...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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...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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...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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...Success Outside of the Meeting Presentation Essentials I am able to use presentation skills, self-evaluation, and honest self-reflection to take a closer look at myself. Looking at my current courses, grades, and also how I am looked upon at my job will give me a better opportunity to move forward efficiently while pursuing my new career. It really allows me to see how instructor, managers, and co-workers currently see me. By meshing both the images of others along with the way I see myself it allows me to have a more accurate image of what I really look like (as long as I choose to be honest with myself it will). My coursework and grades are a sign of my current progress while I am enrolled as a student. Good grades show me not only that I have an understanding of the content of the courses, but also that my time management skills are progressively getting better. I feel that by continually thinking about my presentation skills, my present situation, and the current view of myself as seen by others that I will always give myself an opportunity for growth. Growth can be used as a sign of improvement, especially when it comes from an area that I know I was previously weak in or the growth was warranted. As I think back from early on in my childhood, I always remember how discipline helped to shape and mold me into the professional man that I am today. I learned early on that it in order to reach any goal in life that it will take discipline and sacrifice to make it happen...
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...Megan Vansach March 7th 2010 Social Media Essay HRM13SP Social networking, what is it? Is it the act of socially gathering and promoting ones self, or the personal promotion of goods and services supplied by a person or business, it was not too long ago the term meant just that, in as little as ten years the term social networking has been given a whole new meaning. As our world has become a society based off of social media used by millions of users daily, social networking has become a source of personal broadcasting for the world to see. Such websites like, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest have flourish in only a short amount of time. It was not too long ago the internet was a place to look up information or catch the latest news, but today social networking websites has change the way the world acts and views the internet, having not only long term effects but general social effects including the way we interact with each other. Social networking is no longer a term used in strictly social events as a source to get ones name out there, social networking recently has been associated with the aspect of making personal interconnections via the internet. As social networking has become more popular over the past few years, it has created many cultural changes, such changes as to how we connect with our friends, family, future employers, receive news and even discover new products, social networking allows us to connect with many different outlets daily by simply...
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...Carlos Olea-Tapia 9/02/15 Mr. F 5 paragraph essay Standing out I was only ten when my dad first told me not to be like the rest of my fellow students. He said, “The only two things that matter in this world are family and being who you are.” From that day on, I, Carlos Olea-Tapia, took these words seriously. It wasn’t easy since I was born on March 8, 1998, and at the time a lot of things were happening in the year 2000. The media was tough to face since everything out there was either mainstream or popular so I stared to look for alternatives such as listening to underground bands and reading books. School wasn’t easy either. People don’t like change so when they saw a kid like me they would make fun of me or admire me for being who I am. I’m now seventeen and I’ve been changing ever since. Elementary school and middle school were both shit like literally some kids made my life a living hell. Elementary school was probably the worst; I was bullied by many kids until one day I came home and told my mother, my mother straight up gave me permission to punch any kid if bothered no matter what the school consequences were. That day I stood up for myself and showed the world that I wasn’t going to take shit from no one. Middle school was a little better. I made quite the name for myself. By the end of eighth grade I was known as a pimp and I liked it. That reputation continued on to high school by then I was no longer a pimp I was a drug lord. I wore the best of the best clothes...
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