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braxtondn

How the Media Affects the Self Esteem and Body Image of Young Girls | Divine Caroline - 0 views

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media self-esteem body image

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  • The medias harmful affect on the self body image and self esteem of young girls has brought about some of these three damaging effects: eating disorders, mental depression, and physical depression.
    • braxtondn
      braxtondn on 26 Jun 14
       
      It is interesting and sad knowing that new media has this affect on young teens. Something should be done in order to help prevent such negative affect. The media needs to recognize that everybody will come in different shapes and sizes, instead of just focusing on one specific image.
  • “Women may directly model unhealthy eating habits presented in the media, such as fasting or purging, because the media-portrayed thin ideal body type is related to eating pathology”(Stice, Schupak-Neuberg, Shaw & Stein, 1994)
  • In Allie Kovar’s article, Effects of the Media on Body Image, she mentions that “the national eating disorder Association (2006) reports that in the past 70 years national rates of incidences of all eating disorders have dramatically increased across the board . . . Bulimia in women between the ages of 10 to 39 has more than tripled.” (Kovar, 1).
    • braxtondn
      braxtondn on 26 Jun 14
       
      The media's "thin ideal' is causing young teens to feel so poorly about themselves that it is causing more women to become diagnosed with eating disorders. There is no reason that the media should be having that much of an affect on teens that it is tripling the amount of eating disorders. The media ( actresses, models, and celebrities) should be looked upon by their success not by their body image.
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  • “If children grow up seeing thin women in advertisements, on television, and in film they accept this as reality and try to imitate their appearance and their actions”(Nature vs. Nurture, Shea, 1).
    • braxtondn
      braxtondn on 26 Jun 14
       
      THis is very true. Parents can stop this by controlling what their children can and can't watch. THere are so many things that parents can do to help boost their child's self-esteem also, they just need to try harder so that the media doesn't win.
  • “The ideal female has become thinner while the average American woman has become heavier…”(Domil, 2).
    • braxtondn
      braxtondn on 26 Jun 14
       
      Whats acceptable to the world is not acceptable to the media. Whats more important though? All that should matter is what each person thinks about themselves. Media is just negatively effecting society's image
  • The media is only going to get worse and put more pressure on the self body image of how it should “ideally” look
    • braxtondn
      braxtondn on 26 Jun 14
       
      The media is like an annoying bug that will never go away. We have to be stronger than what the media wants us to be and be above the media's influence.
blurpity

CGI is killing the modern horror film | Screen Robot - 0 views

screenrobot.com/cgi-killing-modern-horror-film

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  • Bonnie Boaz on 30 Jun 14
     
    Seems like this writer shares some of your opinions.
cairnskc

Preoccupations - Women and the Double Standard of Office Behavior - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...07preoccupations.html

tv008 thoughtvectors katie008

shared by cairnskc on 26 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • As one woman put it, “Even in this day and age, a guy barks out an order and he is treated like someone who is in charge and a leader. But when a woman communicates in the exact same way, she’s immediately labeled assertive, dominating, aggressive and overbearing.”
  • you’d think that women could finally relax and stop worrying about how they are being perceived at the office.
  • double standard
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  • Translation? Pushy women are less likely to be hired.
  • But as long as the stereotypes remain all-powerful and are perpetuated by men and women alike, it’s necessary to navigate them.
  • Bonnie Boaz on 30 Jun 14
     
    How are double standards enforced online?
cairnskc

'Daily Show' Exposes the Huge Double Standard Birth Control Opponents Won't Admit - Mic - 0 views

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  • Bonnie Boaz on 30 Jun 14
     
    Birth control & double standards. Could be its own topic!
braxtondn

Teen takes on Seventeen, says magazine contributes to body image issues | Fox News - 0 views

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  • Bluhm realized that the images she saw in the iconic monthly magazine did not represent real adolescent females, and contributed to unattainable ideals.
    • braxtondn
      braxtondn on 26 Jun 14
       
      The ideal to be "pretty" has made pretty girls become ugly. They would rather take pills, and get plastic surgery instead of being thankful of the unique skin that they were born in. The ideal to be "pretty" doesn't make them any prettier than what they already are. They just become fake.
braxtondn

Seventeen and Vogue Magazine Have Issues, Like Body Image Issues | Autostraddle - 0 views

www.autostraddle.com/-like-body-image-issues-137515

vogue Seveneteen magazines self-image teens effects

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  • the photoshopped images and super-skinny smiling blondes of popular teen magazines
    • braxtondn
      braxtondn on 26 Jun 14
       
