It’s
amusing for me to think about all of the new media and technology that I
revolve my life around. Today, already,
I have checked multiple email accounts, both personal and professional, I have
checked Facebook and Instagram and it is only 9:45am. By the end of the day that list will grow to
include Pinterest, twitter, text messages and Facebook messenger. Not to mention I listened to the radio on my
way to work and I have Pandora playing right now. Then of course there are all of the news apps
that are sending notifications to me all day, tragically the news of the day is
the shooting at Ft. Hood and the funeral services for the fallen fire fighters
in Boston.
Social
media has made me jaded when it comes to my perspective on events that
happen. My heart breaks for families
that are affected by tragedies but it comes to a point where I am tired of
hearing the same report for hours upon hours every day. I believe there comes a time when the news
outlets need to give it a rest. I would
think that the victims and the families of the victims would want some peace
and quiet as opposed to having to hear about the course of events that led them
to where they are now.
On
the other side of the coin, when tragedies do strike I am amazing and in awe of
how communities pull together and without social media and the news outlets I
would not be able to witness that coming together. True we may be selfish people the majority of
the time but when it really matters we come together to help our neighbors in
times of need. So there is really no
strong pull when it comes to positive versus negative influences. I’d like to believe that I can look past the
negative and focus on the positive.
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