My Exposure to Traditional and New Media

Newspapers and Television

2011

I was about 6 - 7 years old when I first watched television and read newspapers. I mostly watched television because of cartoons and shows that time.

Keypad Cellphones

2014

My father let me use his cellphone with keypad to text messages when I was about 9 years old.

Social Media

2015

I created my first social media account when I was 10 years old with supervision from my parents.

Personal Computers

2015

I first used computers when I was about 10 years old for playing online or offline video games and browsing through the internet.

Smartphone

2016

I have a cellphone that was previously owned by my mother back when I was 11 years old. I used it to chat with my friends, take pictures, and for social media.

Printers/Microsoft Word and Powerpoint Presentations

2017

I learned to use printers and powerpoint presentations when I first entered high school because of school requirements.

Photo and Video Editing

2018

I learned basic photo and video editing where you can crop, manipulate, and do many things with an image or videos.

Streaming Applications

2020

I used streaming applications such as Youtube to watch movies and series when the pandemic started in 2020.

Video Chats

2020

I used google meet and other video chatting platforms which became popular because of the online distance learning in 2020-2021.