Rachel's Comm 303 Blog

The two articles that were assigned to read were very relatable. I have found myself phubbing other people and I've had other people phub me.  I agree with the author that it should stop.  It is disrespectful to not respect the time that you are spending with someone and I have personally had it cause fights in my relationship as well.  It especially bothers me when people are staring at their phone while you are talking to them or trying to have a conversation.  I've left my phone behind, many times by accident and felt so empty and left out because I didn't have it in reaching distance of me.  At first, I get a panicky feeling like, "what am I supposed to do now?" Eventually, I stop worrying about everything that I could possibly be missing and instead I try to embrace it; that is, if it's on a Sunday when there's not much going on.  On Monday, I took the unplug challenge.  I didn't last the whole day but I went for most of the day.  It's a ...

Social media can be used in such a powerful and helpful way, if appropriate.  However, the cruel people that like to use social media as a way to mess with peoples lives for their own entertainment, give it a bad image.  Cyber bullying is such a serious issue with social media.  It can ruin someone's life and potentially end it.  There are people out there that their only joy in life is to start drama with other people's lives.  And then there are people who use social media to stay in communication with friends and family, watch videos/memes, share opinions with their friends, etc. I've always tried to stay out of drama as much as possible and that includes on the internet as well.  I stick to the same crowd that I trust and I don't but into anyone else's business that isn't about me.  With that said, social media has been pretty good to me.  I use it everyday and I enjoy it very much.  I may be on it a little too much....

I'd never been much of a skeptical or cautious person when it came to keeping my information private on the internet or any electronic devices.  There has been a couple of times where my bank has shut off my debit card because they detected fraud use but I've never had any money taken out of my account for it.  If there was money taken out, the bank must have put it right back in because I never saw anything missing.  People always tell me I should be more careful but I've always felt like I don't really have anything that anyone could find and use against me and if someone were to find my information, I figured I would be protected by people like the bank.  That is, until I found out all that these programs can find out about me.  It's scary to think that we really can't keep our information safe and hidden unless we stay away from technology.  However, in today's world, you can't get away from technology.  Now that I've learned about these issues,...