Blog1: Media Junkie

Don't get me wrong I use the internet frequently, especially because I recently invested in a smart phone accesible to the internet, but my usage is almost entirely educational with the occasional facebook log on. I am from a very small town in southeast Kansas and the ranch my family lives on is in the middle of nowhere and still have yet to find an internet service that would load a webpage in less than 10 minutes haha. I scored an 11 on the internet addiction which was low enough to not be classified haha but its not like I am completely technologically illiterate or against it. I believe much stronger in the fact that, as the book mentioned as well, abuse and mindless use of the internet minimalizes social interaction. I understand the convenience of conference calls, web cam meetings, and other media based communication but the personal interaction between 2 people face to face or with a group of people is a connection that cannot be immitated by other media communication channels. Enough of on my rant but atleast I covered the part of the question as to why or why not media usage is the best usage of my time. During the summers and mainly during semesters here in manhattan as well I work outside atleast 8-10 hours a day and most of the time in areas without the best cell phone service. I use the internet at nights to surf the web, log on to my facebook or listen to music but that could just be a one or two hour session. I do have a long distance relationship with my girlfriend so that adds to my cell phone usage but I limit text messages to a very minimum especially when I am working. I am a sports fan and an hour or so of watching television a day is about the maximum I can stand and I have never had a consistent show that I watched every week. To generally conclude my first blog post ever haha I would say I interact directly with a form of media about 4 or 5 hours a day and that I try to limit my usage of media to being productive and wasting a little free time.