This is a very intersting topic to write about solely because we have completley grown up surrounded by technology and the media around us. Everything we have done or been involved with in our years usually is tied with the media or technology of some sort. That isn’t a problem because that is the way the world is moving in modern day society. Everything is all about the media and technology and how to make it better, however, every generation before us had to grow up without technology and then watch it completley take over the world we live in today.

The screening we had to watch this week was Galaxy Quest, I have never heard of Galaxy Quest before this week but I really enjoyed watching it. I really got a Star Trek vibe from this which I assume was on purpose. Since we are talking about fandom and how Star Trek really started that off. It was along the same story line with Aliens on steady attack. The Star Trek world and fanbase took Galaxy Quest as on of their own as they welcomed it into their family with open arms. I really enjoyed this film and would definitley reccomend it to any Star Trek or Star Wars fans but a good watch for anybody in general.

Our parents grew up with very little technology, everyone had a telephone and a TV set but that is really it. Nobody had computers or other ways of communicating besides the phone. In the very late 90’s and early 2000’s is when the world turned to technology and the media. I really enjoyed this weeks TED talk as it grabbed me almost immediatley as her attention grabber was very well set up. Mary Franklin is a perfect example of someone that grew up with no sort of communication or social media or technology, she lived in an isolated beach so she was never able to see the outside world really. She went into depth about how she was a huge Star Wars fan and she thought she was the only femal Star Wars fan in the world. Until the world of technology came around and she realized there were hundreds and thousands of female Star Wars fans around the world. She then decided she would create a fan base or a fan page online with all Female Star Wars fans. This made her more confident and able to step out in the world and start making moves.

As a population, I think most people think that social media is very negative and bad. It does nothing for you because it’s just pointless scrolling all day, but it’s stories like this that make you realize the media can completley change somebody’s life. Mary Franklin was a shy girl thast seemed to be content with being bottled up in her little isolated village. After technology came out, she was able to see how the world really is and what it has to offer. The best thing to come from social media in my opinion is the connections you can get and the opprotunities that come from that. Jobs and lifestyles hapen over social media and technology. People fall in love and Soul Mates meet online with social media and technology. It is an extrememly pivotal part of our economy and the lifestyle that we live everyday. I think the positives definitley outweigh the negatives when it comes to social media. People don’t realize but we need social media and technology and online communication in order to keep moving forward in the direction that technology is taking us. Not in a bad way like Robots taking over, but the online world is crucial, and it will remain the same from here on out.