Sunday, October 9, 2011

In the Service of What? by Linda Christensen

Linda Christensen argues that the social media is portraying certain roles to race and sex, and how live life.

The problem with this is the fact that we see this media exposure at such a young age people start to believe that this is their role in society and what they need to do to succeed in life. For example the TV show Duck Tales may seem like a perfectly fine show but Christensen explains how the show makes it seem like the only way to be happy and live such great lives you need to have lots of money. What Christensen wants us to do is to be able to see what is wrong with these media messages and understand that this is not the correct way to act in order to live a normal life.  Another message portrayed by the media was how women stayed at home hoping that one day a man would come and sweep them off their feet.  They never had the women go out work and find a guy they liked it was always them waiting. By seeing and understanding these messages we can take action and let the media know that they way they portray roles or ways to succeed in life are wrong and need to be changed.

Now a good topic I believe to talk about during class would be how many people actually picked up on these media messages? The reason being is when I was younger I never picked up on the messages like Duck Tales was about getting money and how important money is, I was just thinking that they enjoyed going on adventures.  Another thing that I thought would be interesting to talk about is if even though I didn't know about the message being portrayed did it have any impact on me as a kid growing up?

1 comment:

  1. You make a good point when you ask how many kids actually pick up on hidden messages, but another question is how many people realize that they've picked up these messages? I don't think watching Duck Tales made me believe that money=happiness but it more solidifies that ideal and as we grow up it is proven more and more.

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