Reflection

After writing in this blog for over a month now, I have been able to reflect on everything I have written and everything I have learned about what we call media.

See, when I did my first blog back in April, I had been under the impression that there was only one kind of media: social. I would immediately associate media with Facebook and Twitter and all of the stupid, pointless things people post about. The things they know no one would care about in the real world.

But now I understand that media is everywhere and comes in all forms. Music, movies, T.V. shows and books are just some of the forms media takes. And these are forms I am very receptive to. Movies like The Princess Bride and books like Once Upon a Time by Niki Daly heavily influenced me growing up, and I still enjoy and appreciate them today.

I've also learned that I consume a lot more media than I thought. If books count as a form of media, then I've read a few thousand of them and over one hundred novels. I have also been influenced by a lot of T.V. shows, starting with C.B.S. when I was in kindergarten to the one thousand channels available to me in my teenage years.

There are also forms of media that I know are considered social that I like to indulge in. YouTube is one of my favorite sites online. I can find thousands of songs and videos that interest me. Deviantart is also a favorite of mine. As an artist, I love looking at the works of fellow artists and it interests me to see the different mediums used by different people to express similar ideas and interests.

I understand now that media, social or otherwise, is not necessarily a bad thing. My parents both have Facebook accounts and they don't use them to post pictures of their breakfasts. I don't think the amount of media a consume is something to be ashamed of. There are adults who are just as immersed in media than I am and some who are even more so.