Media, such an important part of our life. Why I heart my media? I heart the platform which I can express myself freely; I heart the people I meet who I feel connect it with them; I heart the music I listen…Thanks to the media, I captured the most important memories. I save the pictures …
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Why I Heart My Media
Representation and Community
Online spaces gave me the resources to figure out my gender and sexuality. It gave me an escape from the real world for a couple hours a day. I have always consumed a lot of tv shows and movies. The first couple of years of my life I did not care about who I saw …
Why I love media
I think I am trying to finish this assignment for the 5th time if my memory is correct. I was trying to write why I love media but it started to created some kind of uncomfortable feeling inside my chest so I gave up. After that, I tried to write why I hate media. The …
my home away from home
You know how they say “Home is a place where we belong. A place to return to.” But what if you don’t have a place to return to? What if your whole life you’ve been moving countries, schools, apartments? I know I sound like im going through my midlife crisis, but its true, I have …
media won’t have a destination
People are conferred with multiple identities and power of media, yet are also caught in their own vision and expression. Ridiculousness, conflicts and harmony coexist in diverse contexts. I once always comment on media with a bantering tone, but I gained a sense of embrace when trying to sincerely pose doubts rather than playing with …
Media gives me comfort
I love media because it normalizes my problems. It makes me feel like I am not alone with my problems, that they are possible to solve. Seeing people come out of harmful mental states that I occasionally fall into, actually motivates me to keep going knowing that there is a way out. Because there are …
Why I love media – distance is no longer an obstacle
When I was wondering about why I love media, immediately one thought came to my mind. Although, there are several reasons why I appreciate and love media, there is the only one that truly helped me in recent months. Namely, being able to stay in touch and maintain relationships with my family and friends from …
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Growing up with media
The relationship between me and my media started all the way back when I was a child. Since I can remember, I have read books, and books have been read to me. As a kid, I watched Madonna’s music videos on loop, played games on the house computer, and watched Winnie the Pooh when I …
Our never ending relationship
I can confidently say that my relationship with media could be easily expressed with the lyrics from the song “I hate you, I love you”, which is “feeling used, but ı’m still missing you.” The reason behind this is that when I’m on my phone and get the weekly screening time notification, I find myself …
Why I Heart My Media 