Okay so I'm sure everyone has heard the recent news about the Rihanna and Chris Brown incident. It has been all over the news, Photo of Rihanna's Beaten Face Leaked to Media, Shocking Pictures of Rihanna, Beaten by Chris Brown and many more. Kids everywhere see these headlines and of course read the articles and look at the pictures because they like Rihanna and Chris Brown’s music. Kids all around the world look up to both of these entertainers, and the media surrounding them both only negatively affects how children think about abuse.
There was a study done in Boston that says, “Half of Boston teens blame Rihanna for Chris Brown beating”.
“The survey of 200 Boston youths age 12 to 19 found that 51% said Brown bore responsibility, 46% said Rihanna was responsible, and 52% said both were to blame for the incident. In addition, 52% said the media were treating Brown unfairly, and ‘a significant number of males and females’ surveyed said Rihanna was destroying Brown's career.”
If kids think that this beating is okay and Rihanna deserved it, how do they feel about other cases of abuse? What do these kids think if they are to get abused? Are kids around the world being abused and believing that they deserved the abuse? No one ever deserves abuse, ever. How do these kids learn to feel that Rihanna deserved her beating?
Media, plain and simple. The violence that is portrayed through media is the sole reason for children violence. Video games show the abuse of women, the abuse of animals, and the abuse of people from every walk of life. These video games such as “Grand Theft Auto” and “True Crime: New York City”. Both of these games teach children how to kill and that it is okay to just walk up to someone hit them in the face and walk away like everything is okay. Children learn from what they see and what they do, and they are essentially doing these video games.
It is never okay to beat someone, ever. Rihanna, you did nothing wrong. Chris Brown, you did. People have no right to hit anyone anytime. Children need to be taught this simple fact, and it is the parent’s job to teach it. The media needs to rewrite what games children are allowed to play, the rating system and even the issues that are brought up in these games.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
HOT Summer Bod
With summer right around the corner, people all across the world are working towards being able to fit in that itsy bitsy yellow polka dot bikini. So many women and men are looking for the quick fix, the fad diet, the new exercise program, foods that burn belly fat, and ways to better their apperance in anticipation for summer. There has been an increase in the advertisments you hear for tanning salons. Hollywood Tans advertises their Tan Adviser, and how to get the perfect tan to show off the perfect body. Everyone is aiming for the perfect body, of course, and the tan sets it off according to Hollywood Tans.
According to Yahoo! Health, you can even "Get a Summer Bod in 4 Weeks". This article gives you 4, yes only 4, steps to getting a summer ready body in as little as 4 weeks! All you have to do is walk, and exercies. It says nothing about changing your eating habits! Wish we could lose weight like this lady obviously can!
By women and men reading this article and you can tell by the comments that have been left, they are seeing real hope in a quick fix. No way will a 4 week exercise regim work to lose weight and keep it off. If diet and exercise companies were actually conserned with the growing obesity problem in America, they would want people to be able to keep the weight off. It is not healthy to have a very flunctuant weight. Dieting and exercise programs lead to this fluctuant weight in most cases.
Women and men are out spending money to buy tanning salon memberships, hot bathing suits, and gym memberships. The public is so obsessed with how everyone looks, especially in a season about skimpy clothing and beaches. The American population is in economical turmoil, but non-the-less, we see the flocks heading for the expensive quick fixes that in the end do not work, and money is just thrown down the drain. Magazines, television, movies, music videos and just about every source of popular culture points to the perfect summer body, one that is almost unachievable. We need to refrain reteach values, tell young girls and men that you don’t have to be tanned with well defined abs to be pretty and sexy. Hopefully together we can change the way advertisers affect future generations.
According to Yahoo! Health, you can even "Get a Summer Bod in 4 Weeks". This article gives you 4, yes only 4, steps to getting a summer ready body in as little as 4 weeks! All you have to do is walk, and exercies. It says nothing about changing your eating habits! Wish we could lose weight like this lady obviously can!
By women and men reading this article and you can tell by the comments that have been left, they are seeing real hope in a quick fix. No way will a 4 week exercise regim work to lose weight and keep it off. If diet and exercise companies were actually conserned with the growing obesity problem in America, they would want people to be able to keep the weight off. It is not healthy to have a very flunctuant weight. Dieting and exercise programs lead to this fluctuant weight in most cases.
Women and men are out spending money to buy tanning salon memberships, hot bathing suits, and gym memberships. The public is so obsessed with how everyone looks, especially in a season about skimpy clothing and beaches. The American population is in economical turmoil, but non-the-less, we see the flocks heading for the expensive quick fixes that in the end do not work, and money is just thrown down the drain. Magazines, television, movies, music videos and just about every source of popular culture points to the perfect summer body, one that is almost unachievable. We need to refrain reteach values, tell young girls and men that you don’t have to be tanned with well defined abs to be pretty and sexy. Hopefully together we can change the way advertisers affect future generations.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Defining the College Persona
What kind of person do you think of when you think of College Student? The media has lead us to believe that college students are promiscuous, alcohol and drug loving young adults aged 18-24. What stereotypes does this lead us to? How does it affect the students who do go off to college and do not want to partake in the heavy drinking and promiscuity?
