The issues I'll focus on are media and:
- Eating disorders
- Music
- Superheroes
- Plastic surgery
And finally a conclusion. :-)
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Introduction
In this blog I'll be looking at the negative influences media has on society.
The issues I'll focus on are media and:
The issues I'll focus on are media and:
Eating disorders caused by media
Eating disorders are a big deal for many men and women today.
Disordered-eating.co.uk posted an article stating that eating disorders may be caused by the media who scrutinize celebrities for gaining weight and giving unnecessary attention to celebrities and models who are rail thin and unhealthy. Magazines are full of celebrities who have the weight loss 'secret'. These images give normal people unrealistic expectations -
For example all these celebrities who have lost so many kg's in a short time have trainers and people watching everything they eat.
This webpage states that :
"79% of teenage girls who vomit and 73% of teenage girls who use diet pills are frequent readers of women’s health and fitness magazines. This is in contrast to less than 43% of teenage girls who do not participate in these purging methods."
The media seems to only portray one body type and women think that this is what they are suppose to look like. Eatingdisorders.org.nz suggests that media has to make the public believe that something is wrong with them in order for them to make money - If everyone was happy with the way they were, businesses would go bankrupt.
Disordered-eating.co.uk posted an article stating that eating disorders may be caused by the media who scrutinize celebrities for gaining weight and giving unnecessary attention to celebrities and models who are rail thin and unhealthy. Magazines are full of celebrities who have the weight loss 'secret'. These images give normal people unrealistic expectations -
For example all these celebrities who have lost so many kg's in a short time have trainers and people watching everything they eat.
This webpage states that :
"79% of teenage girls who vomit and 73% of teenage girls who use diet pills are frequent readers of women’s health and fitness magazines. This is in contrast to less than 43% of teenage girls who do not participate in these purging methods."
The media seems to only portray one body type and women think that this is what they are suppose to look like. Eatingdisorders.org.nz suggests that media has to make the public believe that something is wrong with them in order for them to make money - If everyone was happy with the way they were, businesses would go bankrupt.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Music and the influence on Society
The following website posted an article about how music, rap especially, has a negative influence on society.
The website states that :
"The media says that rap should be blamed for the gang violence, drugs, devaluing women and male control; rock and metal is blamed for satanic rituals, suicides as an “alternative” or “solution,” sadism, and masochism."
Debate.org states that modern music has the following negative influences:
The website states that :
"The media says that rap should be blamed for the gang violence, drugs, devaluing women and male control; rock and metal is blamed for satanic rituals, suicides as an “alternative” or “solution,” sadism, and masochism."
Debate.org states that modern music has the following negative influences:
- Promotes the 'thug' lifestyle. (Unsafe and unrealistic)
- Over half the music created today is about partying too hard, drinking too much, being sad and depressed, doing drugs or being aggressive - making it seem normal.
- Singers/entertainers like Lady GaGa influence the way young people present themselves.
Lady GaGa has 29,546,117 followers on twitter, who call themselves 'little monsters', that support her and defend her against critics and haters.
I was reading an interesting article that describes how devoted GaGa fans actually are when Adele beat GaGa in VMAs.
“Gaga’s fans took to Twitter to attack the British singer and her weight because she didn’t sweep the Video Music Awards nominations like the previous year, when she earned 13.” Comments from the little monsters on Twitter included: “Adele probably ate Lady Gaga’s other nominations”
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| Lady GaGa on a normal day. |
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| Alien face implants |
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| Fans |
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| More fans |
Sciencedaily states that violent music lyrics also have negative effect on society as it increase the amount of aggression in peoples thoughts and feelings.
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