How the representation affects teenage girls: On the cover of this magazine shows Jess Hart a model. Shes has what the media labels as a perfect image; she's blonde, tan, perfect skin, white gleaming teeth, perfect legs and no imperfections. How much of these things does Jess Hart really have are her teeth that white, her skin that perfect and are her legs free of cellulite? She very well could have all of these things but the reality is she doesn't! She has been edited to fit our idea of beauty. Her teeth, hair, skin would of all been touched up it might not be much but I can guarantee it would have.
How the Representation affects society's perception and attitude to teenage girls.
Society creates this one idea on what teenage girls should look like and if you don't fit into that category your classed as ugly or plain. This is a very hard category to fit into and i feel that teenage magazine's should take a stand and put un-photoshopped photos on the covers of there magazines and create a name for themselves that they do not judge on weight, looks or size.
Reasons/ implications for any differences between the representation and reality.
The representation in this article is that she has perfect beach babe skin and hair and inside if we buy this magazine we can have all her amazing model attributes as well by reading about the products she uses. In reality she is photo shopped to look that amazing and to get girls to buy the magazine. Dolly magazine is making profit off the hopeful girls that think by buying this magazine they will be like the cover girl Jess Hart.
Reasons implications why the stereotypes messages and/or values are created by the representation.
Because society and girls believe that Jess Hart is perfect she has all the 'Perfect' attributes eg: blonde, tan , pretty skinny and a good body that's why she gets to be on the cover of dolly magazine. She is selling products to girls on her appearance but she really isn't like this.
PUBLISHED:
22:51 GMT, 1 April 2012 | UPDATED: 22:51 GMT, 1 April 2011
A generation of adolescent
girls will fail to fulfil their professional potential because they are
suffering from low self-esteem about their appearance, it was claimed yesterday.
One in four females aged between 11 and 17 are weighed down by pressure to
conform to an 'ideal notion' of how they should look, a survey suggests. The
study concludes that the low self-esteem will have a disastrous effect on their
career prospects. Almost half of the girls described themselves as 'average'
and 'ordinary' with a further 10 per cent feeling 'plain', 'unattractive' and
'ugly', according to the research The widespread lack of physical confidence
has led to girls spending an average of 42 minutes a day working on their
appearance, choosing outfits and applying make-up – almost as much time as they
spend doing homework. More than half of the girls studied said they would be
happier if they were more physically attractive. The results have been
interpreted to suggest that the lack of confidence among young women will mean
thousands fail to achieve their professional potential. It is claimed Britain
could lose some 319,000 future businesswomen, lawyers and doctors, as well as
more than 60 women MPs by 2050 unless young women can be helped to retain
confidence in their own abilities. The predictions are based on face-to-face
interviews with 500 girls between 11 and 17 from across Britain, the results of
which were used to forecast future employment. Almost half of the girls
described themselves as 'average' and 'ordinary' with a further 10 per cent
feeling 'plain', 'unattractive' and 'ugly', according to the research, which
was commissioned by Dove. The research showed girls spend an average of 42
minutes a day working on their appearance, choosing outfits and applying make-up
The survey found that they spend 23 minutes a day applying make-up or beauty
treatments and 19 minutes a day choosing what to wear. By contrast, time spent
on homework averages only slightly higher, at 52 minutes a day. Five per cent
of girls say they hate the way they look, and a further 20 per cent say that
'there is a lot I would change'. Negative comments about their appearance from
other girls were one of the biggest factors making girls feel less confident,
the survey found. And low self-esteem damages their prospects, with only one in
three confident that she will have a successful career. Market research
specialist The Future Foundation used the interview results to make a series of
predictions relating to future career paths. Using complex statistical
analysis, they said that low self-esteem currently felt by young girls will
reduce the likelihood of them following inspirational career paths in politics,
business and sport. William Nelson, director of research at The Future
Foundation, said: 'Even among high-achieving girls, those with lower
self-esteem were significantly less likely to be aiming for
"high-profile" careers in future. ‘He added: 'In every profession we
looked at, we predict decent growth in the presence of women in coming decades
– but numbers of women will not grow as strongly as they could if lowered
self-esteem among girls and young women were to be addressed.' Penny Newman,
chief executive of Platform 51, formerly the YWCA, added: 'Every day we work
with girls and women who suffer from low self-esteem. 'Whether it presents as a
lack of confidence about their ability, their body or their worth, these
deep-seated anxieties really hold girls back from achieving their potential. 'Dove
has launched its Dove Self-Esteem Programme to try to change the way young
girls perceive and embrace beauty. The company aims to contact young people
through self-esteem workshops, which will be held in schools all over the
country. Dove spokesman Ali Fisher said: 'We are passionate about our social
mission and want to continue to help young girls and women develop a positive relationship
with their bodies.'
