Media has control? I think not.

     Over the course of a few weeks, I have learned so much about media and its cruel intentions. It is still surprising to think that advertisers use the media and us to brain wash ourselves. Updating this blog makes me realize that I spend too much of my time consuming media and actually believing what they say. Now that I am aware of media tactics and how it is applied, I am more able to think twice about what actually matters. Every time I see a commercial or sign, I cant stop myself from pointing out several techniques such as avant garde or plain folks. Because of this, I am thankful that I can actually stop myself from buying into their words and prevent myself from getting fooled. This is exactly why having media literacy and being an educated consumer is important. We need to stop ourselves from being cheated. Now that I know why and how the media manipulates me, I try to stay away from it. We are giving media the ability to fool us so, it is up to us the be educated and prevent such things to happen. We give media its powers, therefore it is we that need to stop it.