The media directly influences all but the most reclusive of our society. We see messages that we don't even know are there and subliminal concepts that change our very own behavior. This is especially true for the media's representation of "body image." Within the media's programming we see an abundance of sexual images, in-fact out of a 50-hour week of soap opera programming we see over 156 implied acts of sexual intercourse . And who is implementing these sexual acts? Men with muscles and tans, and women with D cup breasts and a tiny waists. It is these types of body images that are ingrained into our psyche as the "status quo" when in reality they are far from normal. For within the television's three walls and screen everybody is a Revlon model or playgirl bunny. Yet in reality this is not tr

This seminar was fun and enlightening. The two things that really opened my mind were the part about cocaine's way of building up in your brain a certain protein, which makes you, crave the drug. This alarmed me because I have used this drug on occasion and I have felt that way before. The fact that it could be a chemical problem diverts my mind from ever using the drug again. The other part that opened my eyes was that of reviewing the beer commercials. I had no idea the advertisements were that subliminal in nature, using sex to a new level to sell a liquid. It makes me feel like a sucker. Maybe Ill think twice about who I'm giving my money too next time I buy a case of beer. In general I enjoyed the seminar and I believe I have gained a good amount of cutting edge knowledge pertaining to the subject of sex drugs and the media.

Marijuana, and now ecstasy are becoming very integrated into pop culture and the media. It almost seems as if certain moral barriers concerning the use of these drugs has been vaulted in the last couple years. The media encourages the use of these drugs in many ways, I'd like to address the main three. First by integrating them into everyday talk within primetime TV, although most of the time the plot is surrounded by a negative results from using ecstasy, it is giving the drug exposure. Pot on the other hand is shown in a comical way now on television almost being glamorized as a form of self-medication in most scripts. Second, magazines including mainstream ones such as "Newsweek" have been running cover stories about the effects of ecstasy, thus causing interest as well as getting the name out to minors. Finally music content (especially that of pop) is very drug related, and usually always glamorizes the drug's effects. If I had a younger brother or sibling I would hope he or she would make good choices based on facts and not on the media's opinion on things. The instruction of right and wrong as well as reality vs. fiction starts at an early age and depends on the environment they live in . The media's influence on society is absolutely huge. We perceive ourselves in America through a TV screen, of which effects are only now being disputed; their impression on drug and alcohol use is absolutely no different. The sheer amount of images of illicit su

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