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Personal Reflection On Social Media

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Since I have an iPhone that runs iOS, I used an app called Moment to track my media diary for the week. For the most part, I would say that my media use predictions matched my results. I thought that majority of my time would be spent on social media, especially Twitter and Instagram. I also predicted a heavy use of the Messages app and Snapchat. I knew that I relied heavily on media consumption, but this assignment truly helped me to make connections and view my media habits in an entirely new light. There were some things that matched what I predicted, but seeing it in terms of measurement was very impactful and allowed me to view myself more clearly. My media choices say a variety of things about me and my life as a whole without a doubt. For myself the majority of my media consumption and number one used application on my iPhone was Twitter and this made sense to me because Twitter is the main place I can rely on updating with friend statuses and update myself on major event going on around the world in trending topics and hashtags. Twitter is a great connection to other stories and news outlets. I also enjoy Twitter because it allow users to become reporters on the spot and so you can receive a variety of opinions and perspectives without bias mainstream media getting in the way …show more content…

It's truly amazing when I think of the stages of media development as discussed in class. For example, the iPhone is what I found majority of my media usage coming across on and when I think back to the innovation stage of the iPhone, it was something that was more-so of a luxury and a convenience for its new users. Today, however, the iPhone and smartphones alike are more-so a necessity and I can attest to that because I can't think of a life without it. I'll soon know what that is like in this classes 24-hour without

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