#uniassignment

Hi, I’m Brigita! I am Manchester Metropolitan University Film and Media programme student. This blog is a part of ‘Introduction to Media’ course assignment. The purpose of this blog is to demonstrate the reflection of my daily consumed media and the analysis of various posts that I’ve seen on social media platforms.  

As a regular young adult, I spend a lot of time on social media on my daily basis. Even though I don’t really participate in active discussions and I’m not used to create content online yet, I consider using social media as an inseparable part of my life. I find it as a useful tool of communication, it allows me to find the events of my interest and it’s an easy way to get familiar with the culture that I currently live in. Most importantly, it allows me to be aware of the current news and the emergencies. As a part of the assignment I had to keep a diary of all of my daily media consumption. Using the various social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Reddit gave me an opportunity to have the knowledge of different type of contents. I noticed a pattern of the posts that usually gets my attention and after a brief analysis of my media consumption I became more aware of what my main interests are. Posts about the latest film and tv show releases are definitely the most interesting to me but, but I’m also interested in posts from the various influencers who are trying to bring awareness to the important issues such as eating and mental disorders, common myths that has a negative influence to our society and sexism in the media. Moreover, I always try to pay attention to the political news and the articles about the current events in the UK. The media that I find myself the most engaging with is usually presented in a humorous and easy understandable manner. As a result, most of the media I am going to focus and analyse on this blog is going to be related to these topics and it is going to be presented in an explicit way as well.

Needless to say, creating this blog is an exciting challenge and a great opportunity to step out of my comfort zone. It is a great chance to explore unfamiliar and creative assignment forms such as infographics and a blog designing. Moreover, writing this blog allows me to practise my organisation, editing and copywriting skills which will be useful for my future career and assignments.