In my recent Network Media workshop we was given a task which would have to be done in pairs, with was to interview each other on the effect of new media and how it has effected us.
We had to pair up with people we would not normally talk to or where different that way we know this way we would get more different and more interesting questions and answers.
Questions such as, how do you feel about these changes, do you feel nostalgic for times prior to the current media you use, and how has your experience of culture changed for example image, text, sound, and consumption.
The first set interview questions was based around the famous blackberry, known for its Blackberry Messenger (BBM) which allows you to keep connected socially the easiest way.
The first question asked was what kind of impact has it created to your life? For my answer, I had said at first I found it great and good way to keep in contact but at the same time it is a bit of a distraction causes you to live a cyber social world and takes you away from reality, for example you could be in a lesson and not concentrate or be with your mates and still trying to keep in touch with your other mates. This answer ended up being both of our answers but I had more to say which was that the blackberry hype had died down for me and become more of a drag being able to be contacted around the clock and instantly via facebook, twitter and the messenger. Another question, which was asked concerning the blackberry was what values and emotions do, I have with my device and I answered that I have no emotional connection to my device and could get rid of it whereas my interviewee said the opposite and would not be able to cope without her blackberry and will start getting withdrawal symptoms, this shows the different effects that people have with the device.
Secondly we moved onto another everyday used device, which are a laptop, the same questions and more was asked about the laptop. Firstly my values to the laptop are different from the blackberry as I wouldn’t be able to live without my laptop and because I work with a Mac book I love it even more whereas my partner doesn’t really have a emotion that connects to her laptop because you can do what ever is on the laptop on a blackberry. I was also asked how often I am on the laptop in a day where I answered I am normally on it all day unless the battery is dead. Also asked has it had any impact on space and time spent been transformed by it where I had replied a bit because when a event is happening with my mates sometimes I would rather stay in and browse my laptop, this is because I think what I do with my mates I can do right he on my laptop which has changed me.
