Media Images and Sterotypes

Everyday we are surrounded by media images that portrays all sorts of sterotypes. Ecspecially the sterotypes of women and men. From magazines to billboards, they have pictures of gorgeous looking women who most likely don't exist. They make this girls pretty, skinny, flawless skin and just perfect. But really who is perfect? From day one of our society, women was seen as the mother nature. We nourish and take care of our kids. That's our "duty". No no no, I say. It's only our "duty" because society, the culture, had made it that way. What if from day one, instead of the women taking care of the kids, but the dad? How different would it be today? Women is always seen as the weak one, the one that has a heart and shows emotions? What's so wrong with showing emotions? It doesn't make us a baby or weak? It says we have feelings and a heart that pumps. I'm not saying guys don't because they do, but media and steroptypes was always the guys would hide their feelings be strong. Then when a girl trys to be strong, we are called a boy. Or when a boy shows emotions, they are called gay or baby or other not nice stuff. Kids portrays these sterotypes quite well; it's not like we do it purposely too, but it just happens unconciously. For an example, I know one of my guy friends are having girl problems. He ask his guy friends for some advice and they go, Man up. Be a man. What exactly is being a man? Not showing you care? Being a dead robot? Come on, even a robot has emotions. These sterotypes and media images distorts the true perspective of things and people. These sterotypes sometimes are very dangerous. Girls out there who try to be this skinny and starve themselves. It's super unhealthy, and they could die. We can't get rid of steroptypes, but we can tone down the media images and how women or men "should" be.

90210. American Core Values

I believe the american value that is mostly represented in the show 90210is "youthfulness". If anyone has seen this show, you'll know these boys and girls are all about being young, having fun, falling in love for the first time, break ups, and all the typical teenage life.

Naiomi, for an example, plays a very interesting role. I consider her one of the main characters. She is this girl who's full of life. She's young and pretty with guys always at her knees. Like every typical highschool, there's always that one pretty girl that guys die for, but she just isn't all that nice. Personality wise. Naiomi is pretty much like that.

Then there is Annie. She's has this freshness feel of a young person. She knows what she wants and she'll do try to get it. She fell in love for the first time with this hottie. Get's hit with a horrible some what of a break up. It makes you think back to when you were young and falling in love and full of energy and then going down the drain at one point or another.

This show takes place in Beverly Hills and if you look at all the girls there, you can tell "material comfort" plays a role in this show also. For young kids in highschool, they sure have a sense of fashion of a fashion expertise; or whatever you call the fashion expertise people. They curl their hair all nicely, they wear clothes that could be worn to evening partys or something. They all drive nice cars and live in nice houses. They even have hotel parties whenever they want. It defenitly shows that material really is comforting.

Us, the viewers, sit there and watch it in awh. Well I do. Im's like when Annie has a crush on this super hottie and is so shy to approach him, I'm like I remember when I had a super hottie as a crush. Or when I see all the cute clothes they are wearing, I want them because it will make me happy.

Media Blog Topic 2

After watching the video I was like wow. I see those every day to day commercials or advertisements for kids, but it never came to my attention that it was more serious than it seems. It was pretty scary. I could understand why they would use kids to advertise for kiddy toys or etc. Kids are very influential and can be very influenced. Once they come out of their mothers womb, their parents wants to do everything they could possible for them. Not only that, kids can be persuaded too easily. The media knows this and uses it to their advantage. My little 5 year old sister would see something on T.V or in a store and she'll go crazyy nuts because she wants it sooooo badly. Eventually, my parents would give in because they didn't want her to cry or scream continuously. The video said media purposely target at kids because they start wanting and consuming at an early age and hopefully will continue through this media saturation that media is drowning them in. It's crazy. The video showed the part where kids are running down the aisle looking at cereal boxes that has cool media on it to influence the kids to want it. That definitely brought many childhood memories. Man I bet my mom used to hate me. I was like those kids. I would look at the same cereal box, but chooses the one that says COOL TOY INSIDE!

When the video showed the part where kids being obsessed, having ADD, and our generation has a life expectancy shorter than our parents, and other types of disorder. I had to think what would this have to do with media? But then I was like again wowed because media is causing all of this. Like McDonalds. They advertise Mcdonalds like crazy, and kids want to go their to get their happy meal with toys in it or to see Ronald Mcdonald. McDonalds makes you fat. I learned this is health class after watching Supersize me. That movie was horribly disgusting, but yet I don't stop eating it. Why? I don't know? Maybe its media? They even have the redbox at Mcdonalds. It's like Hey! Eat Mcdonalds and enjoy a great 1$ movie. It's not Hey! Eat popcorn and enjoy the movie anymore. Kids are like the media's product to get their word out and then again kids are their consumers. The world is pretty cruel don't you think?