Third Blog: Social Interaction

I do feel that people have more social interaction. I think the problem with it is that it is not real social interaction. By this I mean I can log onto Facebook and make any profile that I want to with any other person's picture that I want. When I do this it is a Facebook page and there is someone behind it and if you talked to me you would be talking to someone but they more than likely aren't real. I say this because it is so easy to lie online. Now, I do have to say that it is amazing being married to a soldier and when he is deployed I can log on to see him and he doesn't miss out on all those little moments that they used to. I feel that this is a positive type of social interaction. There is a difference in my mind of positive and negative social interaction and I feel that online interaction can be both. I don't think that anything can truly replace human contact but it is easier for some people to talk to someone online then in person. I think it is really a matter of opinion. In my opinion it depends on the situation and the context. 

Second Blog: CBS Thought

After watching the video clip I agree with him that it is important to have a love of story telling, clear vivid language, and a respect for history. Without story telling our lives would be boring. I think the biggest thing people need to realize that news paper is important because what happens if one day our computers crash or the websites we want to be on all day go down. Then, do we know how to live outside the computer. Do we still know how to hand write papers and use creative language to write a paper or to talk to people. I think it is important for people to really think about the fact that people need to learn more than spend time sitting on the computer. I say this because if we don't learn history as a nation then we will never be able to move forward. If we don't learn from our mistakes history will repeat itself. It isn't like most people are on the internet reading the newspaper and articles of history. They are on the computer gossiping about what Tim and Tom did last weekend and getting all upset over people they don't even know. I think we would be a lot more productive as a society as a whole if we didn't have things like MySpace and Facebook. As a person that loves to write poetry it is hard for me to see how our language is being dumbed down to letters that are supposed to mean whole words. People don't even care about grammar anymore or how to even spell words. I think we are ruining the intelligence of people by subjecting them to these wonderful writing techniques. I think story telling comes into play with the fact that a lot of people aren't even meeting in person anymore and are holding on-line relationships instead of getting out and meeting people and spending time with them. It is something that people need to think about for their future and the future of others.

First Blog: Media Junkie

I feel like I am a media addict. I use my phone when I get bored to check internet sites and I always have to have some sort of background noise whether it be the TV on or music playing. I feel that I spend most of my time on-line doing school work and the rest catching up with people on Facebook. I am honestly getting ready to delete my Facebook because I feel like it is such a time suck. I can't even imagine how much more productive I would be if I didn't have a Facebook. So, I will have to occupy my time with other things. I love spending time playing with my daughter who is 17 months old. She is such a handful though so it is almost impossible to spend all that much time on Facebook and other internet sites but I will always have music playing in the background. I probably am one of those people that thinks I spend a lot of time on a site that I don't spend nearly as much. I guess I feel like I am not in denial and would like to spend less time on it. I also scored a 38 on the media junkie test. I really don't feel that this is horrible. I would have to say I almost spend all day except when I am asleep doing things that are media related. I listen to music in the background or TV all day which is probably 16 hours a day which this would be my recreation. I probably spend about two on a social media site. And the rest is more than likely working on school work on line or paying bills or watching the news. This time probably totals 5 hours a day. I feel that I am not really wasting time by listening to music or having the TV on because chances are I am not watching it. But I do feel that I spend more time than I should on social media sites. It is mostly when I get bored though. Although, I do have to say that I neglect chores for media.

I also have to say that the article was extremely sad. I hope that the parents are charged for their crime because I couldn't even imagine. How do you even leave your baby alone? I couldn't get so caught up in media that I forget my child exists.

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