Not Only Natalee Is Missing By Anne-Marie O Connor

Criticising others takes a great deal of courage, especially when this criticism could reflect upon one’s own work. However, in the introduction of her speech to the Women’s National Press Club, Clare Booth Luce utilizes changes in tone, humor, while appealing to ethos, and pathos to prepare her audience for the impending criticism.

In a world where showing a bit too much shoulder was forbidden, came Susan Glaspell. Glaspell was an American playwright, born in the cruel times of oppression. This influenced women’s opinions on certain subjects which caused them to be silenced by fear of rejection from society. “A Jury of Her Peers” was based on an era where women felt as though it was unreasonable to speak up if they felt it was not absolutely dire. Harboring these pent up feelings could cause a person to act antagonistic. Minnie Wright was an example of this. She killed her husband and was subjected to the judgement of her peers. As the group investigated Mr. Wright’s death, there were two stories unraveling. The in depth explanation that the women figured out and the simplistic version the men had seemed to pick up (Glaspell). People would benefit from reading this story to begin to understand the struggle of what this and other women had gone through. Penn Manor American Literature students would benefit from having Susan Glaspell’s story “A Jury of Her Peers” in their curriculum because of how she expressed feminism through her writing at a time when it was new and discouraged; her ability to emphasize the themes with her settings and characters; and her literature that follows a protagonist that navigates through a sexist world.

He introduces the story of JonBenet Ramsey who had been murdered as a result of competing in pageants and becoming the eye of the media. “JonBenet Ramsey, who would have turned 21 had she not been brutally murdered, remains the most famous pageant girl in the world. All one has to do is say her name and the images come flooding back—not those from photos of her home in Boulder, CO, where she was found in the basement on December 26, 1996, but those of the 6-year-old pixie strutting across pageant stages, looking like a baby Marilyn Monroe with makeup more suited to a woman several times her age” (Hollandsworth 2). The appeal to fear fallacy accompanies as we see different occasions where Hollandsworth is trying to warn the parents by showing them all the negative effects pageant life can have on young girls. “After JonBenet's death, a few journalists went so far as to suggest that her tricked-up pageant look was the reason for her murder” (Hollandsworth 4). Guilt comes frequently to ensure that readers have remorse in supporting the child pageantry in any way. “The message these little girls take away is that natural beauty isn't enough — that their self-esteem and sense of self-worth only comes from being the most attractive girl in the room, not from being smart or resourceful or tough or creative” (Hollandsworth 3). An

Walkowitz's investigation of this chapter primarily highlights the influential role of the press in the form of subjectivities and behaviors. She argues about the media coverage of these murders presented a discourse

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

In an attempt to appeal to the audience’s emotion, Brown presents information that influences the audience on an emotional level and helps them connect with the article from a personal aspect. Stating what was seen upon finding the women, Brown writes, “Both Patterson and Brown had their throats slit; the other bodies were in too advanced a state of decomposition to determine the cause of death, though the coroner often suspected asphyxia. The victims were mired in poverty and mental illness; and all had hustled Jennings’ south side streets for drugs and sex.” After reading this it creates a graphic image in the readers mind and allows the reader to be able to imagine what it would feel like to walk in the room and picture people with their throats slit. By visualizing what’s going on in this specific part of the article the reader can then imagine themselves or someone they love being in that same position. Another instance that appeals to the readers emotions is when in an interview with witness, Jerry Jackson, Brown

“I turn on the news each night and what do I see again and again? African Americans alleged to be killing, raping, mugging, stabbing, gangbanging, looting, rioting, selling drugs, pimping, ho-ing, having to many babies, dropping babies from tenement windows, fatherless, penniless, and Godless” (Moore 59). The media has devoted too much time and space perpetuating these negative views of African Americans and far too little time describing the background problems of African-American communities. “What is not a crisis is not usually reported and what is not or cannot be made visual is often not televised” (Racist America 154). The news media respond quickly and with keen interest to the conflicts and controversies of racial stories. For the most part, “they disregard the problems that seep beneath the surface until they erupt in the hot steam that is the live news story, ‘The suspect is a black male’ we’ve all seen it” (Racist America 154). The media has not studied important events in the African-American community today. Issues such as urbanization, education, and poverty, just to name a few that have and will continue to have a

