How much I want to hate the media and the negative impact media can have, I kind of love the media. If I look back to the media in my childhood, it started as comforting. I remember it as a good time, watching TV and movies with some friends and eating good snacks. But later …
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Media Generations
When I talk to my friends about our media usage, we often focus more on the negatives than the positives; we see how it has changed us so far and the potential effects it could have on us in the future. However, me and my friends share the luck of having grown up in a …
Media Throughout My Life
Even though I did not grow up with a iphone or ipad, media came to me through cartoon shows and radio. Truly some of my best childhood memories came from watching cartoons on a Saturday morning at my grandparents house in the summer. I would sit in front of the TV all day and even …
“so i wanna give credit, where credit is due”
Lately, I was reflecting that in the past years of my life, when I was saying “I love Media” I was only underling the adoration I have for the audio-visual world (feature film, tv series, animation series and videogames). During high school, I spent hours and hours watching 3 or 4 films/ episodes (to be …
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Double-Edged Sword
Throughout my experience with media, it has slowly but surely made me realize how much of a double edged sword this experience has been. Growing up as a kid born in 1998, it is not shocking that I’ve grown up with media well ingrained into my day-to-day basis. From the old cartoons on Jetix to …
my best friend.
My media is my best friend. It captures all my memories, gives me a reason to laugh, to cry and to bond with others. It makes humdrum routines enjoyable and gives me a chance to escape the stress of our daily lives. We have grown up together and witnessed each other become more social, more …
I believe that media helps us express ourselves
As an international student I found it challenging leaving my family and my closest friends behind. Not being able to see them every day or talking to them face to face. It is in moments like these, that I’m beyond grateful to live in our generation, where applications like Facetime or Snapchat exist and making …
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Why I Heart Media
Love means that you are thinking of that at some point. You want to know more, you smile and cry more, you feel far away even though you are intimate, you feel resent and hate, and you have this feeling of longing. It is delicate, complicated, and imperfect. I am in love with media. At …
Why i heart my media?
When i think about what media means to me i always find it hard to put it into words. I feel like i am who i am today because of media – every song i have listened to, every movie i have watched, every instagram picture i have seen has had a huge influence on …
why i heart media?
living abroad from my family and friends has never been easy. hearing their voices after pressing a few buttons is something that i am forever grateful for. media has really changed everything. I believe that people now know much more stuff than they used to. as it is way easier to learn and access to …
Why I Heart My Media 