Summary

Our world is completely different from the one that our great grandparents/ grandparents (maybe even parents) grew up in, if that isn't already extremely obvious, and the older generations see this dependence on technology as "stupidity"...but is it? We no longer have to memorize everyone's phone numbers, read a physical map to navigate, but what I feel they aren't taking into consideration is the knowledge and skills it takes to learn how to use this technology efficiently and to the greatest of its ability. If I put a computer or an iphone in front of them, they would have no idea how to use it. I feel that their generation and my generation are just as intelligent as the other, but the difference is what we use our intuitive minds for. Instead of memorizing phone numbers, we memorize web addresses, learn how to understand concepts like "links" and "attached files" and the difference between someone's Facebook page and a personal blog such as this one. This blog will show you through five days of my personal experience with the media via my cell phone, computer, TV, music, and anything else pervading throughout my life. What I have learned from blogging about my daily interactions with media is it seriously cannot be escaped. In order for someone to escape the media, they would have to relocate to the middle of a forest with no connection to the outside world. When I am at dinner with friends, I look around and notice how everyone has their phone sitting on the table next to their plates of food. They look up for conversation, then look down to deal with their social media. Is this bad? Are we losing touch with communication? I don't want to think so but it is possible. But are we making up for it with all of the cyber communication we have? In my opinion  you can get to know someone's deepest thoughts on the internet. For example; whoever is reading this likely doesn't even know me. Yet here you are, knowing the details of my thoughts on this subject. Kind of crazy, huh? ... ... ...