Traditional/Non-Traditional- Media

I believe traditional and non-traditional media are both needed. The counter balance each other and make sure every point of view is out there. It will let us decide for ourselves what's right and what's wrong and with both around you'll be informed when something you see is a lie.

I suppose I, myself, rely on traditional journalism simply because i'm rarely on social media so I don't get a lot of access to citizen journalism. Citizen journalism pushes serious conversations to the forefront. For example- the amazon fire.

Social Media

The three social media site I use, if rarely, of my own volition are YouTube, DeviantArt, and Tumblr.

YouTube is great for mindless entertainment, tutorial videos, and music even if the adpocalypse is once more upon us. Its a really nice site for animators and creators in general to get themselves out there with.

DeviantArt is an amazing place to keep track of and find greats artists and it has brilliant comics if you know where to look.

Tumblr is... strange. It's a wonderful place to find people with similar interests, even if the fandom-side is viewed as terrifying. Personally, I love it.

My Social Media Consumption...

... is nearly nonexistent. The only time i use social media is when my friends bug me into doing it. That's it. That's the only time.

Mass Media

Mass Media is all around us all the time. It's extraordinarily hard to live in the modern world without coming into contact with some sort of media; books, movies, newspapers, TV news, and more.

A salary in media career can range from $33k to $131k with most people getting pair around $59k. If I were to go into a career in media I would become an author. To go into any media career, you would probably need an education in Media Studies, English, and/or Business. I would prefer not to spend my life in media and would rather do something based less on lies and pretty words and more on things I personally enjoy.

Without Feathers

Personally, my favorite story in Woody Allen's Without Feathers was "If the Impressionists Had Been Dentists". It's a simple enough book, but it's pretty funny. It's written like letters from Vincent Van Gogh to his brother, Theo. It describes what Vincent's doing, what he's gotten in trouble for recently, and the way he yearns to assimilate art into his dentistry. I quite like the relationship Vincent supposedly has with another Impressionist-turned-Dentist, Gauguin. It's really funny because of the way all of Vincent's exploits are told as if they're entirely normal, despite the oddity of their nature.

My First Injury

A kid distracted me and I ran into a wall. It was painful and embarrassing. Also, I couldn't breathe for about 20 seconds. Second injury, I from a low to the round branch and the branch fell on me. I was very winded and my chest was bruised.

Edit: Wait actually, my first injury was when I was two. I was an idiot, walked into the way of a flying hay bale, got slammed into a two-by-four and lost a tooth. (The removal of my tooth may have been the thing to start my terror of needles...)

Misery

Misery was filled with masterfully-used suspense. It's one of those horror films/books that actually has you rooting for the protagonist because the protag didn't get into his trouble due to a stupid mistake or choice. Paul Sheldon has no control over the situation at all. Stephen King used suspense by giving us little clues that our antagonist, Annie Wilkes, isn't as sweet and harmless as she seems to be in the beginning. We start to see more and more of this unstable side of Annie Wilkes as the movie/book goes on. When Paul finally escapes from his room, King puts an emphasis on how he knocks over the little glass penguin and puts it back up facing the wrong direction and we take extra notice of the knives in the kitchen. Then there's the fight scene where Annie has an obvious advantage over Paul and yet Paul still manages to pull through. But not really. He doesn't really escape Anni Wilkes. He's traumatized, he almost certainly has physical scars from the encounter, he sees Annie almost everywhere, and his publisher and others are pushing for a non-fiction description of his encounter, which would certainly reopen the mental scars.