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  Media. Where to begin? It's not like my relationship with it is that much different from everyone else's. Whether we like it or not, we are all exposed to it. Without it we'd be modern-day cavemen, and not even so, since cave paintings could be considered a form of caveman media. So yes, my personal relationship with mass (or even minuscule) media is the American standard, if not more. I can automatically look down at my watch and there's Spider-Man on it. I glance to my left and a box of Crayola crayons is sitting next to me. I can hear the news that my dad is watching in the living room. The Apple computer I am writing this very post on is a portal to billions of media sources, and it plays into media itself. Basically, I only need to shift my eyes a few inches or listen a bit harder to find some kind of media ready and waiting to be consumed. It becomes a thing that I don't even have to think about, it just exists. If I had to take a count of how many times I saw or involved myself in media, the number would be tremendous, maybe even unfathomable.
  But does this mean that the media is necessarily a bad thing? Is it too controlling? I think not. I think it's an effective way of bringing information, utility, or entertainment to a person without them having to overcomplicate it for themselves. We can't totally escape it, but it's not like we're running around like chickens with our heads cut off trying to figure out how to react to social media posts, the news, ads, or what we might be watching on Netflix. Certain things actually affect us, others just blend in to everything else. It's a responsibility thing on both ends. The media providers need to keep in mind what's best for the consumers, and the consumers need to be on the lookout for hoaxes or other things that can lead to distress from the media. For me, my involvement in media has not done me great harm, and I actually benefit from it. I can keep conversations with people about certain subjects. I can use my knowledge from the media to help me in my everyday life. It's even made me a more humorous person in some ways. There is so much to say about the ups and downs and goods and bads of media that I can't even contain it in one short post. But the one thing I can't do is escape it, which maybe isn't so bad after all, depending on how I use it.

By the way, if you hadn't already thought of it, this blog post is a form of media... you just got hoodwinked!!