...the consequences of unprotected sex and can result in having a child in their teenage years. Many teenagers watch television daily. Television has evolved from the past decade from reporting news to reality TV. Many television shows in the 21st century are now engrossed in teenage pregnancy. Many different actresses play the role of a pregnant teenage girl or the actress is actually pregnant in real life, this causes teenage girls to idolize them and when watching their idol it inspires one to be like them. Television is a very powerful tool and can significantly impact the actions of its viewers. With the amount of teenagers watching television today, movies and television shows that partake in having teenage pregnancy in their programs influence actual pregnancy within the teenage girls that are watching the shows. Historically, in the 1950’s, people got married before they were 20 and being pregnant while you were a teenager was the norm. This was because women were less likely to gain an education passed elementary school so they got married and started their families in their mid-teens (Daphne Matthews, 2011). During the 1950’s, television was introduced; however in its infancy, it was only used to pass along news. As the years passed, both women’s rights and television evolved. Women fought for equality, including the right for equal education and television moved into the entertainment market. As women became more educated, they started their families when they were older...
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...Interpersonal Conflict in Television Seth Crozier COM200: Interpersonal Communication December 28, 2015 Elaine Phompheng In this show I believe there are many situations where there are indications of interpersonal conflict. In the episode that I watched, it touched on quite a few conflicts that were very easy to catch after reading the chapters. As we saw in Chapter 8, extending social support to another, can backfire and make things worse if the person in need does not view it as being helpful or sees it as a form of over support (Bevan, Sole, 2014). There is one specific case in particular that I would like to discuss in this essay. The relationship between two adults, father and son who are over the age of fifty. Interpersonal conflict in television series is just the same as in real life. Conflict is personal and it might be defined as an angry disagreement. “When conflict erupts, emotions are involved, and the relationship can be threatened if the conflict is not resolved amicably” (Bevan, Sole 2014). In the television series NCIS, there was an interpersonal conflict between two people. The conflict was caused by miscommunication. In any relationship communication is a key role. When entering a relationship or having any existing relationship you need to be able to effectively communicate. If you do not communicate effectively then that will cause the relationship to have interpersonal conflict. The main character in the T...
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...Decoding Model of Communication, we will use a few examples from the show The Fresh Prince of Bel Air which deal with race. For each of these examples all four stages of the encoding and decoding model of communication will be applied. In one episode, Will and Carlton were driving to Palm Springs to meet up with the rest of their family, and they were following all laws and ended up getting pulled over and even taken to jail. For the first stage which is production, I look at examples of other movies or television shows, and look at what The Fresh Prince of Bel Air does. In a lot of movies and television shows, when there is a scene that involves a traffic stop, in order to build suspense, the cameras will only show the police officers feet walking up to the car, or a flashlight on the car. But in this scene, the cameras show the police officer’s whole body, in order to show that the officer was white and that it was a racially charged situation. This show was circulated on network television and they were targeting a very wide audience. If it was on cable it would cut down a large portion of the...
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...successful sitcom on television today. The show depicts a total of three families, a parental family, (Jay and Gloria) and the families of the two grown siblings, (Mitchell & Claire). Claire is married to Phil and has three children of their own, while Mitchell is a gay father with a live-in husband, Cameron. The on-screen worldview of the families are very open with an almost anything goes attitude that is based on an atheist or an agnostics perspective. The limited amount of shows that I watched did not display any references to God. The family values portrayed the “New Normal”, that is currently being offered on many new television shows. On the show, I witnessed a lot of light-hearted moments that made fun of the life choices that each character made, and how different characters resolved them. The comedy is situational, and dilemmas faced are often real-life, but offer whimsical, light-hearted solutions. The shows worldview is secular, but adheres to defining the “New Normal” in its application. The three families all interact with each other and depict three different types of households, all coping with everyday problems that define that particular group. When dealing with gay issues, Mitchel and Cameron are in the fore front offering an exaggerated look and perspective. Family issues are addressed by Phil and Claire, and how they interact with parenting of their three children. Jay and Gloria deal with life from viewpoint of an aging father, who marries a younger...
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...The definition of what consitutes a “family“ has definatly changed over time. Usually, what constitutes making up a family is relative to a specific culture, but as always, there are exceptions to the rule. Ever since the golden age of television had sprung upon American culture, it has tried to mimic the "ideal" American family through it's programming. Even as early as the 1950's, television producers made programming that would represent what exactly the ideal American family was. Take for example the show "Leave It to Beaver". There was a father figure, his job, or responsibility rather, was to financially support the family, while being an exemplary father to his children. The mother on the other hand, was solely responsible for being a typical housewife, while not neglecting the rearing of her children. The children did not have any real responsibility, but they respected their parents and attempted to stay out of trouble. Television shows for the most part in this early era of programming followed among these guidelines. However, it is not in a drama that American family life is best represented in the 1990's. Instead, it is in the animated series, "The Simpsons". "The Simpsons" follows suit with the other dramas that reflected the decade in which they aired. According to the U.S. consensus for March 1998, the majority of households in America are married couples (U.S. Consensus pp. 1, 3,4,6). The Simpson's meet this. Also according to the consensus, the...