      The "ideal" look based off of new media.
  • “We know that Photoshop can be very harmful to girls because they think they have to look like these images. But it’s not even real, it’s Photoshop. So it’s kind of impossible to look like that in real life.
    • braxtondn
      braxtondn on 26 Jun 14
       
      People are, literally, trying to become something that isn't real. Nobody looks exactly the way people see them on tv or magazines. Its either makeup or photoshop.
  • Magazines, as mentioned above, play a hugely important role in the development and sustaining of girls’ and women’s self-images. They’re also hugely prevalent pieces of our culture, with Vogue and Seventeen leading the way because of their sheer popularity and branding power
    • braxtondn
      braxtondn on 26 Jun 14
       
      Because of the popularity between these two magazines and the amount of people that read them. I would think that they would help try to defend people's self-image/body-image by publishing covers with teens of all sizes. 
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  • ad of obesity, citing a recent trip to Minnesota where  she said she could “only kindly de
  • Photoshop to make people “look their best,” and condemned Americans for worrying too much over anorexia inste
    • braxtondn
      braxtondn on 26 Jun 14
       
      Obesity is just as serious as anorexia; but the idea that the media is only focusing/ showing off skinny girls, doesn't really help put an emphasis on both. Weight is a big issue with the media, but the media needs to realize that people come in different shapes. ANother thing is that the effect that the media is having on people's body-image, mixed with the bullying on social medias, is just causing the media to be a horrible place to come to when it comes to human interaction and "ideals". 
  • scribe most of the people I saw as little houses.”
lilymg

Police brutality in the iPhone era :: Cover :: Philadelphia City Paper - 0 views

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police brutality social media internet

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    • lilymg
      lilymg on 26 Jun 14
       
      Opposing view: Claims that police afraid to act because of "retribution"
    • lilymg
      lilymg on 26 Jun 14
       
      Can you be arrested for videotaping? Depends on state?
  • The video was uploaded a day later and viewed more than 200,000 times. Within a week, Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey announced Josey’s firing and the DA dropped disorderly conduct charges against Guzman
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    • lilymg
      lilymg on 26 Jun 14
       
      Sometimes video evidence can genuinely help against cases involving brutality 
  • a phenomenal 6.7 million times.
    • lilymg
      lilymg on 26 Jun 14
       
      Videos posted online can be seen by everyone, once videos go viral they can gain an incredible amount of views and attention
  • And YouTube and social media have democratized the distribution of video, just as the camcorder and, subsequently, the cameraphone revolutionized their recording.
    • lilymg
      lilymg on 26 Jun 14
       
      Youtube is also a useful platform for posting videos of police violence
  • National Fraternal Order of Police executive director Jim Pasco has warned USA Today that “the proliferation of cheap video equipment … has had a chilling effect on some officers, who are now afraid to act for fear of retribution by video.”
  • police in Philly and elsewhere have been known to arrest citizen videographers and destroy cameras
mjminutoli

Stars of Vine and Instagram Get Advertising Deals - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...ram-get-advertising-deals.html

advertising nytimes nytimes com #ThoughtVectors social media media

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    • mjminutoli
      mjminutoli on 27 Jun 14
       
      This is definitely a new form of work that has developed recently in this generation.
    • mjminutoli
      mjminutoli on 27 Jun 14
       
      Who would have thought that a Vine star could make six figures
    • mjminutoli
      mjminutoli on 27 Jun 14
       
      Who would have thought that a Vine star could make six figures
    • mjminutoli
      mjminutoli on 27 Jun 14
       
      This company Niche is being very smart by jumping on the bandwagon of social media for their advertising campaigns.
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    • mjminutoli
      mjminutoli on 27 Jun 14
       
      Disney movie is a very creative and lucrative way to get this companies advertisements to younger generations. 
    • mjminutoli
      mjminutoli on 27 Jun 14
       
      Its crazy to see the difference in the companies followers and views when they reach out using social media
  • working as a conduit for a brand can be quite lucrative
  • which pay several thousand dollars,
  • influencer marketer
  • The resulting Vines and Instagrams directly correlated to spikes in traffic to the film’s Wikipedia page and views of the trailer on YouTube, she said, and that is what she had hoped for.
  • referring to the kinds of advertisements that look somewhat similar to the content around them
  • from $500 to as much as $50,000
  • $300,000.
  • has generated more than $1.5 million in revenue since its inception
  • $4 million by the end of the year.
brookerobinson

