Our human relations have changed through communication technology, as media and communication somehow rule our lives in the cities. While some people research on media ecology – the study on how media and communication might affect our ways of behaving in society and influence social change –, others prefer to follow the news as a mode of being ‘informed’ and a way to live in the present.

But, what if the newspapers would not say anything? No more bad news about killings, drone attacks, massacres, wars, diseases, natural disasters or inequalities among people. Oh, what a feeling! However, our current time is filled with mass communication, not only via printed media or public broadcast, but also through online media (blogs, Facebook, Twitter or other social media) – sometimes, they might even happen simultaneously. For better or worse, we are overwhelmed by information all the time.

In an era of excess of information, at least we are now in the position to decide whether we want or not to be part of this information overload. Nowadays, we are able to produce or comment ‘our’ personal news in our own way. Social media has made us capable of being able to send our news to the world, no matter where we live. In this age, it is a sort of ‘revolution’ to turn off the computer, television and all media devices, and simply enjoy the moment.