tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305231640303360278.post4055806168924326650..comments2013-12-04T02:06:43.105-06:00Comments on J 201 - Section 310: Online Assignment #3_DobbsChris Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09166012779338484334noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305231640303360278.post-50604866259012851252013-12-04T01:56:56.745-06:002013-12-04T01:56:56.745-06:00Great analysis. I feel like you backed up your arg...Great analysis. I feel like you backed up your arguments well. It is scary how much Disney "sexualizes" women. It is also scary that young girls would pick that up from them. Your argument here is really strong. I didn't understand why they used the playground clips, but with your analysis I had a better idea. The magnitude of how much the girls are impacted by Disney's image of women is scary. <br /><br />I agreed with your second point about the culture studies. It feels as if Disney and the media have the ability to set the stereotypes with see in race. Again, it was scary to see how much young kids are effected by this. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12868883627098543913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305231640303360278.post-46022973526570566502013-12-03T15:42:12.892-06:002013-12-03T15:42:12.892-06:00Your analysis of this documentary brought up some ...Your analysis of this documentary brought up some interesting points. The point about how the children they asked could not recall, or had never seen black people in any of the movies, not to mention in a lead, role is very sad. They clearly do not fairly represent all races in their films, and if they do, they usually represent them in poor, stereotypical light. The fact that they represent them as animals is an interesting concept that I hadn’t thought much about, but can have severe impacts, especially in combination with presenting them as low class characters. The way they represent cultures in these films can not only impact the children, but insult many others who watch these films and understand the implications. They often display other cultures or races in stereotypical ways by making them act a certain way, or giving them a stereotypical and degrading appearance. Your points in the second aspect can also influence the first. These displays of cultures in poor light can have direct and powerful impacts on children's minds. They will grow up, maybe not realizing what they saw in these movies, but the concepts will stick with them. They can have influence over children’s views of the world for the rest of their lives. It’s sad to grow up and realize that the movies you grew up on actually possess sexist, racist, and other offense messages hidden beneath a facade of innocence and magic. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11668547913922340117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305231640303360278.post-8082672214815470222013-12-02T20:03:18.264-06:002013-12-02T20:03:18.264-06:00Great analysis in general. The magic bullet and cu...Great analysis in general. The magic bullet and cultural studies perspectives were both very prominent in this film. Great examples from each speaker, also. The part about black people not being featured very often in Disney films came across as especially interesting to me since it made me realize that minorities are critically underrepresented in this form of media. All that I would add is a brief definition/explanation of what the magic bullet/cultural perspectives are just to contextualize this information to readers who aren't familiar with those terms. Keep up the good work!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071924960422237414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305231640303360278.post-89303449736795792832013-12-02T15:33:06.652-06:002013-12-02T15:33:06.652-06:00Great job, Linzie. You were really effective in y...Great job, Linzie. You were really effective in your analysis and connecting class concepts with the film. <br /><br />The Magic Bullet perspective was not one that I picked up on as prominently in the film, but you were very convincing in your arguments. I definitely see how young girls not only see and experience certain portrayals of women but actively exhibit the behaviors as well. Your example of the young girls reenacting specific scenes from Disney films showed just how powerful the media can be; it changes how children lead their lives and impacts their everyday actions.<br /><br />Your paragraph on the Cultural perspective was also very strong. All three of your examples offered a lot of convincing credibility to your argument. It is very clear that Disney carries a sense of caucasian superiority, something that even children are going to pick up on.<br /><br />If I could offer one criticism it would be to more fully explain the two perspectives you used to analyze this film. You did a great job of using examples and explanations to show why the perspectives were used, but a little more content on what exactly the Magic Bullet and Cultural perspectives are would be quite useful to the reader. Using these explanations will help you to not only explain the effects media has but how the media does so as well.<br /><br />Overall this was a great analysis!Sydney Heylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285730790485703636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305231640303360278.post-75059061683217269042013-12-02T14:32:23.918-06:002013-12-02T14:32:23.918-06:00Great analysis Linzie, I can tell you made real co...Great analysis Linzie, I can tell you made real connections between the 5 perspectives of media systems and the Mickey Mouse Monopoly film. I also saw representation of the Magic Bullet concept in the film; however, in a completely different context. I thought the part of the film that focused on how women are portrayed in Disney films was very interesting and your application of the Magic Bullet theory really helped me understand how this system works in children’s play and their emulation of Disney’s characters. It also made me much more critical of Disney’s representation of women and how this representation of women is played out in American society in other mediums of media, for example, advertising. <br />You also gave a lot of great evidence to show how the cultural studies perspective theory plays out in Disney films with stereotypical characterizations. I think if you applied Stuart Hall’s work to your argument you could make even more connections to how Disney unfairly represents different cultures in its films. Stuart Hall was one of the original advocators of multiculturalism and equality. He believed that power is unequally distributed in society according to race. This inequality, he believes, is reproduced in mass media messages like the ones we see in Mickey Mouse Monopoly with the representation of Asians, Latinos and Blacks in society.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11231729001896744767noreply@blogger.com