A Part Of Decoding The Magazine And Celebrities ' Message

The first factor she believes has influence on the body image of black women and young girls is the celebrities shown in the media. In her essay, she mentions celebrities within black culture that are shown in the media as beauty ideals. Her examples included actresses, musicians, and models who are thin. There are also TV shows and ads that are shown to consumers. She gives an example of a show called “The Parkers” which follows a woman with a full-figured body. The show portrays her as a loud, ghetto woman who is constantly denied by a black college professor. The man constantly squirms away from her and goes after women with thin body figures.

As she grew up into a superstar, a massive amount of ordinary people started to take interest in her lifestyle. In the sociocultural perspective, the state of gender impacts the way a person acts (Rathus, 2010). As a female celebrity, the media exploits her body image for other viewers. According to the American Sociological Association, media outlets “report on celebrities’ bodies and fashion styles, sometimes offering a price and purchasing information to assist imitative consumption” (Kurzman, 2007). For Britney, the paparazzi feeds on her lifestyle for the demand of people interested in the life she lives. Due to the capitalist mindset of the media, Britney felt that she had no escape from the bombardment of other people. The environment of a popstar evidently shows factors of stress that caused her outrages.

In today’s society we have created this sense of identity that we can either reveal and or hide behind that can include either a computer screen, our skin, or even who we want people to think we are. In John Berger’s essay Ways of Seeing, he breaks down the misogynistic view we have on woman by comparing what it is to be naked versus being simply nude. In Neal Gabler’s essay Our Celebrities, Ourselves, the idealized celebrity is brought down to human level and formed into a never ending narrative that categorizes them into the people they are seen as versus the people they actually are. Berger criticizes the disguise a woman must wear as being surveyed by men in the form of art yet Gabblers idea of a disguise is more like a role a celebrity

A celebrity is not a person known for his/her talent or achievement, but an individual recognized for his/her reputation created by the media. The phase of stardom is slippery, and media may choose to represent celebrities varying from exaggerated admiration to mockery. The three texts chosen, movie "Sunset Boulevard", feature article "Over the Hilton" and television show "Celebrity Uncensored Six" are texts presenting different perception of celebrities than their usual images - either corrupted by the encircling media, overloads oneself with self-indulgence, or just mocks celebrity in a broad spectrum. Such media items empower and impresses the audience by perceiving celebrities as people who pay the price of privacy to gain well

The narrative in the world and America especially, is constantly changing and the line between appropriate and inappropriate seems to be constantly shifting. The cover image of Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the Rolling Stone magazine is a prime example, of how the use of nudity in the cover reveals the twisted narrative in American society and entertainment.To have a comprehensive understanding of the cover and what it signifies, background knowledge on the publishers and the person on the cover is neccesaryJulia Louis-Dreyfus is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She is known for her work in television comedy, including Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and Veep. The Rolling Stone

Women have decided to consume hip hop regardless of the sexism and machismo of their rap artist spouses. Historically, black women who have sex with other women haven’t been recognized in the Black community. Also, the expectations are the same in hip hop culture because men reject lesbians. An example is the murder in 2003 of Sakia Gunn after she declared her lesbian identity to a group of males. We all know that in hip hop culture men predominate and precisely masculine. Women can achieve a higher professional success than men regarding no matter their sexual orientation. In other hand, women represent different controlling images like the whore, the mammy and temptress. Homophobia in hip hop is translated into forms of oppression, discrimination and violence for gays, lesbians and transgender. “Black women rappers interpret and articulate the fears, pleasures, and promises of young black women whose voices have been relegated to the margins of public discourse.” Their voices are in constant dialogue with the public and men rappers about sexual promiscuity, emotional commitment, infidelity, the drug trade, racial politics and black cultural history. If we pay close attention to female rappers, we will notice that they address questions of sexual power, economic opportunities and the pain of racism and sexism. Women rappers has been promoted as sexually progressive, antisexist voices because of “an understanding of male rappers as uniformly sexist.” Discussions of women

The purpose of the essay, “From Fly-Girls to Bitches and Hos,” by Joan Morgan, is to not just address the issue of sexism in hip-hop, but to understand and dissect it. Jean Kilbourne’s major claim in “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt” is that advertising has gained a spot where bodies are depicted as objects thereby normalizing attitudes that contribute to sexual aggression. Both these authors use rhetorical strategies effectively such as ethos, pathos, and logos as well as using key language and tone to target their specific audiences.

