Exposure to Traditional & New Media by VILLACORTA

By Shereen_CV

  • Infancy

    Infancy

  • First Exposure to Books

    First Exposure to Books
    I have always been a bookworm at heart, which stemmed from my early childhood as my eager hands were constantly gripping a book wide open. Whether that would be to admire the colorful pictures which covered the pages from top to bottom, or sound out the words written in large text. From developing this devotion to reading, this had allowed me to fuel my imagination and create a passion to write stories of my own, by which I had then grown a stronger sense of self-expression from.

  • First Exposure to DVD Player

    First Exposure to DVD Player
    One of the prized possessions I had as a seven-year-old growing up was a portable DVD player that my parents had bought for me. Through long car rides and very long flights, to just being at home, this DVD player was constantly playing my favorite movies, on repeat.

  • First Exposure to Newspaper

    First Exposure to Newspaper
    Everyday my dad would come home from work and place a newspaper on the kitchen counter, where I would then skip to the last few pages and read the comic strips, as well as complete the sudukos.

  • First Exposure to Flip Phone

    First Exposure to Flip Phone

  • First Exposure to Telephone

    First Exposure to Telephone
    It was a memorable moment for me when my dad had placed a phone in my room, where my friends would call me from time to time to ask if I could hangout.

  • First Exposure to Social Media

    First Exposure to Social Media
    Apps such as Facebook/Messenger, Youtube, Instagram, and Twitter were one of the first social media platforms that I was exposed to.

  • First Exposure to the iPod Touch

    First Exposure to the iPod Touch
    Before having a phone, my parents had bought me an iPod Touch where I would constantly be listening to my music and watch Youtube videos.

  • First Exposure to Clay Tablets

    First Exposure to Clay Tablets
    For a project in 6th Grade for Social Studies, we had to make a clay tablet, which we had learned during our lesson on Mesopotamia.

  • First Exposure to the Radio

    First Exposure to the Radio
    Once for Christmas, one of the houses in our areas had linked their Christmas lights in sync to a specific radio station.

  • First Exposure to Billboards

    First Exposure to Billboards
    When we had visited New York, seeing all the bright billboard surrounding my parent and I seemed like a scene from the countless movies I've watched in the past.