Media, Education and an Ideal School Life and its Portrayal in the Show Saved By the Bell

Learning about pop culture truly frightened me when I saw the book we were utilizing at the beginning of the semester. Having been without television for more than 10 years now, I suspected I wouldn’t know much. Being a single parent amid this time gave me an opportunity to see this present era progress through the technological advances of our time, and interestingly, my age placed me in pop culture arena’s that the more youthful era doesn’t even think about. Our book, “Signs of Life in the USA” was splendid at addressing such a variety of products, movies, television, spaces, semiotic multiculturalism, alongside the gender and sexual societal rational to name a few. The transition back to school after 40+ years has given me some shock in the amount of openness and evaluation of actually any subject, religion to politics. Since these are places I refrain to go into conversation with others on the planet, to have my opportunity of opinions gives me a protective feeling with the

Violent Media is Good for Kids, by Gerald Jones; a persuasive article written by a comic book author that analyzes how exposing children to violent media has positive effects in shaping a person. This article was written as a counter-argument to the negative response media received after a horrific mass shooting that took place at a high school. Jones defends violent media by telling of his own personal experience with it, thus glorifying it in the process. Jones argues in his article that violent media is a helpful resource for children and it does not necessarily harm them. Jones’ argument was effective and very convincing. He defends his stance by continuously stating the positives that violent media has had not only on him, but his own son as well.

Education has begun to be taken for granted, not realizing what an impact it has on culture. In the television show Community, the view of education differs in many of the characters. There are both positive and negative stereotypes revealed throughout the show which were discussed in a way so that the issues present could be changed. Even though the show Community is presented as a comedy, with many mishaps, it presents education as something which is important and should be treasured. Education in our culture is many times underappreciated, looked at as an entitlement rather than a privilege; however, Community, forces the audience to reexamine education and why such a high value is placed on it in our culture.

Saved by the Bell was a fictional show about high school students. “The writers of Saved by the Bell always seemed to suggest that most adolescents are exactly the same and exist solely as props for the popular kids, which was probably true at most American high schools.” (140) What happens when one looks at culture that is ultimately not real as being representative of

In the article, “Violent Media Is Good for Kids”, the author, Gerard Jones, begins by providing background information about himself. As a child, Jones was taught that violence was wrong, and as he grew up, he learned that violent comics and stories aided him to become an action movies and comic book writer. In his article, the author addresses why violent media are good for children. He points out that it helps them transform better socially, explore and conquer their feelings, and improves self-knowledge. Jones purpose is to inform readers about the positive use of violent media on children. The author uses rhetorical appeals of pathos and ethos, and stylistic techniques such as allusions and repetitions to create his argument.

The argument of what children should be able to watch is a very controversial one. With media access so obtainable these days, violent media is practical everywhere. Many writers take a stand on this, and give an opinion of how the matter should be handled. Gerard Jones and John Leo both argue their case on how the approach towards how the situation should be handed. Jones argues that violent media is good for children, since it gives them a way to escape the harsh reality; however, Leo argues that violent media is a main source for many of the disturbing acts that have happened lately. Based of Jones’ writings that provides personal experiences over opinion such as Leo’s writing, parents should take the incentive towards allowing children

Education is an important thing in the modern life to all individuals in this society. It is a great tool to help people to be succeed. However, today’s students don’t care of education. Mark Edmundson’s essay, On the Uses of a Liberal education, and Neil Postman’s essay, Television as Teacher, explain the problem of education system. They all said that students for today are thinking education should be entertaining.

The goal of the film community is to make films. Things taught in the classroom are necessary, but are standard. Things taught in lecture are meant to make us better at watching films, which, of course, makes us better at making films, but indirectly. For example, a lecture is usually followed by an academic article on some aspect of that day’s topic. The article “Graphic Violence in the Cinema” by Stephen Price was assigned to be read after the class had watched two horror films with plenty of gore. This piece analyzes the history of gore and violence in film and the escalation of it in films over time. This worked to give more context to the violence we had been watching in class. This article, along with several others, help to teach the class about the history and the current state of cinema, preparing us for the outside filmmaking world that awaits our arrival. These fundamentals taught in lecture make the film class a discourse community, but they don’t make it a strong one. Any discourse community has a bedrock foundation of lectures and some group work. But

“Violent Media is Good for Kids,” written by Gerard Jones, is an interesting argument about the positive aspects of violent media. He has narrated his own experience as a child about the impact of violent media. Jones has further developed his argument to convince parents about the importance of violent media by noting that exposing kids to violent media helps the kids to overcome their fear. Jones is focused on parents and teachers, both of whom restricts the exposure of kids to violent media. He also notes the skeptical thinking, which argues that violent media have a negative impression on kids. His argument is catchy and strong based on his own realizations of the world and experience. Let us discuss how he has made the argument realistic.

Our principal characters are Ralph, Piggy, Jack, Simon, Sam and Erick and Roger and Maurice. Then the Littluns, a group of younger boys that are better represented as one character than separate individuals. Ralph is a handsome boy that seems as a leader by nature. Jack is also a leader, but with more violent tendencies. Piggy is the voice of reason and is constantly mocked for being fat and having asthma. Simon is the quiet one, who seems to have appreciation for nature. He likes to keep with the establishment and he does not like to hurt people. Next, Sam and Eric, twins that always do things together and are treated like one person. They are very insecure and just want a leader to look up to. Finally, Maurice and Roger who since the beginning of the book to demonstrate their desires to hurt and dominate the little boys.

Have you ever re-watched a tv show you absolutely adored as a child, and thought, what you found so appealing as a child? Maybe because the graphics and media has now advanced light years ahead. Or maybe our brains have become numb due to the amount of pointless Facebook videos ‘that get us every time’ and can no Though we don’t like to admit it, we have inevitably matured and expanded our understanding of society, thankful beyond play schools cardboard representation. Contemporary movies and tv shows lay out all the possible scenarios of life, allowing us as an audience to relate with a character and from there, shape our own responses. At the start of grade 11, we were similar to the 5 year old version of ourselves, learning the basic shapes

Kids media is the single most important thing in the lives of children all over the world. What they see in movies, television books, and all other new media has a direct impact in their development. As such, a project out of the UK brings us Detective Dot, who uses new media to teach kids about gender equality, free trade, and women studies.

Something that I would want to advocate to my students is that all media presented to them has the potential teach important lessons; whether it would be

From this lesson, I would like to learn the degree of effects toys and media can have on children. I was not very aware of the different effects Disney can have on children, but I have always known that educational games are better. I am also able to identify the effects active or violent toys can have on boys, and from this lesson, I became more aware of the different side effects on girls. For example, when little girls collect Barbie dolls, movies and other toys related to Disney, they have a possibility not to accept their bodies when they become teenagers. It also helps me realize that everyone around me including myself is or was influence by the media. However, the outcomes can be different depending on how people manage media.

Regardless of the vast multiplicity in living environments, an exceptional and unifying global media culture has developed that challenges and often places of interest such traditional forms of socialization as family and school.