It’s a complicated story. Compare it to a destructive teenage love, the one you can’t get enough of but deep inside, you know it’s not good for you. This is how I would describe my relationship with the media. I don’t mean to sound dramatic, but then again, how can you not? Today, we are …
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Media is another world besides the real one
The first time I remember of getting touch with media is watching animation on TV, and now I am sure it is definitely not the real first time, cause our generation has already be totally surrounded by media, especially online social media. I love media just because I feel I am already become part of …
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Media makes me feel human. It makes me feel connected to other humans on the planet, be it complete strangers or the closest of friends. I see a ridiculous TikTok video and I share a laugh with the thousands of other people who thought it was funny. I go to the cinema to see a …
Living, loving, media
Do I love the media? It’s not like I had a choice really, our generation is born into a world that is made out of omni-present forms of media with new ones regularly appearing and easily finding its way to hungry content consumers. By perfecting the paper press humans have embarked on an exciting journey …
My closest friend, yet my biggest distraction!
As cheesy as it may sound, I can’t imagine my life without media, I know it sounds a bit ugh but yea, it’s true. I think I spend most of my time on media, from waking up and checking Instagram to listening to music the whole day to watching my favourite Netflix show at night, …
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Media is my best friend
To be honest, media is my best friend. Media made me happy, made me cry, made me appreciate my family, friends, and myself. It might sound silly, but I am a better person just because I have a phone. What do I mean by that? The answer is simple – my phone helps me become …
It’s a thin line between love and hate
It’s not new when I say I have a love and hate relationship with my media. Everyone does, right? It tests your self-discipline and self-control every day, and when you failed to be productive in real life, when you surfed through social media for hours, when you finished season 3 of Sex Education in two …
Media are actually really cool
When we talk about media, we often focus on “the big picture” – the influence of media on global politics, how they can manipulate elections all around the world, and how the internet is full of fake news, but we often forget about the little day-to-day emotions and ideas that emerge from all kinds of …
media universe
We are getting asked why do we love media? I wonder if the correct question would not be: how could we not love them. They are such a vast and deeply complex world that the fact that it is still so unknown makes it the most desirable for me. Even if we tried we will …
My Media and I
Well, this blog post is going to be me writing about my relationship with media through media, which other people will be able to read through their own media. As I’m typing out the sentences on my keyboard, I just realized how weird it is that pressing certain buttons creates certain characters on my screen …
Why I Heart My Media 