Media and it's Influence

   Media hasn't always been a part and daily routine in my life, but now it's become the norm. Every day I wake up and make sure to send pictures to all my streaks in snapchat, then I'll go on Instagram. That wasn't always apart of my daily life. It has become something that I am so used to that I don't even acknowledge how much I use it. When I'm not outside doing something or with someone, then I am most likely using some type of media. Wether that means Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, music, it's always in use. Having all those things wasn't even a part or a big deal in my life until around middle school. That's when I started to use social media. Ever since, I know it has changed things in my life. I know I would be different if I didn't see the constant opinions or work or words of others. But it is just so easy to get sucked into social media that you can't necessarily just turn it off. It has become our form of communication, the news, updates, everything. 

   My relationship with media so far has been great. I don't really notice how it may negatively affect me so that is why I love it. I know that it structured me into the person that I am today, but I'm not sure how it did. It has only been positive for me. It gives me a sense of connection with the world that I wouldn't have without it. I can see what people are up to anywhere. I can communicate with anyone in almost parts of the world. I can see updates from around the world. It has only seemed to help me and help connect me with the world. See with social media, a lot of us would feel that sense of disconnection. I know that if I stayed off my phone for a week and just lived life how it naturally is,

I would feel discomfort. Checking my phone and having my phone has been such a normal thing and without it, life wouldn't be the same. Media has helped me learn new things that I know I wouldn't have learnt without it, it also has helped me develop and connect. The only negative thing about media that I can think of is how it structures us. I know I've been structured by the different things I see and watch and hear every day. But those things have made me into the person that I am happy to be today, so I can't really complain about it.