This study has taught me multiple things, and many of them are contradictory of one another.
The first is that I spend way too much time checking my phone. I don't even want to know how much time I've accumulated just mindlessly scrolling through pictures and tweets.
The second is that I focus my attention on the wrong sorts of media. Well, maybe not the wrong sorts of media, but I definitely don't have my priorities straight when it comes to web browsing and channel surfing. I pay ample attention to who wore what at the Oscars, or what beautiful face Adam Levine made at a Knicks game, however, I never think to watch the news or flip through a newspaper. I think a healthy balance between the two is fair to ask of a twenty year old aspiring fashion guru/art history teacher, right?
Lastly, I've learned that the pervasiveness of the media is not necessarily a bad thing. I do believe that my generation, (and probably most other generations as well) spends too much time mindlessly scrolling, liking, and posting. However, I also believe that the advances in technology are for the better. There are so many answers literally at our fingertips. A very wise woman told me that my generation is lucky because we can access information from anywhere in the world at a moment's notice. I think she might be right.
You're supposed to make the most of every situation. That I definitely hold to be true. Our access to the media should be no different. I don't think it's wrong to love twitter or to keep up with Lebron James or James Franco or whomever. However I vow to start making better use of my time with the media. Yes, I might check my Twitter feed a few times a day, but I should start paying attention to the really important news, as well. And most importantly, I promise to stop paying as much attention to my phone, and more to the world around it.
let the good times roll not scroll
xxoo
Win
p.s. I apologize for the above corniness.
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