How the representation affects teenage girls: As shown in this article representation of teenage girls in the media is affecting there self esteem, schooling and a successful career.In Mean girls we constantly hear and see them fussing over there appearance for example in this video clip below there is 3 beautiful girls standing in front of the mirror to me and other girls they are perfect the are popular, pretty, skinny and seem to have it all. But these 3 girls in the mirror have very low self esteem which makes us think they don't believe they are beautiful then what do they think of us. In the article above it shows that 42 minutes a day for the average girl is spent working on there appearance, choosing outfits and applying make up this statistic has a huge relation to the media and the films magazines and other media that teenage girls are always bombarded with. in the article it states that ' five percent of girls say they hate the way they look and a further 20 percent say that there is a lot i would change.' this is the media's fault constantly showing them photoshoped photos in magazines and super skinny models on the runway, and movies scenes like the following clip of mean girls.
How the Representation affects society's perception and attitude to teenage girls.
To society it makes teenage girls seem weak and dependent. In the article it states the ' one in three teenage girls are confident that she will have a successful career.' this is a very bad statistic it should be at least 2/3 or even 3/3. This all come back to the girls having low self-esteem which damages their prospects of getting a good job. Society perceive girls as needy and helpless, always complaining about the way they look feel their weight and the many of things that are wrong with there body's.
Reasons/ implications for any differences between the representation and reality.
In the representation of teenage movies they never have to worry about school work as the films never show them getting a job or qualification. so there is more time for boys, make up , hair, clothes and gossip. But in reality girls need to be more focused on their school work and not rely on the media to give them tips for life because in reality you need to work hard and school and get qualifications other wise you will not go very far in your life and not have a successful career. In the article it states that 'time spent on homework averages only slightly higher than the amount of time spent on there appearance which is 42 minutes a day and time on home work is 52 minutes a day.'
Reasons implications why the stereotypes messages and/or values are created by the representation.
We are constenlty bombared in the media with people trying to sell us things. We always see in the media girls selling anti-wrinkle cream and they have no wrinkles due to photoshop it makes us feel very insecure and unhappy about our image as this is shown in the article above. They are also doing the same with acne creme, cellulite and tanning creme.
Easy A is when a clean cut, unnoticed High school student
relys on the school rumors to advance her social and finanical standings. Olive
the main character is played by Emma Stone. She starts off doing a favour
for her gay friend Brandon, she pretends to sleep with him at a party. He
tells a few of his friends and they go to Olive to ask her if she would do
the same for them. She agrees not because she wants to look slutty but to
help them out. They pay her and give her things like coupons and vouchers,
this gets around the school and it makes Olive sound like a even bigger
slut than they think she already is. She is given the stereotype of the
Slut of the school, she wears bright red lip stick, wears short dresses, high
heels and sew's a bright red A on
to her clothes. She struts around the place wearing these things acting
like she has done the things the rumours are saying making people believe the
rumours. Olive only had one really good friend at the start of
the movie before the rumours, her name was Rhiannion but she left Olive
when Olive started to become more popular than she was. Olive
embraces her stereotype and she becomes what everyone thinks she is. Then in
the end she reliases she doesnt want people looking down on her and believeing
the rumors so she makes a video and tricks people into watching it and
she tells her side of the story to her high school.
Olive
is also a counter type because she doesn't do anything wrong or slutty. She is
doing the boys a favour by pretending to do stuff with them. She is a smart
student that just wanted to blend in with the crowd. Unlike Regina in Mean girls who was the
slut of the school, Olive doesn't have any friends. She doesn't
have a couple of friends that follow her everywhere and tell her how amazing
she is.
How
the representation affects teenage girls. It affects teenage girls because it’s
saying if someone starts a rumour about you that’s not true you should embrace
it and carry on acting like the rumour is true even when it’s not. Because this
is what the character Olive did and everything turned out fine she didn’t get
expelled for dressing inappropriately, she even became more popular with the
guys at her school and the girls envied her. Even though she didn’t have many
friends she got the boys attention and the girls envied her so in one way or
another she was popular, but not in the stereotypical way like mean girls. It gives
girls unrealistic views on how to make friends in high school and how to get
everyone to like you. It’s saying that if you pretend to be someone else you
will become popular I think this is very wrong because all through my life in
reality I have been told that if you act like yourself you will succeed.
