Reflecting on our Love/Hate Relationship with Media

Print

• The "big idea" I got from this padlet is that... are you ready for this??...People still LOVE books!! This is exciting to me. With all the new ways to read, one could be concerned that books will become obsolete. I don't think that will happen, at least in my lifetime.

• People HATE the fact that print media is so wasteful. While all IS recyclable, it can be difficult to do so. You have to store it somewhere, then haul it somewhere, and then dispose of it in it's proper container. This process isn't practical in everyone's life, and like some mentioned, this service isn't available where they live. 

Visual

• It is interesting to see all of our "like" ideas on visual media. They range from pictures and videos, to TV shoes and computer programs. One common theme that I see is that we all like a visual image that is pleasing to the eye. 

• It seems we all have similar dislikes with visual media. TV/videos that expose people and reality TV that people get so caught up in are the two main ideas in this aspect of visual media.

Sound

• As I expected, the main thing we love is music! All kinds of music! 

• What we don't like is when our music is interrupted! Whether that interruption be a commercial on the radio, the fact that we didn't hear it clearly, or cant understand what the speak is saying, we hate it. 

Digital

• Without a doubt, everything that we all love about digital media can be described in three words: The Endless Possibilities. We all use digital media for a variety of reasons; personal, educational, and professions. And as much as we all know, the cool thing is that there is NO WAY any one of us knows all there is to know, Which means that we can, and will, continue to learn new digital media. 

• Two interesting topics I see that we hate is the fact that digital media is easily used for inappropriate reasons and that not all people in the world have easy access to the internet.

Personal Reflection

The media form that I like most is print; the printed thing I like most being a book. I have two bookshelves stuffed with books; fiction, nonfiction, romance, suspense, thrillers, and my collection of old math books. I have a kindle which I purchased thinking I would just read all the books in the world... Well in the almost three years, I can count on one hand the number of books that I have actually read. And all of them were just some random free book, not even necessarily something that I would have ever read otherwise. I just can't give up my books! The sense of satisfaction that I get from physically seeing the progress I make in a book and closing it after the last page is a feeling that just can't be replaced by some clicking and scrolling.  A lot of us mentioned there is just  something  about having that book in our hand. No batteries, no cords, and no electricity needed. A book can go anywhere and it never loses service.