Through my media consumption weekly blog posts and previous readings throughout this course. I’ve come to many different conclusions about how I use media and now I’m going to question these conclusions through exploration.
- Media is consumed for the sake of consuming.
I’ve learnt through my documentation of media consumption that I generally used media as a form of consume just because it was there to consume. For example every morning I would scroll through my Facebook and Instagram newsfeed like it was the newspaper. Viewing these posts like a daily chore, a need to consume it to see what was happening, to keep up to date with others or because I was generally bored and it gave me something to do. I’d go on Soundcloud and listen to music whenever I was out walking in public so that way I wouldn’t look socially awkward around others in public, like I looked like I was busy and had something to do. So I used it as a way to evoke this image and once again I was bored just walking and needed something in the background as a form of entertainment.
2. Media is more often consumed than it is produced.
Linking back to what I was saying previously. I was often describing all the media I had consumed for the day. When I got to the end of my blog post as I listed if I had either authored, curated, contributed/ distributed or consumed, I found that my list for consumed media was a lot longer than authoring. Most of the time the only thing I authored in a day was blog posts for university work which is more of a have to produce rather than going out of my way to produce new media and contribute to the rest of society.
3. Does Media still follow technological determinism
This also relates back to what I have been speaking about in the last two conclusions. However touches on the reading ‘Theoretical Frameworks’ and more in depth on the topic ‘Technological determinism’. I wonder if this idea of media used to progress society can be seen as accurate. As from what I’ve learned I didn’t contribute much into society through my use of media however I just used it because it was there. I can see how some media can produce a ‘cultural shock’ and contains a lot of ‘potential’ and ‘possibilities’. However I don’t believe this can be related to every individual and sometimes media is just consumed rather than producing huge milestones for society.
So those are the conclusions I’ve made from my media consumption.
Nakita xx