The Porning of America Pp. 141-153 Reading Review 2 In the reading The Porning of America, authors Carmine Sarracino and Kevin M. Scott use a chronological view to show how pornography has become part of mainstream America. From it’s early beginnings of cheaply printed chapbooks with drawings and smutty jokes and prostitutes being paid to have sex on grainy film, the sex industry has always been painted as a negative light, similar to the way our culture has viewed the act of sex itself. Now days the Porn industry has grown in an iconic and economic powerhouse in America, with full-length feature films and celebrity status. Our society has become so accepting that we openly market products like sex training classes, male enhancement pills
As the story proceeds, the protagonist’s drug use increases as well. At the beginning of the novel, the main character is "high" on cocaine and hidden in the shadows of a dimly lit nightclub. The reader’s first confrontation with drug abuse in this book is on the first page, which sends out a loud and clear message that the book will have a lot to with this subject. “All might come clear if you could just slip into the bathroom and do a little more Bolivian Marching Powder. Then again, it might not.
I do no think that everyone in our society helps promote drug use. For an example television; they are numerous reality shows out there such as Addiction & Celebrity Rehab. I think these types of shows gives us viewers a front row seat into the struggle, pain and self reflection that is inevitable when dealing with substance abuse issues. It is these types of shows that open many people’s eyes to quickly growing drug epidemic in our society. It is good to know that there are effective treatment programs out there that can help handle people’s addiction.
Identify and assess some of the factors which help define media genres ‘Genre’ is a subjective way of classifying texts by connecting them via their common elements and separating them via their differences: ‘genres are instances of repetition and difference’ (Neale 1980: 48) . In terms of media texts: “The concept of genre is now widely used, both as a way of categorising forms of media production and output […] to explain how we, the audience, make sense of the ‘flow‘ of media output by identifying and organising.” (O’Sullivan 2003: 56). Examples of key factors that identify media genres will be described in terms of films, books and magazines, though genre applies to all types of media text including music and television. In the most basic sense media texts can be classified into genres by looking at their most fundamental features- for example narrative (the content or plot of the text), themes, audio-visual codes/iconography (costumes, lighting), setting, form, mood, structure and the text‘s reality and relevance to the ‘real world‘ (verisimilitude). If one was to try and identify a film’s genre there are three main indicators (setting, form and mood).
Even in this smaller grouping, there was a vast separation based off of age and sex. Age played a tremendous role for separating adolescents and younger children. This was also integrated indiscriminately in our everyday media attention. Most of the cards for the younger generation were far more exciting, very playful, and downright cutesy. Commercials and television shows exhibit the same philosophies.
Influence of Visual Media Paper Culture and visual entertainment media have more than one thing to relate. People can relate what goes on in TV shows and Movies, Some shows and movies are base off a true story. These types of media can or have help others by teaching them about life, and other people how they live. One of the biggest impact on TV shows and Movies in this media are Celebrities, They can make a big impact how we think and how we will learn throughout the future. America has been shaped by this type of media in many different ways.
While with television shows, you may not look up to or be influenced by the actor, you are influenced by the character in which they play on television. The way America visual media has shaped is because it is relatable and we are influenced by what we see. Entertainment media has many benefits and has brought many challenges as well. American culture has changed the way we interact with others. Throughout the many years of entertainment media, things have changed for the positive.
However, certain factors are altering the profile of what could be regarded as the country's culture, while the film industry itself is undergoing a crucial transition. The corpus of songs and oral literature, festivals, rituals, the traditional religion, performing arts, music, dance, and indeed, the entire range of artifacts constituting traditional oral performance of Nigerian culture are represented in Nigerian movies. Introduction This work highlights the Nigerian movie industry and demonstrates how it impacts and influences African culture. “We are often reminded that film is a powerful medium of entertainment and the transmission of cultural values” (Orewere, p.206). In this study, Nigerian films will be viewed through a relevant theoretical framework deeply rooted in Nigerian cultural traditions and social texts and a comprehensive methodology that focuses on the intervening mediations between community life and representation.
He noticed our grades got better tremendously since the videos. I sometimes feel that I am there while watching movies or documentaries about our history. I feel these different forms of visual entertainment have shaped American culture and its values. The influence of these movies and TV shows how examined a certain way for people who watch them to act differently. For example, Marilyn Monroe was a celebrity in the past who was admired by many men and women.
I’m sure majority can think of one situation in which this has happened to them. The internet has become one of the biggest forms of advertisement and has also shown an increase in the commercialization of sex. In the article, The Internet and the Commercialization of Sex: A Gender Perspective, it discusses the act of commercializing sex and the violence it portrays upon woman. “Worldwide, there has been a widespread increase of pornographic and wanton violence in the media. In its 11th May 2005 Report on sex trade’s reliance on forced labor, the International Labor Organization noted, that technological developments such as the Internet, as well as the proliferation of tourism, escort agencies, human trafficking, pornography, and media outlets that advertise sexual services, have contributed to the growing demand for commercial sex.