Every day we breath society attempts to establish our identities through marketed media forms.
Our book says that establishing these identities in turn are propogated by outside or other identities, thus making it tough to tell what they refer to.
The article about the Ralph Lauren model is a solid example of the media attempting to form a specific identity.
It is sick that this company would post an advertisement where they are showing a model in such a state. Even though it is a representation of how the media wants to portray women, it is any number of adjectives ... sick, twisted, disgusting because females look at advertisements and believe they need to fit that mold.
Howver Boing Boing posted a comment to this advertisement that criticized it, illustrating that some chapters of society are willing to stand up for normlacy. I believe that products/companies that attempt to mold identities need to be watched. If we don't stand up and take our voice back now than it will always belong to these sick indivduals.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Meaning
The world contains numerous meanings and interpretations. Every person in society lives within these contexts by the codes and rules they abide by.
Every interpretation of meaning that people or objects give us are universal, however everyone has their own way of understanding certain meanings in society. These concepts tcreate the society we live in.
Media Making, in our text, explains that people share common codes that provide common maps of how the world should be interpreted. We all grow up learning a way of life, and how we should respond to our lives and the objects and situations we come across.
The one concept that stood out to me is thinking that every person in society is put into a reality, forcing them to fit into it. Instead of facing the fact that our maps or meanings may be sub par.
More often than not we don't change how we react in specific situations, instead we force those instances or meanings to shift and change to fit our liking. As individuals we would rather shift the meaning of something than change. With change the patterns that we are used to thinking or feeling are incorrect.
To me this is intriguing due to the fact it proves society is shown what to do and act like when growning up. Being told our thinking is correct, and that if for some reason a concept does not fitting or is not accepted into our society, we feel it may be easier to change that concept than our way of thinking.
Every interpretation of meaning that people or objects give us are universal, however everyone has their own way of understanding certain meanings in society. These concepts tcreate the society we live in.
Media Making, in our text, explains that people share common codes that provide common maps of how the world should be interpreted. We all grow up learning a way of life, and how we should respond to our lives and the objects and situations we come across.
The one concept that stood out to me is thinking that every person in society is put into a reality, forcing them to fit into it. Instead of facing the fact that our maps or meanings may be sub par.
More often than not we don't change how we react in specific situations, instead we force those instances or meanings to shift and change to fit our liking. As individuals we would rather shift the meaning of something than change. With change the patterns that we are used to thinking or feeling are incorrect.
To me this is intriguing due to the fact it proves society is shown what to do and act like when growning up. Being told our thinking is correct, and that if for some reason a concept does not fitting or is not accepted into our society, we feel it may be easier to change that concept than our way of thinking.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Ideology
To me Ideology means a set of doctrine or a philosophy you follow that directs the way your body of beliefs or principles are shaped.
However this does not mean the same thing to everyone. The term itself refers to the set of values a group holds. These values help decide what is accepeted of normal to a culture or community.
These ideals, that a group holds, are more often than not are enforced by the leaders or prominent figure in a community. If a member of that culture does not adhear to these values or ideology they are usually considered outcasts.
However these ideologies are not based on facts, they simply are ways that a group prefers to act and think. Ideology is and can be confusing for every memeber of society because often there are questions of why a group favors a certain value. Here, in my opinion, is where racism is born ... a culture does not understand another so the differing culture is considered any number of things that lead to division.
However this does not mean the same thing to everyone. The term itself refers to the set of values a group holds. These values help decide what is accepeted of normal to a culture or community.
These ideals, that a group holds, are more often than not are enforced by the leaders or prominent figure in a community. If a member of that culture does not adhear to these values or ideology they are usually considered outcasts.
However these ideologies are not based on facts, they simply are ways that a group prefers to act and think. Ideology is and can be confusing for every memeber of society because often there are questions of why a group favors a certain value. Here, in my opinion, is where racism is born ... a culture does not understand another so the differing culture is considered any number of things that lead to division.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Models of Communication
There are two models of communication they are the Transmission Model and the Cultural model.
The transmission model directly relates to communication and the notion that transportation that it is direct, sent from a sender, through a medium, to a receiver.
The biggest challenge with this model, is preparing a message that is created by the sender to be understood by the receiver. To be understood in the same exact way as the sender intended. In this model the effect of the message is direct between the source and the receiver.
In the cultural model, communication is described as a shared space with meaning, that revolves around the space.
By that I mean an area such as language. Our ability to communicate with one another is not all the same, with english, but we have a shared culture here in the USA that enables us to send and receive messages.
The transmission model directly relates to communication and the notion that transportation that it is direct, sent from a sender, through a medium, to a receiver.
The biggest challenge with this model, is preparing a message that is created by the sender to be understood by the receiver. To be understood in the same exact way as the sender intended. In this model the effect of the message is direct between the source and the receiver.
In the cultural model, communication is described as a shared space with meaning, that revolves around the space.
By that I mean an area such as language. Our ability to communicate with one another is not all the same, with english, but we have a shared culture here in the USA that enables us to send and receive messages.
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