8 Surprising Ways Music Affects and Benefits our Brains - The Buffer Blog - 0 views

blog.bufferapp.com/music-and-the-brain

#music #brain

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  • our brains actually respond differently to happy and sad music
  • hat after hearing a short piece of music, participants were more likely to interpret a neutral expression as happy or sad, to match the tone of the music they heard.
    • brookerobinson
      brookerobinson on 27 Jun 14
       
      look deeper into this - maybe inmates? patients?  how does music work in extreme situations
  • moderate noise levels increase processing difficulty which promotes abstract processing, leading to higher creativity
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  • children who had three years or more musical instrument training performed better than those who didn’t learn an instrument in auditory discrimination abilities and fine motor skills.
  • cyclists who listened to music required 7% less oxygen to do the same work as those who cycled in silence.
    • brookerobinson
      brookerobinson on 27 Jun 14
       
      Look in to see if it is any music or a certain type.
  • cyclists
andhearsonars

Pinterest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/Pinterest

#pinterest

shared by andhearsonars on 26 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Usage
  • personalized media platform
  • The website has proven especially popular among women.
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  • Pinboards can be used by educators to plan lessons. Teachers can pin sites for later referral. Students can pin and organize sources and collaborate on projects
  • Pinterest does not generate its own content; rather, it draws from many resources around the web and compiles them in one convenient location for users. By transferring information from restricted access to a more open public sphere, information transaction costs have decreased drastically.
  • By only being shown items users are comfortable with, users are unexposed to foreign ideas. Many users are unaware of the personalization.
  • andhearsonars on 26 Jun 14
     
    [Only concerned with the "Usage" section]
kahn_artist

This Is How The Internet Is Rewiring Your Brain - 5 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...t-rewires-brain_n_4136942.html

websurfing internet

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  • Fact #1: The Internet may give you an addict's brain.
    • majeeds
      majeeds on 26 Jun 14
       
      Technology is addicting!
  • act #2: You may feel more lonely and jealous.
    • majeeds
      majeeds on 26 Jun 14
       
      Another brain stressor. 
  • Fact #4: Memory problems may be more likely.
    • majeeds
      majeeds on 26 Jun 14
       
      And here begins our ultimate problem with technology - the deterioration of brain function.
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  • Fact #5: But it's not all bad -- in moderation, the Internet can actually boost brain function.
    • majeeds
      majeeds on 26 Jun 14
       
      Here come in brain games to boost cognitive function - technology reversing its own side effects.
    • kahn_artist
      kahn_artist on 26 Jun 14
       
      That's an interesting way to look at it, as a "side effect". I am actually trying to work against that theory but all of the articles are pushing for it. Hm.
  • A 2008 study suggests that use of Internet search engines can stimulate neural activation patterns and potentially enhance brain function in older adults. "The study results are encouraging, that emerging computerized technologies may have physiological effects and potential benefits for middle-aged and older adults," the study's principal investigator, Dr. Gary Small, professor of neuroscience and human behavior at UCLA, said in a written statement. "Internet searching engages complicated brain activity, which may help exercise and improve brain function."
  • kahn_artist on 26 Jun 14
     
    Mostly this article works against my topic, but Fact 5 could prove useful. "Use of internet search engines can stimulate neural activation patterns and potentially enhance brain function..."
majeeds

Technology's Toll - Impatience and Forgetfulness - NYTimes.com - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...07brainside.html

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  • “We’re paying a price in terms of our cognitive life because of this virtual lifestyle.”
    • majeeds
      majeeds on 26 Jun 14
       
      It's easy to think that all this cool advanced technology around us is here to help - but it's also hurting the most important organ in our bodies.
majeeds

Your Brain on Computers - Plugged-In Parents - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...10childtech.html

shared by majeeds on 26 Jun 14 - Cached
  • “There’s something that’s so engrossing about the kind of interactions people do with screens that they wall out the world,” she said. “I’ve talked to children who try to get their parents to stop texting while driving and they get resistance, ‘Oh, just one, just one more quick one, honey.’ It’s like ‘one more drink.’ ”
    • majeeds
      majeeds on 26 Jun 14
       
      Another instance of the addiction of technology. Addiction effects the brain very negatively. 
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