Within popular culture today, objectified female bodies can be represented everywhere from advertising images to magazine covers, television, music and many more. Through these media institutions, we allow them to construct social identities in ways that allow us to understand what it means to be black, white, Asian, male or female etc. Within many popular culture mediums such as music, stereotypical representations of racially marked female bodies are often formed. Thus, these representations also have the ability to create stories about a certain culture. In music videos, it does not go unnoticed that women are portrayed as objects whose objectives are to pleasure men. In this paper, I will argue how racially marked female bodies are represented. This paper will mainly focus on how these racially marked women are depicted in the hip hop culture. To demonstrate this, I will draw examples by using award winning music videos by Nicki Minaj, R.Kelly, 50 cent to exemplify representations of the female body and how they are objectified as sex objects. In conclusion, we will be able to see how the female bodies are used in mainstream hip hop videos to convey seductively.

People who play these roles today are celebrities ranging from Kanye West and Beyonce, to Warner Brothers Studios and J.J. Abrams. Every influential figure in pop culture has a duty to use their power wisely. What do kids pay more attention to in today’s society: Barack Obama’s speeches or VMA speeches? More often than not, teenagers will tell you more about a recent celebrity award show, than explain what’s happening in politics. That being said, we must make sure these influential celebrities are promoting the proper ideals, such as transgender awareness, gender equality, and pride in sexual orientation. These beliefs however were not shown in “The Merchants of Cool”. Back in 2001, when the documentary was made, media portrayed the wild side of our teenage

I have always believed that modern women were discreet about subjects, such as wanting more money, sex, and exercise; however, prior to reading Cosmopolitan I was unaware that this content was available for males to purchase and gain more insight on women. My initial perception of Cosmopolitan was that I would be bombarded by articles on clothing, make up, and celebrities; instead, I stumbled upon articles about emergency funds, cycling, and the best sex toy in the market. Upon analyzing women’s magazine Octobers Cosmopolitan I was able to examine articles that went against my expectations and views on the opposite sex because I discovered women are concerned with their finances, lust, and bodily improvement.

Perhaps the first and most glaring appeal to People and any other pop culture “bible,” so to speak, would be the well-known and promiscuously-dressed celebrity on the front- typically a woman. Contrary to initial expectation, this tactic doesn’t lure men into the trap; it lures women. Whether they feel inferior or simply interested in the woman’s beauty, we don’t know, but the reader still becomes prey to the publisher. Similarly, we select celebrities to be the spokesperson of our media because it insinuates that their project or objective contains more substance than others since there is a celebrity working with the magazine. Even seeing a professional football player such as Tom Brady or Cam Newton on the cover of Men’s Health would lead men to believe that the only way to be as healthy as Brady ot Newton would be to read the

George Gerbner’s article The Social Anatomy of the Romance-Confession Cover Girl discusses the contrast between the image of the cover girl and the verbal context surrounding her. He also discusses how this contrast successfully fulfils the editorial and distribution requirements of the magazine. Gerbner’s experiment explores how the alteration of the cover affects the perception of the cover girl.

Have you ever wondered what influences us to behave the way we do? Look a certain way? Or even looked for an explanation to what causes us to apply a certain perspective regarding personal and controversial issues? One of the answers to these questions may revolve around the influence we absorb from celebrities. A definitive term for celebrity is an iconic figure to a category or group who has achieved success in one or multiple aspects of their lives. As a result, these individuals have drawn in publicity and fame. Over the years with the advances in media and other forms of communication, celebrities have become topics of discussion worldwide, rather if it’s at school, with colleagues or at the dinner table, it is fair to say that

Popular culture has an undeniable influence on how society perceives itself. When examining mass culture, one must keep in mind the equilibrium between how much we, as a society, affect the way popular culture is constructed and to what extent popular culture influences the way we view ourselves and shapes our ideologies. An aspect of popular culture that may serve to greatly exemplify this theory of society as both the affecter and the affected is the genre of magazines targeted at young women. Though these publications are targeted as the representation of our society’s adolescent females, they actually have a great influence over the ways in which teens view and construct

The downside of fame is the interference of the media in one’s life. Stories concerning celebrities are likely to attract customers, just for entertainment purposes. Celebrities’ life is publicized, criticized and mocked at. Reporting celebrities downfall seems to be particularly appealing to the public, and it seems that hardly a day passes without the news reporting a celebrity’s’ downfall. Some people are obsessed with famous people, their life styles, and have desire for more information. Media’s negative role destroys the famous people’s lives. Famous people deserve privacy and respect. This essay will discuss the unfair treatment received by famous people from the media.