How I love this
article. My thoughts written down perfectly. I am so thankful that I grew up
not watching television too much. I was outside mostly, taking trips with my
parents, on play dates or at practice. Granted I wasn't reading, I was actively
doing stuff that required a good portion of my attention. Gymnastics for
instance, required 4 1/2 hours of my attention everyday. After that was
homework which also had my attention for quite some time so there was never
really time for television. But I didn't really read either. That did not
increase my vocabulary which gave me problems later on. But especially with
this class, I have been reading much more whether its web browsing or reading
these blogs and it's helping me tremendously. Though it's in small segments,
everything I read gets me thinking. I feel like television is a trend, and what
is seen on TV can be the "hot topic" of the day and if you don't know
what it is you're not cool. But now I believe that has transferred over to the
Internet and multimedia. People have to keep up on much more than just shows to
fit in. All in all, I think this article has truly helped me want to actually
pick up a book, a good book.
I feel that there is certainly more emphasis on being apart of what is now and in rather than just being content with what makes us happy. You are right that growing up with a diversified sense of awareness as to what is fun or cool has at once kept certain people from being able to truly participate with the new forms of media and never allow some people to find alternatives ways to express themselves. On youtube, rarely do you see someone reading a poem or stating their feelings about a movie critique, and even if you do, people scroll on through to the part with the action and visual stimulation rather than taking the time to relax and be reflective of the information being presented. Thank goodness that our professor has provided us with readings and materials that have been able to critique these experiences and force us to be more reflective about our own technological participation.
ReplyDeleteHey great post Jinxx21!
ReplyDeleteThis was indeed a great article I also really enjoyed. That is good that you grew up watching TV much less than others. I know that when I was younger I used to try to watch TV a lot but my mother would only let me sometimes. I was a very athletic kid when i was younger so i wouldve much rather have been outside running around anyways. When i first got to San Jose State University I stayed in the dorms. We had to get cable from our dorm advisors and the cable was very poor quality. So for my whole freshman year i didnt watch TV at all. It was either playing Video Games at the dorm or talking to my roommate or my dormmates. Ever since then I havent watched TV like that or cared to.