Star Trek

After finishing the movie on Tuesday I really started to think how different forms of media grab our attention and begin to shape our lives. Today I was watch "That 70's Show" and there was a part where they referred to Eric's obsession with Star Trek. When I saw this part of the show it made me think about the movie from class and just how much the people shown have been effected by just this one form of media. The people on the movie are great examples of how media take control of us. Through Star Wars these fans have come together to form a community, relationships, and personal identity. While watching the movie I just kept in my mind that this was basically another world and that these people just found something they liked and made it their life, but it was not another world. It was our world and an example of media's impact on our life. Although I can not say I am a huge fanatic like a lot of the "trekies" I will admit that I do have many different media forms in my life that same who I am and connect me with a different community that I can share my interest with. One form of media that has impacted me was any book by Sarah Dessen. I love Sarah Dessen books! I could spend all of my days just reading if it were a book by Sarah Dessen. The love I have for these books have kind of put me into another community. A couple summers ago I learned that another girl on my softball team loved Sarah Dessen so we began to read and share. Later we realized that we had everyone reading Sarah Dessen and sharing what they had read. Eventually, these talks became official book talks and helped us to connect with one another and share our love for this media text. I think that the effects media has on our lives is a good thing and it helps us to find who we really are.