My Digital media consumption also gravitates around these platforms- but it also includes Pinterest. I enjoy a dank meme or a cooking recipe as much as the next person! I spend my time with these media providers because they make me feel connected to friends, they provide me with entertainment, and they update me on breaking news which I then verify with news media providers.
My personal guidelines for navigating media available is simple: if it is gross-I don't want it. That is mostly applicable to Youtube, and Pinterest. I align myself pretty close to the Gospel view of media- if it is of good report, virtuous, or lovely- funny, creative, clever, or inspiring- I seek after those things. I end up unfollowing people from time to time, and I have a filter engaged in my google searches- so I don't end up getting stuff I don't want: try searching x-men pictures without a decent web-filter installed. It gets pretty dicey.
Digital media is unlike any other kind of media for a couple specific reasons:
1. You can access it so quickly (provided you have an internet connection)
2. There is a record of you viewing it.
When I view art in a gallery- I have to go way out of my normal travel route to see art, and even when I'm there there is no record of what I saw, and/or how long I was looking at a particular piece.
With Digital media- BOOM! there it is!
As a teacher I can see the media I participate in being a crucial part of connecting with my students. I often will use a meme or two in my power-points during lessons- and videos are always a nice way to break up lectures.
I feel that presenting Digital media in the classroom is helpful for my students. I shows them that I am approachable, and relatable - but it also models appropriate media consumption. If my students are going to search out Youtube videos it would be nice for them to have a standard that they can follow- or an example to exemplify.
I know when I am searching for media I rely on the example of others to help me cut through the crap.
It was very nice to see your personality come through your writing. Good ideas on the importance of safety standards when it comes to media in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the importance of having a record of your media consumption?
ReplyDeleteThe record makes your viewing of digital media more public than viewing art at a gallery does. The pathways that remain can be traced back to your computer- the importance is the difference. I can be totally anonymous at an art gallery- no one knows what I'm looking at, but, online the record remains for the skilled tracer to follow.
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