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...the documentary’s major premise that TV depicts working class people as either clowns or social deviants? For the past five decades television shows have used blue collar acting as a means of entertainment, discipline, education and shaping the view of working class people. The working class people were portrayed as class clowns because of their lack of development and the restrictive boundary they had around their social class. Class clowns have bad taste, lack of intelligence, intransigent politics, poor work ethics and dysfunctional family values. Bad taste usually led to lifestyle of a junk culture such as those seen on sitcoms where the husband came late from work to watch television with a beer in his hand. Some television shows demonstrated that families prefer living with a lower income and buying cheaper brand than expensive ones. Class in reality however, is not the same since it is powerfully structured by social forces. As publicized in the film ‘Class Dismissed,’ shows like Joe Millionaire, The Nanny, Extreme Makeover and Extreme Makeover House Edition all tried to show how lower classes have attempted to fit with upper and middle class. Another show known as ‘Queer Eye for the Straight Guy’ argued that it was their main intention to focus on the body and the house. It was known as one of the rare shows that aired on television because of its gay representation, stereotypical white male and actors representing upper middle class. Males were seen in the show were...
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...everyday life. The room is fifteen by twelve feet. The color on the walls is white. There are two windows. There is a desktop computer, a couch, a chair, and a thirty gallon fish tank. My father is watching the television while sitting on the couch. He is in the living room of my apartment viewing The Jerry Springer show. The noises in the area are the television, the fish tank, and the heating system. The noise of the fish tank is the cleaning system in it and of the heating system is that it is cutting on and off. He is drinking a bottle of water. After he finishes the water, he starts playing with the empty bottle by crushing the bottle, and taking the paper off of it. He has moments when he starts shaking his left leg and then will stop. Later he has moments were he will slouch over to his left side then he will sit back up. He has spoken to me by asking me what I am doing and I told him I was just writing some notes down. The program is about to come to an end. So he sits up and is waiting for it to end so he can go to the bathroom. Now he is sitting slouched to his left side with his right hand over his head. He is facing the television. The remote is in his left hand and is sitting on the couch facing the television. He...
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...Boys during the 1950s were surrounded by this rigidity of manhood. This hyper-masculine mold that they were supposed to fit into consequently meant devaluing the role of women. It is possible that such television expectations contributed to the development of violent tendencies, because these boys growing up watching the men of the 1950s were not raised to value women, but rather to devalue them to make themselves seem more masculine. The repetitive exposure to these television shows, alongside with the patriarchal society that was solidified even more during the post-WWII years, created a highly constructed identity for men in America. The television shows of the 1950s may have encouraged such violent outcomes. There was a lot...
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...the environment to identify what options are out there to solve his problem. e.g He does some market research through google and looks for TV’s on websites that sell electronics. He reads customer reviews on the products and checks for the best price on the market to see which ones are worth it. He also visits the closest electronic retail store to check for product quality and features and ask questions to the sellers. Evaluation of Alternatives: e.g After conducting extensive market research he is able to narrow his choices down to three to four televisions. He is now comparing them and carefully analyzing the good and bad features of each. Product choice: e.g He chooses one TV because he really likes the price and all the features that comes with it. He selects the one that is affordable, has good image and size and is durable. Post-purchase Evaluation: e.g He finally watches his favorite TV shows and movies on the television and is very happy with his choice. 1b. Situational: Situational Influences include two factors which is the physical environment and time. My dad lives in Sao Paulo, which is the biggest city in Brazil. It has many shopping malls and many electronic stores such as FAST, which is a store similar to best buy in the US. My dad would be influenced by the flashy signs and TV displays out in the stores for testing. Additionally, time would also play a big part on his decision. He is the owner of a small business...
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...In the 1950’s life was very different than what it is today. Television was very popular, everyone had to have one, and the family watched the same shows together. One show that was very prevalent in this time period was, Leave it to Beaver. This show and even pictures of the family perceived what life was like for the white traditional family of the 1950’s. Leave it to Beaver, indicates that the white middle class family was made of a mother, father, and their children and that everyone was expected to live in this way. The Parents were married and there was no other choice because of the way society was viewed in this time period. Marriages were taken very seriously and you had to stick to your vows because divorce was uncommon. This television show displayed that the family was always supportive and stood by each other no matter what happened, and were very close knit. The parents seemed to all be very well educated and taught the children to follow in their footsteps, such as, if the father was a businessman then the son was encouraged to also be a businessman. Within the family, both parents had different roles to maintain. The father was expected to be the “bread winner” and in charge of the household. He maintained a steady job and constantly worked to be able to support his wife and children. The mother was anticipated to stay at home, care for the children, and take care of the house. She dealt with all the problems and issues with the...
