How Much Media Can Affect You over the Weekend

I have never paid attention to media and where it is. But, over the time I have noticed where ever you go you will find media related things. Some things surprise me about my interactions to media like when I go out to eat to a restaurant or when I drive to my cousin’s or grocery store, I see a bunch of advertisements or people listening to iPods etc... Before, I use to see all these things but I would never think that it is related to media. Now, I start to notice the billboards and on City Buses how they advertise things.

Some things don’t surprise me about my interaction with media because I know I would probably see it like in the grocery store and you mostly see everything in the grocery store like food, hygiene, candy, clothes, shoes, perfume and electronics but I would still say I’m surprised to see so much media in one place. It didn’t really occur to me that so much was around me.

I would say my exposure to media is just right because I see it everywhere but sometimes I don’t notice it but now I am more aware of it. Now, I probably will pay attention to where I see media related thing and will probably be able to point everything out unlike before when I didn’t care as much.

If I look at my list I made over the weekend, I’m pretty surprised to see how much media I was exposed to even though I didn’t go to many places. I’ve noticed there is a lot of media on the computer like pop-ups and on the side of websites how they advertise iPods and cell phones. Also, when I drove to my cousin’s house I noticed things like billboards and people talking on their cell phones in their cars or people walking and talking on their cell phones. I would say that I mostly noticed media on T.V like car commercials, people advertising iPods, basketball shoes, and movies. On T.V on I was watching Much Music, and they were talking about the daily news on and they talk about celebrities and what they did wrong and who got accused of what and they talk about bands and when I was watching it that night I realized I had never heard of these bands and some celebrities. I also checked the mail Friday night and I saw a bunch of flyers on like selling your house, cell phones, pizza advertisement and coupons. I had never cared to notice these things.

If there is too much media, then people will stop paying attention to it. So, if you sometimes pay attention to the media you are exposed to then it won’t bother you as much. You will enjoy seeing everywhere. That’s why I think my exposure to media is just right because I only pay attention to things that I am interested in.

Overall, I am very surprised of how much media I have been exposed to considering that I have on been out to a couple of different places and been sitting at home most of the time. I would have been exposed to much more media if I had gone out to more places.