writing this blog, I think I'll watch an episode of Gilmore Girls. Over exposure to media has made me more distracted. One thing i'll do will remind me I have to send an email but halfway through the email I decide I haven't gone on Instagram enough in the last few hours. Seeing a post on Instagram will remind me that I should probable text someone I haven't seen in a while. While sending a text I will be reminded of a YouTube video I was going to finish watching but never did and so on and so fourth until I am hopelessly lost in a rabbit hole of media distractions. The effects of constant exposure to this rapid never-ending cycle of unrelated, rapidly updating information carries over into my real life and the schoolwork that comes with deadlines and an inevitable mental breakdown. However, when the rest of the world functions with massive exposure to media, it is difficult to stop using it. Therefore, I predict that my relationship with media will remain a close one for many years to come.
Naturally, as young person growing up in America during the 2000s, my relationship with media is a close one. I am growing up in an age where hanging out means sitting together side by side watching TV while scrolling through our phones. I watch some form of video media every day and I am constantly on social media. I listen to music frequently, often using it as a social defense mechanism to avoid the obligation of having to talk to people when I don't feel like it. I am addicted to my phone. There's no question about it. I have even come to use media as a reward for productivity. In fact, right after I finish writing this blog, I think I'll watch an episode of Gilmore Girls. Over exposure to media has made me more distracted. One thing i'll do will remind me I have to send an email but halfway through the email I decide I haven't gone on Instagram enough in the last few hours. Seeing a post on Instagram will remind me that I should probable text someone I haven't seen in a while. While sending a text I will be reminded of a YouTube video I was going to finish watching but never did and so on and so fourth until I am hopelessly lost in a rabbit hole of media distractions. The effects of constant exposure to this rapid never-ending cycle of unrelated, rapidly updating information carries over into my real life and the schoolwork that comes with deadlines and an inevitable mental breakdown. However, when the rest of the world functions with massive exposure to media, it is difficult to stop using it. Therefore, I predict that my relationship with media will remain a close one for many years to come.
Unfortunately it seems like we can't get enough of social media, which I believe you described an obsession to it quite well. I really like how you put in the honesty of how often you go on your phone and how you feel as though you're addicted.
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