Do I love media? I think media are way too broad of a concept to feel positive feelings about all of them. Do I love the fact that media gave bad people a platform to manipulate others and spread lies? No. Do I love that some people, even acquaintances, are now gone because they watched …
Author Archives: Life in Media
But Sir, It Is Complicated!
I have a complicated relationship with media. It exists, and I neither like nor dislike it. However, I am not neutral either. Well, perhaps it is not so much about the technology or the concept of media, but rather the users. The kind of people I have in my mind can absolutely as well be …
Why I Heart My Media
The media is something that plays a huge role in my life and it’s something I’ve grown to have a relationship with. I’ve been using the media since I was a kid to play video games on my Mum’s iPad or to watch a YouTube video. With time media started to have a more significant …
I am naturally a very creative and imaginative person who needs to share her ideas and put them on display in order to feel content. I love my media because it allows me to share my thoughts and feelings with the world. When I share something on social media I feel like what I have …
Idrk
Media is something that I guess personally I have had a tough time with. I have always loved movies, since I was young, and music, so in that sense, I love media, and it’s part of who I am. Listening to music, writing my own songs and movie scripts, going to the cinema, etc. But …
“con (fes/fu) sion”
I love media, or do I? I believe I do. Why I love media? Honestly, I love media because I love to laugh. Every day there are all kinds of content put up on social media. Hilarious videos, new music, comments and most important for me, MEMES. It feels ignorant in a way, to love …
Mediated childhood
Growing up, I always loved media, whether it was film, social media or music. I looked up to people in my environment and online that were successful doing what they love. Though media has been a great aid in connecting me to my family in hard times like my mom’s cancer who was getting treatment …
My hypocritical use of media
Like most people, I find media a hugely helpful tool in the student world but it has slowly dominated my life. I have become addicted to Netflix and communication apps, especially after my move to Amsterdam. I distract myself from important things such as work, as well as my own emotions through media. Media is …
Why I Heart My Media
Like almost everyone in my generation, I grew up with media. We learned about it in school, and got told about all the dangers online from our parents, but we all ended up not really paying that much attention to it in the end. Media of all types have given me some sort of comfort …
I heart media
Algoritmes, datalekken en privacy schending zijn termen gerelateerd aan media die je vast wel eens op het nieuws voorbij hebt zien komen. De meningen over sociale online platformen zijn dan ook enorm verdeeld onder de mensen. Een vriendin van me heeft al haar profielen en kanalen verwijderd, vanwege de druk van het online zijn, maar …