HON MEDIA LIT BLOG #4

The media portrays women in many ways, none of which are ever good in this culture. Women, for the most part, are seen almost as objects, or things of beauty, rather than human beings. And it's not good. Many people don't view women as smart, capable beings, and since they don't view them as such, they don't treat them that way.

This creates many problems professionally and psychologically for women. Jobs are harder to come by, and because they aren't seen as mentally competent as men, they get paid less for doing the exact same work. And when women see ads and media that have women in them, they may begin to think the same way.

So now, we have men treating women less than they are, and women believing that it's right. And when school girls see themselves doing better than guys, they dumb themselves down, because that's not how they are supposed to be.

Media's portrayal of women affects everything, and nothing that it affects is good. We set up these images that are impossible to obtain, then expect them to be completed. It doesn't work, and it doesn't make sense.

HON MEDIA LIT BLOG# 3

I chose the show Psych.

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...A young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara, California Police Department (SBPD) whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts allow him to convince people that he is psychic.
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• Achievement and Success - At the end of each show, Shawn and Gus figure out the mystery, after being doubted for the entire episode. They become hero's once again, and they "win." This tells people that they should just keep going at it, keep doing what they think is right.
• Activity and Work - In Psych, Shawn likes to goof off, and do everything last minute, where Gus usually tries to do everything on time, when it is supposed to be done. While it doesn't always work, Gus usually feels good about what he does, and shows people that it is the right thing to do.
  
• Efficiency and Practicality - Shawn like to do things as quickly as possible, so that he can get to things that he wants to do, such as playing games. He doesn't spend time on the details, like Gus, but rather sees something and then jumps at it.
  
• Progress - Gus and Shawn see the current Police force as inept at solving the crimes, so they pretend to be able to see into the future, and solve crimes the way they think they should be solved. Once again, this shows that people should find things that are wrong, and work at fixing them, by themselves.
• Material Comfort - Shawn and Gus consider material comfort very important. They do what they want, when they want. When they want to go eat, they do that. They buy what they want. This tells people it's okay to do and buy what they want.
  
• Individualism - Shawn and Gus are going against the grain, instead of waiting on the Police to solve crimes, they do it themselves. They aren't doing what everyone else would do, they are doing their own thing.
  
• Freedom - When Shawn and Gus are locked out of a case, they can't stand it. They feel depressed because they can't help people. They quickly find ways around it, so that their freedom is restored. They show people that freedom is always accessible, they just have to find it.
  
• Conformity - Gus always tries to conform to Societies expectations, and tries to be a "good" citizen. He believes that that is how to deal with most problems.
  
• Humanitarianism - Most of the cases that Shawn and Gus deal with have to do them helping or saving people from death or from jail. They are good people who are trying to help good people.
  
• Youthfulness - Shawn's dad often thinks back to when he or Shawn were young, and reminisces about it.