Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Blog 6
Growing up in the 21st century, the
media has had a huge impact on my life. I never felt like the messages I
received from the media directly influenced me until I was able to grow up and
reflect back. So many of the messages we receive are targeted towards making
people feel self-concise about themselves. I use the word “people” because I
truly believe that this affects not only women, but also men; women may be
affected the most but men can also be influenced by these messages. I thought the documentary “Miss
Representation” did a great job of bringing some of these toxic messages to
light. Body image for example, is definitely one of the biggest topics to
tackle. While growing up, I didn’t have negative thoughts towards my body, but
I’ve never exactly thought highly of it. I didn’t realize that I was
subconsciously being influenced by the images the media was putting in my head.
That’s what’s so sneaky about the media; most of the messages are subliminal.
Even within “Miss Representation”, there were subliminal messages. The women who
were interviewed throughout the documentary were well dressed and had their
faces and hair done. These women were sitting there talking about how the media
has influenced the way they think they’re supposed to look, but at the same
time, were giving in to those expectations. This is the part where I get
confused though. In all honesty if I were on television, I would also want to
look my best. But is that because I’m subconsciously giving in to what the
media has told me to do, or is it because I genuinely feel that way?
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Alex Citalan,
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