This image is from the cover of EGM magazine. When you see this sexy character, is your mind really focused on game play? These sexy women characters are becoming more common in video games today.
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-What messages have been developed in these advertisements? (create descriptions for the ad and messages)
Our mission is to address the issue of sexual objectification of women in the media, specifically in advertisements featured in men’s magazines. We hope that because we draw attention to these images and ideas that both men and women can become wiser consumers and more media literate about women being portrayed as sex objects. Enjoy!
MEET US.
- WE ARE NOT SEX OJECTS :)
- Our mission is to address the issue of sexual objectification of women in the media, specifically in advertisements featured in men’s magazines. We have chosen to target ads in men’s magazines because they tend to be filled with more ads that sexually objectify women than other magazines. The images that we have posted feature women as objects, they are using a woman’s physical attractiveness, or display of body, and sexuality to sell products. We feel that it is necessary to address this issue because when women are sexually objectified it creates not only false and negative ideas of women but contributes to other issues such as gender inequality. We are not asking people to stop reading these magazines or stop consuming media in general. Our goals are to create awareness about this issue and help people become more media literate about the sexual objectification of women in magazine ads. So that we can accomplish these goals please take time to think about the ideas and information we posted and the questions we have asked you to consider. Thanks!
Think About These Questions:
Answer these questions when you view the ads. By doing so you are practicing the 5 media literacy skills: description, analysis, interpretation, evaluation, and engagement. And when these skills are practiced it helps you become more media literate!
-What do these messages say? Do these advertisements achieve their goal? (analyze your descriptions)
-How do I interpret these messages? How might other consumers interpret these messages differently? (determine meanings of the messages)
-Can I relate these messages to the current views or ideas that I have? (form a personal opinion)
-What can I do now that I’m aware of the messages these advertisements are sending?
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I feel like this magazine would be consumed more by younger, teenage boys considering it's a video game magazine. This is the reason this ad upsets me: this image of this character is making an impression on younger males. They are selling this sexual image of a women and these boys are being influenced at such a young age that they will continue having these ideas about women and carry them on into their adult lives. They learn this image of women is normal when it isn't
ReplyDeleteI agree with what Catherine said. I wanted to point out how weird I think it is that they are now taking the sexuality of women one step further and turning it into a animated character. Now not only are we bombarded with actual women being sexually objectified but now we are shown cartoon women being sexually objectified
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