...women walking down the street. Or on the other hand a bad girl can tell that phase to a boy or a men pasting by them. In this essay the reader is going to be able to known and identify the stereotypes of rebels. The reader is also going to known the stereotypes of rebel teenage girls and teenage boys. The bad boy and the bad girls are seen in movies and in television shows and they are known as the rebels. The rebels in movies and in television shows are shown as impulsive, negative attitudes, girls getting pegerent, boys doing delinquents, teenagers being bullies, and the rebels have their own dressing style. For...
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...The group in society I have decided to focus on for this internal are teenage girls/young women and how they are represented as sexualised/beautified to market a product to a viewer. Also how they are shown as promiscuous, beauty driven people who are obsessed with achieving physical “perfection” based on their favourite celebrities throughout the media. The three media texts I have chosen that I think best portray the idea of teenage girls and how they strive to be physically perfect are; the film ‘The House Bunny’ , the television show ‘Gossip Girl’ and the magazine ‘Cosmopolitan’. (Mainly the cover) My first example is the television series ‘Gossip Girl’ The first image is a photo from the March 2011 Cosmopolitan magazine of Blake Lively portraying her character Serena Van Der Woodsen in the T.V series ‘Gossip Girl’. Serena has been styled based on her character, beautiful and desirable (mostly due to her wealth and social status in the show). She has been dressed in entirely white, surrounded in a completely white background, this allows her skin to be the main aspect of focus, and it portrays perfectskin and skinniness. Most girls who see this aspire to imitate these images and may inspire feelings of failure when they do not achieve the exact image. Her lips in the picture are pouting making her look sexy and draws attention to her lips by also making them look glossy and shiny. Her face has been ‘retouched’ (or photoshoped) giving her a look of perfection and...
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...forgiveness and keeping their customers protected through safety campaigns. In July, Allstate launched its “Mayhem” series of commercial advertisements. In these commercials, Mayhem is portrayed as a physical person causing unavoidable trouble to automotive owners, such as sidewalk distractions, extreme weather conditions, young pets, and teenage destruction. Mayhem overall advertises that turmoil is everywhere and, without raising rates, Allstate will protect their drivers from these unavoidable dangers when other insurance companies will not. Allstate effectively advertises its services by using a credible actor, who humorously addresses emotional parental topics, and entertainingly exaggerating the teenage girl stereotype in a familiar setting. In this specific commercial, Mayhem is portraying an exaggerated, distracted, and emotional teenager who is driving through a crowded parking lot and unknowingly sideswipes a parked car. The intended target audience is adults, both with and without children, who are seeking affordable and reliable car insurance. This commercial appeals to the audience’s emotion by portraying the stereotype of a typical teenage girl, who is paying more attention to her social dilemma with a friend...
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...socioeconomic status to name a few. Although disheartening, some believe they cannot achieve everything they deserve without some if not all of these attributes. This tends to be true for adolescence who have been brought up by these ideals. The film Mean Girls directed by Mark Waters, makes it clear that popularity and appearance is all that teenage girls need to get ahead. That females who have these characteristics will ultimately succeed in life. Not only does that give a false hope to those watching the film, but it emphasizes the effect of bullying that is shown throughout the film. Cady Heron, played by Lindsay Lohan, moves to Illinois after being in Africa for twelve years with her parents who are in the zoology field of work. Cady is taken by surprise by public school life after being home schooled and meets up with Janis Ian and Damian who are more of the social outcasts and into theater and art. Cady is...
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...Young women are being stereotyped throughout the media in many different such as being in magazines, adds, movies etc The media gives young girls that read or watch these an idea of what media see's as a perfect girl. In magazines aimed for girls between 13-17 their will always be an article focusing on boys. Usually its either boyfriend advice, how to impress a guy, photos of heart throbes . These types of magazines stereotype that all girls are crazy about boys and should be focusing on how to impress them. Most teenage girls around the world are influenced by what the media says and does. Teenage magazines are basically to do with fashion and beauty and have lots of images of pretty young rich girls . This popular magazine Teen Vogue http://au.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2012030/reg_634.teecover.ls.13012.jpg characterises a typical teenage girl. In this cover you see sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner. They come from a wealthy background and are step sisters of the famous reality show " Keeping up with the Kardashians". These two sisters are a perfect examples of how young girsl would dream to look like. They are both skinny and pretty , have long straight brown hair , perfect skin, wearing stylish clothes and are wearing minimal make-up. Looking at them you would say that they have the natural beauty look. Having images like this on teen magazine covers can make teenage girls have more doubt about themseleves . It also causes low self esteem for normal teens girls...
