Media Studies

April 5, 2013Unit 3 Lesson 14 Key Question 30Keitlin Okell In to sidereal solar days society the media can portray disparate conventions in certain ways towards society. One of these chemical groups are jejuners the realities that are portrayed within this specific group can be genuinely misunderstood or really accurate depending on what is seen and non seen, determine are in addition constructed within the media around us as teens not valuing what was valued in the previous(prenominal) generations.Fin tot any last(predicate)yy with the divers(prenominal) media surrounding e preciseones lives, the commercial factors do influence the media with the youngr subject with giving teenagers a bad image sometimes but however the commercial factors can give a confirmatory reflection on teenagers. If tribe were asked what their first thoughts of when they heard the word teenager, the first thoughts that come to their approximation for complicate probably shock you, wit h it being negative, wild, irresponsible, immortal, violent, monsters, etc. These type of thoughts that are constructed about teenagers come from the media and what is seen and not seen.What is seen in the media the glamorous lifestyles of teenagers that go out to drink, party, abuse alcohol and drugs, deal with violence, and other inappropriate actions tout ensemble these actions are shown within photographs, TV shows (reality or not), newspaper and even music. An example is the word-painting Mean Girls, this movie is about cliches, and how the high school life is, with the lies, sex, boozing, and not showing the imperiouss of being a teenager and the difficulties that every teenager goes through. The media doesnt show the hard part of being a teenager such as being bullied, exams, stress and insecurities.Also what is not shown within the media about teenagers is that they do care about politics, societys issues, the environment, volunteering, their school work and other positi ve activities. Realistic wise, the media over exaggerates the payoff of being a teenager because the media thrives on scandals even if that includes over reacting the life of a teenager this is to contract the audiences reaction, awareness and entertainment alone at once. The set that are represented about teenagers are right but are similarly wrong.The negative determine that are represented for teenagers is that they dont care about anything, self-discipline, self- control is not as important as it was before. Teenage girls seem to be known to have the set of teenage pregnancy, while other teenagers have determine of smoking weed, imbibing, having a good time quite an than having a good education, a future and moral set that leave alone be needed to unremarkable life. On the other hand the positive values that are shown about teenagers are their families, education, respecting ourselves including our bodies, and some nation might think this is bad but it could be a g ood thing, technology.Technology is growing every day and affecting everybodys lives one way or another so the opinion that the teenager values technology all depends on the persons thoughts. The social consequences of media portraying teenagers in this manner is that teenagers get a bad image and when individual sees a teenager now a days they will think they are up to no good, having no hope for the future generations including us and the generation later us. Teenagers have this bad image of being irresponsible, untrusted, and just unappreciated takes a toll on soul and they can act out and do the actions everybody expects them to do.Also what could happen is that with such a high expectation for mortal it can just be too much for that one person and that is where more problems can appear. otherwise social consequences that the media can contribute to is when on the TV, teenagers see these celebrities eat so much but still have those perfect bodies that everybody seem to in dispensability, having commercials with models that come along flawless when in reality they dont look like that but of course the media doesnt tell the audience that.The final discussion I loss to talk about is the commercial factors that influence the media the media mostly shows a Caucasian attractive person who is very confident and it seems to be that this person is in every TV show, commercial, movie, etc. The commercials that are shown in directlys society vary different objectives in the audience in what they want to sell or promote, it can be from a new smartphone (new technology) to a campaign about stopping bullying. The media is influencing the commercial factors by showing the audience of what teenagers want and what teenagers need as in help having a voice in bullying for example.The commercials can every show a positive look on teenagers or a negative look, normally the media has a little of both and that can influence a teenager both in a good way or bad. For exa mple you see commercials that set awareness of drinking and driving or texting and driving giving teenagers a new outlook of what could possibly happen if they do these actions which in this case will leave a positive influence on teenagers in qualification the right choice. Commercial factors can influence teenagers, but in the end it all depends on the eenager and their thoughts and values. In the end, media does influence teenagers as it also portrays a good and bad image even if its pictorial or not. The media has two sides of this, the seen and the not seen realities of teenagers, the values can be depicted by the audience if the teenagers values are true or not. The social consequences can vary but can be very serious with the media surrounding everybody every day and with the commercial factors that are also influenced by