Social Media and my Internet use Homework Project! Activity #3

I use the internet in different ways all the time, sometimes I use it to check my social media or listen to my music, it could be shopping for things, school/home work and anything else I want to use the internet for. I'll admit, I do spend a lot of my time on the internet, sometimes it could be for a useful purpose but most of the time it's just because I'm bored and want something to do. Or you could just say for no reasonable explanation. Just wasting my "valuable" time. Even if I'm at home on the sofa or out with my friends, laid in bed when I can't sleep, lunch and break time at school,  I'll be on the internet. 

Social Media is probably my most visited genre on the internet. I always have to look at my Facebook, Snap chat and Instagram first thing in the morning, last thing before bed, I literally don't feel right if I don't because I have to keep up with all of the gossip and banter that goes on in the world on Facebook. I think that's the main reason I got Facebook, before I had no idea what the latest gossip was but now I have my social media's I know pretty much everything that goes on as I think my media teacher realises. Thinking about it, the time I spend on social media kind of worries me, the fact that I spend at least a quarter of the time I'm awake on Facebook or something. I click the Facebook app at least 30 times a day, no exaggeration. Just to reply to someone's message or like someone's photo. As soon as I hear about it I'll be straight onto it because I'm just nosey. I think Social Media has increased my attitude ( in a bad way )  and how nosey I can be, this shows that being on the media can affect how you act or treat someone in some cases.

When I'm on the internet, I hardly ever use anything else, unless that's putting some music on in the background of my Facebook session, or watching YouTube videos that I find funny or interesting, I never find anything interesting or funny so it has to be good. If I'm not doing that, it'll be shopping for my scooter, camera or any essentials that I might need. Also there's the odd revision and homework that I do online. But now I'm in GCSE Media I think that the amount of time I spend doing homework on the internet will increase. However, this is a good purpose to use the internet.

People are saying all the time that the internet is distracting children from their school work, or stopping children from going out with their friends for a couple of hours. Personally I agree. Every so often I'll admit I check my phone in lesson time, to see if I have any notifications or messages that I don't really need to look at, but I will because the internet is like an addiction, I have to take a look. This isn't a good thing, I'm missing out on revision tactics or information that could be key towards coursework or my exams. The worst bit about it is that it's things I need to know. That's why I've started to turn my phone off during lesson time. Another scenario; I could be having a family dinner, or my friends wanting me to come out but I'm too busy on my device surfing the internet. We all know it's tradition to keep our phones off the table at dinner. It's the rudest thing to do at the dinner table. 


I'm not saying my internet use is bad, but I could cut down on how much I use it. Alright if it's for homework then that's an exception, but the time I spend on Social Media's. 

Thank you for reading my blog on what I've noticed about my internet use, how it affects me, how long I use it for and everything else.