A new song by Asher Roth called "I Love College" is now #7 on the iTunes most downloaded charts. On Tuesday, March 3rd, it was #9, so its move on the charts is fast and it's direct download into homes is vast and fast!
This song defines what a college student is suppose to do. They are suppose to always have a drink, party, dance, and have sex. But there are also standards, like not falling asleep with your shoes on, don't leave the house until you have started to get drunk, don't have sex if she is too gone, wear 2 condoms and tomorrow night find a new place to party. And look at that video! It depicts a college student, a male, who is part of a frat. He goes to the frat party and you watch him hook up with many random girls, telling male college students that it is okay to be promiscuous. It shows them playing the ever so popular beer pong game, which by the way many young children have found entertaining on Wii, and playing strip poker. It talks about how these kids go to bed at 3, wake up at 10, and then party again! How could they live this life? Does this contribute to the many freshmen that fail out after the first semester because of excess partying?
College kids need to be told the real side of college before they go, and not have songs like Asher Roth’s “I Love College” negatively affect their view of what college really is. Kids go into college thinking it’s going to be all fun and games, and parties, since for once and their lives they are away from their parents. Alcohol Poising kills over 4,000 people a year, and 50,000 cases are reported each year. The Wii game originally titled "Beer Pong", now changes to "Pong Toss" also contributes to this culture. The game is rated "T" for Teen, meaning ages 13-up. Wow! We are selling 13-year-old's games about beer and playing beer games. When they do get older, and more than likely by the time they are 16, they will have trying alcohol and playing these games that they originally saw on oh so innocent Wii.
What if a college student does not want to partake in these activities? More times than most, these students are the ones that either go home every weekend to get away and not have to deal with the peer pressure, or if they live to far away from the college they chose, they soon realize how home sick they do become. College students come in all kinds of ways. Some are yes the straight out of High School students that are thought of when you think College Student. Some are middle ages people looking to go back to school to better their career. Many are much older, and looking to get a new job. Especially in the hard economy, where jobs are few, we see older people coming back to college in order to get a job.
The media overshadows a large group of college students, and creates a stereotype that is being lived up to in many University and College settings. Through music, music videos, television shows, and movies the media needs to include the older college student, and the college student that does not partake in excessive drinking and partying.
A new song by Asher Roth called "I Love College" is now #7 on the iTunes most downloaded charts. On Tuesday, March 3rd, it was #9, so its move on the charts is fast and it's direct download into homes is vast and fast!
This song defines what a college student is suppose to do. They are suppose to always have a drink, party, dance, and have sex. But there are also standards, like not falling asleep with your shoes on, don't leave the house until you have started to get drunk, don't have sex if she is too gone, wear 2 condoms and tomorrow night find a new place to party. And look at that video! It depicts a college student, a male, who is part of a frat. He goes to the frat party and you watch him hook up with many random girls, telling male college students that it is okay to be promiscuous. It shows them playing the ever so popular beer pong game, which by the way many young children have found entertaining on Wii, and playing strip poker. It talks about how these kids go to bed at 3, wake up at 10, and then party again! How could they live this life? Does this contribute to the many freshmen that fail out after the first semester because of excess partying?
College kids need to be told the real side of college before they go, and not have songs like Asher Roth’s “I Love College” negatively affect their view of what college really is. Kids go into college thinking it’s going to be all fun and games, and parties, since for once and their lives they are away from their parents. Alcohol Poising kills over 4,000 people a year, and 50,000 cases are reported each year. The Wii game originally titled "Beer Pong", now changes to "Pong Toss" also contributes to this culture. The game is rated "T" for Teen, meaning ages 13-up. Wow! We are selling 13-year-old's games about beer and playing beer games. When they do get older, and more than likely by the time they are 16, they will have trying alcohol and playing these games that they originally saw on oh so innocent Wii.
What if a college student does not want to partake in these activities? More times than most, these students are the ones that either go home every weekend to get away and not have to deal with the peer pressure, or if they live to far away from the college they chose, they soon realize how home sick they do become. College students come in all kinds of ways. Some are yes the straight out of High School students that are thought of when you think College Student. Some are middle ages people looking to go back to school to better their career. Many are much older, and looking to get a new job. Especially in the hard economy, where jobs are few, we see older people coming back to college in order to get a job.
The media overshadows a large group of college students, and creates a stereotype that is being lived up to in many University and College settings. Through music, music videos, television shows, and movies the media needs to include the older college student, and the college student that does not partake in excessive drinking and partying.
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