5-1 Discussion: Your Role as a Consumer and Producer of Media

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First, watch the TED Talk Breaking Down Stereotypes Using Art and Media and the two articles in the module resources related to media consumers and producers. In your initial post, address the following:What type of interactions do you have with media? Consider your own use of media, including social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter), conversations with friends, chain emails, and media news.In what ways are you a consumer of media? In what ways are you a producer of media?In what ways does your own role (how you share media) impact an audience? How might you shape an audiences perception?In responding to your classmates, find common ground in your roles of production and consumption of media. Further, look at how your classmates may impact others through their roles as consumers and producers of media. How do you differ in your roles, and how are you the same?Classmate 1I don't interact with media too much. I have an Instagram account to check out artists and keep up with graphic design trends. I post some of my personal work but my followers are mainly friends and family. I used to be more involved with Facebook and news channels, but life has gotten busy and my drive to gather information has dwindled. I do enjoy watching Ted talks now and again as well as the Joe Rogan podcast. I dont consider these outlets as good sources for current news but it does help me keep more present in todays events.I consume mostly artistic and graphical elements of design. I think its very important as a designer to ensure I am up to date with trends in design so I can learn how to create them in Illustrator or Photoshop. I also have a soft spot for multimedia scupltures. When I first went to school I was majoring in scuplture but then transitioned when I work as a graphic designer. I post many of my home projects as well as some of my chalkboard art that I did for Whole Foods. I dont post a lot of my digital creations although I need to get started since it is my intended feild. I have such a wide range of artistic posts I hope I inspire some people to create art projects at home themselfs. I hope that people who go home dont always just plop down in front of the TV and veg out for hours until they go to sleep. I want to inspire some parents to be active with their kids and become creative. I think the key to happiness is putting a majority of your energy into your home life. Hopefully my audience sees that I put energy into my home life and do the same.Classmate 2I have Facebook, twitter, ti tok, snapchat, instagram, and  emails. Social media can influence your views on so many ways. People do online bullying which effects people, and even can lead to suicide. I am a consumer of media because I look at peoples post, I read emails, I watch videos people make. There is just a lot of things you can do with media. I produce pictures, comment on peoples post, and share. I make videos on tik tok and instagram. I try and use social media to help others with their life. I like to give advice, help people realize they are perfect the way they are no matter what others think. I have impacted one person which was an amazing opprutunity, and experience. Depending on what the personal is feeling, you can help them through a situation, or through a question they have, or just many things. Here is real life things I dealt with, and how social media has helped me. I was born in 1994, I was 4 pounds 6 ounces. My bilogical mom tried killing me several times. She wouldn't feed me so I was airlifted to the hospital. She may have tried to suffocate me, but I don't have a lot of information on that because I was a baby. At age 17 I found out why my mom was trying to do this, and it could be because who my dad really is maybe related to her, and didn't want the guy she was with to find out. Now my other 2 siblings are from the one guy, but finding out this about me was a nightmare. I was also homeless as a baby. We lived in a truck on the side of the road. I moved with my supposed aunt and uncle and he was abusive. My cousin chased me with firecrackers through the woods, he also shot my sisters doll with a bebe gun and laughed. Then one day I saw my cousin chase my sister with toilet paper lit on fire. After that we spent 11 years in 9 foster homes and I was hated but don't know why. They gave us a tablespoon of food and said that's all we can have, and we had to stay in our room. After all that I finally got adopted in 2007. I love my family now. While living with my forever family before adoption my mom had a chance to get all 3 of us back but she chose to marry a accused child molester instead. Now i'm 26 and that still has effected me, but makes me stronger. Now i'm dealing with family not liking me being a lesbian, and saying stuff like you will go to hell, and why did you turn out this way? Like as if it's a choice when it's a feeling when you wont know because you never experienced the feeling. Social media has helped me become better with who I am. I listen to music to get my mind off everything. Talk to friends through social media. I give people advice on how to deal with their sexuality. My parents have learned that it's not okay to be this way because they learn from their parents, and church. However, the fact is that the word homosexual was not in the bible until 1946. That's when people turned the bible into anti-gay. https://um-insight.net/perspectives/has-%E2%80%9Chomosexual%E2%80%9D-always-been-in-the-bible/ Here's the link to read for yourself, and there are many more out there. Luckily I have social media helping me through my life.

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