As Deuze (2011, 138) says, “our life is lived in, rather than with, media – we are living a media life.” Media is everywhere in our lives and with the introduction of the smart phone; technology has made media even more accessible. Like Elisha, I use my smart phone to check applications like facebook, emails and many more. My phone always seems to be with me and it has become second nature to me to check applications, like facebook or my emails, more frequently than ever before. I, like many others, have become so involved within the media life that we no longer “recognize our media habits because they are a constitutive part of us.” (Deuze 2011, 138)
Such media platforms allow users to create an online personality and interact with each other in a virtual world. But the lines that separate reality and the virtual world seem to be disappearing. Like Hannah mentions in her blog, there is no longer a clear separation of the two worlds. I never realised how intertwined the ‘real’ world and the ‘media’ world had become, until I started to examine my own life and habits. It has now become apparent to me that my life is a media life.
Deuze, M. (2011). Media Life. In Media, Culture & Society, Volume 33, issue 1, pp. 137-148.
Facebook 2011. Accessed 14 March 2011 at www.facebook.com
It’s Official: Zuck To Introduce a Facebook Smartphone in 2011. 2010. http://tommytoy.typepad.com/tommy-toy-pbt-consultin/2010/09/its-official-zuck-to-introduce-a-facebook-smartphone-in-2011.html (accessed April 3, 2011)
CSL Cartoonstock. 2011. http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/s/smartphone.asp (accessed April 3, 2011)
No comments:
Post a Comment