How The Media Influences You To Consume And How To Escape
Marketing agencies love to keep you addicted
Do you ever have that feeling of being overwhelmed by all the information coming in from the media?
“Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit.”
— William Pollard
I’m overwhelmed. I’m currently visiting my parents at home and the radio is switched on almost the whole day, everywhere in the house.
- In the kitchen.
- In the bathroom.
- In the car.
- And the TV is running next to it too.
I’m not used to that because I never listen to the radio, and if I want to listen to some music, I would turn on my playlist on Spotify without ads.
All that information and noise comes in the whole time: ads, news, weather every half an hour, and other things they talk about.
So many people are listening to the radio the whole day at work and I get it if some people say they are more…