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I was really surprised on the powerpoint by Dietmar Dahmen. It was so fun to listen to him talk about advertising. He obviously loves talking about. He really gave energy to the audience. I was thinking that the powerpoint would be super boring but he surprised me by being fun and exciting. The most interesting thing he said was the part about how dependent we are on technology. We must know what is happening on our social networks. I realized that I do check my phone every 10 minutes to see if I missed anything on Facebook or what not. As he was talking about having so many media networks, I saw some girl in class checking her phone every couple minutes or so. He was completely right! We are a slave to technology. We think it's working for us but really with out us technology is nothing. I go on Facebook dozens of times in a day even when I know nothing is happening on it. I only sometimes find something that interests me. Not every time though. I could be studying but for some reason I'm downloading a pointless app about throwing birds into different buildings. No wonder there is not hope for our generation - we are always on our phones!

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Something that excites me about advertising is that there are many different outlets (my friend is making fun of me right now for being so general...fine I'll go more in depth). I find it fascinating that you can insult someone and get them to buy your product. Makeup companies do it all the time, "You're not perfect and what would make you better looking is - this!" If your friend told you this, most likely you'd insult them right back. I don't think anyone would stand for that kind of harassment in person (Friend is looking over my shoulder...so better not mess up). I also find interesting that we are surrounded by advertisements everyday and most people don't notice. We are influenced without even knowing it. Who knew those advertisers are so sneaky? It's almost like subliminal messaging.