Media Class

  I love reading soooo much! But to be completely honest I don't really have much time to leisurely read anymore like I used to. Mainly because my reading time has been replaced with the books I read for school, and the only book I read on my own accord is the scriptures. When I was in the beginning of Elementary school reading was very difficult for me, but due to my personal perseverance and my parents helping me move onto harder levels of reading at the end of Elementary school, my teachers were surprised that I could read at a level way above my age group. Reading has really helped me throughout my life to better conceptualize things. I loved reading and still do because it takes you to a different world, you learn from the lessons the books share, you read about things you may never see in real life, you feel at ease when you read when everything around you, in reality, is going crazy, and so much more.  Reading also united the family. I remember my dad would read us the ...

It is neat coming into this class to come to better understand media as a whole for all of its good and bad. My dad has always said to be the master of technology and not to let technology be the master of you. I remember throughout our lives our family has done social media fasts. Doing this fast helped us feel connected to our Heavenly Father and focus on things outside of the media. During finals, our entire family went on a media fast from fun media that could distract us from studying. This media fast was extremely helpful to uniting as a family and to also learning good boundaries when it comes to media. Now I personally keep my social media apps off my phone so they are not as much of a distraction while I am doing school, and I download them back when I have some free time. I feel that learning more about how media can impact us individually helps us make choices for ourselves on how we each use media and it is personal to every person. I'm excited in this class to learn mo...