The Day My Blog Changed.... Winston spotted in society

Today is the day my blog changes from an iPod free zone, to a place where I record my spotting of the theories of MacLuhan, Meyrowitz, Winston, Hilmes and Starr. I am attempting a spoof of Gossip Girl's famous line: spotted in.... I will be spotting and recording my realization of these men's theories in the society around myself. Earlier this week I spotted Winston's theory in the honors lounge. HIs idea that society and individuals incorporate media technologies into the fabric of a daily life bluntly appeared before my very eyes. This encounter/realization occurred after waiting....and waiting....and waiting for my group members to show up at the honors lounge to work on a college 101 project. We had discussed earlier that week on facebook the time and place of our meeting, but no one besides myself showed. Finally, I grew frustrated and left the lounge, then drove home. When I got home, I checked my facebook, sure enough, there was a message canceling our meeting. Too many group members could no longer make it because of being sick, car troubles or too much work. I addressed the group leader about my predicament and she replied that she had sent out a mobile facebook alert and couldn't understand why I hadn't received the message. She never thought to ask if I had internet access on my cell. Well, I have a Virgin Mobile phone, a pre-paid cell, with no internet service. So I definitely did not get the message. In today's society we all rely heavily on our cell phones. My group member's assumption that everyone would check his or her cell's connection to facebook and instantly be alerted is not farfetched. Facebook and cell phones have become a deep part of the fabric of a daily life. Both are heavily relied on for communication and thus are huge pieces of our lives.When I personally forget my cellphone, I find myself lost throughout the day. Cut off from society. It is as if a piece of me is missing. And when I drop my cell, I find myself saying, darn I dropped it on its head! My cell definitely does not have a head, but yet I refer to it as if it is a person....and I know Im not the only person who does this because I hear cell phones drop every day in my drawing class, and the same reactions are heard. Thus, facebook has seeped into the fabric of my daily life, as now I must check not only my numerous email accounts, but also my facebook for important school related alerts.