1. The Media Propaganda???

2. Some Basic Facts About the Media’s Influence in Our Lives: (1997) The average US resident is exposed to approximately 5,000 advertising messages a day According to a recent survey of adolescent girls, their main source of information about women’s health issues comes from the media Researchers estimate that 60% of Caucasian middle school girls read at least one fashion magazine regularly Another study of mass media magazines discovered that women’s magazines had 10.5 times more advertisements and articles promoting weight loss than men’s magazines did A study of one teen adolescent magazine over the course of 20 years found that in articles about fitness or exercise plans, 74% cited “to become more attractive” as a reason to start exercising and 51% noted the need to lose weight or burn calories The average young adolescent watches 3-4 hours of TV per day A study of 4,294 network television commercials revealed that 1 out of every 3.8 commercials send some sort of “attractiveness message,” telling viewers what is or is not attractive

3. Images SURVEY: 1.Who influences your body self image more… your parents? Your friends? Your Teachers? The media? 2. What types of male bodies does the media present? 3. Do you think that these images directly affect how males feel about themselves and how males take care of themselves? Please explain briefly. 4. What types of female bodies does the media present? 5. Do you think that these images directly affect how females feel about themselves and how females take care of themselves? Please explain briefly.

4. Images 6. Are these images the ideals in our society? 7. Are these images realistic? How many people do you know who have body types like those presented in the media? 8. What misconceptions of how men/women are “supposed” to look are most prominent in the media? 9. Where do you see these “ideal” “stereotypical” male/female bodies the most in the media? Magazines? Movies? TV shows? What types of TV shows?

5. Advertising http://veryfunnyads.com/ http://www.retrojunk.com/content /commercial.php?view=listhttp://www.retrojunk.com/content /commercial.php?view=list Task: try to tally how many ads you see in one day

6. News http://video.foxnews.com/ http://www.msnbc.msn.co m/id/8004316/ns/video/http://www.msnbc.msn.co m/id/8004316/ns/video/ Is the news slanted & bias? Advertising Bias – stories selected to please advertisers/sponsors? Corporate Bias – stories selected to please corporate owners Mainstream Bias – report on what everyone else is reporting; avoid stories that offend Sensationalism – favoring extraordinary over ordinary events

7. Internet Youtube: think of the best video you watched Is too much access a good/bad thing?

8. How much do they impact us? From how to look, what to wear, what to eat, what our homes should look like, how to meet people, what to drive, practically every facet of our lives is taken care of Name Examples