Who do you think you are? - Reuben Mejia

Hi, I'm Reuben Mejia and I'm a freshman in Music Business. I feel that I've been integrated into social media ever since I was in middle school, which is when I opened my FaceBook account. It was pretty cool back then, where FaceBook was just a chill place with no news feeds and less political arguments or advertisements. I used FaceBook to communicate with my friends and keep them posted about my gaming achievements through Playstation integration. I felt that I was contributing to my social media feed by sharing what I was able to do as a gamer and I felt a little accomplishment in that, even though now it doesn't have value except for its numbers.

As time passed by, I started to use FaceBook as an outlet to promote myself as an electronic dance music artist. I haven't posted too much on that page recently but I was very active on it as a freshman in high school. In addition to using FaceBook, I've used Twitter and just a little bit of Instagram to promote myself. I believe that I stand in the social media realm as a figure that is ready for an examination of my accounts (because sometimes employers check these) and that I represent a musical act which should be treated with respect, so I'm careful with what I say. I've had to go back through pages of what I posted to make sure I didn't say or post anything meaningless or in bad taste just so my page would look professional, because sometimes I would post memes or things that I found funny that weren't actually funny to others.

I haven't dabbled too much in posting about anything political because as a media brand I feel that my fanbase would be split if I present something like that. However, the solution to this would be to understand both sides. A lot of media coverage nowadays leans more towards one side, for example, Fox leaning towards now President-elect Trump and CBS leaning towards Hillary. Media has become more biased than ever and it mainly covers more of the sadder stories or revolutions and protests that occur almost every week. This past week, the Women's March was spread across all social media, and a couple of friends actually marched in it, as well as in the one in New York. Perhaps this specific revolution may come to an end within the coming 4 years, but the negative coverage of any revolution will not stop because of the attention it brings to a news station. 

I feel that this matter is necessary to cover particularly because America hasn't seen something like this in a while, probably not since the Civil War. Our country seems to be split with the decisions of the electoral college and the popular vote, which essentially caused this revolt to spark. I think if we put aside our differences as other races and come together to fight the corrupt power in political systems, there will be change. However, this is easier said than done. In the next few years, any revolution will be put down by police as much as possible and misogyny, racism, and other racial tension factors will be more present than ever. Let's hope that we can persist and unify as a nation again.