Margo’s Media Blogs

The media I consume is in the form of television and social media, which seem to be the most common types of media. I watch a lot of TV and spend a fair amount of time on Instagram, neither of which have changed since I began this class. Now that I am aware of some techniques advertisers use, I have found myself getting more annoyed by the advertisements I see while on social media. Sometimes the manipulative properties of media are so obvious that it is quite irritating. It is a good thing that I see these tricks, I now understand that advertisers and companies are not there for me, they are there for my money and my attention. Consumers need to be able to see past the ridiculous attempts advertisers have to get our money, and they need to understand that the advertisers are not here for us, it's all selfish motives. I may spend a lot of time watching television, but I do not find myself being changed by it. In fact, I can now see the moments where a company sponsored the show s

Since I have mostly written about the many negative ways media has influenced people, I have decided to make my last post spec ifically about some positive influence the artist, Lizzo, has developed.  In her most recent album, Cuz I Love You, Lizzo has many songs that have some very positive themes in the songs. For example, Better In Color, is all about being prideful of your sexuality. She says, ‘yeah you can be my lover, cause love looks better in color’. She specifically says in the song that love is pretty in color (as in the rainbow flag). This is one of my favorite songs because it has introduced me to new ways that positive messages can be passed to people. For some reason I have never considered the power a song holds when it has a positive message, the multitudes of ways a song can influence a person’s point of view.  Another new song by Lizzo, Like A Girl, also portrays some very accepting a positive influences. The song is a feminist anthem, Lizzo basically says suck it