For this project, I want to make it more of a historical viewpoint and context. I wanted to show the timeline difference between preserving history before technology took over. When looking at this project I wanted to emphasize the lack of preservation of African American families. I did not want to edit the photo too much as I felt that would take away from the people who took the photos. While this project is targeted more toward Black American families I did think it was important that White Americans also see the lack of preserving of Black Americans.

Statement of Ethics

To make my project more exclusive I will be using a website that can be accessed by all and have a more ethical approach to how you can access the website. I wanted to find a website that provides not only accessibility to the website but also gives back to the communities with not as much technology or support as my own. This project will follow the best practice of providing a platform that can be accessible to the majority of the world and also using a more basic form of English so non-native speakers can translate it more easily. I want to make sure that Black American history was the center of my project so I made sure to curate the project based around a Black American family.

I had fun with this project even if it was a little unconventional. I chose medium level because I thought it would help cut down my screen time. I met my goals but if I were to do this again, I would change the difficulty. I decided on the medium level but I was spending less time on my phone than the maximum. I did stay off of social media apps that constantly keep me going on them on a regular daily basis such as TikTok. By disconnecting myself from my phone and other media I was able to spend more time with my family. It was nice trying this while I was back home because I had way more fun and got way more time with family. I realized that getting away from the screen is good for you.

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I choose the medium level difficulty. I found it to be easier than I thought. I decided to delete YikYak, Fizz, and Discord off my phone. Even after the detox I haven’t redownloaded them. Because of the detox I found more things to do that I don’t normally do. I hadn’t left campus in a few weeks so I decided to go on a walk and at the end of the walk I rewarded myself with pizza. I also found time to get some exercise in playing basketball, volleyball, and ping pong. Lastly, I felt better mentally not looking t social media frequently. In the future I will probably do a variation of this.

This project wasn’t as much fun as I expected especially with the homework I had especially during the weekend. However, I did meet the expectations for the detox. I decided on the easy level due to the nature of my job and my assignments. I reduced my screen time by 4 hours and stayed off streaming platforms. After disconnecting from my phone the entire day, I took naps, did assignments, and went to work. The detox wasn’t really impactful, but it was nice not looking at Instagram and Snapchat for the weekend.

I had fun with this project. I believe I met my goals but if I were to do this again, I would change the difficulty. I decided on the easy level but I was spending less time on my phone than the maximum of 3.5 hours. I was able to cut down my screen time and stay off of social media apps that constantly keep me going on them on a regular daily basis. By disconnecting myself from my phone and other media I was able to spend more time with my friends and go out more. I was able to start new hobbies as well and get way better sleep. It was nice trying this while I was in season for football because I had way more fun and got way more sleep on the bus rides there and from our away game. I was able to realize that getting away from the screen is truly good for you and I enjoyed this project very well.