My Relationship with Media

            As a teenager in this generation, media and electronics are a very large and essential part of my life. I am almost always interacting with them in some form or another. I honestly cannot think of anybody I know, from my eight-year-old little sister to my great-grandfather, who does not use any form of media or electronics daily. The two main social media sites I use are Instagram and Snapchat. I use Snapchat more often because it is less time consuming. Everything on the app is designed to be used very quickly. This makes it perfect for people with busy schedules or people with short attention spans. However, I prefer Instagram over Snapchat because Instagram gives off more of a sense of permanence and it also seems a lot more official. Pretty much anything that is posted there stays until the owner makes a conscious decision to take it down, but things on Snapchat only stay for a day. There is also a lot more to do on Instagram. It is very useful for when I need to kill time. But that is also its weakness. I always feel obligated to look at every post that pops up in my feed, but I very rarely have time to do that. As a result, I only scroll through my homepage once every week or two.

I don't really use Twitter for the same reason. It takes too long. But I feel that there is less to do on Twitter than there is on Instagram. I see social media as a way to keep in touch with everybody you want. From relatives you don't see often to friends you see every day, there is a really good chance that they have some sort of social media account that you can use to contact them.