Negative stereotypes in the Media

I definitely think that negative stereotypes exist in the media.

Take the George Lopez show for example. Occasionally there are actual jokes made, but most of the time, someone with a Mexican accent says something normal, and it is perceived to be funny because it is said with an accent. Are we to assume that when a Mexican says something, just because it sounds different than they way a white American says it, that it is comical?

Over-immersing in Mass Media

It has been mentioned that there is a possibility that people will be immersing themselves in the world of mass media to a point to where they begin to tune out the real world. In my opinion, if people overly distance themselves from the real world then they will begin to think that things will work out like a storybook or a TV show. Also, on the news we see reports of extreme things such as murders, robberies, and high speed chases because they are out of the ordinary. If people immerse themselves too much in mass media, they will begin to think that the extraordinary is ordinary, which can be very dangerous.

When being immersed too much in media, people may tend to pattern their life-styles after what they see on TV, or read in a magazine. One very dangerous example of this having already happened is a few years ago, a young boy killed his little sister by imitating wrestling moves he had seen on WWF wrestling.

Just by means of personal ventilation that is related to this topic, chick-flick movies bother me a great deal. Not that I just think they are dumb, but they portray real-life in an unrealistic manner which in theory is fine seeing that EVERY movie does that. In every chick flick, the girl in the story ends up with "the man of her dreams". A series of events take place that would indicate that "it was meant to be". Yes, it was meant to be, because the writer wrote the story! The problem here is not the movies. There is nothing inherently wrong with the movies (though sometimes I wonder) but too many girls think that there love life will be just like a fairy tale. Odds are it won't. Sorry. I know a girl may think, "but I'm different and it just WILL be like that." To that girl I say, "Just remember. You are unique. Just like everyone else."