Literature review

Young Women Media

Violence in the media has a very marginalizing effect on young women The influence is so drastic in modern day it has developed very stern societal ideals to which women are expected to adhere . Throughout every aspect of the media violent behavior and acts of the like are deemed aspects of the male competitive world , in which women are not welcome In her article , The Influence of Sex Roles on Judgment Joan Meyers-Levy argues that this distinction created by the media is the difference between agentic goals and communal

concerns . Agentic goals center on self-assertion , self-efficacy , and mastery when young women adopt these characteristics , they are degraded and not cordially received within the male dominated society . After reviewing many scholarly literary sources pertaining to this , I have developed the conclusion that violence in the media has an alienating effect on young women , one that inadvertently objectifies them and creates sexist expectations . This can be seen utilized throughout multiple factions of the media including magazines television , and especially film

The correlations between agentic and communal goals is the core signifier of the social bs between men and women in society . Joan Meyers-Levy argues that the need for women to be attractive , fragile and decorative property of the community alienates women from the competitive boys club that has become the rat race of our society (1988 . Violence in the media enforces the ideals of this rat race , and therefore enforces the objectification of young women . Along with this objectification coexist all of the ideals that further its practice ideals like female complacency , stupidity and weakness . These can all be seen exemplified through forms of media . One of the more popular media forms known for enforcing these stereotypes through violent and sexually explicit scenarios is reality Television

The creators of reality television make money off of making a spectacle of the lives of the average person . They have made an art of misleading an audience and creating negative representations in to increase suspense and therefore ratings . How Reality TV Fakes It , an article in Time Magazine , investigates the shady world of reality TV including tricks of the trade , stories of those burned by reality TV shows , and money scandals . One of the first issues the article talks about is how the public began to recognize that these shows were scripted . Staff members who create story lines , coach interview answers and cobble together video--say their work amounts to writing , and they are suing their networks and production companies , arguing that they deserve to be covered by the Guild of America . Their employers refuse to regard them as which would mean they make more money and have more benefits . As a result , they save money on writing , don 't have to pay actors when they can manipulate characters and preserve an illusion ' that these shows are true to life . Also in the article are the personal stories of several veterans of the industry . Sarah Kozer , a contestant on...