Intro Who do you think you are? Imane Bougtab

Intro

Who do you think you are?

What is your role in media consumption, critique and/or media making. How much of who you are is measured against media examples and images? How much of our common experience involves shared mass media images, events and stories? Use several media examples to illustrate your description of your relationship to media.

Can you think of ways that the media covers activists, acts of resistance and protest? How do you feel about this relationship? Use examples to illustrate your answers. Your blog post must be at least 4 paragraphs and you must include at least one link and one image.

Hello, my name is Imane Bougtab and I am a full-time criminal justice student at NJCU. I am hoping to be a police officer out in Texas, or anywhere warm really. I spend a lot of time on my computer, playing computer games on steam or binge watching Netflix and browsing Reddit. I have recently taken up running as a distressing activity and I enjoy it, even though I can barely run for five minutes. I am a bit shy at first, but really like talking to people in my classes once I get to know them. 

My role in media consumption is limited. I do not have Instagram/twitter/snapchat and I never use my Facebook.I would much rather talk to people in real life. I stick to websites like Reddit/YouTube to get my news and communicate with other people. I have become wary of Reddit ever since the Boston bomber fiasco, where an entire community started a witch hunt and accused innocent people of the crime. To me, that shows how easy it is to ruin someones life and how a mob like mentality will form on the internet. 

http://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-falsely-accuses-sunil-tripathi-of-boston-bombing-2013-7

I feel, at times, social media can be incredibly dangerous. If you share an opinion that is controversial, then be prepared for a barrage of insults and threats from thousands of people. This is a huge problem as people are getting their information stolen and posted online for people to harass them. This is a big reason as to why I do not get involved in social media and would rather lurk and read than contribute. 

The media covers protests with a mostly negative light, depending on who is protesting. If it is BLM, then they are shown as rowdy hoodlums tearing up the streets and causing havoc. If it is the Woman's March that was recently done, they are shown as positive, peaceful events. The media is biased and will try to alter our views based on what they want us to think. I do not really watch the news all that much, I typically read articles on the internet and always check the source to make sure that it is not a far right or far left group posting it.