I have decided to start my own blog. Maybe you have realized that since you have been sucked into reading this first post. Everyone is doing it, and I figured, “Eh, I have some stuff I like to talk about sometimes.” Here are some things that you may need to know about me:
I am a Ph.D. student studying Mass Media and Communication
I am an adjunct professor
I research the effects of social media usage on identity formation and perceptions of reality
I am interested in media literacy as it applies to the general public
Yes my blog title is a play on a Baudrillard book title
Facebook, video games and the many similarities between the two interest me to no end; most likely because I am obsessed with both
I intend for this blog to be a random collection of (what I think are) interesting effects that media technologies have on my life and on society. If nothing else, I hope that my small contributions help people look at media in a new way that allows for them to become critical consumers and producers of media.