Misrepresentation is a film that documents the impact that the media industry has on women and how they are viewed in American society. The film examines the effects and consequences that negative media portrayals of women have on the audience. It also serves as a chilling reminder of how powerful and influential the media’s role has grown in American culture. In Miss Representation, Jennifer Newson is able to effectively bring attention to the consequences that negative media portrayals of women have on society through the use of a compelling narrative, real life accounts, and strong statistical support. A major part of the film’s successful delivery of content relies on Newson’s compelling narrative and narration that she provides throughout …show more content…
Not only does the documentary feature commentary from professionals and members of the entertainment industry, it also features commentary from young girls. This is important because it allows the audience to put a face to a victim that would otherwise remain faceless. The commentary makes the issue more personal because they hear real life accounts of the negative experiences that young girls and women go through furthermore, it creates an opportunity for the audience to make a personal connection and helps persuade the viewer to agree with the argument presented. Finally, Newson is able to effectively bring attention to the consequences that negative media portrayals of women have on society through the integration of strong statistical support. The way the film presents facts and statistics serves as important backing for the commentary being provided. Also, the information helps the audience create a link to the real world by breaking down the information and providing background. The film successfully informs the audience on the argument that’s being
The study of intellectual powers starts between two sexes, with men simply claiming more education and rights in society. The documentary, Miss Representation explores how media’s often degrading the portrayals of women. Jane Fonda said, “Society is toxic to young girls”, in relation most advertising discriminates women. Majority of the time media is used to make women look weak, it usually contradicts gender portrayal guidelines, based on the sexuality, authority, violence, and language content. I personally think that all of this is true, media reinforces the gender stereotype that men are always looking to attract women; and women are merely the objects looking to get caught.
The documentary leaves a part of this story in the hearts and minds of all viewers because the producer portrays the information in a powerful and meaningful way. b.)
Each of these concepts are utilized at the advantage of men, and the disadvantage of women, and has shown to provide detrimental consequences and results for women in society. However, in this film, and other films by Tyler Perry, appear to take the added step to combat these aspects that are present in the media’s portrayal of women. While these are present in the movie, he often makes a point to combat it with an inverse portrayal of each
To quote Marie Wilson “You can’t be what you can’t see,” is important to understand when looking at the ever-perpetuating gender roles in the media. Girls do not see many powerful women in the media (i.e. The president, actresses, etc.), how can they strive to be something they have never
The film focuses on the characters lives and how they can keep going when they struggle with society. The film uses rhetorical strategies such as pathos, ethos, and logos to make this movie bring emotions, blank stares, and leave the audience to question reality. The purpose of the specific camera shots and angles is to provide an appropriate view of the movie. Lastly, the use of persuasion to allow the audience to interpret what the film says versus the thoughts in their head. The film does a good job of pointing out the flaws in our system and a specific culture that the flaws
Being a young woman in America, I have stared eye to eye with the guidelines that the media has handed to me. The documentary, Miss Representation, directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, discusses how the media’s objectification of women impacts the lives of girls and women across America. Miss Representation shows that as a girl watches other women
Furthermore, the film also challenges the long standing
Abstract Taylor Swift has been marked by her many fans as an icon of feminism and empowerment. Inspiring girls on how their own experiences and personal truths are something worth singing about. Illustrating what she claims to be female empowerment through ‘squads’ and award speeches. With the rapidly increasing influence of mainstream media, it is imperative to highlight how big icons such as Taylor Swift are manipulating and being manipulated by the masses, society and the market itself for profit and personal gains.
This is evident through the perspective of which Oprah conveys to the audience, stating rather that such issues “transcend any culture, geography, race, religion. Politics or workplace.” Thus, such ideas that Oprah explores are not limited to the confides of the film industry, and as such her speech stands as a reflection to all issues and controversies regarding global and societal mistreatment and discrimination. Oprah further emphasizes the struggles to which most women must endure so as to speak out against such controversies, with her main, yet subtle, critique directed towards the scrutiny of the mud-slinging Fake News campaign. Oprah simply states that “we all know the press is under siege these days.”
According to Julia T. Wood who works with communication there are three main themes that the media use when they represent gender. First, men and women are portrayed in stereotypical ways. Second, women are underrepresented. The third way is how the media portray the relationship between men and women with traditional gender roles and the normalization of violence against
Although the collective interest is among those affect it can also include the eternal audience. Within the film they showed how the media is what influences men’s actions and idea about what women should look like. Since this film extends to the external audience, which are the men, they too can be recruited into the movement to share the same common interest and goals of feminist to ensure that objectification of females is prevented (Taylor et al., 2004). One communal interest or goal the group may have is helping spread awareness that the representation of women in the media is
In this presentation I will explain the impact of stereotypes and the under representation of woman within movies and videogame, and how that impacts society’s view of said group, through the media effects theory of Cultivation. I will be using the library research from scholarly articles on this topic in relation to cultivation theory. I primarily used the database Communication & Mass Media Complete from EBSCO. Video game players are not a dominate gender, those that play are almost 50/50 split between males and females. Typically, men are the only characters in video games and if a woman is an option they are overly sexualized in an offensive way.
Through its narratives and discourse, the film acts as a vehicle that interpellates
The representation of gender in mass communications has been a hugely debated topic for years and will continue to be one for many more years to come. The media plays a big role in how they want to portray a gender to the public. They create certain stereotypes through the role of a gender in order to attract a large audience and interest to sell a product, brand or image. Media is so important in today’s society, people spend hours and hours each day watching TV, browsing the Internet and reading magazines. There are so many images of men and women in the media today that it certainly has an impact on the viewer’s thoughts and sense of identity.
Abstract: In most parts of the world, females have always been the victim of oppressive patriarchy and male chauvinism since ages. This problem has been represented by many people through various forms of creations be it art, literature or films. Films are the most popular visual mediums of entertainment through which a large segment of people can be approached. Like literature, a film is also a work of art which mirrors the society, it also depicts the reality of the society though it has some fictionality in it.