Media Diet

Media Diet

Monday

8:00 – 9:00 AM: Listened to music

10:00-11:30 AM: watched a movie in class

12:00 -12:05 AM: logged onto internet

3:00-4:30 PM: used my coputer to work on an imovie were making in class

6:00-7:00 PM: watched the television

9:00- 11:00 PM: listened to music

Tuesday

8:00 – 8:30 AM: watched the news

1:00 – 2:00 PM: listened to music

4:00 – 5:00 PM: watched television

6:00 – 6:15 PM: played with the ipad

8:00 – 10:00 PM: listened to music

Wednesday

8:45 – 9:00 AM: played videogames

9:55 – 11:00 AM: used internet to gather info for paper

2:00- 2:30 PM:  watched a movie in class

3:00 – 3:30 PM: talked to sister on phone

4:30- 6:00 PM: watched television

10:00-10:30 PM: watched television

Thursday

7:30 – 9:00 AM: downloaded and listened to music

9:30 – 10:30 AM:  watched videos online

11:45- 12:30 PM: talked on my cell phone

3:00- 4:30 PM: talked with friends online

4:30 – 6:00 PM: used computer to write paper

10:00- 10:30 PM: watched television

Friday

8:00 – 9:00 AM: worked in library on the computers

9:00- 10:00 AM: watch movie in class

9:30- 10:00 AM: talked on phone with friends

11:00 – 12:00 AM: read a book

3:00-4:00 PM: watched television

4:30 – 6:00 PM: talked with friends online

8:00- 10:00 Pm: listened to music

Saturday

9:00 – 10:30 AM: listened to music

10:00- 11:00 AM: played videogames

11:00- 12:00 AM: listened to music

3:00- 3:30 PM: went online

4:00- 4:20 PM: watched television

4:30- 5:00 PM: called my family

8:00- 10:00 PM: listened to music

Sunday

10:00- 11:00 AM: listened to music

12:00 -2:00 PM: online talking with friends

3:00 – 4:30 PM: in the library reading

4:00- 6:30 PM: at home working on papers

8:00- 9:30 PM: listened to music

When I glance over my media diet I can’t help but feel sort of ashamed.  I never really thought of myself as someone attached to the media.  It makes me feel like a cyborg, not only living, but actually attached to the virtual world.  I defiantly think if you took facebook and my cell phone away from me I would feel an unfamiliar sense of not being what I can fully be.  Perhaps, I have been raised to be a consumer and at this point in my life I need some basic technology to fully compute and operate as a growing man in society.  I feel as though my dependence on forms of media is not something that has come out of the blue.  In my point of view, as the world continues to technologically advance the general public will be more easily and readily available to mass amounts of information be it through the internet or other forms of media. The uprising in Egypt is again a prime example of this because it evokes the power of instant communication and the instant spread of information.  I think as technology continues to advance, future generations will become both increasingly dependent on technology and increasingly impatient when it comes to technology.  I think many people my age are just like me and are very attached to the internet and other forms of technology. The internet is sort of a global extension of human consciousness. It’s become a place where we look for things.  It’s probably as big of a deal as the creation of cities.  I would like to view the world with a new perspective and lower my intake of media.  However, I feel as though this task is very hard to do because I like technology a lot and often use it as a comfort zone.  Sometimes when I get really bad anxiety I play with my phone because I just don’t want to deal with the outside world.  I feel as though most people who are more affluent than others are more connected with technology simply because often technology is expensive.  Here in the Silicon Valley, I feel as though it has become a culture to foster innovation in technology.  Most people that are on the cutting edge of this innovation are more likely to have a strong dependence on technology.  Looking over the specific forms of media I consumed over the past five days I can’t help but noticed I spend a lot of time listening to music.  Perhaps I might want to pursue a career or develop my hobby farther because I spend so much time and energy just listening to it.