It's not that I don't care for the news its just not apart of my daily life. I don't wake up every morning, drink my coffee, and read the newspaper. I barely make it to class on time, so i don't put news into my morning routine. This is going to sound really sad, but the only time I actually read the news or watch it is when I have to for a class. An example of this is when I attended UTC and my media writing teacher would give us news quizzes every week, so I forced myself to read the news in between classes. (Staci please don't get any ideas from this, LOL)
My media habits from high school are probably actually the same, except for being able to listen to the news on the radio as I drove to school. Now,I sometimes find myself watching fox news when something spectacular has happened. It's not like I actually go looking for this channel, I just will happen to be channel surfing and find some breaking news. The other small portion comes from the radio when my dad listens to it in the car. I may fuss with him about changing the channel, but I'm forced to hear the news when I'm with him.
I think one of the reasons that I don't follow the news (besides laziness) is that as a child my grandparents continually bored me with the news when they would babysit me after school. I hated that they would keep the t.v. stuck on channel 10 everyday. Being a kid I wanted to watch cartoons, but cable didn't exist at the grandparent's house.
I understand that news should be apart of everyones life, I just wish that news wasn't always so sad and violent. I know that this part of news needs to be broadcasted, but there can be more of the other elements involved too. I guess I can't expect for there to be any changes soon, so I should just go with the flow of news that already exist. As I continue to get older I hope that my old habits of not watching the news will change. One day I hope to realize how important the news really is in my life.
My media habits from high school are probably actually the same, except for being able to listen to the news on the radio as I drove to school. Now,I sometimes find myself watching fox news when something spectacular has happened. It's not like I actually go looking for this channel, I just will happen to be channel surfing and find some breaking news. The other small portion comes from the radio when my dad listens to it in the car. I may fuss with him about changing the channel, but I'm forced to hear the news when I'm with him.
I think one of the reasons that I don't follow the news (besides laziness) is that as a child my grandparents continually bored me with the news when they would babysit me after school. I hated that they would keep the t.v. stuck on channel 10 everyday. Being a kid I wanted to watch cartoons, but cable didn't exist at the grandparent's house.
I understand that news should be apart of everyones life, I just wish that news wasn't always so sad and violent. I know that this part of news needs to be broadcasted, but there can be more of the other elements involved too. I guess I can't expect for there to be any changes soon, so I should just go with the flow of news that already exist. As I continue to get older I hope that my old habits of not watching the news will change. One day I hope to realize how important the news really is in my life.
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