Blog #4

I think that the media is the main reason that men and women have the wrong ideas about how they should act in the workplace or at school. The media portrays girls to be smart, but act dumb when they are around the guys. This builds up men to think that they are smarter or stronger because they are male. This is the reason why girls in reality choose to dumb themselves down for guys, just so they can get the attention from the opposite sex. This is also true in the workplace. Women aren't given a promotions when there is a guy up for it because everyone knows that they guy can do it better! Yeah, right. Although our culture today is trying to overcome gender stereotypes, the truth is that the media is trying to get us to revert back to our old ways, where women were inferior and they couldn't do jobs as well as men. That must be the reason why we don't see as many women who are bosses of large businesses, or high up in politics. To me, these stereotypes must be broken, not just so that men will view women equally, but so women can finally realize that brains are important.

Blog #3

       The comedy, [scrubs], is not only one of the greatest shows of all time, but it also shows the American Core Values. 

       J.D. shows achievement and success through his hard work.  He is the doctor whose life is shown through this show, and he works very hard to be successful in the competitive environment of a hospital. He shows he audience that hard work can lead to good things and can get you out of hard times.

       The desire to be accepted is really evident in Scrubs. The characters are always struggling with personal choices for dependence on other people, and are trying to fit in; whether it is the doctors trying to fit in with the surgeons, or couples trying to keep up their relationships. But individualism is shown even more when the doctors have to think for themselves in order to make the right decision to save someone's life. They also all have different personalities, showing that everyone is different and we should be our own person.

       Obviously, humanitarianism has a huge part in Scrubs. Caring for others and providing comfort is the main mission of the characters. Since they are in a hospital, it is their job to be concerned about their patients without getting too connected, in case something should go wrong.

       Overall, I think that the main values represented in Scrubs are humanitarianism, individualism, and achievement and success. The characters show this by working very hard to treat people the best that they can, while being an individual and making their own choices. These doctors, nurses, etc., show examples in the hospital that can be applied to real life. At the end of each episode, Dr. J.D. has some sort of "life lesson." This lesson tells the viewers what they should value, the American Values to be exact.

Blog #2- Option 1

Children these days are bombarded by constant advertisements trying to get the children to persuade their parents to buy them unnecessary products. Sure, there have been advertisement aimed at kids since the media hit it off, but these days, I think that technology has increased that number. Cell phones, iPods, and computers provide for more products and more updates, which then provide for more ads. I think it is ridiculous that elementary school children have as much as I did coming in to high school. With age comes responsibility, and I think that cell phones, iPods, etc., is what is really "Consuming Kids." Of course, I asked for a cell phone when I was thirteen years old, but I never got one and I sure made it through Junior High. The video, "Consuming Kids," shows that advertisements are hurting children, even affecting their health and life expectancy. This probably won't stop because the technology advancement is inevitable.