...Influence of Visual Media Paper By: Marco Contreras There is a strong link, or interrelationship, between culture and visual entertainment media. Visual entertainment media has been used to depict, and to some extent, influence society and culture. Everything we watch on television, film and even digital gaming has influenced us in one way or another. We can easily see an array of examples of these influences. For instance, Marilyn Monroe was considered a huge “sex symbol.” Visual media created this image of her as the “ideal woman,” thus many other women at the time began to imitate her and her style. Another example is the singer and actress Jennifer Lopez. At one point in time, being “anorexic skinny” was what every woman aspired to be. This changed thanks to the exposure of Jennifer Lopez through visual entertainment media. Her “curvy” body became the “ideal” much like Marilyn Monroe was during her time. As such, many women began to change their concept of what is “sexy” or the “ideal woman.” Unfortunately, not all visual entertainment media’s influence on society has been positive. There have been saddening examples, such as the appearance of the television show “Sixteen and Pregnant.” Instead of learning from the show, young teenage girls began to imitate this behavior. Next thing we know, there was a wave of teenage girls getting pregnant across the country. We see all these music video where sex, drugs, and alcohol are glamorized. Kids think that...
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...Social Pressure-Amber Marsden-Youll Everyone leads different lives and is influenced by different sources but no matter what, we will get influenced by the media and be influenced by a visual image. A visual image is a mental image that we think is similar to a visual perception. It can change our moods and how we think about ourselves creating low self esteem or high self esteem. During a teenager’s life, we think we are judged by every little action we do or any decision we make. Some are affected more than this than others and this is due to society and the way they think things should be. We can be influenced and pressured by many visual sources such as magazines, T.V., and the main one, the Internet. During the rapid progression of technology, we can do and manipulate things quicker and easier than ever to make them look perfect when in real life it isn’t like that. There is a vast range of new visual images available in this century. What I will focus on today is the way the social visual images in the media influences girls to dress they way they dress, choose the decisions they make and how social pressures affects them. We all know of the media sights like Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and so on and how we can manipulate photos so it looks like our eyes are as big as a dolls and perfect, or how we can make our skin flawless and glowing. With the help and assistance of make-up and plastic surgery, we can change our whole look. From being pale with...
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...Gwendolyn Davis Influence of Visual Media Hum/ 176 Instructor Prichard University of Phoenix August 12, 2012 Interrelationships are defined as being placed in or coming into mutual relationship with someone and or something. Forms of visual entertainment media are; radio, television, CD’s and DVD’s to name a few. When one speak of Media and the influence it has made on American society as far as culture and values, I can honestly see the reflection from what is viewed and or listened to in our day to day lives. In the times of old there were some shows that allowed a glimpse as to what we are living in now as far as the change of times. Shows like the Jeffersons and Different Strokes allowed Americans to see the change that was coming within our families, communities and the world as a whole. The Shape of Americans Culture and Values. As times have changed so has our ability to gain instant access whether it is the local news, a nationally syndicated radio talk show or the ability to attend online university and gain a degree as a working adult. America has changed based on the media; however it is up to each individual to determine the shape that is being made. We have come along way from VCR’S and huge televisions that weigh a few hundred pounds. Being that the majority of the world is always on the go, these are some awesome attributes of American culture and the shape it is taking; however the negative aspect for me is the fact that...
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...Influences of Visual Media HUM/176 Media and American Culture May 11, 2013 Influences of Visual Media The electronic frenzy in the last 50 years, has made a huge impact on how we are influenced on the culture of television media we see today. The changes are for the better, for the most part. Television made a huge impact on developing a culture that people were really getting addicted to. The social media creators, learned that using television can help get the attention of our audience and have them watch more and more television. Media became a way to advertise and influence the culture of America. Television offered ways to communicate information that is currently happening in our world, but it was influential on those that watched it. Considering the darker side of television media, most if not all, were influenced by what they saw on television. Television media became stronger for the money. It was a great source of communication for current events and the imaginary culture too. The impact on the children were huge. Statistics showed that there are more tragic events with our children. There are movies that have influenced our children in doing what they see on television. Researchers found that when teen-age suicide films were aired the increase in the number of teen suicides or attempts increased significant. (How the Media Mold the World, 2003) There were many films that influenced killings or some type of violence that ended up influencing our children...
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...Influence of Visual Media Kimberly Malave Hum/176 Melissa Caldwell 11/8/14 • In what ways have various forms of visual entertainment media shaped American Culture and its values? Media has changed dramatically over the last century. And visual entertainment media has shaped American culture and values in many ways as well. In today’s society there are so many different kinds of entertainment media that it has caused us to forget about the more important values in life. For example, today we all rely on the internet for so many things from shopping, to paying bills, to social media and news updates. We no longer have to wait for our information to be released through the newspaper, or books. Game systems, internet, films, cell phones and more have taken away from our values of taking the time to actually enjoy a drama or comedy through reading, even looking for information. Back in the day children didn’t have TV’s, so they would spend a lot of their time outside playing and being active. In today’s younger generation, the children rather be in the house and play video games or watch shows on TV than go outside and play with friends. The social influences of visual entertainment media have been more negative than positive. For example, YouTube has millions of videos up but most of them are either something negative or something of no benefit. Most of those videos are either about...
