Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Matthew Merkel
COMM 1500
4/26/19
Reflection
1. What did you learn about media this semester that you didn’t know before?
Before taking this class I thought I had a good idea of how media played a role in our
society. Now, looking back I knew very little. Media and society has taught me society is
ran by media. I was un aware of how much of our own private life is shared with different
companies, so they can advertise to us. How we are tracked through cookies on every one
2. Is there a specific element of media that you became interested in this semester and
why?
Much of the material in this class was very interesting but I feel I specifically was interested
in our discussion on how advertising can affect the consumers mental health. Social media,
magazines, radios, etc. Using exaggerated selling methods to make the consumer believe
they are not good enough unless they “have this”…“look like that”…“do this”. This is done
and felt more strongly about the subject after completing my Analysis 2: 5-Step Process. It
made me really think about the world we live in and what we are teaching our children.
How the feeling of not feeling “good enough”, based on societies expectations, can leads