Ode to a day that could not be
When the task was announced by Prof. Livingstone The difficulty of it was not unbeknown Try the challenge I did To spend a day in which media I would forbid I decided to take a walk To avoid media's loud talk But just when I thought I had escaped The call of the typed and the taped Buses passed me by draped in advertisement, and 'Barclays' announced bikes ready for rent Next I met a letter in my post box and restaurant flyers from nearby blocks Moodle and email I could not let go All this just went on to show How woven in I am into the media network This is a truth I cannot shirk But, oh! how I wish I could say I survived A day last week, media deprived! ---------- My 'Audience study' class was given a media deprivation exercise by our HOD, Prof Sonia Livingstone. She asked us to stay away from all types of media for a day and then post our experiences on the university's web forum (Moodle). The above was my entry..the exercise revea