In this modern age, media exposure is just another daily cycle, one hardly thinks about. With all this media absorption, we are slowly being molded to how the people on the television want us to be. Before writing these media blogs, texting, watching television, and surfing the web were all just part of a daily routine. Now that I actually pay attention to my media use, I realize that without it, my life would be a lot different. Many of my hobbies involve some sort of media, whether its texting, email, or online games, not a day went by where I didn't do one of those activities.
One day, after writing some blogs, I tried to go a whole day without any form of media, and I just couldn't manage it. That's when I realized that it is an addiction, with us from our early days. Commercials are the reason I buy the many things I own, and after looking back at my media blogs, and those long, extensive lectures you gave us, I realized I was but another victim to the many traps of target needs and techniques. For example, I have this lotion I bought, which I don't even need. I bought it because the commercial was so convincing, and targeted some important needs to me at the time, so I went ahead and foolishly bought this, falling into the consumer-trap. I am now wary of buying new products, and I double-check to make sure I actually need this, and I'm not just buying this because the media told me to do so.
For these reasons, it is very important to have media literacy, and be an educated consumer, so you are aware of the subliminal messages being sent to you. These media blogs kept me aware and refreshed about media, and its affect on me, like what I buy and how I act and dress, and without them I may have forgotten. Writing these media blogs have ingrained into me head the importance of being aware of the world around me, as well as the massive effect media has on everyone, though many do not know it.
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