How
the representation affects society’s perception of and/or attitude to teenage girls.
Society’s perception on teenage girls after watching this movie would be not be
a good one. Even though this movie is not as strongly stereotyped as mean girls
it still has a few typical stereotypes of teenage girls. For example the
heavily Christian girl that form a group hold hands, protest, sing songs and
torment Olive because she is clearly not following the Christian way of living.
From this stereotype society think that teenage girls go around saying their
Christian and believe in all good but then go around tormenting people and
looking down on others if they are not following their way. To me and others
this is not very Christian of them to be doing this. Society might also think
that girls would go to those extreme lengths about a rumour and go around behaving
like olive did about the rumour.
Reasons
implications for any differences between the representation and reality. Representation
is that olive goes around wearing little clothes and acting like a complete
slut because that’s the only way to be noticed at school and to become popular
and have people talking and thinking about her. But in reality this is not the
only way you can get attention at schools there is much better ways to do this
like achieve something in either sporting or academic. In reality if you
behaved like Olive does in Easy A girls would not envy you at all they would
hate you and ostracise you. They would make up even bigger rumours and bitch
about you behind your back. The guys would talk about you but they too would
like you are one big slut and not all guys would be drooling over you like in
the movie or be interested in someone like that. In this representation of how
to make friends and be popular it’s saying that if you’re pretend to be someone
you’re not you will be popular and succeed. In reality this is the other way
around. In reality no one would go to those extreme lengths Olive did just to
prove the rumour was true and that she was enjoying being the slut of the
school by embroding a red A on her clothing.
Sunday, 25 March 2012
The Hunger Games:
Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games is portrayed as a strong, single minded girl that stands for what she believes in. She volunteers for her sister to take her place in the Hunger games. She's not represented like the majority of teenage girls in the media who are ; Blonde, popular and pretty. She's portrayed as a intelligent, athletic, strong, capable girl, who was never noticed in school. She comes from a poor family which consists of her sister Primrose and her mother who both heavily rely on her to catch there food since there dad died in a mine accident.
She joins up with fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark to compete in the Hunger Games together. She uses her knowledge of hunting and archery to survive which she learnt from her late father, and the two become the victors after she defys the Capitol's attempt to force one to kill the other. Defying the capital requires great strength and comes with a big price sometimes even death. She stood up for what she believed in when she defied them she saved Peeta's life and her own.
Katniss becomes the symbol of a rebellion for the twelve districts to rebel against the Capitol.
How the representation affects teenage girls: I feel that the representation of Katniss Everdeen is a positive one. She doesn't care what anyone thinks of her and her appearance doesn't matter to her. She is still very pretty with minimal makeup or no make up on . she has a single braid down her back every day, shes a very plain girl yet she still has two boys falling in love with her because she is herself she has her own look and personality, she looks fresh and her age. She determined and fights for what she believes in which is sending a good message to teenage girls she doesn't always get what she wants but sh doesn't ever give up. She has to look after her family and play the role of mother sometimes this is also good for teenagers to see as she works and helps out her family instead of ignoring and taking them for granted like Regina George does. She doesn't have many friends but the friends she has she doesn't gossip or bitch or complain about how hard her life is she sucks is up and gets over it.
How the Representation affects society's perception and attitude to teenage girls.
It makes society believe that girls are just as capable and as strong as boys are. They can be a fair competitor when competing in the hunger games and have the many the same abilities and capablities and males do. This strength in females is shown through the main character Katniss Everdeen.
Reasons/ implications for any differences between the representation and reality.
In reality most people that would see this movie to not live in as harsh conditions as Katniss does. they wont have to go hunting for food and be forced to compete in hunger games. In reality we get so much more than Katniss does like fresh food, shops, clean clothes, hot and cold fresh water and electricity but we take it all for granted and complain if the powers out for a night or our clothes are clean or if we dont like our food. katniss portarays girls very well and she provideds a role model to look up to for teenage girls in the media.
Stereotypes are groups that are categorised due to appearance , hobbies and behaviour. In movies stereotyping is a quick easy way to learn about the characters. Stereotypes are usually a simple broad mental picture that describes all the members in a group. Different stereotypes include; Emo's, Nerds, The Populars or Plastics, Band geeks, The different races, Cheerleaders, Jocks etc. Click below to see all the different stereotypes of mean girls?
