This class has not only helped me learn how I can sell to others but also how to see when others are trying to sell something to me. I was thinking about this idea more the other day, and it got me to thinking about media. I absolutely believe that media is always trying to sell to you; trying to sell to you to think or believe or do something after consuming it. I think a great example of this is movies.<\/p>\n
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Last week, before break started, I watched “The Dead Poets Society” for my foundations of education class. Most people say that the message behind the movie is quite clear; that existentialism, the idea of living life to its fullest (carpe diem), can be very dangerous when taken too far. However, the movie ends with the students basically saying they don’t care and they will follow this worldview anyways, which I think is portraying the opposite message than what others say it does. But I think that understanding the message of the movie is important, because it is from there that you can understand what the movie is trying to sell you to think or believe.<\/p>\n
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There are many movies in which the message behind the media is not always a good message, trying to sell you something that is not a good fit with what you believe.\u00a0 That’s why I think it’s really important to understand and be able to think critically about what anyone or anything is trying to sell you. Everything we’ve talked about in terms of assumptions can go the other way, not assuming that those trying to sell you something have your best interest in mind, because often, especially when it comes to media, they do not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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