tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305231640303360278.post8892236997574648329..comments2013-12-04T02:06:43.105-06:00Comments on J 201 - Section 310: Online Assignment #3_O'BrienChris Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09166012779338484334noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305231640303360278.post-26334001242466332392013-12-03T00:22:49.504-06:002013-12-03T00:22:49.504-06:00Erin, I believe you had some really good points in...Erin, I believe you had some really good points in your analysis. I completely agree with the view of the children reacting to Beauty and the Beast. The way those kids were directly affected by the positive messages they were perceiving is exactly what the Magic Bullet perspective is saying. I think it’s also very scary to see how easy it is to trick young kids into believing things that they would normally perceive as bad as good. I thought this was especially interesting because I think that this was a pretty harming message for a young child to interpret incorrectly as it could be very bad for them later on in life. I also agree with the point of the poor feminist portrayals of female characters in Disney movies. I also used the example of these representations in my analysis like the way women are portrayed sexually in movies like Aladdin. I do think that the point of the African-American actors voicing the hyenas in the Lion King is actually more fitting in the Cultural Studies perspective only because the media is used in this perspective to delegitimize someone or something. The point is still correct and well written, just in the wrong spot. Overall I enjoyed your analysis and thought you had some great points. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09585281689106370759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305231640303360278.post-55329385201204916842013-12-02T22:32:30.559-06:002013-12-02T22:32:30.559-06:00Great job Erin! I think you really come up with so...Great job Erin! I think you really come up with some interesting points in your analysis, ones that I have not thought of before. I think your first example for the magic bullet is very effective and proves your point adequately. The second example you use, however, may also be seen as a cultural studies effect and could also be connected to that class concept. You then go on to relate cultivation research to the same example. I think realizing that three different course concepts can be pulled from the same example is important and also interesting at the same time because we get to see the example from multiple perspectives. When you do go on to talk about cultural studies, I think your examples you use here are great as well, and I used some of the same ones. FInally, I enjoyed that in your concluding paragraph that you say you are an avid lover of Disney and it is hard to hear about all of this negativity form such a positive thing we have grown up with. I think that is a very relevant claim, and I think a lot of people feel the same way. Great job overall! Linzie Dobbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05775938266690642184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305231640303360278.post-88209986505969271752013-12-02T19:49:32.247-06:002013-12-02T19:49:32.247-06:00Erin, I completely agree with your ideas. I also a...Erin, I completely agree with your ideas. I also am a huge fan of Disney’s films, and it is difficult for me to think about them in critical ways since they are such a dear part of my childhood. Until this assignment, I had not considered how Disney’s representations of different races, cultures, and women are extremely stereotypical and caused me to associate these ideas into my conceptions at such a young and vulnerable age. I also agree that Disney does not have mal-intentions when creating these films of portraying white, male, Americans as superior to other. I think this idea is hypercritical of Disney and gives too much consideration to the power stereotypes in mass media. <br />On another note, I found it interesting that you mentioned the cultural studies effect when discussing Dr. Henry Giroux’s thoughts on how Disney’s global power structure exhibits power over the media industry. I think an application of the agenda setting perspective would be more supportive of your claim here. This perspective involves the concept that actual reality and the media’s realty affect each other and affect the public’s perception of reality. It seemed to me like Dr. Henry Giroux was more directly talking about how Disney’s power in the media system allows them to set the agenda of realty and ideologies in society like the distinctions between races and cultures and roles of men and women. Overall, great arguments and great use of support and quality evidence. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11231729001896744767noreply@blogger.com