Blog #8 - Hermans

Thinking about this prompt, I can honestly say that I don't think social media has changed me much in terms of what the application really is, (posting online) it certainly has taken enough of my time to just surf the apps every once and a while, but what I do on there doesn't really "shape me". I feel like technology has really had the most effect on me since I went to college. I was actually homeschooled up until I went to the U, so I really didn't have much time to socialize. Contradictory to stereotypes, I did have quite a few friends, but I was never put in situations with hundreds of kids that I would have to interact with on a daily basis like the other kids my age. This hasn't really had a huge effect on me but it has made me very introverted. And throughout my entire college career, I haven't really made too many friends with people in my classes, because I would never speak up and just have my headphones in until the class started and left right after class ended. The reason I bring this up is because I believe technology has a lot to do with the situation. I am comfortable being alone, and I think it has a lot to do with technology. If I didn't have music on my phone, or a computer that I could do endless activities on, or video games that I could play, I think I would be a lot more lonely without friends and maybe I would be encouraged to talk to people in class before class starts. It's not something that I regret, I love technology because of it. I just think that it's interesting that technology often has a way of isolating you in the real world.