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...both men and women stereotypes that are part of our society. In the beginning of the movie the main character Mulan is being prepped to see the towns matchmaker because she is now old enough to be married into another family. This could be showing little girls once they reach a certain age it is crucial to get married to please and honor your family just like it does in Mulan. The women characters in Mulan are the subordinates compared to the men; expecting one man from each family to fight against the invaders of China regardless of age or disabilities. When Mulans father gets called even though he already fought before and was injured Mulan tries to plead with the courtier. Being told she dishonors her father for speaking out of turn shows the typical stereotype that women should not voice their opinions and speak without permission. She ends up running away and impersonating a male soldier to protect her father; which if discovered she would be killed by the Army. While training for war with General Shang male stereotypes are then shown teaching little boys what a man is. The song “I’ll make a man out of you,” describes what a man must do or be to be a real man. General Shang first asks the question if he was sent daughters and not sons further implying that the women should be...
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...freedom of watching programs whenever you desire, many companies send media messages that can control and dictate the way we, the consumers, view the world. Different movies and TV shows can make us see the world in ways that can sometimes be far from the truth; thinking that the father is always the bread winner or that a woman’s role is to take care of the children and the household are common themes that many programs make us believe are universal truths. Media messages can also make us feel a certain way about the characters of a particular program; those feelings can sometimes even be transferred from the screen to our psyche and can make us react in certain ways. But how do we know this? How can we observe these things and use them to combat the messages different providers send our way? Today, I will be discussing how two media theories, Uses and Gratification and Excitation Transfer, can be explained using a popular ABC program Once Upon A Time. Next, I will compare and contrast theses different media theories. Finally, I will explain how policy maker, media sources, and we as the consumers can be more educated on the messages that are sent from different programming. Many of us who watch television programming watch for different reasons. We watch it because we can fully relate to a character or because everyone at school or work will be talking about it the next day. Some of us watch certain shows to be connected with people we hold dear to us...
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...Decline of Patriarchy In the traditional patriarchal system, males are the primary authoritative figure in society. Fathers control the home, and men control the institutions. Gender hierarchy inhibits female dominance over male because it makes women subordinate to men. This power is exerted in forms of masculinity. Masculine men are emotionless, strong, aggressive, competitive, and independent. They are able to show dominance over women because subordinate women contrast from these characteristics. In modern day however, male dominance is becoming less and less prevalent in society. Media including television shows, movies, and magazines, has begun to create a more womanlike, emotional masculinity. It is less emasculating than it used to be to act in stereotypically feminine ways. Women are objectifying men almost as much as men are objectify women. Having traits that are not stereotypically masculine has become an acceptable life for a man, creating uniformity between the two genders. The feminization of men in media is creating equality amongst men and women because it is empowering women to eradicate the traditional patriarchal structure. Putting men on display is opening the opportunity for women to judge and objectify men. As Bordo says in her article “Beauty (Re)discovers the Male Body,” “It is feminine to be on display” (135). Being put on display takes away a person’s freedom. It takes away the ability to be oneself, and welcomes self-consciousness, inferiority, and...
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...of the traditional toy world, that has earlier been filled with toy soldiers, ball games, cars and dolls, children now surround themselves with electronic games and impression in pictures and sound from television. Children, even toddlers, have lost the ability to invent a play world for themselves. Several factors have grown to within the last 20 years. Firstly, there is the way children now get affected in the kindergarten or preschool classes: they get evaluated all the time, even on the playground. Secondly, there has also come more pressure from the parents. They are starting to buy educational toys. They forget, that kids can learn through play with toys, which apparently are without any educational purpose. Many parents think, that kids have to be capable users of computers from an early moment in their lives. They have to navigate between the icons on the screen and develop coordination between eye and hand. But ball games have always done the last thing, and while there are advantages with coming to grips with computers, there are many advantages for kids by playing with toys. Furthermore, television decides what toys kids would like to have. Parents have always told their kids, that they invented new games. Today children have seen something on the television and then they are starting to imitate what they have seen. It is like children have forgotten what toys are meant for. Finally children are rarely allowed to play without supervision or to play on the...
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...displayed in cartoons today. Research by Jerry A. Jacobs and Kathleen Gerson (2004) states that “gender inequality exists typically when women have less power than men or vice versa, and this can either be at home, school, or in the workplace” (p. 89). Gender inequality is socially constructed meaning people respond to changing behaviors in society. Cecilia L. Ridgeway (1997) researches that gender inequality is in fact socially constructed and she states “a part of that is learning how to display masculinity or femininity, which is seen or learned. For example, stereotypically, men are more focused with physical strength while woman are more focused on how they present themselves as viewing objects” (p. 225). Cartoon Network, a popular television network for children plays various cartoons such as The Flintstones, Dexter’s Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Thundercats, and more. Although all of these cartoons are hilarious because of the characters and the dialect, there is more behind the humor. Typically, these cartoons portray views of men and women differently because they focus on men as always working and providing for the family and women as always staying home maintaining the house, taking care of the kids and always wanting to look their best. Today, gender inequality still exists and it’s wrong and not fair. One of the easiest places to find...
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