Week 1: Media Autobiography

The media has always been an important part of my life. Growing up, I watched television with my sisters while my mom was busy cooking or cleaning the house. We used to listen to the radio and cd's all the time and I soon became immune to sounds of music being involved in my daily routine. During my days in junior highschool, magazines were a popular subscription among my friends and family so I read age appropriate magazines and pulled pictures of actors and actresses out to hang up around my bedroom. Nowadays, the media is still a huge part of my life and plays an important role in my daily routine. I always find myself listening to music on the radio or computer whether I be doing homework, like I am right now, cooking, cleaning, dressing up, walking, driving, exercising, or my passion in life, dancing. In my spare time, I love to read fiction novels such as Twilight and Harry Potter to keep my mind creative. Magazines sort of faded out with age and I don't find myself looking at them too much unless I'm searching for new exercise workouts in my mother's latest copy of Shape magazine. Television is a huge part of my life and I have many favorite shows both old and new that I keep up with and hate to miss out on each week. I enjoy going to the movie theatres with friends on the weekends to see the latest films and also renting movies whenever I have time from either the library or the nearest blockbuster. When it comes to the internet, I am a junkie. I know all about it and my family and friends always come to me when trying to set up or find something on the internet. I'm an avid "facebooker" and I love to email and keep online diaries. I love exploring the internet for cool new websites and I use google on a daily basis to look up all sorts of things. My current major is Sociology and so far my studies in the area have led me to believe that this major can take me into any career choice so a career in the media may be an option, but I'm not sure specifically where just yet. Hopefully this class will help me out!