Giving Up Media For One Day

Social media has been an essential part of my day for years now and the idea of challenging myself to go twenty-four hours without any type of new media genuinely made me uncomfortable. The amount of media use I logged for a single day was enough to make me question my priorities and reveal that I possibly have a severe case of F.O.M.O (Fear Of Missing Out). Questions of self-doubt like, “How am I going to do this? How will I stay connected to my friends?” circulated through my head. Scrolling through Instagram or Twitter, my media’s of choice, has always been second nature to me, subconsciously opening those apps even when I have no purpose to be on them. Though I was hesitant to challenge myself to go without something

Physically I don’t really carry a lot of things. The three things I honestly can’t live without are my headphones, my phone, and my promise ring. I always have my phone on me since I talk to a lot of my friends, and they rely on me for a lot. I always have my headphones on me so I can listen to music so I can shut the world out around me whenever I get stressed out. It’s nice to get lost in

After a few days of not using my cellular device, my device became irrelevant to me. Before my lent you can say like any other teenager I relied a lot on my phone but after I realized that you don't really need to use your device every second of the day. Not using it every second of the day you start seeing the world in another perspective that you didn't look at it before. All in all, you don't have to be the “right” person to disconnect anyone can do it you just have to believe in yourself that you can

In order to test these suppositions, the researchers undertook several room cultures studies to examine, monitor and evaluate adolescent media consumption habits. This resulted in the following model, which conceptualizes the three most significant dimensions of mass media uses and effects.3

Some of the issues that result from dependency on modern media are the increase of becoming withdrawn from society, the loss of social skills and personal relationships with friends, family and other loved ones. Another issue that can arise as a result of dependency is the chance of becoming what is known as a “media junkie” where the modern media takes preference over anything else (losing touch with reality). The cell phone has taken away our ability to properly communicate with each other by using slang and abbreviations in place of proper English. People are becoming less active, less visible, and trusting with each other. Studies have shown that “gamers” or people who play games (game tournaments) over the internet for hours and hours without stopping are likely to lose social skills. People with addictions or dependency on modern media are similar to those of a drug addict. It has been shown to produce distress and isolation in many people who are deprived from these devices. I think that this a major concern for parents of students and this younger generation.

I Can’t Put Down My Phone” by Margret Kaminski talks about how the majority of people are addicted to their cell phones. She talks about a student who experienced a panic attack because he left his phone at home. Margret mentions that the sounds of the phone are meant to grab our attention, but we should try to spend less time on our phone. It is hard for people to focus on homework or anything else when there is a phone right next to them (Kaminski).

I remember that complacent feeling I had enjoying my bowl of ice cream and a new episode of my favorite Netflix series. But moments later this joy was shattered when I saw that picture of my best friend at a party of a person I would call an acquaintance. This feeling is painful and happened to me many times in middle school, a time I would never wish to come back. Personally I attribute all of my emotional pain to technology, a heavy negative claim for technology being

It was extremely frustrating because I was tired and I felt like I could not relax because I had to stand there in silence and cook. Although, I was annoyed by not being able to watch television I was slowly starting to enjoy not checking my phone every 5 minutes to see if there was a notification. It was a break from having to see what other people were posting on social media. At one point, I did reach to get my laptop until I remembered that it could not be

Some steps to take to end the distraction from changing songs on my phone, is simply to just listen to the radio, and be okay with what is playing. Another simple solution is to create a playlist. Before driving people can create a playlist for car use, and in the playlist then can add all the songs they know they enjoy listening to and will not have to change

However giving up my phone was hard for me. I constantly check four things on my phone as I stated previously. When I remembered I didn't have my phone, I felt like I was just missing out something. You feel like you're going to be left out on the next best thing. The easiest thing to give up was TV because I never have time to watch it anyway, and when I do feel like watching something I'll go to YouTube or Netflix, which is rare because with basketball practice, class, and traveling to games I barely have time to do my homework and sleep.

In my everyday life I use all sorts of media, they range from cable television, Internet, radio, and the newspaper. For myself media, is the form and technology I use to receive and communicate information. The different forms of media I was trying to avoid were cable television, the internet and radio. I figured if I could avoid those things I would be doing well in avoiding most obvious forms of mass media. What I realized as I began this whole experience this whole experience is that the mass media is an important if not the most important part of my everyday life. I use it for almost everything I do and it surrounds me.

A key point that Twenge mentions is that we’ve become extremely paranoid and anxious when we don’t know where our devices are to the point of obsession; sleeping with them inches away from our hand. The constant need to check our phones all the time has become a habit as if there is something important to be seen. The more we keep checking, the more lonely we are; causing us to feel that vulnerable

Cell phones are used by so many people and do so many things to help people that they have become a necessity, rather than a convenience, in order for people to carry on their lives. This necessity or dependency is the addiction that people face with their cell phones. When these people lose or break their phones they panic, feel anxiety and look for the quickest way to fix the problem. For example, the car needs the oil changed and at the same time the phone is broken. Most people today

Ever since I was born, computers have been in my life. My family has always owned multiple computers. That hasn’t changed, but I’ve taken notice that we haven’t gotten new computers that often. When I got my first cell phone, it was a flip phone that could just call and text. My whole family got a phone around that time too, they all got flip phones. My parents would use them often to call relatives, but they never upgraded them. My family has been reluctant to change for a lot of technologies. I’ve been a little less reluctant to change, I got a smartphone when everyone else did, but my parents had the same phones for six years. Eventually U.S. Cellular stopped carrying flip phones and they were forced to buy a smartphone. Since then they are crazy about new technology, my dad wants to buy a new tv all the time, and my mom got a facebook. People’s opinions about new technology is changing. There are a few reasons why. One reason is the new technology is reviving something from the past. Another is it’s being forced on people and they are learning to like it.

Key point #1: Use of cell phones has proliferated to the extent that they have become an integral part of our lives. And since the lives of most Americans are built around car transportation, and so much time is spent in cars, it's inevitable that people will want to stay connected by cell phone while driving. It's very tempting.