According to the Oxford Dictionary, twerking is an act where an individual, usually a female, “dance[s] to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance.” Said to originate from African descent, the…
Mistaking Appropriation for Appreciation
Cultural appropriation is a term that refers to the adoption of some specific elements of one culture by a different cultural group. It differs from acculturation or assimilation in that ‘appropriation’ or ‘misappropriation’ refers to the inclusion and absorption…
Which Picture Would The News Use?
The recent events in Ferguson, Missouri have raised many issues concerning media and particularly in regard to professionalism amidst the tense racial climate. Among the multitude of social media movements that the ongoing situation has produced is a particular campaign…
Casting of Disabled Characters in TV
Disabilities and their representation on TV will always be something in Hollywood poised to add diversity to television shows. This raises the question as to why characters with disabilities are not often represented by people with that specific disability and…
One story, many Views: What are ‘Radicals’ thinking? Symbols of Islam in Various News Sources.
Lots of discussion about militant groups in the Middle East is floating around. The United States has its own history with these conflicts but it is not alone; China has an ongoing conflict with the Muslim Uighur minority, a historical…
Hilton is back for Carl’s Jr. commercial
Advertisement is one of the forms of marketing for sellers to sell their products to the customers. Advertisement encourages, and persuades customers to buy their products. Nowadays, there are a lot of brands and companies who are using sexual aspects…
Are Companies Caring or Capitalistic?
As consumers, we all have that one product that we’re loyal to- so shouldn’t companies return the favor? Apparently Unilever, who owns both AXE and DOVE, prefer capital over consumers. DOVE has great products (my loyalty was with their soap…
Dangerously Fashionable
The fashion industry has a long history of underfed, unhealthy, anorexic models. Recently, this ideal image of a woman has been made even more drastic with the magic of Photoshop. Now more then ever girls and women of all ages…
The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth
What do you think: Would an advertisement be more effective if it were hyperritualized, or hyperreal? We know of the inevitability of advertisers to disguise the truth. Besides, that’s what the advertising industry is – devious persuasion. According to Erving Goffman,…
Does Emojis affect our communication?
According to the statistic from Emojitracker website, people use approximately 300 emoji tweets a second. As the smartphones and social networks developed, people are replacing their words with emojis, which emojis became a sub-language. People express their emotions, and feelings…