Blog #4

The media is constantly bombarding us with media every day of our lives. There is no denying that it affects everyone, but how much is debatable. When you see something over and over again, you get used to it and stop paying much attention to it. We see the media stereotype women as weaker than men. We get used to seeing this in the media, so when we see it in our lives, we don’t think about it as much, so we don’t realize how are actions are affected by these images and stereotypes. The opposite happens when our dominant culture is attacked. For example, if a women raped a man, it would be the headlines of many medias. Since we see things like women being the weaker sex, it occurs so much that we don't pay attention to it. My point is we don’t realize this affect these images are having on us so there is no way to measure how much of an influence these stereotypes have on our society.

Blog #3

The television show I chose to watch was Sportscenter. I chose Sportscenter, because I watch this show every morning before school. There were numerous American Core Values used in this television broadcast.
The one they used the most was achievement and success. Measured by our accomplishments, this is the main idea of this television show. Every day they show highlights and give stats of the top players, of almost every sport.
Another value that they used was activity and work. All the professional athletes on Sportscenter, get paid to play their sport. They play these sports because they love to do so and also because they get paid a substantial amount that gives them an abundance of leisure-time.
Progress, is another major value they use on Sportscenter. If you watch Sportscenter as much as I do, you get to watch players grow and develop as they go from high school, to college, and to the professionals. Every athlete strives to be better, to be the best you must always improve.
When you think of professional athletes, you think of material comfort. On Sportscenter you get to see what is known as, "the good life." Showing all their jewelry and fancy cars, makes them an icon to young kids everywhere.
These are the main American Core Values used in the television show, Sportscenter, today.
(Though other days you may be able to find every single on of them.)

Blog #2 Children and the Media

Actually this video concerned me a lot. To me, this video makes it feel like kids grow up way too fast and they don't even to live the life of a child. It is scary to think you have to parental everything your child watches to make sure he is not being corrupted.
I feel it is only going to get worse as time passes, so if someone doesn't do something about it, who knows what will happen to our society. With the media attacking such a young population, it's not easy to know if the kids are able to tell a lie from the truth.