Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010: Media Free Reaction
I am actually feeling a bit jittery – I wasn’t able to sit still in Stats this morning since I usually text in that class. Or sleep. My fingers got so used to texting and typing so it feels weird to go 3 days without my phone. I am anxious, every day I keep wondering who posted on my wall or tagged me, or sent me requests. You never know what those idiots are posting and commenting on so you have to keep track of what’s happening on your page. I freakin’ hate this experiment, and I’m never doing it again. I don’t even know why the heck I was thinking of doing the 7 days. I’m getting annoyed and frustrated. Now I actually have to look to find something to do and that’s not always easy sometimes. We already know we’re addicted – I’m sure we all found that out from the first day – so why do we have to continue?!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Girl Starved to Death in South Korea (article)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/05/korean-girl-starved-online-game
I cannot begin to imagine the insanity of this couple. If you are not capable or taking care of your own kid, then don’t have any from the start. The fact that these people are grown adults makes the situation even worse. How do you forget to feed your own child? The obsession with raising the virtual daughter, Anima, is just too ridiculous. I can’t wrap my head around it. This couple obviously has no sense of responsibility or any sense for that matter. This is why people need to have jobs and have something to do to keep them busy and away from the internet. If you have no work and are free all day, then it is possible to spend that many hours on the internet playing such a game. I actually think that these virtual life games need to be banned. I know I may sound a bit extreme but if people had only one life, they’ll take care of it. People play these games because they are not satisfied with their own lives. This is why so many of us look for another source of escape, and with today’s sense of imagination, it’s pretty easy to get hooked.
I cannot begin to imagine the insanity of this couple. If you are not capable or taking care of your own kid, then don’t have any from the start. The fact that these people are grown adults makes the situation even worse. How do you forget to feed your own child? The obsession with raising the virtual daughter, Anima, is just too ridiculous. I can’t wrap my head around it. This couple obviously has no sense of responsibility or any sense for that matter. This is why people need to have jobs and have something to do to keep them busy and away from the internet. If you have no work and are free all day, then it is possible to spend that many hours on the internet playing such a game. I actually think that these virtual life games need to be banned. I know I may sound a bit extreme but if people had only one life, they’ll take care of it. People play these games because they are not satisfied with their own lives. This is why so many of us look for another source of escape, and with today’s sense of imagination, it’s pretty easy to get hooked.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Media Free Article - University of Maryland
I honestly don’t think it’s that bad to go one day with media. I’m pretty sure it will be difficult, especially for some of us, but it’s only one day. I understand our friends will think we died if we don’t reply back to their text messages within the hour, but if it’s only for 24 hours, I think we’ll survive. We’ll just have to endure verbal assaults from our friends when we get back on to the social network.
I was pretty surprised at how serious the effects were on the 200 students of the University of Maryland. They really made it seem like an alcohol or drug addiction with their symptoms of withdrawal, anxiety, as well as feeling miserable and antsy. One student wrote that she finds it sickening to find out how clearly addicted she was. Even though I text and Facebook every day, I don’t think I’m addicted to that extent. I probably can last one day but it will be difficult and a bit irritating. I think I may become a tad bit jittery since I always feel such an urgent need to check my text messages or my Facebook page. It is sad to realize how much we depend on technology to go through our days. Even as I am writing this, I am looking around and seeing everyone on either a laptop or a Blackberry, and listening to their iPod. In the whole lounge, there is not one person reading a book. I am also pretty sure that not every single one of those people is doing homework.
Since we live in such a fast-paced world, we need some form of communication that is just as fast. So I understand why so many of us rely on texting and Facebook and other forms of technology to stay connected to family and friends. Not every person has the time every day or week to visit their relatives and friends. I still like to actually see my friends and interact with the rest of civilization every once in a while.
After reading this article, I started thinking about our own “Media Free” assignment for the rest of the week. I think I can last a day, maybe two but not more than that. Sometimes I wish we still lived in a world where technology was nonexistent, just for the simplicity of things. But yet again, with so many things occurring around the world, I think it’s necessary to keep track of these events in order to stay updated. Technology does make our lives a bit easier but at the same time, I fear what the world would be like twenty years from now. If we are so dependent on our technical gadgets now, I wonder how we would be like in the future.
I am pretty curious about how the “Media Free” assignment will go. I wonder how long I’ll last and hopefully, I will not be as addicted as the Maryland students turned out to be.
I was pretty surprised at how serious the effects were on the 200 students of the University of Maryland. They really made it seem like an alcohol or drug addiction with their symptoms of withdrawal, anxiety, as well as feeling miserable and antsy. One student wrote that she finds it sickening to find out how clearly addicted she was. Even though I text and Facebook every day, I don’t think I’m addicted to that extent. I probably can last one day but it will be difficult and a bit irritating. I think I may become a tad bit jittery since I always feel such an urgent need to check my text messages or my Facebook page. It is sad to realize how much we depend on technology to go through our days. Even as I am writing this, I am looking around and seeing everyone on either a laptop or a Blackberry, and listening to their iPod. In the whole lounge, there is not one person reading a book. I am also pretty sure that not every single one of those people is doing homework.
Since we live in such a fast-paced world, we need some form of communication that is just as fast. So I understand why so many of us rely on texting and Facebook and other forms of technology to stay connected to family and friends. Not every person has the time every day or week to visit their relatives and friends. I still like to actually see my friends and interact with the rest of civilization every once in a while.
After reading this article, I started thinking about our own “Media Free” assignment for the rest of the week. I think I can last a day, maybe two but not more than that. Sometimes I wish we still lived in a world where technology was nonexistent, just for the simplicity of things. But yet again, with so many things occurring around the world, I think it’s necessary to keep track of these events in order to stay updated. Technology does make our lives a bit easier but at the same time, I fear what the world would be like twenty years from now. If we are so dependent on our technical gadgets now, I wonder how we would be like in the future.
I am pretty curious about how the “Media Free” assignment will go. I wonder how long I’ll last and hopefully, I will not be as addicted as the Maryland students turned out to be.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Media-Free Week
A week without texting or going on facebook is pretty bad. I mean, I can handle not going on facebook but I need some type of communication to let people know I’m still alive. If I go a week without answering my texts, people will either think I’m ignoring them and hate me for a while, or just think something is terribly wrong and I’m in need of necessary help. Not watching TV is not that bad, I think I can handle it. I wonder how long I will last..
Thursday, November 11, 2010
The "Perfect" Article
The “perfect” article for me paper would be titled, “God in the Media”. This article would be about how the idea of religion has changed into something that the media uses to influence people and take advantage of them. Since the beginning of time, religion was a sacred thing to each person who believed in higher Being. Over the years, it has been thrown into ads and other schemes of media to try to persuade and push people in a certain direction. Nowadays, God only seems to want money, and this is what the media portrays. It is no longer about the core of your beliefs and that is no longer respected.
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