Media plays a constant and big part in my life. Even though I hate to admit it, I’m pretty much glued to my cell phone at all times. My phone wakes me up in the morning. My phone is the very first thing I look at when I wake up, to see if I have missed anything from the night before. When I’m trying to “wake up” I listen to music (mostly on Pandora Radio which is full of endless ads for movies, food, drinks, colleges, etc… you name it, its on there). Some of the music I’m listening to has product placements or mentions of products I should buy or the kind of glamorous lifestyle I really “want” to have. Throughout the school day, my phone is never far away. I mostly leave my phone in my backpack.
I don’t really have much time to watch TV or movies so I get most of my media intake from my cell phone. There are ads on all of my favorite and most commonly used apps (Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, and Tumblr) all of the time. These apps all give me a false sense of reality in a way and give me a portal into the glamorous, fun, wealthy, partying life that is desired by most. After time everyone gets used to seeing all of these ads and really become numb to them.
There are a few ads that often really catch my eye. Mostly the controversial, sexist ads posted by most companies. There are also some really cool ads that catch my eye sometimes though. For instance, I recently watched the Nike women’s commercial about being “better for it” because one of my teammates shared it with me as motivation. I thought it was kind of interesting. An advertisement actually being motivational. Can’t decide if that’s awesome or weird. Either way, the people who came up with it were genius.
I probably didn’t become completely aware of media until this summer, after I went on my trip to Africa. A lot of my views on the way things are presented to us changed. I remember in 7th and 8th grade I was super obsessed with fitting in and looking cool. I wasn’t cool unless I was wearing Abercrombie clothes, Victoria’s secret push-up bras, and Juicy Couture jackets. I definitely got over this phase by the end of 8th grade, but I remember the huge impact this mindset had on my life because I was obsessed.
I don’t really have much time to watch TV or movies so I get most of my media intake from my cell phone. There are ads on all of my favorite and most commonly used apps (Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, and Tumblr) all of the time. These apps all give me a false sense of reality in a way and give me a portal into the glamorous, fun, wealthy, partying life that is desired by most. After time everyone gets used to seeing all of these ads and really become numb to them.
There are a few ads that often really catch my eye. Mostly the controversial, sexist ads posted by most companies. There are also some really cool ads that catch my eye sometimes though. For instance, I recently watched the Nike women’s commercial about being “better for it” because one of my teammates shared it with me as motivation. I thought it was kind of interesting. An advertisement actually being motivational. Can’t decide if that’s awesome or weird. Either way, the people who came up with it were genius.
I probably didn’t become completely aware of media until this summer, after I went on my trip to Africa. A lot of my views on the way things are presented to us changed. I remember in 7th and 8th grade I was super obsessed with fitting in and looking cool. I wasn’t cool unless I was wearing Abercrombie clothes, Victoria’s secret push-up bras, and Juicy Couture jackets. I definitely got over this phase by the end of 8th grade, but I remember the huge impact this mindset had on my life because I was obsessed.
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