the media the teenager topic can either be looked at in a positive way or negative.Media StudiesApril 5, 2013Unit 3 Lesson 14 Key Question 30Keitlin Oke ll In straightaways society the media can portray different groups in certain ways towards society. One of these groups are teenagers the realities that are portrayed within this specific group can be very misunderstood or very accurate depending on what is seen and not seen, values are also constructed within the media around us as teenagers not valuing what was valued in the old generations.Finally with the different media surrounding everyones lives, the commercial factors do influence the media with the teenager topic with giving teenagers a bad image sometimes but however the commercial factors can give a positive look on teenagers. If people were asked what their first thoughts of when they heard the word teenager, the first thoughts that come to their straits will probably shock you, with it being negative, wild, irresponsible, immortal, violent, monsters, etc. These type of thoughts that are constructed about teenagers come from the media and what is seen and not seen.Wha t is seen in the media the glamorous lifestyles of teenagers that go out to drink, party, abuse alcohol and drugs, deal with violence, and other inappropriate actions all these actions are shown within movies, TV shows (reality or not), newspaper and even music. An example is the movie Mean Girls, this movie is about cliches, and how the high school life is, with the lies, sex, drinking, and not showing the positives of being a teenager and the difficulties that every teenager goes through. The media doesnt show the hard part of being a teenager such as being bullied, exams, stress and insecurities.Also what is not shown within the media about teenagers is that they do care about politics, societys issues, the environment, volunteering, their school work and other positive activities. Realistic wise, the media over exaggerates the topic of being a teenager because the media thrives on scandals even if that includes over reacting the life of a teenager this is to get the audiences re action, awareness and entertainment all at once. The values that are represented about teenagers are right but are also wrong.The negative values that are represented for teenagers is that they dont care about anything, self-discipline, self- control is not as important as it was before. Teenage girls seem to be known to have the values of teenage pregnancy, while other teenagers have values of smoking weed, drinking, having a good time preferably than having a good education, a future and moral values that will be needed to frequent life. On the other hand the positive values that are shown about teenagers are their families, education, respecting ourselves including our bodies, and some people might think this is bad but it could be a good thing, technology.Technology is growing every day and affecting everybodys lives one way or another so the opinion that the teenager values technology all depends on the persons thoughts. The social consequences of media portraying teenagers i n this manner is that teenagers get a bad image and when someone sees a teenager now a days they will think they are up to no good, having no hope for the future generations including us and the generation aft(prenominal) us. Teenagers have this bad image of being irresponsible, untrusted, and just unappreciated takes a toll on someone and they can act out and do the actions everybody expects them to do.Also what could happen is that with such a high expectation for someone it can just be too much for that one person and that is where more problems can appear. separate social consequences that the media can contribute to is when on the TV, teenagers see these celebrities eat so much but further have those perfect bodies that everybody seem to want, having commercials with models that look flawless when in reality they dont look like that but of course the media doesnt tell the audience that.The final discussion I want to talk about is the commercial factors that influence the me dia the media mostly shows a Caucasian attractive person who is very confident and it seems to be that this person is in every TV show, commercial, movie, etc. The commercials that are shown in todays society vary different objectives in the audience in what they want to sell or promote, it can be from a new smartphone (new technology) to a campaign about stopping bullying. The media is influencing the commercial factors by showing the audience of what teenagers want and what teenagers need as in help having a voice in bullying for example.The commercials can either show a positive look on teenagers or a negative look, normally the media has a little of both and that can influence a teenager either in a good way or bad. For example you see commercials that set awareness of drinking and driving or texting and driving giving teenagers a new outlook of what could possibly happen if they do these actions which in this case will leave a positive influence on teenagers in making the right choice. Commercial factors can influence teenagers, but in the end it all depends on the eenager and their thoughts and values. In the end, media does influence teenagers as it also portrays a good and bad image even if its down-to-earth or not. The media has two sides of this, the seen and the not seen realities of teenagers, the values can be depicted by the audience if the teenagers values are true or not. The social consequences can vary but can be very serious with the media surrounding everybody every day and with the commercial factors that are also influenced by the media the teenager topic can either be looked at in a positive way or negative.