Many times news coverage is slanted due to “framing.” This is magnifying or minimizing coverage based on such factors as a woman’s youth, beauty, and occupation. Although there is an obvious difference between media coverage on white females and females of color, it is not intentional. This article states that the news does not equally present information on missing victims of color. Women who are white often have their family members describe the person they were, but many times women of color do not get this. This source will be helpful in writing my research essay on the differences in reports of missing white women and

Janine Zuniga brings to light many details from the horrific tragedy at a San Ysidro Mcdonald's in the mid-80's. The author uses various appeals in their work, but the one that stands out the most is without a doubt pathos. This was such a devastating tragedy that it only makes sense for pathos to be the main appeal of this essay. From the chilling memories that are embedded in the minds of the survivors, to the broken hearts of those that lost family and loved ones, there is an abundance of emotion being poured out of these witnesses.

From the beginning of cinema, the media has shown black women as nothing more than objects, dehumanizing them all together. This representation has held a long-lasting impact on both young and old African American women everywhere. The theme of my paper is about the media and how it has a negative impact on black women. The topics that I will be covering includes the following: need to prove the media wrong and working two times as hard as everyone else; social Media, TV and Movies and the roles they play; self-hatred and anger due to the comparisons to other ethnicities and that we are low-class, unattractive, uncivilized, uneducated and have no opportunities to make something of themselves; embracing what Black/ African Studies teaches; influential people and positive acknowledgments; how black women are affected and discouraged due to lack of self-love and knowledge. These impacts can come from another ethnicity and even from the black women themselves because of their lack of knowledge of where they come from, their history and overall grandness. Knowing these facts alone and embracing all that Black Studies teaches can reverse the damage that has been done to black women everywhere from ages one to one hundred. They begin to believe what they see or what they see on about themselves when it is drilled into their heads that all of what is seen in the media is true. Due to lack of knowledge of

Women yearn for their voices to speak loud enough for the entire world to hear. Women crave for their voices to travel the nations in a society where they are expected to turn the volume all the way down. The world expects females to stay quiet and ignore the pain brought onto them from sexual crime. They do not dare stand up for what they believe in or discuss their experiences that bring them pain. Poets such as Ana Castillo and Lawrence Ferlinghetti describe parts of life that society often ignores. E. E. Cummings supports the ideas of Castillo and Ferlinghetti by appropriating a more disturbing mindset. These poets demonstrate the way in which women obtained a supposable to behave and react to situations that have caused them harm or have the potential to.

In Miss Representation, many female actresses, news anchors, politicians, directors and producers talk about how females suffer a lot of social, political and economic inequalities in today’s society. There are double standards against women in magazines, on TV, in movies, the news, politics, and the workplace. The media is an influential part of modern culture. When women are portrayed as objects for men to use -- never as the protagonist or president -- and when female news anchors are objectified, this will cause girls of all ages to begin viewing themselves as objects. Girls grow up in a world where their voice does not count; where our culture does not embrace them in all of their diversities, where

Growing up as a child, my mom made a habit out of watching the morning news no matter what was taking place in the country. Whether my mom watched the news for entertainment or to see what was significant to her has been left unanswered. Correspondingly, in Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman argues that the news today is entertainment and irrelevant to the people who obtain it. Not to mention Postman’s character, Henry David Thoreau gives an example of Postman’s debate stating, “Perchance the first news that will leak into the flapping American ear will be that Princess Adelaide has the whooping cough.” To validate Postman's argument, I watched a 30-minute news segment from News 7, on January 25th, 2017. The section stated that a birth certificate found in the debris left by a tornado that battered Petal, MS on January 21st, 2017. Also, after reviewing several news segments, I found Postman’s theory to be accurate.

Throughout the documentary, I was most shocked by the sexualization of women on the news. Rachel Maddow stated that nearly 14% of her feedback she receives on her show includes ‘I hate you’ mail, threats to kill her, and all of these things, as Maddow states, “have to deal with gender and sexuality.” Another shocking statement made during this portion of the documentary was when Jay Leno asked in a playful tone, “are they professional newscasters

There are many political issues that have occured that are considered disgraceful. Some incidents pass without a thought or opinion to say about it, while other times there is a public outcry. The death of Mary Jo Kopechne by Senator Ted Kennedy was a public political issue that inspired Joyce Carol Oates to write the dark grim novel “Black Water”. Oates’s had brought attention to the incident with her book and even included her stance on the issue throughout her writing.