Music is one of my battles with consumerism. Recording artists know that if the put their songs on the radio, then people will listen and ask for the name of the artist and the name of his album. Also, radio stations give away free CDs and when you do that, the friends of who has that CD will go buy therefore bringing more money for the artist and the studio which could as far away as New York City or Seattle. Another example mixes in with television, Music Television (MTV). They play music videos, whic

h not only show the artist and the title of the song and the album, but they allow the artist to come on personally and promote his album. Which is telling not only me, but also a million plus people nationwide, “hey, your nothing without this CD, so don’t be a dork and get it.” My final example is the Internet. People trading music all day and all night still promote the artists CDs. Not to mention these pop-ups that advertise music artist and their albums. Consumerism tries to pull in gullible people to but their albums whether they’re good or not.

The television shows consumerism as a good thing. An excellent example of this are the commercials that flock our televisions. They make the objects there advertising look so good, that they do not bother to tell you the hassles the come with the product. Another good example is the basic TV shows. Most shows I am talking about are sitcoms or dramas. When you look at the way they dress or the cars they drive, your mind just says to you, look like that and you will be just like them.

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