Blog # 11: Media and Me
I was watching television commercials the other day and I realized how much media encompasses my life. I had always known before that it was a large part of society and I was able to recognize media when I saw it but this was the first time I really thought about how much it effected my life.
It is all around me and is an aspect of all that I do. The photographs in my room, the books I read, the web-pages I visit, the television channels I watch, the music I listen to are all examples of media in my life. I live in a consumer culture and a capitalist society in which the media owns the means of production. A lot of what I enjoy and take part in are defined by the media.
It is important for me, however, to define myself outside of the media. I do not need advertisements telling me how I should behave or what I should look like and I do not need news stations telling me what to think. I need to do all this for myself. I think it is important for everyone to discover their true identity which can sometimes get lost in the swarm of media that is a part of all we do.
3 years ago • Notes