Medication and Social Media

One of the topics that got my most attention is the whole medication advertising in social media and to how it can explicitly be offered to. One of the groups that presented talked about Benadryl and how it is being advertised to consumers due to its colors and the images presented. I honestly never took much noticed about the whole medication drill to how it is advertised or the reason why it made me get my attention the most to consume it. There are many types of products that are presented to consumers through social media, for example, if you are watching a youtube video you might have an ad that comes up showing you any type of product that could get your attention and possibly consume it. I never knew the reason why such ads would come up in certain videos, but thanks to classmates I know why, all of this comes down related to your interests based on what you have watched or the information that you provide in such websites. Now looking at it, social media has taken over us and how it can automatically find your interest and show you those without the need of looking for them. This can include websites such as dating websites, games, etc. Now with using one website account, it can transfer our information (info that we think it is only at our eyes to see) to others websites without us actually knowing, when we make the click to proceeding to whatever we want to go see.

This class has brought me so many concepts that have been eye-opening for me and how I see the world now. There are many things that can be talked about and so many issues that are present but don't really put much attention. I enjoyed being in this class with so many smart classmates and being talked about so many topics. Thanks to both Robin and Brendan for allowing us to hear both of you guys in presentations. It was such an honor being part of this course.