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I am not as media literate as I would like to be, so I am hoping this class will help me. I am easily bought by commercials, and do not always catch product placement in television shows or movies. I do not have as much knowledge of how commercials work as I think I should. Although, I’m aware of the fact that for shows online, they repeat the same commercials throughout every break because the more you see it, the more you will remember the product. I’m easily drawn in by the storyline of a commercial, sometimes before even knowing what the product is, and I would like to learn how they manage to grab your attention so easily. I feel as though that would make me more media literate. It would be important for my daily life to learn how to not be so convinced by commercials, because they are something I see every day. Being able to know how they are changing the way I think about their product would help me not to believe that I need it.