Blog 12

*Respond to the film Killing Us Softly.  What impact does advertising have on how people view themselves?  Can you describe or include in your blog an ad that perpetuates some of the messages Killborn describes?

- Killing Us Softly was a very good video to watch, it shows a lot about how advertising tries to make people look perfect.  All the women in this video were beautiful, thin, and had perfect features.  I think this can have a poor impact on people that see these advertisements because they think this is what beauty looks like and strive too look like that, when really it took a lot of editing to make those girls look that way. 
Killborn explains that women look more like things than human beings.  She says that most of the time just one part of the woman's body is shown such as her breasts, or her butt.  She shows an ad that is supposed to be for fishing line and it has a picture of a woman's bra that is snapped.  The main focus of this picture is the woman's breasts, and then at the very bottom of the picture it says something about it being a really strong fishing line.  I think that this shows people, especially men that women can be treated like things because they don't have feelings.  It is sad that the market can treat and show women like that but the even more sad part of it is that some women believe that they should be treated like things.  Advertising has a very big impact on people today, it is sad that they can't change the way they show people.

Blog 10

*How does reality television relate to and affect people who watch it?  What makes reality television shows so popular?  What is the largest archetype that you see being used in reality television shows?

-I think that the reason why reality shows are so popular is because people think that they are supposed to be able to relate to it.  They think since its "reality" television its all real, when in truth it is sometimes scripted and set up.  The largest archetype in reality television is usally that there is one person of color, a homosexual, or a total prissy girl.  The reason why this is the largest archetype is because these people are the type the most drama.  For some reason drama seems to sell a lot more than just normal people living their everyday lives.

Blog 9

*Select a popular culture artifact (company, celebrity, brand, sports team, etc.) that you can discuss in terms of "religification."  How has this artifact been "religified"?  How do people discuss this in reglious terms?  What people follow this particular "religion"?  Who are the people who directly oppose this popular culture "religion"?

- I think that Disney is a perfect example of "religification".  Disney is literally everywhere in the world.  The founder Walt Disney even had christ-like characteristics about him.  People often talk about Disney like it is the promise land and the one place they want to make it to in life.  Even famous athletes often say that "they're going to Disney World!" People all around the world follow Disney, but right now people are so confused about their religion that they kind of like to mix and match.  I think that a lot of people feel as though Disney is a lot like Heaven on Earth.  People who would be opposed to Disney as being "religified" would be people who are still set in the traditional ways of their religion.