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...Visual media has changed American culture tremendously over time. I think that television has the most to do with this change. What the normal family unit looked like in the 1960’s was the Cleaver family. If you think about it over time the family look changed. Andy Griffith was a single Dad that had his Aunt there to help with his child. The Brady’s were two divorced parents bringing all the children together trying to create harmony. Then we had the Huxtables that were an upper class black family and the Evans family from Good Times to show how the lower class lived. Now the family that so many Americans compare themselves to is the Kardashians. Quite a difference from the Cleavers. Advertisements on television also play a huge part in shaping societies view of what we should do or have to “fit in.” As with anything there is always positive and negative. I think the social influence of visual media is mostly positive. As far as the news goes distance is no longer a barrier. We also have up to date news and weather reports. This is extremely positive and helps warn the public when severe weather is about to come. Shows such as The Voice or America’s Got Talent helps discover people with talent that before would only be locally recognized. Games help people connect with one another and form a team. I think this helps so many adolescence discover team work. Some of the more negative sides to the social influence of visual media. Some of the negative influences are the...
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...Influence of Visual Media Paper Course: HUM/176 December 08, 2013 Jonathan Langdon Culture and visual entertainment media have an interrelationship with each other such as film and television. With the years going by, more television shows and movies have been constructed which has become in my opinion a reflection of our cultural times. Society and our people can see visual instead of having to read to learn which can give them a distinctive perspective that they may not have thought of on their own. As people view the visual entertainment they are being influenced from the way celebrities act, dress, talk, and so forth.. American culture has been shaped and influence by visual entertainment in so many ways. Entertainment has brought various benefits and challenges to American culture and changed how our people and society communicates. For most people TV is the primary source of entertainment back then and most likely today since technology has been updated, electronic devices such as iPads, iPods, tablets, and cell phones have become society’s primary source of entertainment. Television has also helped to establish our culture by making an impact on newspaper's and magazine's design and content and books. Sports have also made an impact on our culture. For example when it’s close to Super Bowl my family and I plan a big family brunch or meet up at the bar for a couple drinks. Or whomever out of my siblings that wants to...
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...The interrelationship Between Culture and Visual Entertainment Media HUM/176 April 18th, 2013 Cody Harris The Interrelationship between Culture and Visual Entertainment Media Visual entertainment media has gone from being about families to being about everything. Visual entertainment media explains the meaning in the name, “entertainment”. The media today shows what society has come to tolerate over the years when it comes to movies and television shows. Before television and even radio, we read the news in the newspaper or heard it from someone else that heard it from someone else. Besides the newspaper the only other entertainment was plays and listening to the church choir sings. This all changed when the radio was introduced. People could now hear the news and other entertainment like plays and radio shows, which was a good thing for the people that could not read. With the radio came music other than gospel, which society came to tolerate, so there was more made. Introducing the television, the first ones were huge, black and white, and very expensive for most families to buy. The shows from the radio where now being acted out on the television so people could see what was going on instead of using their imaginations. The television became so popular that color was added to enhance viewing and drive up sales. The small skit shows turned into longer shows with a running plot that was on every week. The longer shows soon turned into movies that people...
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...Influence of entertainment media paper Investigating the interrelationship between the entertainment media and culture. The media and culture are so much a part of our days that sometimes it is difficult to step back and appreciate and apprehend their great impact on our lives. Think of a normal typical day of your life, many people wake up to their alarm that’s set on their cell phone. Soon after waking up everyone has a routine that includes some type of media whether it be check your text messages or look at Facebook or read the newspaper, or check your email, turn the TV on and watch the news or the weather. Some will turn the radio on and listen to the news. Then you go to work or school, and your classes and jobs most likely use various types of media from course management software to PowerPoint presentations. Then you return home at the end of the day and wind down by watching TV or playing video games or watching movies and so on. These days its almost like we rely on media on our everyday life. American culture has changed over time I think a lot of it has to do with technology. The more and more technology grows and gets smarter it shapes our culture and affects us and we change and shape to it. We become dependent on technology. It has changed our culture by always having our phones out sending text messages constantly; taking pictures everywhere you go posting them to social media websites. These days everyone knows where you are and what you’re doing. Visual...
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...Media Literacy I have advocated for 30 years that, in order to preserve our democracy and protect ourselves against demagogues, we should have courses in schools on how to watch TV, how to read newspapers, how to analyze a speech – how to understand the limitations of each medium and make a judgment as to the accuracy or the motives involved. (Cronkite) Media’s influence on society is powerful and far-reaching because they introduce us to new and different images that affect our personalities and perceptions of the world we live in. A report by the Free Expression Policy Project has shown that media glamorize violence, sex, drugs, and alcohol; reinforce stereotypes about race, gender, and class; and prescribe the lifestyle to which one should aspire, and the products one must buy to attain it (Hines and Cho 2). If society wants to correct these negative influences of media, Walter Cronkite’s message on the need for media literacy is therefore imperative. Media literacy, defined by AMLA as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and communicate information in a variety of forms, will empower us to be both critical thinkers and creative producers of a wide range of messages using image, language, and sound (Center for Media Literacy). By becoming media literate, it is hope that we will have a better understanding of ourselves, our communities, and our diverse culture. To showcase the importance of media literacy, analyses of news and commercial media are...
