Comm Disc/assignment ***Professor Anthony ***

Brandon:

Disney and Barbi are sexist. 

Women are objectified in all forms of media. "For many years, women have been portrayed extremely negatively in the media, and in the rare times that they are portrayed ‘positively’ it is in a way that they are sexualised to appear as objects of lust. We see advertisements of women in skimpy clothing, or in many cases, no clothing at all which are sometimes ironically trying to advertise a clothing brand. Other times we see women being portrayed domestically, doing household chores as if that is their only purpose in adult life (Berlingieri 2013)."

Berlingieri, S. 2013, Sep 13. Media studies. Retrieved f26 Sep 2016 from: https://sarahberlingieri.wordpress.com/2013/09/13/portrayal-of-women-in-advertising/

Women are feminine - subordinate and inferior 

Men are masculine - money maker of the home and tough 

http://genderinmedia363.weebly.com/monkey-see-monkey-do.html

Brandon 

Brandon:

1. B) Mass Communication influences attitudes and opinions about gender, race and sexuality. After reading "The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Communication: Chapter 16: Gender, Race and Media Representation," pose a question or statement in the group discussion that you now have after completing the readings. For example, this could be a statement about how we could start to combat the misrepresentations.

 

            How have we as a society allowed the media tell us what to think? For this problem to change we have to strengthen our minds and form our own opinions. We all know the media is only showing us what they want us to see and the same goes for Hollywood. Until we start to treat one another with common decency and show some respect for ourselves, and our fellow man/woman, the media is going to continue to perpetuate the cycle. Why? Because it sells papers and it gets viewers. If we stop buying into what they tell us to think society can then begin to heal its self. The article had a few lines I wanted to share.

            Black feminist scholars have acknowledged the neglect which women of color, specifically black women, have experienced through their selective inclusion in the writings of feminist cultural analysis I believe they are the reason we are It is from this perspective that we begin our discussion of black female representation in the media.

Black feminist thought also challenges the way some media outlets run by black men engage in misogynistic depictions of black women.

Spike Lee's Bamboozled, he creates female characters that become (or should I say allowed themselves to become) defined by the men in their lives. We claim that although his films fight to challenge racist frameworks within the mass media and society,

Asian women in film are either passive figures who exist to serve men as love interests for White men (lotus blossom) or as a partner in crime of men of their own kind (dragon ladies)”

I am going to stop here with this quote from Morgan Freeman in an interview with Mike Wallace. “The notion of a special month for black history may be hurting rather than helping efforts for racial equality, Freeman believes. When Wallace wonders whether racist attitudes may be harder to eradicate without the education that Black History Month provides, Freeman retorts: “How are we going to get rid of racism? Stop talking about it!”