media blog #4

I think it's so stupid how we're all put into stereotypes and cliques. I noticed today as I walked to my psychology class that all the different "clique/groups" all hang out in different places and this allowed me to see how each group acted. I noticed how mainly all the men in African-American group were all yelling and trying to show each other how tough they were by getting into little play fights. They also were wearing the "baggin'-saggin'" pants and the extra large t-shirts. I see on MTV rap music videos by African-Americans that they are wearing the same things and acting the same way. It's obvious that the media affects the way these people act. Then I noticed that alot of the white males were acting the same way; trying to act "black." Because the media has affected the way the black people act, the white people see this and want to act that way too. The media has a lot of influence on how we act. This has led to men always trying to be tough and tough looking.
I've also noticed that most girls have been wearing tight and revealing clothing. They're becomig shallow and vain by being obbsessed with their appearance. The media has potrayed women as being good looking, skinny, wearing revealing clothes, etc. The girls have an unhealthy idea of how they're supposed to look.
I'm really tired of people being fake and trying to change themselves for other people. If you have to change yourself to make others like you, then those people aren't really worth it. Our society needs to stop being fake and needs to start being itself. I've seen a few of my friends change themselves for other people and they just ended up getting hurt. If you try to change yourself for others, you're skrewed in the end.

Media Blog #3

So last night I watched the Bachelor. Yes, haha, very funny; a guy watched the Bachelor. Oh well I don't care what you think; I like it. Anyway, I was watching the Bachelor and i was thinking, "this is so unrealistic." They have this young, "handsome" guy choose his true love out of a group of young,"gorgeous" women (note the quotation marks). This is the epidemy of the American core value, Youthfulness. The show is indirectly telling American society that you should be "beautiful." That is unrealistic because probably 95% of the time, people will not find true love based on just looks. The show also represents Achievement and Success. Every woman and even the Bachelor have important occupations like a manager, business owner, etc. Each person has a high paying job. I also found this to be unrealistic because you can't alway fall in love based on wealth. An incase you haven't noticed, after the Bachelor chooses who he wants to be with, they always end up breaking up. But it's reality TV. It's all unrealistic. You can't always base love on looks and wealth. And if you do, it usually comes back to bite you in the rear.

Media blog #2, option #2

Since the internet is pretty much the center of our world today, we use it for everything; games, shopping, blogging, everything. We also use it to post information about ourselves. It's important that when we put information about ourselves on the web or give information to people or online companies that we don't give out too much information. For example, you shouldn't put too much information on your facebook or myspace cuz you never know what kinda creeper is out there lookin at it. and when you're buying things from online companies, make sure that it's a well known, reliable comany that you're buying your product from. Because when you have to give them your credit card number, you can get screwed over if it's just a crappy company and they just want to steel your money.

Media Notecard Comparison

The people i interviewed were all 18, but they all came from different backgrounds. When I asked the "what is 'media'?", my friend, Angela, said it was "the news, news paper, and andthing you can take in." Her automatic thought was the news, the typical steriotype of media. Now, My friend Ashley described the madia as "people gathering together to talk about a certain topic that entertains the masses." Angela is a more basic person whereas Ashley is more of a spirirual person. Ashley had a more spiritual answer rather that a typical answer.
When I asked "how does the media impact your life?", my friend Kyle said that it "helps him stay connected to the world and keeps him informed." Kyle is a person who looks at life more realistically and answered with a more realistc response. Ashley said that the media annoys her. She said that "the media gives unrealistic ideas to people saying that people should live certain ways." She said that the media "taints people." I thought that this was a very good point that she made. It's true that the mdia sometimes gives off false ideas such as how women should look a certain way or how evrything should be about sex and looking good.
The last question I asked was "do you beleive evrything in the media?" Klye answered "No. The media can make mistakes." Angela said "No, there will be places with unreliable information." Both answers were similar, but I think that kyle meant it more as in that the media can make mistaked where as Angela meant it more as if the media lies and is unreliable.