As everyone else here, I grew up with a huge influx of media basically raising me. I ♡ my media. I really do. I may have my romantic, nostalgic memories of playing Minecraft with no worries on my mind when I was younger. I still enjoy playing this game and building contraptions until I forget …
Monthly Archives: September 2021
I Heart Movies
I have a girlfriend. I love her. I love her so much. So how could I ever compare the love I feel for her to the love I feel for media? How could all of media form the same complex and beautiful relationship I have with her? Love is a very loaded term. Not only …
Media & I: A Love Story
Sometimes I think about breaking us up, but every time I do, I get sucked back in. Because how could I live without him? How could I live without his entertainment? Without his comfort? The belly laughs and the validation? He keeps me connected and makes sure I never have to miss anything. He makes …
Why I Heart My Media
Media is a very broad concept which can be understood in the different ways. Speaking of myself, my media is more about social networks. I heart my media because, first of all, it is my “friend”. It is always there for me when I need it. I can share my emotions, feelings and events through …
Why I deactivated my Instagram account, and reinstalled it a year later
I grew up with media, from watching TV shows to listening to the radio in the car to installing Facebook because I was playing some sort of Hay Day and needed Facebook friends to complete a mission. And until one or two years ago, I never stopped to think about it. Media was, and still …
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Can’t Live With It, But Definitely Not Without It: Why Social Media Is Like That One Toxic Ex You Can’t Forget
Before I start off this blog post, allow me to apologize for the extraordinarily long title. However, I simply couldn’t come up with a better comparison. Imagine being an alien and looking at our society from a non-Earthling’s perspective. Wouldn’t you see social media as a plague on our society? As an example, take this …
Obsessed with Life?
When I was thinking about Why I Heart My Media, I was thinking of this quote I had read. When you can stop you don’t want to, and when you want to stop, you can’t… Luke Davies This quote was referring to addiction, a concept that we have all heard of. When I think of …
Vicious circle
I do love media but I hate it at the same time. I was born in 2002. Since then, my whole life has been influenced by media. Of course, my generation was not the first that grew up watching TV or playing video games but from early childhood we familiarized ourselves with DVDs, playing Wii …
Do I heart my media?
Just like media are messy and complex, so are my feelings towards them. I usually find myself confused, irritated, or even hateful when thinking about our digital environment. It’s very easy to slip into this negative viewpoint after hearing older generations constantly complain about Gen Z’s dependence on technology, or after watching countless video essays …
Media for Love
I heart media because it supports my relationships. I’m experiencing long-distance relationships and I have no idea what would I do if media didn’t exist at all. Because of FaceTime I can see his face every day (just to make sure he’s still alive); Telegram allows us to send text, voice and video messages briefly, …
Why I Heart My Media 