Sunday, November 8, 2009

Internet

When searching "Social working websites" the search results came up with a total of 11,743 results. When looking at the list of social networking websites the total number of websites listed is around 200. I've heard of many of these sites and only go on facebook, although I've been on myspace. I don't know of any sites that aren't listed here. I've never heard of College Tonight but it appears to be a social networking site aimed at college students, graduates, and alumni that encourages interactivity. To "use" social networking sites you first need to sign up to the site you are on and after signing up you need to fill in certain information about yourself and then look up or make friends that are on the site you are on. The site(s) I currently use is Facebook however i usually only go on it to comment people occasionally or to comment people back. Social networking has never gotten me in trouble but it has let me get in touch with people that have moved and such.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Television



-Length: 9:12

-Description: This video shows varies different ways that gender stereotypes is used and shown in media.

-Chapter 9: Television

-Question: Describe three different ways that gender stereotyping was shown in this video.

-Answer: Gender stereotyping was used to advertise a product. This was shown many times in the video, one being a house wife stereotype for the Electrolux commercial, portrayal of how girls should be raised to become a house wife in the Rose Petal Cottage commercial, and males should smell like "men" and not "girly" in the Old Spice commercial. Another use shown was the use of portraying that males naturally think they are superior then females. In the Anchorman and Million Dollar Baby clip it showed that the Male character was a male stereotype that believed that males are naturally better, smarter, stronger, etc. A third way that gender stereotypes was shown was in the Daily Show clip that showed that unfortunately there are women in the world that think they are inferior to men and that men are the ones that should be commanding and such.