How does media affect our concept of appearance? The definition of appearance came from the late latin word apparentia and now in English defines as appear. There are a variety of ways of understanding the word appear such as to appear smart or wise. Media does, however, have a huge impact on how we view appearance because of serotypes and the abilities of certain people. From the countless social media posts on the internet from many famous people such as Donald Trump. When we continuously view these things on the internet we tend to revolve around those opinions of different people in our understanding of certain people when it come to appearance. We have all heard the cliche “Don’t judge a book by it's cover.” Moreover, this can relate to other people’s general appearance. For example, a boy or girl very few talk to can appear to be a less attractive in accordance to approach them and talk to them. However, he or she could still be a very interesting to talk to and/or very intelligent. In the movie “Finding Forrester,” the novel “Hunger Games” and from my own personal experience, we need …show more content…
Forsay when Forrester commented on Jamal's Skin “Sixteen? And you’re black. It’s remarkable.” Forrester was applying a serotype on Jamal since he was astounded from the amount of talent Jamal has in writing. Many people could also do the same. Not many expect a black male or female to become something that involves so much intelligence for say an author, that is the sad truth. However, that specific serotype does not apply to every darker skin individuals everywhere. As proven by this movie and more so in real life, many serotypes of this day do not always apply to many people. In “Finding Forrester,” Jamal did not apply these serotypes but instead went on to be a prominent writer. Ethnicity, or to be more general, appearance does not determine the individual as a whole in any