I use media now mostly to connect with people and watch television shows or Netflix shows. sometimes, usually between classes if I have no messages, I will scroll through Instagram, or snap chat just to pass time. Almost every time, I will see a click bait title that says something about a celebrity or other and something interesting that they could have done. It doesn't even have to be something very believable about the person or topic that they are talking about, and I will usually want to see the story. The title is almost always used to hype up the bland story that the news source is about to present, or to take you through a series of advertisements. I used to use media almost exclusively to talk to friends or find news sources and articles on research papers I had to write. Now media has become a way to constantly entertain myself without necessarily having to actually speak with people around me, and instead being able to communicate with certain people that are not around me at the moment. In the past, when I did find articles for homework, I would usually find more click bait titles and even posts that were posted by random people online and most of the time, I would believe the title or the post and go on with my day. Now when I see posts or titles saying things like, "5 Ways You Could be Poisoning Yourself Right Now!" I am more skeptical and I usually don't believe anything that the post is saying. Sometimes I even see things that are commenting about things I've researched before and that I know aren't true and I still see plenty of people commenting on that post taking about how "scary" or "amazing" the post is and I just get frustrated because of ow oblivious they can be. I usually ignore titles that I know will bring me to another website or to advertisements and I just focus on the website that I am reading at the moment. Other than for school work, I usually use media to entertain myself with television shows and connecting with friends rather than looking at "10 Things That Will Help You Lose 5 Pounds Every Day!"
I can relate to your blog because I always come across many of the bait titles myself and they always lure me in. After countless times of letting me down I still click on them. With most of the information that it says it is wrong but every once and a while I will come across something that is interesting and it will be true I know this because I look deeper into the topic sometimes when I think it is somewhat valuable information to know. So it is okay to look at them sometimes.
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