1.  Do you live in an 'appearance culture?'

• Self-Awareness- most of the time I think that I don't really look very good so it is easy for me to believe it, so I occasionally like to look at magazines or buy things that are supposed to help you look better
• Social Comparison- I will occasionally look at others and see how they act different than I do, and how that can help me to better myself
• Looking-Glass Self- even though a few people may say that I look good I always think that others are thinking otherwise so I believe that I am ugly or something else of the sort
• Self-Discreprancy Theory- I wish that I was different so my self-esteem is low

                ~I buy few things that would help me to live up to the media's standards, it doesn't matter what I look like, I don't let it bother me
                ~I believe that at times I live in an 'appearance culture'  but not all of the time
                ~There are times when I care about what others think of me but most times I live my life the way that I want to
2.  What channels do you use for Comunication?
    
    ~Mom~

• Phone- I use texting and calling both quite a bit, but i prefer the texting because I do not like the inconvenience of talking on the phone
• Face-to-Face- since I live with my mom we have some face-to-face communication but not a whole lot because we are usually crossing paths.  face-to-face isn't to bad unless I really don't feel like talking

          ~Siblings~

• Phone- I usually use texting which works really well unless it is going to be a long convesation then I just get over it and call them
• E-mail- this doesn't get used as much as texting but since we can use it from our phones it helps us with our longer conversations
• Face-to-Face- since only one of my siblings lives at home during the school year this type of communication doesn't get used much since i don't see him very often

 

    ~Friends~

• Phone- I usually text my friends because i don't have time to see them during the week, this gets used quite frequently
• Face-to-Face- whenever we get together it is fun to have some face-to-face conversation since I don't get to see them often

    ~Co-Workers~

• Face-to-Face- I try to keep my co-workers at work, with a few exceptions, so I usually only talk to them face-to-face, which normally works pretty well, because I like to leave work at work

 
    ~Dad~

• Phone- some texting and a few phone conversations, because I don't see him often since he doesn't live in the area
• Facebook-  I also chat with him some on facebook whenever we are both on