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looking back at all of my media blogs, I think that as a whole they really helped to learn more about media and ads and how they affect us.  Sure, we wrote mainly about what we learned in class, but writing about the topics in my own way really helped to bring the information in and truly understand it.  I think that the project really helps to better understand what we learn in class.  While we can study the concepts and maybe talk about them with someone else, actually writing about it and applying it to something that appeals to us is what allows for the information to be truly driven home. Reflecting on my writing, I think that i could have done a better job.  I think that maybe tying to apply the concepts to more real life situations would really help, along with following a better plan while wrtiting. I think that if I had followed more of an outline for my blogs rather than writing more randonkly would have really helped to improve both the fluency of the wr...
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anxiety

for our critical thinking class, we read an article on how teens are beginning to have more and more anxiety.  i agree with all the points made by the article, in that this modernizing age is a huge cause for more anxiety in our lives.  this is also driven by our needs, as in we want something as soon as possible.  i think the point of "bad news" affecting this is valid as well, but not complete. in my opinion, almost all forms of news or media affect our anxiety and make it worse.  media gives us all of these false expectations of how we need to be, and pressures us to fit in.  we try to live up to these impossible expectations that we create for ourselves through media or tv or news, but never can reach them.  and the entire time that we try we just end up becoming more and more anxious as we try to  become what we think we should be. however, the article still makes good points.  in this age, we have come to expect that we get what we want, p...
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tv commercials

we see ads everywhere in our lives, and a big part of the ads we see are on tv.  ads on tv are designed much more for a specific audience than other ads.  a company is able to this is as they base their ads on the program that's being viewed. the more recent technology of recording tv shows however has allowed for us to skip these commercials.  when we do so, it obviously is taking away from the ads that companies are creating, but these companies still have a plan. many commercials on a certain program have scenes that make it seem similar enough to the actual show, so that you think that you must stop skipping here and end up in the middle of a commercial.  another strategy that companies use is to have the commercial look very interesting, such as a character who draws the audience in. i think that its ridiculous how many ads we see on tv.  companies shouldn't be this much after only money that they try to leave a mark on every single part of our lives. ...
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The solution

In response to the problem of media influencing opinions on women, I have three solutions. The first is to realize that the problem doesn't affect everyone. There are many people who have different opinions on women, and the documentary presented the extremes, rather than reality.  While this is a problem, we must know to see it when it is actually present, not just when we are told it is there. This brings me to my next solution, to be able to questions everything you hear or learn.  While there is a limit, we must realize that we can and should try to question information that we are given or at least learn more about the issue.  We shouldn't just take the facts that we are given, but learn to question it and process the information rather than just follow it.  We must be able to accept and reject information after we have actually had time to learn about it.  We shouldn't listen to what a small percentage of people say, simply because they are in charge of ...
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Media and Women

This week in class, we viewed a documentary on the effect of media on women. It showed how not only does it change how men think of women, but also how women think of themselves.  I agreed with what the documentary said, in that media has a strong influence on our opinions.  I think that media is very influential, as we are presented opinions as fact so we believe them.  We are shown how something should be and presented a biased comment that we take to be true. We take in all of this, and end up having our minds twisted to fit the opinions we are presented.  We end up thinking in the way we see media, and depending on what we see, it can be good or extremely horrible. This can not only make us think worse of someone else, but of ourselves as well. In the case of this documentary, we are shown how media makes us think of women.  In media, we are presented with the main idea of how men are better than women.  Most people within media or in charge of the pr...
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cool ads

in the movie we watched in class, we saw how advertising agencies attempted to make their ads cool and appealing to kids and teens.  while this practice may seem good, the way it is carried out is extremely bad.  the way teens see something is extremely over exaggerated and teens are used as props to draw in others. we shouldn't be having tons of fake people acting as if something is actually good, as it just makes it so much more difficult to understand the truth and see it for what it is.  we have to realize that when a company tries to promote their product, that it isn't always genuine. the way these companies make ads cool is extremely terrible.  as i went over earlier, there are "looks" and "midriffs" who are all bad influences.  not only this, but those who become a part of these advertising techniques feel extremely pressured to act in a certain way as they get money for what they're doing. people act differently simply to fit in, and we can...
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Mooks and Midriffs

recently, in class we watched a movie in which we were presented with people also caused "mooks" and "midriffs".  we were shown that they are supposed to be the typical person, looks for males, and midriffs for females, who are presented in a more relatable, if exaggerated, way that is appealing to us in that it makes us want to watch the show. not only are these characters seen on tv, but they can also be figures in life such as a singer or someone famous.  some of these characters act this way on purpose in order to attract attention to the character or it can be s=imply who that person is. in my opinion, we shouldn't be acting this way in order to promote tv.  these actions simply influence and reinforce people who actually act this way.  we shouldn't be promoting behavior like this towards a child who can be easily influenced.  not only this, but this acting can be seen as offensive.  due to the portrayal of the "typical person" being someone...
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