Poor Richard

While looking at Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richards Almanack by Benjamin Franklin I found many sayings that were true, but the one I liked the best was "Its better to take many injuries, than to give one.". I really liked this quote because it makes you think about how you should care more about other people than you do yourself. I believe that this is something many people that are our age have a problem with, and do not like by it because many of them care more about themselves than they do others. This is a quote that more people should think about, because if they did than there would be a big difference in the world we live in today.

Social Interaction

Since technology has grown so fast recently, the question is the internet a form of social interaction, is a big one. However, I do not know if there is a right answer for that because it depends on what you are doing on the internet. If you are communicating via Skype then I would say that it is defiantly a form of social interaction. I would also say that being on social media websites, and emailing is also a form of social interaction in just a different way. However, just surfing the internet and reading the news I do not believe is a form of social interaction because you are not interacting with any one person.

CBS Thought

After watching the CBS video on how technology has changed and expanded in the recent years, it makes you think about how the people publicly using the media have changed too. When you are reading and article or a book, one that you just can not put down, it is usually written by someone who has the same desire for the topic they writing about. If that person does not have a passion for what they are doing than most likely they will not put there best effort forth. Also a person has to have knowledge of the topic they are writing about to make a clear and truthful article. I honestly believe that the best stories to read are the ones where the writer has a passion about the topic they are promoting.

Media Junkie

I honestly can say that I depend on technology to keep me busy everyday. When I thought about it, it was way worse than I first thought and its even worse during the school year.

Like every other college kid in this world I am on Facebook and Twitter at least once a day on an average and even more on some days. Now this was something I knew when I thought about how much time I spend with media. However, I never took into consideration all the time that I spend of the Internet researching for my classes, the time I spend listening to my iPod on the walk to classes, and also the time I spend reading books on my iPad. After thinking about all this I wonder what the future will be like if we already depend on technology and media as much as we do now.

A bonus for me is that we do not have T.V. at our house here in Manhattan, so I do not watch it. However, I now rely on the Internet more to keep my self updated on current events, the weather, and even sports. And it does give me more time to spend with other medias.

In conclusion I am blown away by the amount of time I spend with media.