I found two advertisements on adflip.com that use women to sell a product that would normally not be considered sexual. One ad reading "DIM for the sheer pleasure of it" with a women posing in a sexual position, DIM pantyhose wouldn't be normally considered sexual or 'pleasurable' but with the pose they definitely are. Also there is an ad for Maurice d'Paree pajama's that reads "let me come into your bedroom with my latest creation". These ads work on the fundamental value found in pornography that women would sell sex whenever they could and also that women are sexual objects.
http://www.adflip.com/addetails.php?adID=959
http://www.adflip.com/addetails.php?adID=1453
Monday, March 26, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
sexed up kids
When we watched the CBC documentary "Sext Up Kids" I got angry, now a days there is always an opinion or a study done on everything. Little girls can't even play princess without being people saying there being "sexualized" the fact that someone even thought to use princess and sexualize in the same sentence is demented.
Also the fact that we are being provided cell phones at a much younger age was discussed. I think that it’s the parent’s job to sit down and discuss that the phone should be used for talking to friends and calling home but not for sending naked pictures around. Its only common sense it’s inevitable with technology today that there will be a few girls who give in to the temptation and get caught up in a bad situation but it’s just the time we live in. It will blow over; they made their bed and had to lay in it.
I feel that computers and televisions should be kept in open areas so that parents can monitor what’s being viewed on them until the child knows enough what is right and wrong. It is possible to make sure your child doesn't see things they shouldn't. You can block channels on satellites and block sites on the internet.
One thing on the documentary that I related to was when the girls being interviewed classified "looking good" as a feeling. When you look good you project a positive and overall happier attitude in my opinion.
http://www.google.ca/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=619&tbm=isch&tbnid=JRSXRRMEtI0U2M:&imgrefurl=http://www.fashionising.com/pictures/p--Diesel-Be-Stupid-4878-73610.html&docid=dKDXDBfH3OdpjM&imgurl=http://www.fashionisingpictures.net/photoshoots/DieselStupid22.jpg&w=750&h=485&ei=5GRrT9mtD8eWgwevpt2yBg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=342&sig=106688147864394290326&page=1&tbnh=107&tbnw=166&start=0&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:0&tx=111&ty=67
The above picture in my opinion is real questionable. I don't know who in their right mind would use being stupid as an advertising method. Big companies should be pushing young girls and boys to further their education as much as possible. Not go out and be stupid. I think the ads were made without thinking of the backlash it would cause, just a "stupid" mistake.
Also the fact that we are being provided cell phones at a much younger age was discussed. I think that it’s the parent’s job to sit down and discuss that the phone should be used for talking to friends and calling home but not for sending naked pictures around. Its only common sense it’s inevitable with technology today that there will be a few girls who give in to the temptation and get caught up in a bad situation but it’s just the time we live in. It will blow over; they made their bed and had to lay in it.
I feel that computers and televisions should be kept in open areas so that parents can monitor what’s being viewed on them until the child knows enough what is right and wrong. It is possible to make sure your child doesn't see things they shouldn't. You can block channels on satellites and block sites on the internet.
One thing on the documentary that I related to was when the girls being interviewed classified "looking good" as a feeling. When you look good you project a positive and overall happier attitude in my opinion.
http://www.google.ca/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=619&tbm=isch&tbnid=JRSXRRMEtI0U2M:&imgrefurl=http://www.fashionising.com/pictures/p--Diesel-Be-Stupid-4878-73610.html&docid=dKDXDBfH3OdpjM&imgurl=http://www.fashionisingpictures.net/photoshoots/DieselStupid22.jpg&w=750&h=485&ei=5GRrT9mtD8eWgwevpt2yBg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=342&sig=106688147864394290326&page=1&tbnh=107&tbnw=166&start=0&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:0&tx=111&ty=67
The above picture in my opinion is real questionable. I don't know who in their right mind would use being stupid as an advertising method. Big companies should be pushing young girls and boys to further their education as much as possible. Not go out and be stupid. I think the ads were made without thinking of the backlash it would cause, just a "stupid" mistake.
Monday, March 12, 2012
reading between the lines
Media literacy as defined is "The process of understanding and using the mass media in an assertive and non-passive way. This includes an informed and critical understanding of the nature of the media, the techniques used by them and the impact of these techniques." I never really put too much thought into how much media actually affects our world today. Some points from the video that seemed important to me were about how corporations are in the end looking to make money, just like everything there is much corruption. If running a story is going to make a newspaper loose advertisements there likely not going to share that story, and us as the viewers are deprived from that information. The video also mentioned that the two trends we are seeing in media are corporate, consolidated, centralized versus media that is diverse, local, independent. People would assume that independently owned media outlets would be more honest but I don't know if that is necessarily true because money would be tighter in a independently owned business.
Also I think it’s only expected that there are groups excluded from media, not every story can apply to every person, it’s just impossible. Most of all media is powerful it controls our thoughts, desires and everyday activities it can be a beautiful thing that expires us to do good and achieve but also can be destructive because modernly magazines and media outlets are driven solely by money so the good staples of media are being forgotten for advertisements and junk values.
Also I think it’s only expected that there are groups excluded from media, not every story can apply to every person, it’s just impossible. Most of all media is powerful it controls our thoughts, desires and everyday activities it can be a beautiful thing that expires us to do good and achieve but also can be destructive because modernly magazines and media outlets are driven solely by money so the good staples of media are being forgotten for advertisements and junk values.
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