Miss Representation: Film Analysis

“Miss Representation” is a film released in January 2011, which shows the various ways the media represent women. In the short trailer it starts by showing quotes, various statistics, and input of various influential women, on how women are misrepresented in our society. Some statistics include on how women are vastly outnumbered by men in leading positions in the workplace and in government. It also claims that the media only uses women’s sexualized image for money, not because it is what consumers want to see in advertisements. For example, in a video explaining oversexualizing in young children Geena Davis comments, “…in G-rated animated films the female characters wear the same amount of sexually revealing

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Morgan also showed praise and appreciation through his facial expressions and verbal communications by using words like “wow”. Towards the middle and end part of the interview, a catalytic approach was used as Piers Morgan asked a variety of open questions, encouraging to think, discuss and expand their thoughts in great detail. The interviewer not only asked questions but also listened carefully, nodding, paraphrasing and repeating what Farah talked about.

“Miss Representation” is a documentary film that is made by Jennifer Seibel Newsom. This film talks about many issues from the roles of females in politics, and the ways in which media negatively impacts women. The film examines how the media have contributed to the underrepresentation of women. Therefore, eventually, the film is persuading people to be open-minded, and study how media affects our perception, judgment, and behaviors. The targeted audience of this film is all people who live in America. People should be convinced to change their mind about stereotypes on women. Jennier effectively convinces the audience that the mainstream media has mainly contributed to the under-representation of women through the use of statements claimed

The Miss Representation documentary film by Jennifer Newsom explores how media contributes to the under-representation of women in influential positions. This message is portrayed by delivering content through media and technology as well as advertising partial and/or often degrading interpretations of women. The consequences are becoming more and more dreadful. In today’s world, composed of a million stations, people will tend to do more and more shocking things to break through the crowds. They resort to violent, sexually offensive, or demeaning images. Jean Kilbourne, EdD, filmmaker, Killing Us Softly Author and Senior Scholar Wellesley Center’s for Women states, that “it creates a climate in which

Rarely has a film impacted an audience and held the test of time as the film Gone with the Wind. I have always been curious if director, Victor Fleming and producer, David O. Selznick and screenplay writer, Sidney Howard knew what they were creating a masterpiece and how this film would have such an enormous impact on audiences for years to come. Interestingly enough there were some who thought the film should not be made, as Irving Thalberg said to Louis B. Meyer in 1936, “Forget it Louis, no Civil War picture ever made a nickel” (Ten Films that Shook the World).

Can you imagine what females could accomplish if they spent as much time volunteering to local charities as they did worrying about their physical appearance? So many dreams, goals, and aspirations are thrown away because of something as simple as low self-esteem. The film Miss Representation focuses on that exact social issue. Various people come together in this documentary to tackle the matter of gender stereotyping through the media. We will cover gender stereotypes, the role media plays in shaping them, and what can be done.

Newsom clearly explains how the media portrays gender bias and stereotypes in TV, films, and advertisements through the use of interviews from influential people. Since many influential people are interviewed

The Frontline film Separate and Unequal discussed about creating a new school system; however, there are opposition by others who wants to maintain the current school system. If we look at the perspectives of the two groups, it is understandable in why there is support and opposition from the people of the city. The supporters of the new system wants a system that can provide better opportunities for their children without any violence. As the film claimed “the school was not teaching and were only babysitting the children”, which was likely a reason why there was a need for a new school system. With the chaotic and uncontrollable situation in the current system, many supporters have push forward the idea of a new system in a new city. From

In Miss Representation film, Jennifer Siebel Newson, an American filmmaker and actress, argues the impact of media on women that they are not valued as whole human being. This destructive problem is causing the hypersexuality and the lack of women in politics. The purpose of the documentary is admitting to an audience who may or may not understand well this issue to be open-minded and must to take action to equalize the social gender stratification. Newson uses the process of rhetorical analysis while creating and developing her argument Pathos, Ethos, and Logos are three main effective elements in Miss Representation to persuade the audiences to admit the gender power imbalance in the society.

that what is portrayed in the media isn’t reality. In the documentary they give the

Miss Representation is an interesting movie that gives audiences a perspective of the challenges women faces in America. Double standards do exist in our society. It negatively impacts our society, because in media most of the women roles are dumb, one dimensional roles that have big boobs, butts and are extremely thin, which makes young girls think that they need to be slutty to be successful and acquire a male in life. This display of the ideal women in media is harmful for young girls, because some celeberties eat less, become anorexic, which is not healthy for girls since they are nothing getting the nutrients in their body. They get judged negatively in society if they are more plump, because audiences that are males see the attractive

Produced by Jennifer Newsom, the film Miss Representation highly stresses how women and teen girls are portrayed and seen in society. The act of body shaming and sexualizing humans, especially females, into being objects are seen greatly in social media. These typical ideas that are constantly occurring makes me feel very disgusted. 53% of 13 year old girls are unhappy with their bodies (Newsom, 2011). After a section discussing the use of beauty products and getting surgery, it opened my mindset of what else you could have used or did with that money.

Studies regarding gender roles in media show that the feminine essence tends to be depicted as inferior, with women often being marginalized, disempowered and humiliated through a status that is based on their youth and looks; whilst men tend to be portrayed as superior with higher and longer lasting careers

The lack of representation showed in media scope of women’s issues relating to deceivability and precision of such media pictures is a typical topic. Deceivability infers the amount of the scope as well as additionally how the press outlines that scope. While women have turned out to be more noticeable as far as the amount of scope than previously, the confinement of the messages encompassing female political figures remains. The media portrays women and movie stars the same way as it portrays females in government. A woman’s body and appearance are exploited for