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.