Day 2

I was so glad to know that this was going to be the last day I had to do the Media Deprivation. I am not going to lie. It was very difficult to do.
I pretty much just woke up on Sunday with the mindset that I wasn’t going to use any media, but I kind of slacked a bit. It was the day of my stepmom’s birthday and all of my family came over. We had mole and rice with garlic-covered shrimp. After we were finished eating, I began to watch “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” on TV. I had slipped up yet again! “Damn!” I thought to myself. So in order to hopefully redeem myself, I went the whole rest of the day without watching or listening to any form of mass media. As difficult as I knew it would be, I knew I had to do it.
I cannot reiterate how difficult this assignment was. I really wanted to go on MySpace and Facebook to check my messages and stuff, but I had to restrain myself.
This project really made me understand how much influence mass media had on my life. Mr. Lopez had told us in class that media deprivation would be like a mild drug addiction for us, and he seemed to be right, because it felt that way.
This media deprivation thing really opened my eyes and it is something I don’t ever want to do again. Not being able to watch movies, surf the internet for recreational purposes, or text message really took its toll on me.
I was very satisfied to know that I could have self-control when it came to limiting the amount of mass media I used. But when mass media is all around you, it is very hard to stay on the bandwagon.