Self Esteem

1. I think that people are portrayed differently in media because they want to give us what society wants. On magazines they will probably put something provacative on the cover to catch the viewer's eyes. However, you don't need to put something provacative to get the viewer's attention. There are over a million different ways to catch a viewer's attention without using something provacative.

2. As a teenager, I am affected by these images. I personally don't give a lot of care in my appearence but other people do. In society people mostly judge you on appearence. Sometimes people won't be your friend because you're not dressed the way the media says should be dressed like. As I become more mature, I have learned that you do what you wanna do. You shouldn't change the way you act or dress just because someone told you too or the media disapproves of it.

3. I think to reduce the amount of young men and women that are negatively affected by these images are to learn that things we see in media aren't really people. The people on magazines or tv shows have either been through photoshop or are wearing a ton of make-up. In addition, the media should stop trying to potray what true beauty is. I remember this one episode of "That's So Raven" where Raven was on the cover of a magazine, but they only used her face not her body. They did this because apparently Raven wasn't "skinny enough". At the end of the episode Raven said this...

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In media we need more shows and episodes like this. We need shows to teach teenagers and children that we are all unique and special in our own way. Noone can tell us that we're not.

4. To be honest, if there was a magazine cover where the subject wasn't all glammed up, I probably wouldn't give the magazine a second look. I know I sound shallow but it is true. If the magazine had a regular person on it, I wouldn't look at it twice or look through the magazine because nothing catches my eye. I am not saying that people that aren't glammed up are boring, I just prefer to look through a magazine with something that pops out and lures me in. I am not suggesting that the person should have their face photoshopped, I am saying that a magazine cover with a plain old person does not look appealling to read. If that person had an interesting background or was doing something interesting then I would probably look through that magazine.

To Share or Not to Share is the Question...

 1. I personally think file sharing is wrong, however I would be called a hypocrite because I myself, and I think almost EVERYONE has atleast downloaded a song from any file sharing website. If you have seen Transformers 2 you would remember the character Glenn Whitman saying........

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 I agree with this statement 100%, except I haven't downloaded a couple thousand songs. On itunes, it costs about 99 cents or more for one song which is pretty expensive. If you bought 100 songs, that would cost almost 100 dollars which is unrealistic if you are able to download songs for free from a file sharing website like 4shared or mediafire. In addition, I think file sharing is convenient because instead of spending $20 on a DVD, you can just download it from a website and get the same quality. Although file sharing is wrong, I choose file sharing instead of buying because the prices of songs and other media on itunes are just way too expensive for me.

2. If I was a an artist and I made my own song I would want people to buy my song or CD. However, I wouldn't be mad if people downloaded my songs illegally because I already know that people do it anyways. When you're an artist, your profit is not only from the CDs or songs you sell. Your profit is a bunch of things such as your contract with the record company. If I was an amazing artist I wouldn't care if people downloaded my album illegally because if I was amazing a lot more people would by my album. However, if I was a artist that was going bankrupt or an artist that doesn't have a good recording company I would care more if people illegally downloaded my music rather than buying it.

3. Morally I think downloading material that has been copyrighted is wrong. Downloading this material is still considered stealing, but it isn't a big deal because it is very hard finding every single person that downloads something that is copyrighted. If you downloaded a CD illegally off the internet, you basically just stole that CD from a music store. The big difference between the two is that you are most likely to be caught stealing from a music store instead of downloading it online.