The Media and Me

The media comes in many forms, television, internet, billboards, blimps and most importantly social media. In the modern age that we live in the media plays a very important role, it provides you with information as well as lets you share it. The media tells you want you want, what’s going on around the world and what your next door neighbor is thinking of. People use sites such as facebook to keep in touch with each other, Facebook is probably one of the main ways that the media is used. To me I use the media for entertainment and school work. I watch mulitiple television shows as well as movies this is all media.

The media portrays teenagers to be the consumers that buy the most and can be easily influenced. Advertisers and business owners know that teenagers are technology fanatics and rely on it more than any other age group. You cannot look at a teenage social setting without at least half of them on their smart phone checking different social networking sites or talking to other people. They are constantly using the media; it is a very important part of their lives. Being a teenager myself I can vouch for this, I check my phone daily, whether it’s my Instagram feed, twitter timeline or group chat on whatsapp. I am constantly checking and very aware of social media amongst others.