my MEdia
Since I have been in college I have started to watch more TV than I ever did in highschool, but don't start thinking that I watch hours on end. I haven't watched one TV show since I returned from studying abroad in June. While I was abroad, I missed out on my favorite shows because I didn't own a TV and I don't even think it would be possible to watch them if I did have a TV. Now that I am back on campus, I am not sure that I will be caught up enough to really get back into watching them. When I was little my parents wouldnt allow us to watch more than an hour of TV a day, which I hated them for back then but now I understand.
My favorite type of media is films. I often have a really hard time staying awake in a lot of them, but that doesn't keep me away from them. I love going to the theatre or snuggling up on the couch and watching movies. I have always enjoyed watching all types of films, whether they are Indie or big Hollywood films. A couple years ago I went to a small film festival at the Guthrie where they showed short excerpts from Indie films from Minnesota. I wish I would have followed up on that experience and watched some of the films entirely.
My media guilty pleasure, PEOPLE magazine! I can usually stop myself from buying it in the line at the grocery store but come finals week or a road trip, I have the latest issue. I am really looking forward to seeing the different view points and angles of media in our society. I want to become more aware of the advertisements, films, magazines, news sources I consume in my daily life.