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24 Hour Unplugged Challenges

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I am someone who has come accustomed to using the internet and other types of media regularly on a daily basis. It plays a crucial role in my daily life and has become a type of necessity over time. Therefore I thought it would be interesting for me attempt the 24 hour unplugged challenge where I would be attempting to give up all use of media for a full 24 hours. In this self-critical essay I will be reflecting and engaging with my own personal experience in attempting this challenge while also comparing my experience to others in the course as well as from other universities where this activity was done. I will use all of this information to prove that we live in an incredibly hyper-mediatized environment where all of a sudden we are in a …show more content…

Although I aimed to give up all use of media for a 24-hour period, I unfortunately did not succeed and was only able to stay offline for around 7-8 hours. According to the survey of our own cohort also struggled to stay offline, with 73.846% of the participants failing (POLS3512, 2015). Even though I was not able to last the entire 24 hour time period, I still think that an examination of my own personal experience dealing with this unplugged project can bring forth and enlighten how the influence of media has changed how I feel and think as well as changing how media incredibly impacts both the work and the social spheres. Using media and technology is something that greatly impacts my life. A usual day consists of me firstly being awoken every morning by the sound of music from the …show more content…

This research has helped me understand how students in our cohort and from all over the world feel this over-reliance on media, by proving that there is a direct correlation between too much social media communication and anxiety and depression (McHugh, 2011). This experience has taught me that I rely too much on all forms of media and that it would be better for me to learn how to manage my use of media. This challenge would be something I would consider doing again in the future, with my family, to see if we can actually stay offline for the entire 24 hour

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