Leslie Boyden

Why I ❤ Media?

Well when I was a little girl I watched the show Inspector Gadget. Inspector Gadget’s niece Penny had this computer book and I thought it was the coolest thing. I can’t remember all it did, but she always had it with her in her backpack. It would help her solve the cases and save the day. here is a clip of one thing she could do with it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uUyR7hjhwI  That piece of technology was so interesting all of that power and information in her hands.  As a child I would carry around a small phone book and pretend it was my own computer book.  Today we have pieces of media like that. They are smaller, faster and the possibility of what it can do are endless. That is why I love media, something that was so far-fetched over 10 years ago can be made a reality. I don’t have to pretend anymore.

Published by Life in Media

Website dedicated to the Media Life/Life in Media project of Mark Deuze, Professor of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands).