In the past week we discussed about how social media and culture relate to one another and how it impacts our daily lives. One of the positive things about social media is that it allows you to connect and create culture to people from an unconstrained geographic location and lets people post statuses to exercise their […]
stereotypes in the media
I never put too much thought into how characters act and are portrayed on television other than to enjoy it. However, after attending the lecture on race, I started to use critical thinking to dig deeper on what they were actually trying to illustrate. Many television shows and movies use hegemony to show dominance over […]
The Simpsons, Advertisement and Target Towards Children
After reading the article of “Television Teaching: Parody, The Simpsons, and Media Literacy Education” by Jonathan Gray, I thought it was very interesting when he discussed the topic about advertisement on The Simpsons. I thought it was very intriguing because he explains how The Simpsons are against advertisement and instead of promoting ads, they mock […]
Media is Power
A political economic issue that is concerning me in today’s world is the control of ideologies and media. This issue is becoming very serious because media corporations are trying to spread ideas and take control of the flow of information. Controlling the media will lead to more power, money and how they influence society. For example, […]