the media

Media plays a very strong role in everyday life if you ask me. How we act, what we wear, who we associate ourselves with are all influenced by media.for example nobody wants to sit with the nerdy kid in the lunch room because it is not consisdered "cool" they would rather sit with the popular kids who are wearing name brands such as Hollister or Abercrombie and Fitch. Media is also found everywhere, you see ads on the sides of buses, on bilboards, on the television, even the clothes we wear repsresent a brand name. Almost undoubtedly media is one of the largest influences on everyday life. I would probably say I consume media more than I produce it. i find myself watching music videos and the televison consuming what they feed me uncountiously.  Even when just walking around i seem to buy things just for the sake of buying things, Which in a way in itself is me producing media.I walk around with a shopping bag with the name of the store on the bag, i wear brand name jeans that you can see the specific design on the back pockets. So i suppose i both produce and consume the media, if i did not consume it i would not be able to produce it. The media course i am taking this semester at pennstate seems to be interesting, what i hope to get out of this course is being able to recognize how media affects the way people think, and how the people controling the media use it to get people to act, look, and buy things how they want then to.