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...The ways of accessing media have evolved, so has the way it affects the individuals who have access to it. When radio and television weren’t even thought of as a way of communication, most used the newspaper as their primary sources of information, and did not question where that information came from, or if it was valid or not. Media can influence the opinions of people in severe ways, both good and bad, for example government influence on media can sway the opinions of the people exposed to that specific media. As the media plays such an influential role in the lives of most Americans, we need to ask ourselves, “Are we in control of the media, or is the media in control of us?” Media’s drastic growth has lead society to become more aware of what is going on socially, economically, etc. As people become more aware about what is truly going on, and taking about it through emerging media sources and exposing themselves to many different sources of traditional media, the individual is able to find the truth and form his or her own educated opinion, and American culture holds this as a very important factor in the people’s everyday lives. Communication started with the radio from hearing news broadcast to listening to music and plays that all happened before television. The radio was very real and came to life without having the visual effects of today’s technology and still had the effect of making people feel as if they were in the play itself, radio was the first wireless...
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...Neil Postman argues that the form of communication and its delivery determines how individuals feel, think, and react. His book, Amusing Ourselves to Death, discusses how the medium of television and the media in general can change of society’s way of thinking and the general public discourse. The most obvious political detriment of television is that it affects society's ability to form an informed electorate. Television and all forms of media has taught society to judge politicians by their celebrity aspect. This does not allow individuals to consider the important issues and elect politicians who have the best chance of bettering our lives or ensuring our safety (Postman, 1985, p. 95). In Amusing Ourselves to Death, Postman writes "You...
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...1900’s, media has played a vital role in our society. Media has influenced generations of Americans from the record player, Morse code, and radio. Our society has experienced a phenomenal rise of mass media since the beginning stages of the television in the 1940’s. Since then, media has been responsible to bringing live reports on national emergencies, increased the number of voters, and even helped assist in the resignation of a President (Richard Nixon). Digital technology has literally changed the way media is distributed, produced (special effects), and delivered. The Print Press About mid1440, a tinkerer by the name of Johannes Gutenberg thought of a concept of creating letters out of metal while melting alloys. According to Vivian, J. (2011), “The growing quantity of printed materials fueled literacy and, slowly, a standardization in written languages. What Gutenberg begat can be called the Age of Mass Communication, but his innovation also spurred Western civilization into the ongoing Age of Science and Age of Reason. Civilization hasn’t been the same since.” Since the 1800’s, the print press has helped us deliver messages of importance like pamphlets of anti-slavery propaganda to help deter slavery in the Deep Old South, help religion by producing mass scripts (like the Bible) for circulation, and even has helped the casual citizen stay informed on current events with daily newspapers. Photography & Print Visual The half tone visual pioneered...
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...Mass Media: Development and Literacy Assignment Options Brittnee Green University Of Phoenix HUM/186 Mass Media: Development and Literacy Assignment Options In today’s society mass media has such an influence whether it is positive or negative. It plays an important role in our everyday lives. Mass media affects everyone in the world. The purpose of mass media is everything tied into the advancement of technology and most often education, news, internet, television, magazines, and so much more. “Culture is made up of both the products that a society fashions and, perhaps more important, the processes that forge those products and reflect a culture’s diverse values.” (Campbell, R., Martin, C., & Fabos, B.) (pg. 6). In this paper was will be discussing the following: What were the major developments in the evolution of mass media during the last century? How did each development influence American culture? What is meant by the term media convergence, and how has it affected everyday life? Lastly, we will conclude as to, why media literacy is important for responsible media consumption today. With the influence surrounding mass media in America has really showcased its growth in technology but also worldwide with different cultures. And having that form of communication lets us know what is going on. With looking at all of these components, we are then able to see how mass media and media literacy joins together to make the society what is today and for the future ahead...
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...Has it been successfully portraying social development? A: Models of communication are conceptual models used to explain the human communication process. In today’s world where new media is very prevalent, films, music and television shows also act in influencing the masses. Cinema has truly played a major role in changing our society. Patriotic movies make us remember to love our nation. Good comedic movies have treated many patients through laugh therapy. Adventure movies have given us a sense of adventure to explore new possibilities. There are many more! In our society there are many practices and traditions which are based on ignorance and which have withheld the progress of our society. Rigidity of caste system, untouchability, dowry system and purdah system have done enormous harm to our society. Cinema films can do a lot to eradicate these evils. They can be used for promoting national integration, Prohibition, inter-caste marriages, family planning, eradication of illiteracy, etc. Such themes can help the transformation of our society. The cinema to guide them along the right path. It can help in removing ignorance from our society. Not only this, several much needed social reforms can be introduced and brought about with the help of the cinema. The cinema exercises a great influence on the mind of the people. It has a great educative value. It can achieve splendid results in the field of expansion of education. There are certain subjects, such as science and geography...
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