Poor Richard!

The quote that I found the most interesting and liked the most was - Anger is never without reason but seldom a good one. This is completely true for so many things. People hold grudges or they become angry but when it comes down to it the reason is generally a poor one. This quote seems to describe so many people that have been in my life in the past. If they would have just thought their anger through many friendships could have been saved and relationships spared.

Does Internet isolate people from real social interactions? Or does it foster more social interaction?

I think that the internet plays a role in both. For instance we don't even have to leave our houses to find out anything thats happened. At the same time however the internet has helped with social interactions. For me if it weren't for the internet I would not have contact with much of my family who live in Europe or the ones in Las Vegas, Minnesota, Arizona and where ever else. Every situation, like internet, has it's positives and negatives, the real question is, do they out way each other?

Does this matter??

I think that even with the current advancements in media we still have the love of story telling, love of clear vivid language, and a respect of history. This to me is the way that older generations and younger generations still stay in touch. Although our technology is advancing at a rapid rate I think that many of the elder generations are still staying up to date on everything. For instance many of my family that are over 50 still have a facebook and both my sets of grandparents stay current on all the news through the internet. They may not utilize all of the apps that are available but they are still making an attempt. If we continue to remember the 3 fundamental aspects important our society will still remain in touch and media should not influence this.

Media Junkie

Media has never been a huge part of my life it wasn't until college that I even really got hooked on the whole facebook craze. Don't get me wrong I had Hotmail, MSN messenger and facebook in high school but I went on them maybe once a week. Partially because where I grew up we didn't have high speed internet or anything fancy until this past summer when I went home and had online classes that needed it. But even now I go to class come back turn on my computer check facebook and any homework I have  and thats about it. My emails come directly to my phone so thats one less thing that I have to worry about checking. When I back home I don't even hardly touch my computer, I'm out on the farm where I want to be or at work doing my job. I can't stand now that my boss will even text me when he wants me to come into work. I just feel like sometimes we need to take a step back and look at the mess we are creating for the future. Now not to give the wrong impression I still waste a fair amount of time to my computer and phone use but it's not to the point where I couldn't live without either of them.