I have learned so much in this class about the media today. I never really paid attention to all of the many aspects the media includes and the huge role it is playing on society today. True, there are many good things about the media but after taking this class, I feel like it is important to focus on the negative in order to make sure people realize it, try to avoid the negative, and help in the process of making the media a more positive influence on society. Avoiding gender roles in movies and media is one of the ways we are actively trying to better the media. We can also see influential people embracing their bodies emerging in media today for example, Oprah or Queen Latifah. I think that slowly, very slowly but surely the negative things about the media today will soon dissolve, and hopefully, for example, instead of seeing stick figure, unattainable images on the covers of magazines, we will begin to see healthy women. This course has helped me realize the huge effect the media has on us, physically, mentally, and socially and it is very important that the media start improving their ethics. Hopefully by people becoming more educated and learning the things such as we have in this course, media will become something that not only helps shape society but helps society have better morals, thoughts, and actions.
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