During the last 24 hours I have been keeping track of the amount of time I have spent on the most used apps on my phone which are TikTok, Safari, and Snapchat. To give you an exact number of hours I have spent on each app just today that would be 2 hours and 13 minutes on TikTok, 33 minutes on Safari, and 20 minutes on Snapchat. After viewing the reality of how much time I spend on social media I had to reflect on what I am doing for the rest of my day, and why I have so much time to spend it on my phone. Completing this assignment was an eye opening moment for me to spend less time on my phone and to be engaged with the rest of the world around me including talking to more people, spending more time for myself whether that’s listening to music on a walk or hiking for a few hours. The things I discovered during my media usage was that the people I view on social media are not who they seem to be in real life and overall social media is a fabricated version of people’s actual day to day lives; people will only post the most highlighted versions of themselves. The medias listed above are the most credible sources for me because they not only provide me entertainment, but also are sometimes educational.

https://www.snapchat.com/en-US

https://www.tiktok.com/login

https://www.apple.com/safari/