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...her childhood friend by the hands of a police officer. We see how she questions the world around her, and what she goes through as a result of her friends brutal demise. Starr, a black teenage girl going to a nice school with an overwhelming white majority, lives in a stereotypical “black neighborhood” and is dating a rich white boy. Which is contradictory to what her family sets an example for, a good black man for Starr, not a “simple” white boy. Starr goes through much turmoil throughout the book, with losing two friends to gun violence, facing the threats of a notorious gang leader King, and with the choice of telling the world the truth about what happened or to forever stay quiet and let the cop get away with murder. Starr goes through experiences with press, racism, and the new revelation revealed to her, which is that Having a voice is the most powerful weapon she has to offer. The...
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...appearance that is often preposterous shown in media has left a residue in the mind of adolescents. The unrealistic portrayal of beauty in media has led to specific social standards, body dissatisfaction, and self consciousness amongst teenage girls. Media has naturally set social standards and expectations that female teenagers often feel obliged to follow. On average seventy five percent of teens have profiles on social media networking (Ramasubbu, “Influence of Social Media on Teenagers”). With constant connections to the world of media, teens get exposed more to the unreasonable standards. For instance, the thigh gap and bikini...
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...The film “Soul Surfer”, directed by Sean McNamara, illustrates the life of a teenage surfer after becoming an amputee due to a shark attack through an inspirational parable. The film inspires the non-disabled community while alienating the disabled community due to the simplistic undertone of a tragic event and the glossing over a crucial process for amputees; healing and recuperation. Although the film accurately illustrates the psychological effects and the acceptance of the amputation, the director prioritizes the audience’s emotional attachment to the moral lesson of the narrative by utilizing the “supercrip” stereotype. The “supercrip” stereotype leads society to objectify people with disabilities, due to the constant use of these inaccurate...
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...Compare and Contrast Gender in Advertising Advertising is a multimillion-dollar industry that targets people of various ages and gender to aid in selling gather products. The images or visual and verbal sense of the messages vary considerably by targeting different people with images and messages, which may even lead to the use of stereotyping in order to reach to a wider array of audience. For example, adverts that are solely directed for the teenage audience persuade them that purchasing a specific product makes them “fit in” with other teenagers or their role models. A comparison of advertisements that are aims at men and women show that advertisers are still using the standard gender role to advertise for their products which is causing a lot of stereotyping and biases to be seen. In order to understand stereotypes and gender bias found in the advertisements, it is first imperative to understand what stereotyping is and how it is implemented into advertisements. Stereotyping is defined as a thought that can be adopted from specific types of individuals or ways of doing things, however, that certain belief may or may not be an accurate reflection of reality. Stereotyping fits in with other types of inter group attitudes. Stereotyping, discrimination, and prejudice are comprehended to be related but are still different concepts. Stereotyping is though more as rational components of an individual since it is a reflection god expectations and beliefs about the characteristics...
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...me who was 'typical" and who was not. However even at nineteen, my perception of a "typical" American teenager is the same as it was when I was seventeen: angst-y, dramatic, gossipy, party-hungry, and sexual. So if I was still in high school and had the same image of a "typical" teen as I do now, yet no one around me really embodied it, why did I have that image? Stereotypes. It is because of stereotypes that adults, and yes, even teenagers believe that said traits are what the typical American teenager embodies. There are stereotypes that classify 'cliques' in high school, and imply that all schools have cliques, but the main stereotype of "typical" teens seems to be one that groups all teens together under a view similar to mine of a "typical" teenager. These stereotypes are perpetuated mainly through media: movies, books, songs, and even news. They paint a picture of a teen who is, in my opinion after my own experiences and especially after watching American Teen, not very accurate. Having been an American teen, and being around them for so many years, I never saw myself nor anyone I knew to embody the stereotype that is the "typical" American teen, as well as the teens in the documentary American Teen. Teenagers, as corny as it sounds, are like snowflakes: no two are exactly the same, though they might seem similar. Each teenager deals with their own personal struggle, thus being said, they cannot be clumped under one umbrella if...
