A rather interesting tutorial activity arose the other day in DMC in which students were divided up into groups to think about and discuss how media could be related to several other issues that are often thought and debated about in recent times.
I belonged to the group that need to collectively think about and discuss how media is directly/ indirectly linked to the growing epidemic of obesity in the worlds three largest industrialized nations;
Australia
America
and Great Britain
It is rather intriguing that over time as technologies and time progresses, the more we rely on techologies to keep us in a fixed place, having everything we need or want within close proximity to us. For instance, if one is feeling as though they have perhaps gained some weight but cannot be bothered joining the local gym, or see membership as a waste of money what can one do? Switch on the television and surely there will be infomercials about a new piece of exercise equipment that will only take three minutes to work! (yeah right!)
Can't be bothered cooking? Not too worry there's no need to prepare fresh and healthy meals anymore as you can order take away which in most cases can be delivered straight to your door. As I am getting older the more and more I become frustrated with people becoming lazier and relying on others or technological functions to do things for them, in this case loosing weight whilst still eating crap food. It seems, nobody can be bothered with working hard nor putting a little effort into tasks they undertake anymore. I actually miss the days (and yes, despite being young I do remember them) of writing letters to my friends and sending them as well as receiving them. Not having to worry about my mobile, Facebook (which I have since deleted, Myspace (again deleted) e-mail etc.
Back to the point, the link between weight gain and technologies are evident, nevertheless, technologies are not the main factor of our weight gain, it is our own reliance on technology which blinds us to the fact that as a whole, we are becoming lazier and larger.
Can't be bothered cooking? Not too worry there's no need to prepare fresh and healthy meals anymore as you can order take away which in most cases can be delivered straight to your door. As I am getting older the more and more I become frustrated with people becoming lazier and relying on others or technological functions to do things for them, in this case loosing weight whilst still eating crap food. It seems, nobody can be bothered with working hard nor putting a little effort into tasks they undertake anymore. I actually miss the days (and yes, despite being young I do remember them) of writing letters to my friends and sending them as well as receiving them. Not having to worry about my mobile, Facebook (which I have since deleted, Myspace (again deleted) e-mail etc.
Back to the point, the link between weight gain and technologies are evident, nevertheless, technologies are not the main factor of our weight gain, it is our own reliance on technology which blinds us to the fact that as a whole, we are becoming lazier and larger.
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