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Media in my life
Media in my life
Media is used in various different ways, some good, some bad. While media can spread a message of love and peace, it can also be used to flame wars, and spread hate. I have been a victim/ guilty participant of both parts.
I, like most people my age, use social media the most out of the different types of media. This is also the strongest for sending the different messages to the users. An example of a good message sent through social media is the ice bucket challenge everyone participated in 2 years ago. As a result of it, ALS studies were able to reach many different breakthroughs in their studies on what caused it.
However, while I have helped use social for the greater good, I have also used it for stuff I regret. Through web media, I read up on an alternative viewpoint on Amanda Todd. Although it was a fair viewpoint to have, I decided to share it immediately, and then argue for it as the correct viewpoint. I therefore used social media for the other use it has- Spreading hatred.
Video games are something else that have been in my life since the beginning. Starting out with very basic games, I got a PS2 in 2004, and since then I've grown to love games. I now have a computer I built about a year ago which still plays games incredibly well, and is VR capable. I have never really been on the cutting edge of gaming until then though, but I've always enjoyed gaming, even if I've been a generation behind usually. This shows that gaming can be enjoyed by anyone regardless of how they play
Of course, the most important form of media to me is films. I've been watching them since I was young, being taken to films incredibly often by my nan so I could time with her. Rarely were the films any good, however the fact I watched them meant I was surrounded with films, hence my love for them now. I also remember using VHS to watch them, an analogue format which the feeling of using has not been replicated by anything
In conclusion, media has been prevalent in my life since the beginning. My generation is the first to have computers and web media in our lives from the beginning, and smartphones since year 7 (Although in practice that wasn't even close to true), however there is some crossover with the generation before, especially in the UK which is always a tad slower to change. That meant that I've always been about a generation behind to change to new media
I, like most people my age, use social media the most out of the different types of media. This is also the strongest for sending the different messages to the users. An example of a good message sent through social media is the ice bucket challenge everyone participated in 2 years ago. As a result of it, ALS studies were able to reach many different breakthroughs in their studies on what caused it.
However, while I have helped use social for the greater good, I have also used it for stuff I regret. Through web media, I read up on an alternative viewpoint on Amanda Todd. Although it was a fair viewpoint to have, I decided to share it immediately, and then argue for it as the correct viewpoint. I therefore used social media for the other use it has- Spreading hatred.
Video games are something else that have been in my life since the beginning. Starting out with very basic games, I got a PS2 in 2004, and since then I've grown to love games. I now have a computer I built about a year ago which still plays games incredibly well, and is VR capable. I have never really been on the cutting edge of gaming until then though, but I've always enjoyed gaming, even if I've been a generation behind usually. This shows that gaming can be enjoyed by anyone regardless of how they play
Of course, the most important form of media to me is films. I've been watching them since I was young, being taken to films incredibly often by my nan so I could time with her. Rarely were the films any good, however the fact I watched them meant I was surrounded with films, hence my love for them now. I also remember using VHS to watch them, an analogue format which the feeling of using has not been replicated by anything
In conclusion, media has been prevalent in my life since the beginning. My generation is the first to have computers and web media in our lives from the beginning, and smartphones since year 7 (Although in practice that wasn't even close to true), however there is some crossover with the generation before, especially in the UK which is always a tad slower to change. That meant that I've always been about a generation behind to change to new media
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