In mean girls we see the typical stereotypes of a teenage high school. The Emo's, Nerds, The Populars or Plastics, Band geeks, The different races, Cheerleaders and Jocks. In mean girls these are the so exaggerated that you know its not reality. The effectiveness of the features in casting these different stereotypes was very well done they got the right stereotypical look very well in each clique this was helped by make up and costumes. The representation of teenage girls in mean girls affects teenage girls because girls are looking into the media for guidance on what to wear and how to act. When they see the girls behaving the way they do in mean girls there starting to behave the same way. here is one example below: Brigham Young University professor Sarah
Coyne tested the way 53 college-age British women responded to
movies featuring women being either violent or mean-spirited. The
women were divided into three groups, watching clips from either “Kill Bill,”
“Mean Girls” or a nonviolent movie. They were then asked questions by a rude
researcher.
When asked to subject the researcher to a
loud noise or to grade the researcher’s performance, the women who watched
“Mean Girls” and “Kill Bill” were significantly more aggressive toward the
researcher than the control group was. The study suggests that the effect of
watching girls engage in indirect bullying of each other, known as relational
aggression, is as harmful as watching violent images. This is how mean girls is making teenage girls react to situations where their patience is tested.
The differences between reality and representation. For teenage girls to feel pretty and be
popular they need to be thin, busty, and wear revealing clothing while
gossipping about their friends and others and spend most of there time worrying
about boys and parties rather than their school work. This is exactly what mean girls is all about. The movie Mean girls is turning into a reality. The representation of the way the girls speak to each other in mean girls is rude and appalling. They call each other whore's and biaach. This is mainly said by the head Mean Girl Regina George. This dialogue is showing that people can call you all types of names but its normal and you shouldn't be offended its just the way to talk and treat each other. In reality you would have no friends and not be very popular if you called your friends these names. The way these girls are representation is in a very bad way its giving teenage girls unrealistic ideas on how to behave ,act and dress in the company of others. Regina George is the head plastic she is mean, manipulative and nasty, i feel the reason she is like this is because she was brought up a spoilt child, and for most of her life she could of been the only child which is why she was so spoilt because we she her sister which looks to be 10 years younger than her. I feel that Regina is mean because she was brought up spoilt and not taught any better and got whatever she wanted. In mean girls Regina takes her parents for granted she bosses them around for example she makes them swap bedrooms with her because she wanted the bigger room. In reality most parents would be a lot stricter and would tolerate such nonsense from their children. How Regina treats her parents is showing that if you treat them like that there will be no consequences.
The clothes they wear in mean girls is very revealing, short, pink and shows a lot of skin in all places. Above is their Halloween costumes and below is there everyday clothing. As you can see they are all wearing very short skirts, high heels, all have their hair down. This shows that they are all the same they wear the same things and there all doing a 'sexy' pose. This message shown through the way these girls dress is that your only going to be pretty and popular if you dress less.
How does mean girls affect society?
Mean girls affects society because young girls are watching this film and thinking its ok to act the way these girls are. If these girls act like they are on the movie then they perceive that there going to be cool and popular just like these girls. But the reality is if girls acted the way these girls do in the movie then they will have no friends. If girls treated there friends like Regina does they will have no friends. In reality you cannot get away with calling your friends Biaatch, slut and whore. You also cannot get away with dressing like they do to school. If you had the attitude of any of the plastics you would not be very well liked by anyone in reality no one would think you were cool.
In Mean girls we constantly hear and see them fussing over there appearance for example in this video clip below there is 3 beautiful girls standing in front of the mirror to me and other girls they are perfect the are popular, pretty, skinny and seem to have it all. But these 3 girls in the mirror have very low self esteem which makes us think they don't believe they are beautiful then what do they think of us.
In Mean girls we constantly hear and see them fussing over there appearance for example in this video clip above there is 3 beautiful girls standing in front of the mirror to me and other girls they are perfect the are popular, pretty, skinny and seem to have it all. But these 3 girls in the mirror have very low self esteem which makes us think they don't believe they are beautiful then what do they think of us.
Reasons/ implications why the stereotypes messages and/or values are created by the representation.
Blonde haired girls are shown very easily as the dumb blonde because they have become such a big stereotype that you can tell by looking at them what there character is like the often have a blank took on there face and there doing something little that's dumb for example Karen Smith you can tell she is a very simple stupid girl that just follows the head popular around by looking at the picture at the very top of the page it shows Karen trying to tell a secret but has her hand the wrong way.
