Disconnecting from Media

Day of disconnection: Thursday 13/1/2011 

At the beginning of this "observation", I was extremely positive that I could go through a day without media (technology) easily, but I was wrong. It was not as easy as I reckoned. 

During the first hour, it was not that hard. But after a while, I realised that I could do nothing without my mobile, television, and computer. I felt as if I was disconnected from all my friends. It was really stressful as my mobile was always by my side. There were no way I could contact my friends, and it was an eyesore. Not having a computer to use, was one of the hardest obstacles to overcome. Today, in our modern world, the internet is one of the most powerful innovation ever created. One could literally do anything on the internet, from finding recipes for cooking, playing fun and entertaining games, to finding a book to read online. There was nothing I could do, so I decided to take up a book from my shelf and started to read it. In the past, I use to enjoy reading as it was entertaining for me, but since the internet have been so powerful, my reading periods came to an end. In addition, I also spent time with my parents, and converse to them about life. Although I tried to completely avoid all media, it wasn't possible, as my parents would either be watching TV, or reading the news paper. 

At the end of the day, while writing this blog post, I come to realise that media is gradually altering our daily lives. Without media, I got a chance to bond with my family members, and also read a book, which is very relaxing. 

"Digital School Library"

Heather Hughes's comment:
"As a college student, I do a lot of research and spend a lot of time on-line. However, reading an entire novel on the glowing sreen is too much. My eyes can't take it. Hopefully this trend toward complete digitalization wont drift from elite boarding schools into the physical world many of us still enjoy."

I completely agree with Hughes comment as it is true that staring at a monitor screen for hours would just hurt our eyes; it is unhealthy of our eyes. In addition, almost everyone today have a computer with subscribed internet for themselves, so a "digital" library would be unnecessary and useless. People could just stay at home instead to research and read. Although some people would prefer to read online as it may be more efficient, I dislike reading from the computer as it is harder to get information into my head, and I tend to loose my focus easier. Kids and even adults these days are exposed to a lot screens, from ipods, televisions, game consoles, etc.. so by having a "digital" library, it would be worse for their eye sight and health. By having a "digital" library, people would get distracted easily too as, internet browsing is much more entertaining than reading(for some people). Lastly, I feel that a "digital" library would only have the latest books and not books from the past, thus all the magnificent books would be lost and never to be read again by people.