The journal has helped me come to grasp with my relationship with technology and how my obsessive nature manifests within it. The two sources of media I documented where my computer and IPhone use because they encompass a large part of my “conscious” media consumption. When I am not sleeping I consume copious amounts of unconscious media in the form of advertisements, radio, and TV. I spend at least 15 hours per day using my IPhone or computer which means I experience nearly 90% of my life through a screen, this is a confounding realization. Throughout the five days the same Instagram pictures and YouTube videos that were watched the week prior were re-watched, I do this quiet frequently. This consumption pattern shows how I use technology to soothe and comfort myself within the chaos of everyday life.

Noah Zimny Media Journal Reflection

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