Media has changed in many ways as the years go by. The type of media that is being consumed and the speed of information passed around has a major impact on society. In a 24 hour period people take in a lot of media, whether they are aware of it or not. Television, new papers, magazines, and the internet are all ways people get information. In a 24 hour period my consumption of media in usually not to much but, due to the national tragedy that has accrued my media intake has risen.
On the night of September 10th I decided that I was going to start taking note on my 24 hours of media consumption from when I wake up the next morning. Well, for the first 15 minutes after I got up it was a normal morning in my dorm, my roommates were laying in bed watching sports center and I pretended like I was interested. Then the phone rang and it was for one of my roommates, I handed him the phone and went back to laying in my bed. While I was trying to fall back asleep I heard him ask my other roommate if he could put CNN on. I thought to m
Media has become a major part of many peoples lives. Some people may take advantage of it in everyday life, and some may take it for granted. I unfortunately have been taking it for granted. I felt that my project wasn't going to have much detail because I usually do not watch T.V. or read newspapers, but after this event and taking note of the media I consume each day I realize that it is a valuable resource that I should pay more attention to.
Usually after dinner I would come home and take a nap, but I decided to go back to the television and see if anymore information was given out. I watched it for about and hour, but then I felt that I need a little break from it all. It was pretty late by this time. So I decided to go online. As I expected it was everywhere online also. But I just passed it up and decided to check my mail. I opened my mail and there was a letter from my friend about what happened. Being from New York he was hoping everyone in my family was ok, but at the end there was a quote.
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