Posted in Uncategorized on May 17th, 2011 Comments Off on Designer Babies
Imagine creating your perfect baby, kind of like children create their perfect teddy bears in Build-A-Bear. Imagine picking its gender, eye color, hair color, height, weight, intelligence level etc. This baby would be created just for you! This might sound impossible, but in fact it isn’t. Up until about ten years ago, it was just […]
Posted in Social and Emotional Development on May 17th, 2011 Comments Off on Kilbourne’s Argument
Throughout the Jean Kilbourne “Killing Us Softly” videos, it is argued that media advertising is no longer about the product or service, but rather they are subliminal messages that try to generalize and define the concepts of gender and gender roles within society. Masculinity is defined through violence and superiority while femininity is usually portrayed […]
Posted in Extra Credit on May 17th, 2011 Comments Off on Dentyne Ice Commercial
This was the commercial I spoke about in the post about sexual advertising. I think these commercials are ridiculous. They completely took condom commercials and just replaces the object they intend to sell and we make it okay for our children to watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPZuBNH6d00
Posted in Uncategorized on May 17th, 2011 Comments Off on Kilbourne Response
Kilbourne argues that media advertisement influences our society greatly, today more than ever. However, the worst part about this is that it influences our younger generations the most. She brings up many examples of advertisements that show “perfect” women: skinny, pretty, big boobs and she even makes a joke that these women don’t have pores. […]
Posted in Extra Credit on May 17th, 2011 Comments Off on Reverse psychology.
I just wanted to share this small clip to show how the little boy is being tricked into walking instead of taking the car with reverse psychology.
Posted in Social and Emotional Development on May 16th, 2011 Comments Off on Kilbourne’s Argument
Throughout the past few decades, advertisements have evolved from attracting individuals to specific products to defining the role of gender in society. Ads associate masculinity with violence and superiority and femininity with innocence and passiveness. They portray men as perpetrators of violence and women as vulnerable sex objects. Research has proven that sex in advertising […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16th, 2011 Comments Off on kilbourne reaction
Kilbourne argues and shows how the media and advertising influences our society today, especially the young generations. She brings up how it is having a huge effect on the younger girls today and is indirectly bringing their sexuality closer and making their childhood end earlier. Kilbourne is trying to help us open our eyes and […]
Posted in Social and Emotional Development on May 16th, 2011 Comments Off on Kilbourne’s Argument
Advertising has been around since the first products were invented. Its main purpose is to create a need and want for a product even if it is not there. Advertising is what keeps our economy and country going. Without marketers and advertising agencies to stir up a need and want for products, people would not […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16th, 2011 Comments Off on Kilbourne Response
These days we do not pay attention as closely as we should to the messages that media and advertisement put out to their audience. Kilbourne’s argument highlights this clearly for us. We are surrounded daily by sexual advertisement that has nothing to do with the product trying to be sold and we do not even […]
Posted in Social and Emotional Development on May 15th, 2011 Comments Off on Kilbourne’s Argument
Over the years and across the globe, advertising has not only emptied our pockets but has altered the way we view and value gender. While the main purpose and outcome of sexual and gender related marketing is to trigger a want in the general public’s mind for a specific product, adverse affects are subconsciously obtained. […]
NYT > Psychology and Psychologists