Who I think I am?

I am a huge media consumer (mainly Facebook, Instagram, twitter and Youtube)  my  days revolve around school, work , dance and social media. With the help of newer media outlets sharing my ideas and thoughts through video, image, and sound  has been easier and more accessible. I remember the simpler days before the newer and more sophisticated media was introduced when there was AOL instant messenger.  At the time my life revolved around posting away messages that expressed my feelings, thoughts and emotions and from time to time deliberately posting messages just to get attention (#thirsty).  Overtime I realized this was becoming a huge distraction and I forced myself to slow down as I was becoming more concerned with instant messaging  than other priorities. After stopping for some time,  I imagined this feeling of wanting to stay connected with the outside world via instant messenger would fade. However, just when I had learned to become less dependent on this, Facebook appeared on the social media radar.

***this is not an actual away message from me, but if I had posted this "so mad, don't IM me" message, chances are I  probably wanted to someone to message me back asking if I was ok, sort of like reverse psychology.

At First like many of my friends  I was skeptical about creating a Facebook account  because I wanted to avoid yet another distraction, but little did I know after shifting my attention over to Facebook, this gave life to a new way  in how I would interact with the world and how the world  would interact with me.  I became obsessed with Facebook because having the ability to stay connected with friends and family from around the world was a commodity I never imagined having. I love sharing different aspects of my life on social media particularly because of those friends with whom I like to share my NYC experiences as they often share their own experiences from their own native countries.

**These are actual photos I posted on my account and the majority of likes have come from friends outside of NYC. 

             

                

What I appreciate about media in general is that it works as an archival system where everything that goes live is stored and available for someone to revisit at a later time unless otherwise deleted by the user or author. Other reasons social media is so convenient is because as an users I can track a current event as it's happening in real time and have the ability bring awareness in a matter of minutes by simply clicking the share bottom. I feel like my attention is always shifting from one event to the next because someone is constantly bombarding my news feed with things that are happening in the world, and I love it!!!  Another element of social media I find fascinating is my ability to control what goes out, as a consumer its a good feeling having the ability to control who I  follow, block and comment, and what I share.   I know there are many other media outlets I've yet to learn about, but that is definitely one of my goals this semester.  #mediaconsumerontherise