Purpose

The purpose of this DeCAL is to inform and educate students about the media’s desensitizing effects on their views of men, women, children, sex and violence. By examining media content and different forms of media, ranging from advertisements, TV, magazines, movies, music and video games, we will examine how the media manipulates and distorts our attitudes, emotions and values.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Week 7 Homework

As usual, please answer the following question with at minimum a one page, double spaced response.

  • Choose a movie or TV clip that depicts a situation you have experienced in your life. (ex. college life, dating, work, etc)
  • Did the clip accurately represent your experience or did it miss the mark?
  • Can your experience only be explained through the relation of the clip itself (ie "...it was like that movie...")
  • Do movies/TV accurately represent everyday life or do we model our lives after movies/TV ?
Please read the following articles:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/arts/television/02stan.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-alderman/shame-tv-why-humiliation_b_86500.html

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