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Infomagical Day Three: Magical Brain Recap

[Captain’s log, stardate: 30786.90] Today was Infomagical Day Three: Magical Brain But before I jump into a recap of my experience with the challenge, I’d like to address how contradictory I find it to my entire field of study. One majoring in Communications & Media Studies wouldn't expect that he/she would be asked to avoid certain kinds of media content. Especially when the reason for avoiding such is because it’s so relevant to pop-culture news (what?!). I prefer to play a more active role in popular culture, keeping up with stories and partaking in the discourse of media goings-on. Well, at the very least, I suppose that this challenge was a good exercise in self-control… ANYWAYS! For the most part, I failed this challenge. And I mean epically failed this challenge:

On any given day, I’ll spend at least three cumulative hours using Snapchat, which has multiple feeds consisting entirely of top pop-culture "breaking news" stories. Understandably, I could just not look at them… But they are programmed to play automatically if accidentally opened… And, oh my goodness, they are addicting!

In short, my current media-use habits hindered my successful completion of the challenge, as wading through endless memes and featured stories had become second-nature to me. I would speculate that most frequent media users don't realize how plugged-in they are, which is arguably what makes this challenge so reformative.

On a happier note:

Throughout my day, I did however experience fleeting moments of success! On many occasions, my friends attempted to lure me into their conversations of trending topics... But I resisted! Yes, I turned a cold shoulder and – eliciting some strange looks – declared, "not today!"

But how did this make me feel?

I agree that the knowledge of whatever my friends were discussing was likely not essential to my sense of personal fulfillment, but I would, however, have liked to been a part of their conversation, simply for the sake of socializing. Pop cultural discourse is a significant part of modern-day life, and there is no avoiding it! We are constantly being bombarded with information from all sides, as a result of the internet's omnipotent role within society. MY FINAL THOUGHTS: Sadly, I will NOT be adopting the practices defined by this challenge, as they are simply not conducive to my everyday life. Having said that, I certainly understand the idea behind this challenge, as it gave me a new perspective on media's involvement within my life, and admittedly so, it is nice to have some separation from it sometimes. Give your brain a break.

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Es grünt ... Geno TV blickt hinter die Kulissen eines Fernsehsenders

Kurz vor Weihnachten haben wir einen ganz besonderen Ausflug gemacht. Wir waren bei SUPER RTL und durften uns die Fernsehstudios der Mediengruppe RTL anschauen. Eines der Studios war eine riesengroße Greenbox.

Darin werden z. B. die Nachrichten aufgezeichnet. Die Wände sind knallgrün. Aber wenn man einen Blick durch die Kamera wagt, ist man auf einmal in einem Nachrichtenstudio.

Das kann man mit dem Computer machen. In unserem Film könnt ihr das sehen.

Dann waren wir in einem Realstudio. Da wird ein Morgenmagazin gemacht.

Realstudio heißt es, weil man keinen Computer braucht, um ein Studio zu sehen, alle Möbel sind wirklich da. Trotzdem fanden wir die Greenbox spannender. :)