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Media and the American Culture

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In what ways is American culture learned?

AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION1. Family - Teach gender roles and expectations

• Primary agents of socialization2. School - Conflict theorists contend that schools foster competition through rewards and punishment - someone learning a skill may feel stupid because they do not learn it fast enough3. Peer Group - Teenagers imitate their friends - ease transition to adulthood4. Mass Media and Technology

• 32% under 7 have their own TV’s• 53% of children 12-18 have their own TV’s• Television promotes the values of a given society; Europe vs.

U.S.5. Workplace - Behave appropriately in an occupation6. The State - Individual as a citizen

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What did you find out in your assignment?• Media and its effects on children…• Purchase Power• American Values• American Culture- fashion, etc.• World Views• Right v. Wrong

• Media and its effects on adults…• Purchase power• Politics• World Views• American Culture- fashion, etc.

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Differences?

Written Media Visual Media

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Visual Media and the American Conscious• Television-watching Americans see approximately

100 TV commercials a day.

• In that same 24 hours they also see a ton of print ads, billboard signs, and other corporate messages slapped onto every available surface.• Studies estimate that 16,000 ads flicker across an

individual's consciousness daily.

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Visual Media and the American Conscious• TV ads are built on one simple idea: If you buy X, you'll

get Y. • Y is rarely the product itself• It's a positive emotion, a perfect relationship, higher social

status or an amazing experience. • For example:• Big Red gum="kiss a little longer." • Toys "R" Us=reconnect with your youthful self, allowing you to

have even more fun with your kids. • Verizon phone=stay close with your family. • Calvin Klein jeans will make you sexy like Kate Moss• Nike sports apparel will make you ready to "Just Do It" like a

professional athlete.

• There is no human emotion or concern — love, lust, war, childhood innocence, social rebellion, spiritual enlightenment, even disgust with advertising — that cannot be reworked into a sales pitch.

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Visual Media and the American Conscious• All 16,000 ads are “idealized”• Idealization means that whatever's happening in the ad is

ahead of where culture is right now. It's not what we've got, but instead it's richer, sexier and cooler!

• TV ads drive culture by reflecting only the lucky top 0.001 percent of what's possible.

• When the remaining 99.999 percent of culture imitates it, the center of culture shifts.

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What are American Values?

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Just a few…

1. Equal Opportunity2. Achievement and Success3. Material Comfort4. Activity and Work5. Practicality and Efficiency6. Progress7. Science8. Democracy and Enterprise9. Freedom10.Physical Beauty/Fitness

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• What is your view of beauty?• Boys list the attributes of a girl that makes her beautiful. Keep

it clean!• Girls do the same for boys. Keep it clean!

Discussion-1. How do the boys’ view of beauty differ from the girls?2. Do you think the roles society has taught you play a part

in your responses?3. What is our societal view of beauty?4. Do you make an attempt to conform to the societal

view?5. What was the societal view of beauty in the past?

The Societal View of BeautyTHINK – PAIR – SHARE