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Position Paper 1: Media and Me

Student responsibilities, organizational duties, social communication, and personal downtime – these are all the basic forms in which I would use media from day to day. Lately my cellphone has become an inseparable appendage to my body. I could even loosely describe my device as a significant other: I use it for comfort, to fill voids, to build myself, to evoke emotion, and the connection is basically unconditional as long as the bill is paid. I am, however, not infatuated nor am I addicted to my phone. I am that rare 2% of millennial energy that would rather be put towards physical interaction if possible, but given the 21st century circumstances I basically live on my phone to keep up. I spend countless hours exploring the interests of others while simultaneously exploiting my own to an audience that I would assume is my peers. Outside of social media, I also use various applications to enhance my academic experience as well as keeping in contact with professors and other students...