Television in our lives/ Wome Do Get Hurt!

In the essay Framing Class," Vicarious Living and Conspicuous Consumption" I liked how the author Diana Kendall viewed how television has shaped the way that people in America view and see how the classes in our society are. We see shows on Television shows that are really not that good but the actors in it become famous and known for the ridiculous things they have done. For example like how Kendall talked about the Simple Life. In this show they either play class difference for fun or just put everything under the rug to make it invisible. Paris and Nicole are not like the normal family that can live on a farm and work but in this show they make it seem that they can be just like everyone else.
Television has a huge effect on our society right now. Billions of people watch it everyday and they see many false ideas on how life really is. They encourage people to think that they can just rise to fame with ease, like Kendall said," they too can be the next American Idol." People spend so much time and money dreaming of ideas that they have seen on television. I bet each one of us has wished that we could be like that person on that show one time or another.
We spend so much money on televisions shows and commercials everyday. I think that instead of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on commercials and shows, they should save it on things that are way more important especially with society we have now. I really like this essay it made me think and see how some of these shows are really portrayed.

In reading," Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt," it ties into the first essay that I read about the media. Once again it shows how the media plays a big role in our lives. In the being of the essay it says that, " glorify," rape and violence on television had made it seem to be okay in real life. The author of this essay, Jean Kilbourne, does a good job in using the advertisements to show her readers examples of how the media has become so much about sexuality and how men are dominant over woman.

In the media we can see for ourselves all the abuse that goes on the television, it is everywhere. When there is so much violence on television, it makes people think that it okay to just go around and maybe beat their wife or partner. We see how celebrities are always on the news for beating there girlfriends or wives and not getting any real consequences for their action. It is all because they are powerful rich men that dominate over everyone. Also, in the media like Kilbourne said it makes men think that they have to have control over the woman or else they are, " whipped." The media just needs to change its point of view because it is giving ideas that are not good for their public. Yes, they might be making money from all the advertisements they make or the shows they put on but is it all really worth it if it hurts someone?