I can never remember a time when media wasn't a part of my life. I couldn't watch an episode of Dragon Tales without a quick commercial break where there were advertisements trying to reach out to toddlers with the latest must-have toy. Honestly, it never really bothered me--I even kind of liked the ads. They were fun and colorful, and that's all that matters to a little kid, right? But as I grew up, I became more annoyed by the never-ending stream of commercials. I would change the channel, but it seemed like every single channel had commercials on all at the same time. How convenient.
With that being said, I would say that I consume more than my fair share of media. Sure, watching TV and all the commercials that go along with it is one thing, but the Internet and walking around is another. There are always ads on the side of the screen while I'm on the Internet searching for a current event. Even the streets are plastered with ads. There's no way around it. With the TV, Internet, and on the streets alone, the amount of ads I am subject to on a daily basis is more than I am willing to count.
By being exposed to advertisements at such a young age, I feel like I have become numb to all strategically-created commercials and other ads that I am exposed to everyday. The media has been embedded into my life since the very beginning. I know that the ads are here, but I feel very unaffected by them. Growing up in a media-dominated world, the tools of advertisements seem to go right through me. I've seen it all before. After a while, they all seem to be the same kind of ad all mushed together.
When I see a commercial, I don't really care for it. All I see and hear are clever words strung together along with HD-friendly people representing X brand. I'm not drawn to the products in advertisements. I am aware of these constant ads I am bombarded with each day, but my eyes seem to gloss over the deeper meaning, only seeing the nice picture in front of me.
I agree with you about all our ad consumption. We become so prone to it that we don't always pay attention to it anymore. Sure, we notice most of the ads, but there are a lot of ads that we don't pay attention to as we are walking down the street. Tv commercials have become something that has just annoyed some people because they have interrupted what they have been watching. As a kid it was fun to see all the toys on TV, but as we are growing up, it doesn't seem so fun anymore.
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