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Overall, i consume a lot of media. I use social media multiple times a day everyday. This has ultimately helped me to stay in contact with friends, especially family and friends in other countries, because my mom's side of the family lives in ireland, and media helps me to stay connected to them when we arent visiting. Unfortunately, media has also proved to be a huge distraction, especially with school. My phone is always there when im doing homework, and it is always there when im with people or just doing anything. It is always distracting me from what im supposed to be doing, often making me forget what i was originally doing.  i have never really paid much attention to advertisements, but there were always those few that would pop out when it was something that i really wanted or i thought was fun. But after taking Critical Thinknng ive noticed a lot of different techniques that the sellers use to try and entice you into buying their products. For example, there is one trend ...

Snapchat has always been one of the most popular social medias I know of. So has instagram. A while ago Snapchat created an update for their app making it so you can post something on your "Snapchat story" that allows everyone in your contacts to see it and it stays up for 24 hours. This became a huge thing, and some people hated it passionately, while others loved it, but ultimately it was a huge hit. A short time after Snapchat introduced this new update, instagram came up with something extremely similar. They created a new update called Instagram stories, that appear at the top of your feed from different accounts where you can post something for any of your followers to see, that will disappear after 24 hours. This reminds me of Merchants of Cool, as it was talked about that when some type of trend takes off within the teen community, almost instantly other companies and producers will pounce on that idea so they can keep up with the cool. But "cool" is evercha...

What I have come to realize recently as 0 period has continued is the different ways celebrities use media to their advantage. I have began to notice this especially with Instagram. Many celebrities use it more to promote everything they have been doing rather than update people on their lives, which was what social media was originally intended for, to keep up with friends. Now it has become one of the main marketplaces for producers to advertise their products. You see models, promoting their hair and makeup team, actors promoting their new movies, and singers promoting their new albums. What I have come to notice recently especially with singers is that they use their instagrams almost as a teaser. Many of my friends like the artist Ugly God, who has become pretty popular over this past year. He has had a new album ready to release for a couple months now, but instead of releasing the full album or even one full song, he has resorted to posting short videos with his music playing in...