My current relationship with media

     One could say media and I have a pretty mutual relationship with one another. I don't hate Twitter, Twitter doesn't hate me, funny advertisements make me laugh, and some actually persuade me. I suppose my acquaintance with media doesn't contrast too much from other people's relationships, assuming that media's appeal to "us" is the same. I would assume subjects of media relatively appeal to people in a similar manner because media is created a certain way to draw a specific response from a majority of people, I'm predicting. So call me basic when I laugh at a DirectTv commercial.

     I believe my use of the word "basic" in that last sentence was because of media. Not too long ago, funny pictures or social media posts keyed the phrase "basic b____" to describe someone who acts identically to the majority of people. Such type of media is a meme, and is a large contribution that media has in our relationship. A meme is a humorous, popular text or picture that is circulated through the internet, and ultimately weaves content into our culture. Aside from widening my use of phrases, I've recognized that they persuade my ideas upon things. That said, media is sort of a puppeteer of my daily life.

A side note: probably my favorite memes right now are the "dank Bernie Sanders memes." In short, they are a collection of user-created images that compares Bernie Sanders to Hillary Clinton in a humorous aspect, but points emphasis to Bernie's dankness, or awesomeness. One might conclude that these memes could be a factor to why Sander's has the majority of young voters, if young people are the ones creating and circulating theses photos. These memes certainly make me think that Sanders is the man I want for president; showing how media loves to tell me what to think. 

     Media isn't all memes, but includes news reports, commercials, advertisements; all of which try to persuade me to believe/do something. That's why I never let media become my best friend whom I can always trust. No, I'm constantly judging media and deciding whether what it says is true or false, and how it is trying to get me to agree with it, as for media is deceitful. I will not listen to a pop-up internet ad that tells me to buy this because my computer is dying, neither will I let a tv commercial make me think that their product is necessary to buy. But sometimes media will actually advertise useful things, or depict some funny stuff that will provide me with  a laugh. So in my relationship with media, I have to watch my back while enjoying the content that it gives me.

     In all, media and I are basic acquaintances.