Week 10: Class Highlights

My AHA moments in the Spring quarter of 2011.

The media had a big impact in society and gender roles. In Chapter 2 it mentions that the gender analysis examines how the media constructs gender roles. Here is a YouTube video I found that shows how these roles in ads, commercials, and movies can play in our lives. Now that I am more aware of this, I am not planning on following the images on how a woman is suppose to act, dress, or be.

In Chapter 5 it mentioned that Magazines were the last printed to become popular. When I read this it was hard to believe because it is very popular. Magazines are all over the place now, and many people buy subscriptions so that they can receive it monthly. Also with Chapter 10 the internet has brought a new way to advertise these magazines and have the readers keep in touch at any time. Magazines like ELLE, Cosmopolitan, NY Times have their own website where the viewers could click on links on what they are about.

T.V. was the most controversial in all media because of what it will do. When television first came out I believe that people were scared what the outcome would be. It was unpredictable. However that wasn’t just the problem, in Chapter 9 there are now controversies on how television shows stereotypes, violence, programs that lack of education, and programs that need parental control. Here is one of the exmaples shown on T.V. that has stereotypes. Stereotypes are bad representations of different races that create these images in our head, which makes us discriminate against others. Here you can see the exaggerated features in the American American character.