Blog Entry #3 Status Update

After recently listening to This American Life's podcast, it has become even more apparent to me how much attention these posts and stories are geared towards women. I mean, even an the interview with kids, they only asked girls how social media affects them. Assuming that three teenagers can give us all the answers to high school decorum, why be gender bias about it? I, as a man, use social media for completely different reasons than these three girls. And I am sure there are plenty of guys out there who can agree with what I am saying.

  This photo I have included on the left is a perfect depiction of the awareness that women have of men when engaging them. This guy might look like he is just being friendly and shy, but to the trained eye...... this guy is obviously flirting with this girl. You can even notice the look on her face is completely clueless as to whats happening. The reason I used this picture as an example, is to show that our perceptions of things aren't always what they appear. With this growing media trend, we see all these comments and                                                            posts, but really have no clue what the meaning behind all of                                                             them are. Just what we perceive them to be.




As we move further into future, times are changing. We all want to believe that we can ultimately understand one another, but sometimes nature just will not let us. From a guy's perspective of this podcast, I can say when I tell a girl she is pretty or gorgeous, its because I am interested in her. Not because of my social status or because I need so many likes or dislikes. Guys typically want girls to like them. That why we would post a selfie. To see what girls or guys are interested. Not because its like grabbing "Attention Candy". There is no deeper meaning
or hidden messages. It just is what it is.




After reading some of my examples above, I hope you have come to understand my viewpoint on this criteria. It did have some valuable insight from women, to other women and some men, on how teenage girls view social media. In my blog, I will continue to make sure I am including everyone and not just the girls.