Media Consumption

Media is a part of everyone’s life. What people don’t see or notice is that Media is a part of their life. Media is everywhere. Media can be found beside the road or the shirt you are wearing. Sometimes media can have both a positive and negative effect on people and also on the younger generation.
I have recorded all the media that I was exposed to on one day. There was a lot of media that I ran into and throughout the day I had to think about media and determine whether or not it was considered media, and how it affected me and the people around. It was an interesting experience because I never had to really think about media and the ways it affected me. I did my consumption on Saturday, and I was exposed to media more on that particular day because I was in Farmington for a wedding and then traveled to Fruitland.
My day started off and the media I was exposed to first thing in the morning was the television. I started to watch the television and many different commercials were coming on such as H&R Block, MC Donald’s, Chevy, Ford, and many other different commercials. The way that affected me was the McDonald’s commercial made me think about food but specifically breakfast. The Chevy commercial affected me by wanting a truck someday in the future, and as for the Ford it didn’t affect me much because I don’t care for Ford. Those were the different ways that the commercials affected me. I also stayed at a hotel in Farmington, Marriott-Courtyard. I also went to Wal-mart and was exposed to many media there, from clothes, shoes, shampoos, and valentine gifts that they had. But there was quite a lot of media in Wal-mart. The clothing I also wore that day was from Vanity clothing and also the many different brands that everyone was wearing at the wedding. As we drove to the wedding reception, there were many stores and bill boards that we saw along the way. The way the clothing had an effect on me was by the expense of the clothing and how nice we have to dress for special occasions such as weddings. All the gifts at the wedding, because it was different brands of certain purchased items from the stores. As the day progressed, I stayed at the wedding, than at the reception I drank a Brisk Ice tea, and ate some hershey kisses. After the reception we headed back to Farmington and there I was exposed to more stores and all the signs that I passed along the way. When we got back to the hotel, we watched more TV and saw more commercials. With the commercials showing I had to think about them and ask myself if what they present is really true. For instance when they advertise a product I had to distinguish between it being real or fake. I am starting to see things that weren’t there before, so when I see commercials I just don’t care to watch them anymore. There was also alcohol that I was exposed to; it affected me by thinking and wondering why people drink or party when we know it’s not a good thing to do. I also saw the NBA All-Star commercial and with that, I wanted to watch the NBA All-star game and that was how it affected me.
My day consisted of many different media and either had an affect or it didn’t have an effect on me. It was really interesting for me to watch out and be more alert and keep track of everything that I did the whole day. There is no doubt that no one is every exposed to media, because everyone is exposed to media every day.