December 2-4

On Wednesday we had a guest speaker who spoke to us about the way women are presented in the media.

Friday we need to complete an evaluation of J. Bell's presentation. We're also going to send her polished copies of our blog posts. I'd like her to see your reflections.

Today we are going to start analyzing music videos.


Discuss 3-4 music videos and the way women are portrayed in them.
Ideas:

• One artist over time
• One time period vs another
• One genre over time
• Two genres (compare and contrast)

November 30th

1. What are your favorite product brands?
2. Make a list of products/things you want to buy or have purchased recently.
3. Where did you first learn about these products?
What prompted you to want the product?
What is it about the product that makes you desire it?
4. How do you think advertising influences your desires? What do you feel/think when you see advertisements?

MIss Representation

We watched Miss Representation before break.
Your homework is to keep a media log over break.
Good luck!

November 6th (ads)

Using the article we used the last time we met and the ads we found online, please create your own blog post where you upload images/ads that fit with the categories we learned. How do the ads fit into the categories. Discuss each one. Make sure you have a total of ten ads and ten discussions.

1. artificial look
2. dismemberment
3. commodification
4. feminine touch
5. size
6. function ranking
7. subordination

           a. on the floor
           b. child-like
           c. kiss
           d. withdrawal

November (WHAT?) 2nd

1. Find five print ads that objectify women. Make sure they have no nudity. Take screenshots and put the ads on a google doc or a pages document.

2. Read this Article.

3. Label the different types of ads you have found. You will be writing a longer blog post, so start thinking about why you've selected the ads you have selected.

How do you feel you are perceived?
How have your perceptions of women changed as you've grown?
What inspires your confidence?

Use the answers to these questions to guide a blog post about this subject.

October 19th

What is beauty?
20 photos with a description in class
OR
1-5 photos with a creative written description

Due: October 23rd