reflection
June 11th, 2017
Writing up these media blogs, have really made me reflect on the way I see and use media. I still continue to use the same amount of media but now I am completely aware of it. I spend a lot of my day on media, specifically social media websites like Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. Because I use media so much throughout my day, it makes me a lot more aware of what advertisers do to our minds. Recently on Snapchat, advertisers have put more ads on this social media app. Before, there were absolutely no ads but as I watch someone's story on it, ads for other apps begin to pop up. When I'm scrolling through my feed on Instagram, I notice how sneaky advertisers are. They put normal pictures on my feed that makes it look like I am following this person which causes me to actually like the photo and unknowingly read the description about this product. Also, on YouTube, there's almost an ad for a product before every video I watch. I never realized how much advertising I am really exposed to on a daily basis just through social media, but it's become such a norm that I consciously don't realize it anymore.
Knowing how much time I have spent on media and realized the techniques advertisers use to promote a product, my habits using media still haven't changed. I will still continue to use media as much as I do, but I will just recognize how much I use it and all the of the advertising that comes alone with it. Media is such an important part for everyone's life because it is just going to continue growing as more people are exposed to it. It is almost impossible for anyone not to see any type of media throughout their lives because of how common it is. Since it is such a norm in our lives, I really think that media literacy is important. I think that we all need to be informed about it and be educated. We should all be aware of the advertiser's techniques they use in order for them to real us in about their product.
Writing up these media blogs, have really made me reflect on the way I see and use media. I still continue to use the same amount of media but now I am completely aware of it. I spend a lot of my day on media, specifically social media websites like Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. Because I use media so much throughout my day, it makes me a lot more aware of what advertisers do to our minds. Recently on Snapchat, advertisers have put more ads on this social media app. Before, there were absolutely no ads but as I watch someone's story on it, ads for other apps begin to pop up. When I'm scrolling through my feed on Instagram, I notice how sneaky advertisers are. They put normal pictures on my feed that makes it look like I am following this person which causes me to actually like the photo and unknowingly read the description about this product. Also, on YouTube, there's almost an ad for a product before every video I watch. I never realized how much advertising I am really exposed to on a daily basis just through social media, but it's become such a norm that I consciously don't realize it anymore.
Knowing how much time I have spent on media and realized the techniques advertisers use to promote a product, my habits using media still haven't changed. I will still continue to use media as much as I do, but I will just recognize how much I use it and all the of the advertising that comes alone with it. Media is such an important part for everyone's life because it is just going to continue growing as more people are exposed to it. It is almost impossible for anyone not to see any type of media throughout their lives because of how common it is. Since it is such a norm in our lives, I really think that media literacy is important. I think that we all need to be informed about it and be educated. We should all be aware of the advertiser's techniques they use in order for them to real us in about their product.
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