Call of Duty: Modern Warfare- a perfect example of "Militainment" Militainment are military-themed entertainment pieces such as video games, movies, shows and more. The theory was created by Roger Stahl, who states that these cultural products invite citizens to actively engage in wars, rather than passively watch or hear about it. They also introduce a… Continue reading Militainment as the New Modern Warfare
It is 2019, why is racism still OK? More Than a Word addresses the systemic use of racist slurs and images against Indigenous people in sports team marketing, specifically the Washington Redskins. The arguments from the Indigenous peoples surround the harmful stereotypes and characterizations of first nations groups. They aim to nail the point home that… Continue reading Indigenous peoples: More than a Caricature for Fan Amusement
More than just a makeover... Brand New You and Reality Check explore the side effects of reality television shows that focus on the idea of transformations and empowerment via the act of makeovers. These shows do not display the negative effects that reality television can have on these people’s’ lives. From financial crises to mental health issues participants… Continue reading Hearing the Positivity Loud and Queer: Netflix’s Queer Eye as New-Age Reality TV
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class examines television’s portrayal of the working class people and addresses the various harmful or inaccurate stereotypes presented. It defines the working class as people who are living paycheque to paycheque and have a lower income. Television is a construction of our reality: what we want to see or… Continue reading A Breath of Fresh Air in the Modern Portrayal of the Working Class in Television
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRI-rihyGpU Official Happy Feet movie trailer Over the past 20 years, Hollywood has introduced environmentally conscientious media to tackle the changing climate and to appeal to the public’s growing awareness of environmental issues. This new media integrates environmental or “green” themes into stories to address increasingly pertinent environmental concerns. George Miller’s Happy Feet is an… Continue reading Happy Feet: More than just a cute movie
"Arabs" have, for a long, time been nothing but villainized on our western screens. Scholar Jack Shaheen has been working to address this issue for many years, and in my opinion, the issue of Arab representation is finally starting to turn a new leaf. https://youtu.be/zfoZ1xOBwkw Opening theme to Disney's Aladdin TV Show . There has… Continue reading The Reel Arab: Changing or not?
In Killing Us Softly 4, Jean Kilbourne explains the negative impacts of advertising on women's body image. I examine the recent boom of body positive advertising in comparison to what ads looked like when Kilbourne's film was released.
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The media landscape in regards to violent masculinity is more violent than ever, despite the wave in the diversity of representation in said media. There has been an influx of new representations of men, from queer men to men that just don’t fit the mould of a “manly man”, or even representations that straight up… Continue reading Violence, tough guise, the manly man and the media: how do we address toxic masculinity?
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