Not Extremely Well-Cultured - 11/6/14

It’s funny how often we encounter the media.  As college students, we encounter it far more than most people and yet probably notice its presence far less.  Today, for instance, I encountered the media in more ways that I can probably count or remember.  Notably, though, I watched season 5 episode 5 of Gilmore Girls, which I have been binge watching for the last month, and the Disney movie Mulan, both on Netflix.  (Which, coincidentally, tends to be the number one way I watch any movie or TV show anymore.) Additionally, I watched the movie Paris, Je T’aime with the French Film club and I was pleasantly surprised – it was a really great film. Clearly, movies occupy a huge part of my time because I watched two in one day. Also, today alone I spent an excessive amount of time on social media (specifically Twitter and Facebook) where I watched silly videos on the former and read various articles that I don’t even remember now on the latter.  The videos were entirely pointless and honestly just a waste of time, but the articles were informative in some cases, at least to the extent that they showed me what my friends believe. I read an article about the terminally ill woman who recently died after moving to Oregon to take advantage of their Death with Dignity Law, and an article spouting entirely biased information about Obama’s perceived religious beliefs. I didn’t learn anything particularly useful, but I am now at least slightly more informed. My media contacts today were not extremely well-cultured or anything, but I encountered the media nonetheless.