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The media plays the role of informant, giving us all information and updates on almost everything you could want to know. Everyday millions of people log on to social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and YouTube to be updated on friends or let friends see what you are doing. Media is also involved in other aspects of life like billboards, T.V. commercials, and even clothing. The way we dress, act, and think is based on information we gather from the media. In relative terms the media plays one of the most important roles in everyday life proving us with a plethora of news. The idea that we consume more media than we create would be true if we did not count our various social accounts as creations of media. Various aspects of technology provide us not only the opportunity to consume media, but to also create it. Websites also provide links to share articles, videos , and art to other social networking sites. Uploading a video, or status on social sites is the most common way we create media, However, the media we create is almost always a reaction to media we have consumed. Society has thus created a fifty fifty relationship with media, consuming it and creating it, almost like a cause and effect situation. Today's media then creates tomorrows ideas based on our reactions and responses. This class I hope will give me the tools to spot more media in everyday life. I also want to learn more about alternative aspects of mass media and their relationship to today's society.
