Political Television : An Element Of Truth

In the United States, television has been influential in presidential elections since the 1960’s. Television has a way of “turning away from policy sphere,” it judges candidates based on their appearances, not their message. Television has shifted the key point of presidential debates: from pursuing issue to pursuing image. Therefore, television is misleading, having a negative impact on presidential elections.

However, it can be observed and said that they have always lived up to the image of “housewife” material or as a constant collaborator of a male role, instead of being the main character. According to Elasmar, M., Hasegawa, K., & Brain, M, on their essay the portrayal of women in the US prime television, “TV has portrayed females in many ways, studies have shown that women have been underrepresented and stereotyped in TV programs.” Women have been living under that invisible stereotype that has cornered them and does not allow them to grow professionally or socially. TV has been the master-mind behind a stereotype that has left women without the chance of demanding equality or credibility on shows, a stereotype that will always be mentioned and enforce if TV shows do not start producing real-world programs based on true stories or true qualities of

“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

genders. Women may have the same political rights, however they are still degraded and seen as inferior to men. So, women in politics are now trying to prove that they are just as capable as men are. However, their attempts are being suppressed due to the inappropriate comments against them. Sexist remarks in the media against female political candidates is the reason why there is a smaller amount of women in government.

Obviously, there are more and more adolescents spend a lot of time on media. As a results, what they experience from media definitely influences their thoughts and reflected in the way they grow up and behave. The release of this movie can be considered as a crucial message to young people, particularly girls that they should be alert to the way media shape their brains and avoid misleading information from media. From various kinds of media, the image of attractive women become more widespread which sometimes confuses people’s perception about women’s real value. Indeed, women are distracted from the real value consisting of consciousness and education when media focuses on their appearance. The fact that media does not take women contribution seriously could limit and destroy women’s confidence to be one of the powerful leaders of the country. According to Miss Representation, there is only three percent of women has power and influence over others in telecommunication, entertainment, publishing and advertising; likewise, only sixteen percent of women are working as directors, producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors (Newsom). Due to a great number of men working in entertainment and media industry, their responsibility to inappropriate exploitations of woman portrayals is undeniable. That reflects a reality of male-centered society. By There could be a hidden message that high education and politics are for men instead of women. Marie Wilson, founding president of the White House Project, stated that “you can’t be what you can’t see” (Newsom, Miss Representation). It is hard for women who seek a motivation since the under-representation of women in influential positions still exists on mainstream media. Therefore, girls and women should express themselves as smart audience that understands the political economy and capitalist society. They should learn how to

In light of this year’s monumental and thought provoking presidential election between business magnate, Donald Trump, and New York senator, Hillary Clinton, the misogynistic rhetoric drew controversial division amongst the country. The value and significance of a woman have advanced from the cult of domesticity to a politically intricate executive, but that graduation exhibits seldom progress for women in media such as television, film, and theater. The depiction of females deters the accuracy and complexity of African American and latino women and limits their characteristics as peripheral, unoriginal, and one-dimensional objects of a man’s pleasure. Absurdity conveys in continuously seeing women setting the tables, giving a kiss on the cheek

Kelly uncharacteristically asks The Senator why he thinks women are not political animals - that is, someone who involves herself fully in the world of politics in the same way that a man typically does. Through Kelly, Oates presents her own thoughts and questions about why women are not held equal to men in the political sphere. The Senator presents the opposition to Oates’ thoughts making sexist generalizations about women finding politics boring and how they do not have the same power as men. Here, Oates sets Kelly forward as a strong female character because she is strong in her convictions about politics. When Kelly is speaking about her previous relationships, she appears weak because she has been hurt so deeply by them, but here, she is a star and fights back against The Senators condescension.

“Women belong in the private sphere. Men belong in the public sphere. Attempting to mix these two worlds is difficult.” (Zamfirache 2010:177). It is a woman’s duty to focus on her family. It is a man’s job to focus on his career. “Boys are told that they can become president one day; the best girls can hope for is to grow up to marry a man who one day may be president” (Renzetti, Curran, Maier 2012: 313). Adolescents are lead to believe that politics is a male-dominated institution, that there is no room for women in this arena.

Television is a form of communication that can be used to transfer information to the general public, and its full value and effects can be seen at all times, especially during election seasons. To some extent, this medium has helped people make informed decisions on which candidate is suitable to be president. However, this positive influence could distract people from focusing on policy and turn the election into a popularity contest.

In the documentary Miss Representation, the theme of underrepresentation of women is explored. This underrepresentation of women in positions of power is caused by women’s portrayals in the media. The different stereotypes that the media presents are placed on women on the daily basis by those who come into contact with the media, which leads to greater levels of underrepresentation. Everyone gets the messages the media presents because the media in one way or another touches everyone.

Jennifer Siebel Newsom produced a film called “Miss Representation”. This film focuses on the pervasiveness and the persuasiveness of media in reinforcing gender stereotypes regarding roles, physical traits such as beauty and sexuality, and intangibles such as power and strength. This documentary’s main point is how the media portrays woman in society. To back up this clause, the documentary actually demeans women since “Women hold only 3% of clout positions in telecommunications, (…) and advertising” and “comprise only 16% of all writers, directors”. It exposes that women don’t have any position in the world. According to Caroline Heldman, when little girls and boys are seven years old, they have the same chance to be a president. However,

“People learn more from media than any other single source of information” (Missrepresentation). This quote exemplifies how society learns and creates their standards about people, places, and things. All sources and mediums of media impact billions of lives every day. The media holds this power over society and it’s time to change that; especially when it comes to the media’s view of women. Women are constantly being misrepresented. This misrepresentation of women in the media is negatively impacting America by corrupting both the youth and adults. This is occurring because of the hyper-sexualization of women, wrongly portraying women in leadership positions, and creating stereotypes of women in movies and television.

The invention of the television has had an impact on all aspects of American's lives. It has affected how we work, interact with others, and our foreign relations. One part of American society that it has especially affected is presidential elections. Television has impacted who is elected and why they were elected. Since the 1960's television has served as a link between the American public and presidential elections that allows the candidate to appear more human and accountable for their actions; consequently this has made television a positive influence on presidential elections. But it has also had a negative affect on elections, making presidential candidates seem like celebrities at times and making it easier to publicize mistakes

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