Media Law

On August 6, 2013 a group of middle school girls won their case against school officials. The girls were disciplined by them for wearing rubber "I <3 Boobies" bracelets supporting the Keep A Breast Foundation. They were protected by their first amendment rights. To find out more click here.

I think that school officials have the right to regulate their students and what they wear regarding their safety and to not cause disruption, like gang colors or shirts with drug affiliation on them. In this case, however, I feel the officials were being way too uptight about the word "boobies" because there is nothing wrong with that. In addition, this bracelet was supporting a very important foundation, when they purchased it money was donated to the cause.

Bibliography

Topic: How reality television has evolved/expanded over time and what makes it so appealing even though its crap.

Bibliography

McClatchy-Tribune, N. (n.d). A HISTORY OF REALITY TV. Hamilton Spectator, The (ON).

Hooked on to reality TV shows. (2013, Dec 27). Republica Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1470892444?accountid=38235

Ouellette, L. (2010). Reality TV Gives Back: On the Civic Functions of Reality Entertainment. Journal Of Popular Film & Television, 38(2), 66-71.

PR, N. (2014, October 15). Has Reality TV Run Its Course?. PR Newswire US.

• This source talks a lot about how reality television is now and how it became to be. It also explores what the future has in store for reality TV good and bad. I will use this source contribute to how it has and continues to grow/expand.

Propaganda

1. Slogan
Most beauty products have a catchy slogan that tends to get stuck in people's heads like "Maybe she's born with it, maybe it's Maybelline." This cheeky slogan, to me, implies that no girl or woman can be naturally beautiful, it has to be make up, her true self is some how concealed or "done up."

2. Glittering Generalities
This product is offering that "fine lines," "dark circles" and "crow's feet" will be erased. The first thing wrong with this is that there's no actual evidence of this. Also, it's beyond clear that this model was photo shopped and probably has never used the product.





1. Appeal to Fear
I'm not saying I'm pro smoking, but Jesus, this ad is not okay. It's quite terrifying as it implies if you smoke you might as well just put a bullet through your skull and kill yourself that way. I just feel this is super inappropriate and people should be presented facts and emotional support instead of using this scare tactic.

2. Black & White
It's presenting an either-or-choice of if you smoke kill yourself now or die later.

Brainstorming

I have a few ideas on what to write on...

1. Women in Movies
Yes we know the portrayal of women on screen is horrendously skewed, but lets look beyond that at the type of roles they play. I feel women aren't given complex roles anymore, they are just there to look good and appeal to a male audience (think Megan Fox in Transformers) and I would like to further investigate this and find many more examples and contrast it against roles women had in lets say the 50's and 60's.





2. Gender Roles on screen
This is a similar idea to the first one, except it would be slightly different and would focus on movies and television.


3. Reality Television
Just discovering the history of reality television and the path that helped create what it is today. I would like to know all aspects of it, for example, how much is real, how much is scripted, how do they find people, and discuss the different type of reality shows there are and there popularity. I think theres a lot to this subject that would be fun to explore.