Reflecting on a Relationship with Media

Although the amount of media that I consume hasn't changed since the beginning of this blog, my awareness of the implicit messages being given and other things like appeals and ethics has increased. Being aware of media consumption changes the way that I interact with media, because now whenever I check social media or look at advertisements, I'm continually thinking in the back of my mind about if this is too much media for one day. In addition, whenever I see an advertisement in my everyday life, I am more aware that it is there, while in the past, I'd watch ads and commercials and not even be able to remember what they were about a few seconds after watching them. Now, I constantly catch myself analyzing the techniques being used by the advertisers which I find funny, but also good, because it allows me to recognize what feelings the advertiser is trying to create within the viewer. I think that being able to remember the ads I see is helpful because it allows me to...