Throughout my blogging experience for this class I learned a lot about how the media can actually influence my opinions and how I feel on a certain day. I was not aware of how often I was in contact with the media, or that it could cause me to sway in certain directions regarding certain topics.
For example, I never realized how many quick little Yahoo stories I read each day when I log in to check my email just because their title catches my eye. The first day I blogged an entry it was over a story on Taylor Swift and I only read it because her name was in the title. Once I read it I was actually upset about the material and found myself disappointed in her. Before this project I was unaware that a short story posted online would have the power to make me feel differently about someone.
I also never really realized how often I am exposed to the media. In class we talked about pervasiveness, and how the media is everywhere, but I never understood it until I was asked to account for being exposed to media myself. Whether I’m checking my email, turning on the TV, scrolling through Twitter, or listening to Pandora and hearing random advertisments, I am always exposed. At first I thought of media exposure as reading the newspaper or watching the news, but now I realize that media is seen is many ways other than just those formats.
For example, I never realized how many quick little Yahoo stories I read each day when I log in to check my email just because their title catches my eye. The first day I blogged an entry it was over a story on Taylor Swift and I only read it because her name was in the title. Once I read it I was actually upset about the material and found myself disappointed in her. Before this project I was unaware that a short story posted online would have the power to make me feel differently about someone.
I also never really realized how often I am exposed to the media. In class we talked about pervasiveness, and how the media is everywhere, but I never understood it until I was asked to account for being exposed to media myself. Whether I’m checking my email, turning on the TV, scrolling through Twitter, or listening to Pandora and hearing random advertisments, I am always exposed. At first I thought of media exposure as reading the newspaper or watching the news, but now I realize that media is seen is many ways other than just those formats.