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Personal Media Usage

      Social Schedule      Each morning I wake up to a  subtle alarm and roll over to hit snooze. After about three peaceful snoozes I finally hit stop on my alarm and start my morning routine. By morning routine I mean what I do every morning on my phone before I even think about starting the day. I am not lying, I wake up thirty minutes earlier than needed, just to go through my phone. This paper is truly making me realize I have a problem. Anyways, it is my small look into the big world around me and while maybe just an obsession, it has become a way of life for not only myself but everyone around me. These habits keep us in touch, drive us apart, help us in school, and create bad habits all at once.     As soon as I am brave enough to stare at the bright light of my phone screen, I begin my routine. I immediately open up Snapchat and see who messaged me after I went to bed and who did what last night via their Snapchat stories. After I fe...
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Wild Card

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Digital and Media Literacy

 The world operates in a world driven by technological advancements. When we take one step forward the world is standing by waiting for the next one, no one is content with the technology on hand, were all waiting for the next bigger and better thing coming. With these advancements, the world has to maintain their digital literacy. Digital literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, utilize, share, and create content using information technologies and the Internet.  This ability must be built from a very young age. While we are learning literacy, how to read and write, the newly needed skills of digital literacy are necessary to make advancements in our rapidly developing world. Countries such as Spain and India are promoting growth within their borders, and companies such as Intel are tempting to make strides in digital literacy education. While it may seem like a complete necessity, how would someone function in our world without Digital Literacy, many are uneducated in this ...
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International Media Trends

 There is no greater feeling than coming home after a long day of work, kicking your shoes off, and turning on the television. Dinner is served and the family cuddles up on the couch to flip on the latest shows or tune into the news. We all have memories of this from our childhood and they all seem to fall back on a few choice shows. 
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