Media has been my closest friend growing up. Media has also been, and still is, my favorite toy to play when I am bored or in the look out for something new. Reflecting up to this point in my life, and knowing I have been operated by some machine even before it was a “thing” …
Author Archives: Life in Media
Stockholm Syndrome of Media
Since Media is everywhere, always present wherever I go, since I was born, how can I not love it? That’s the question I ask myself when I talk about Media. It is the thing that shapes me and probably the majority of people’s lives. I can talk about hoWe constantly reference things in conversations, we …
My Love for Media
Growing up my parents never really allowed me to interact with the media. I was always making up imaginary storylines and playing with my friends. My parents would take me and my sister camping, hiking, and put us in every sport imaginable. The only form of digital media I had was a DS (I love …
I don’t want to forget
Some people often tell me I take too many pictures, I shoot too many videos even in the most mundane moments, that I should just enjoy the moment without my camera or my phone. Obviously, these people aren’t my best friends because they can’t understand one of my biggest passions. Photographing is a form of …
Good morning, and in case media crashes, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!
If I’m being honest here, I expected to procrastinate until the last minute to write this text and was somehow pleasantly surprised with what happened on October 4th, 2021, aka the day I’m writing this. Facebook and its family of apps were out of service for several hours during this cold and boring Monday and …
How does media influence my life
In the 21st century, media became an essential part of our life. What we think and how we behave are significantly influenced by media. Nowadays, people are not only consuming but also producing media contents in many different forms. It also connects people, no matter how far you live, and plays an integral part of …
My brief thoughts on media
Do I love my media? Or do I hate it? I don’t even know it myself. It’s super hard to tell. I feel that media is like a family member, who you live with, and you love them but sometimes they can get on your nerves and you can get super angry.As unbelievable as it …
Why I Heart my Media?
The last thing my mother told me before I left for my flight to Amsterdam was, “I will facetime you everyday. So we can keep in touch”. It got me thinking about how heavily dependent we are on media to keep in contact with our loved ones. The possibility of connecting with anyone at anytime …
Me, Myself and Media
I will forever be thankful for Media. Being an international student I am dealing with a lot of difficulties and challenges and since I’ve moved to Amsterdam my mind has been overwhelmed by new feelings, such as homesickness. To be honest I would never expect myself to be homesick because I’ve always thought about my …
100% Codependent on media
I am going to be completely honest with you, this is the fifth time I have tried writing this blog post. Trying to rack my brain to come up with some philosophical answer as to why I’m such a media addict. It’s weird, right? How an assortment of pixels can have such a chokehold on …
Why I Heart My Media 