The
thing that surprised me the most about this project was that despite
the fact that I mostly spent today in my house doing homework, I was
still exposed to a rather significant amount of media. Someone can be
in the same room for nearly the whole day, and yet an abundance of
media can still find its way to that person no matter how isolated
they may be. This is even more true nowadays, given the incredible
convenience to create and distribute media yourself. Something as
simple as sending a Snapchat or uploading a photo to Facebook gives
you the ability to potentially spread your media to thousands of
people, all as quickly as it takes to choose a filter and hit the
submit button. Many popular clothing brands turn their wearers into
walking billboards as many of their clothing designs have their own
name incorporated somehow. At this point, hearing the study about us
being exposed to 300-1500 marketing messages per day seems like a
totally reasonable estimate despite the numbers being so high.
