Media Autobiography

The short essay about my relationship with the eight types of mass media: Books, Newspapers, Magazines, Movies, Recordings (Audio/Music), Radio, Television and the Internet.

• Books: The relationship that I have had with books was not that great as I was a child and the main reason for this was because of how distracted I was with my ADD, plus I never really got into it practice because of my obsession for television and video games, which took up almost all my time. At one point in my childhood though, I was into making comic books and kids’ story until I joined some sports in high school.
• Newspapers: Newspaper really never got my intention, the only I found myself looking at a newspaper was for a class or something.
• Magazines: With magazines, I found my interested in technology and weight training. Also I did have a point in my life during middle school where I wanted to make a magazine about music, but sadly that didn’t last too long after seeing all the mistakes I made in my first two issues.
• Movies: Movies have always been my favorite type of mass media. When I was in high school, I work at a blockbuster store, which I can say was my favorite job. The reason for that was because I love talking about movies, helping my customer finds the perfect movie for their night, and just my connection with this type of mass media.
• Recordings (Audio/Music): For this type of mass media, I didn’t have much experience of this type of mass media before high school because I was not that interested it, but after I found my love for all types of music.
• Radio: My relationship with radio didn’t start until after high school, mainly because I didn’t find myself listening to it until I got my first car around that time. The only things that I have found from the radio that interest me are the prizes that you can win and the music.
• Television: This is one of my top favorite types of mass media. Since I can remember I have always been captured by this type of mass media. Mainly when I was young, I was inspired by it that I wanted to grow up and be a cartoonist. My family saw this and went out of their way to get me cartoonist’s kits and programs that would help reach my dream job. After sometime, I eventually lost interest in it because I found myself comparing my work to others.  
• Internet: The relationship I had with the internet didn’t seem to start until high school. I think the thing that got me in it first might have been when MySpace first became big and then I found myself using it more after I learned that I could hack phones and get free games.