Social Interaction

Hello once again,

Today I will be discussing "Does the internet isolate people from social interaction, or does it in fact foster social interaction? I personally believe that the internet fosters social interaction. Before the internet humans only communicated with those they have direct contact with in their personal lives. Now people can talk to others on the opposite side without long distance charges!!
There are several social media sites dedicated to furthering social interaction. It only allows to foster our relationships we already have and creates new ones at the same time. An article titled Social Media: The Internet and Social Interaction authored by Sandra Delgdo she says that "Entertainment seemingly soothes our anxieties, temporarily providing an escape." I also believe this, television to some acts like an relaxation technique after a long days work or stressful evenings. 

I personally enjoy the time I spend on social media sites and I enjoy creating new relationships. The World Wide Web was created for the sole purpose of gathering people and allowing people to have an abundance of information at their finger tips daily, I believe that it does just that.

See you soon,


Brooke 

CBS thought

Hello again WWW,

Brooke again continuing my blogs for Mass Communications in Society. Todays topic is about Media convergence and the basic fundamentals of story telling, does todays modern media follow long lived traditions? Does the love of story telling matter, what about clear and vivid language, or the respect for history? HECK YES they matter, without the love of story telling then we would not want to read the articles posted on the internet today. The purpose of the internet is to provide information to the willing public. If the authors of those articles and stories did not have a love of telling them then their works would be unbearable.

What about clear and vivid language, does that matter? Without clear and vivid language articles, books, newspapers (etc.) would be boring and bland. They would not be pleasing to the eye or to the mind. I believe that flavorful language is required when there is a willingness to write. Also, what about respect for history? I also believe that it is a must to admire history. George Santayana once said "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." I strongly believe this and I also believe that most writers have a deeply rooted respect for history.

In the video "Media Convergence" directed and produced by the staff of Sunday Morning they state how these basic requirement are a must for the digital media in todays society. Check it out for yourself!!! CBS Convergence Video.

Well it's getting late and a girl needs her beauty rest, for classes in the A.M.!!!

Stay classy San Diego!

Media Junkie

Dear anonymous,

As I sit here in front of my computer, iphone and kindle notebook about to write my very first blog about Mass Communication in society (or more specifically about how much time I spend daily with media) I am beginning to realize just how much time I devote per day to my electronic devices. Don't get me wrong obviously I see nothing wrong with mass media...If I did I wouldn't be majoring in advertising WINK....WINK.... In my text book for Mass Communication in Society, titled Media Now, understanding media, culture, and technology by: Straubhaar, Larose and Davenport I read a "typical american media consumer...spends over nine and a quarter hours a day with the media!!! multiply that by the number of days in a year and you would spend almost 5 months a year with media." I thought this was absurd but now that school is back in session I probably spend that much time committed to it daily also, and with bills going through the house and senates like PIPA and SOPA who knows what my knowledge will be limited to in the future....

When I began to brake down my days, hours, and minutes spent with media, I came to a horrible realization, all of these continuous 0's and 1's bites and bytes starring me in the face daily, NO WONDER I get headaches... Lets start from the basics, of course I am a member of the number one social networking site in the U.S. Facebook (it's funny how my Mac knows how to capitalize Facebook automatically). I also use my iphone at least 3 to 4 hours a day checking e-mails, sending status updates, playing Texas-hold'em , and even solitaire. (I know right this girl has a vast amount of digital media at her finger tips and she's playing solitaire). However, I never understood twitter other then to fallow others, who wants there entire lives broadcast (besides reality T.V. stars even they are scripted to a degree.) 

I also attend the great Kansas State University EMAW!!!! All of my text books are via kindle... (here we go more 0's and 1's) and I attend an online course also not to mention any data/information searching that needs to be done is via internet. HOWEVER.... because I do spend so much of my time on the inter web I have made the executive decision to NOT have cable.... I am officially 7 months sober from all cable and satellite televisions. However I do on occasion watch Netflix or HULU on my x-box(just to stay up to date). I also have an ipod in addition to my iphone and both have separate playlists.... text messaging, I am scared to touch on that topic who knows how many of those I send in one day. Not as many as most I would assume!! Not to many social responsibilities, I can't even seem to keep up with Facebook. I would have to say that I use my technology and media for mainly school and for information, sometimes for recreation (WHEN IN ROME).... I believe that I honestly could be getting more out of my media, I could be learning more about politics and current issues.

I recently took the INTERNET JUNKIE TEST online and I am pleased to inform you that I am living with a good mix internet and reality. Wait a minute, isn't internet reality just in word/picture form. How can people possibly believe that their lives are the internet. I read an article today saying that a korean couple neglected there baby girl because they spent there nights on an online multiplayer game call PRIUS... This article is called "Some Kind of CRAZY Addiction" They actually believed that they lived in that world. Check it out. It's absolutely rediculous. I wonder what they actually did for a living....

Well It was nice talking!! See you in a week or so I'm off to my evening class in this beautiful Kansas winter weather of 22 degrees.... Wish me luck!!

Till next time,

Brooke

P.s. Did you know this "we blog" is a "web log"!!!