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...Summary ………………………………..................................................14 References ………………………………................................................15 Introduction In the article “Peer Pressures and Accusation of Acting like others” Author Dr. Bahaudin Mujtaba investigates the pressures students face to conform to what their peers consider acceptable. Due to media exposure and lack of understanding diversity, stereotyping minorities has become more prevalent and those who step out of the box are accused of acting like others. The article references the accusations of acting white that black students face when striving for good grades and aiming for professional careers. The article also references the spread of these accusations in the Caribbean. Students face peer pressure of acceptance not only in racial and ethnic identity but in appearance as well. These accusations can lead to issues with confidence and one’s self identity. With the potential detrimental effects of peer pressure it is important for students to learn effective ways to cope with these pressures. Media’s Role in Stereotyping Media exposure plays a large role in the proliferation of stereotypical roles that minorities play in society. Be it news programs, entertainment shows, music or sports, the...
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...Teenagers are unfairly represented by the media in Australia and the general public, therefore we as a society need to value teenagers more than they are. Teenagers; Lazy, stupid, un-devoted, risk taking, disrespectful, selfish, immature, technology reliant, careless children. Does this sound right to you? Teenagers are a huge part of society, we are the middle class, the future and we deserved to be appreciated. So why are us teenagers being given such a raw deal? And how does the general public contribute to this? I am here today to represent to you the truth about ‘Teenagers’ or ‘young people,’ who are lost in the attack of the media. Society seems to be very closed minded when describing teenagers. We are not rewarded or celebrated for the good things we do but instead are portrayed as pregnant, drug abusing, binge drinking, violent, jobless juveniles who engage in underage sexual intercourse and don’t care about anything. Or else we are victimised as the hopeless future of the world we live in. Both are true, to some extent, but why stereotype teenagers in such a negative way when the majority of us are working hard to benefit the future and are working hard to please our parents and society. Where are OUR news headlines? Where is OUR acknowledgement? We’re not all bad, in fact majority of us do the right thing. It is a small minority or percentage of teens who are overshadowing the majority us who are making valuable contributions to our communities. Everyone makes mistakes...
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...MEDIA-Teenagers Drugs, violence, crime, yes you’ve guessed it our typical teenager. But is this really who we are? As a teenager I strongly feel that we are negatively stereotyped by the older generation due to how we portrayed by the mass media. Nowadays the media is constantly bombarding us with stories of vandalism, anti-social behaviour and even gun crime. However, what people need to understand is that not all of us youths turn to these disgusting acts of crime. These typical stereotypes of us tend to be fuelled by the fictional characters integrated into our popular soaps. This minority of characters are wrongly perceived by society and also manipulate some youths into feeling as if they must impersonate them to belong. An example of storylines stereotyping us teenagers is the plot of Eastenders. In Eastenders there are many mischievous teens such as Jay and Whitney who are represented as being disobedient and anti-social, these characters create a very negative image of us teens as they are always up to no good. However, what people are too ignorant to understand is the fact that they are simply fictional characters that are based on exaggerated adaptations of a small group of ill-disciplined youths; these teens are merely incorporated into the storyline to boost ratings for these selfish, egotistical broadcasting firms. On the other hand, there’s Ben, a charming young teen whose good deeds are hardly ever acknowledged, this reflects our real...
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...might be too embarrassed to search for help. For the most part, when one sees teenagers raising children, we often think that the teen has been raped or is too mature for their age. For this reason, some totally miss the issues that one must have been exposed to in their society, the society of their home, community, school. There are many viewpoints as to why teenage females are having so many children out of wedlock. However, the facts are obvious—teenaged females are highly influenced by many social issues, but those with the lack of strong parental guidance, sex education, and positive mass media are more likely to have a premarital pregnancy. As one travels the globe, they will find that industrialized and developing countries have distinctly different rates of teenage pregnancy. In the online article, “Teen Pregnancy on the Rise,” Sipokazi Maposa says that in developed countries, teenage pregnancies are associated with many social issues: lower educational levels, higher rates of poverty, and no strong parental guidance in the teenagers life. Maposa discusses the challenges which teens in Africa face as the teenage pregnancy rate increase. She contributes a wealth of information as to why teens have children at such a young age. Maposa suggests that...
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...Legislative frameworks have been set up to mitigate the prevalence of racial profiling in a step to promoting equality in the American society. Despite the fact that laws concerned with racial prejudice have been in existence for over 4 decades, the first concrete effort taken by the federal government came in 2003 when the Bush administration stepped in to address the issue. Furthermore, the government involved the justice department to draft laws that made it clear on the seriousness of the offence. The government moved to stem the persistent use of general racial stereotypes when addressing crime by law enforcement...
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