Latina Being Sexualized In Media

The intended audience is the person, or group of people, to whom the author is writing. The intended audience is a key factor to the author’s essay, because it is to whom he wants his essay to be directed as a message towards. We placed a picture of those who were being discriminated against, because the message had not been received of the author writing the essay. Our most important slide was on the thesis. It was absolutely necessary to make this part of our presentation, because it controls the subject matter of the essay and states something significant to the reader. Slides nine had to do with objectivity. This is extremely important, because it proves if the author is credible for his work or not, based on him being biased or unbiased. Slides ten through fifteen were based upon the six elements in the implicit writing of a non-fiction essay. This was an essential part of our presentation, because these qualities are an outline of what readers look for, and what writers should strive to accomplish, in effective

In the previous chapter, introduction of six Latinos’ stereotypes were briefly presented in the studying of Latinos images in films (Berge: 2002), so this chapter 3 is responsible for explaining and analyzing several characteristics of Latinos stereotype thoroughly. These results are similar to the investigation by Berumen (1995). Latinos negative stereotypes were portrayed as “waiters, bandits, Latin lovers, prostitutes, gang members, and drug dealers”. Numerous researchers used various methodologies to study and talk about Latinos’ stereotypes, the most common of which are criminals, bandits, gang members, drug dealers, prostitutes and so forth. Sometimes these stereotypes have more overlapping, even slightly confusing distinctness because several stereotypes could appear in a person.

The depictions of lesbians throughout the TV industry and other forms of media is often used to increase ratings, sexually titillate men and for entertainment purposes. The problem the culture encounters is the stereotypes are widely agreed upon and thought to be right. Many media outlets have made the distinction that attractive women kissing equal to ratings. For example, the kiss between Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair during the movie Cruel Intentions was widely talked about in the media and amongst the movies target audience. The scene featured two young attractive females engaging in a 10 second kiss. Although

Everyone consumes media everyday, and media plays a significant role in shaping people’s perceptions. And by portraying a Black-Latino teenager

Throughout history, there has always been a pattern of sexism and misogyny. This predicament even dates back to the bible, when Eve was created only to appease Adam's loneliness; This is still an ongoing problem in society that is implemented in media, schools, and work places.

What is the image of the male Latino American in the media today in television, in the movies, and in other media? Is the male Latino represented fairly in American media? And if he is often presented as a stereotype, why is he portrayed in stereotypical situations? The answers to those questions come from a number of sources that will be presented in this paper.

Hollywood viewed Latina women negatively. Latin American women are often portrayed in American cinema and television usually as overemotional, sexual objects or stupid and ignorant people. The Hollywood roles that portrayed Latin women translate them being passive, feeble, unintelligent, and dependent on their men. They are often stereotyped with less authority, such as housemaids, servants and prostitutes. Berumen motions that women were not only object of ethnic stereotypes but also outright sexist misrepresentation (p.12) This all goes back to the affect of the Spanish colonialism as it affected the way that women are viewed and portieres nowadays. According to Ovalle, the myth of the Hollywood Latina buries the colonial and imperial history

The Latino and Hispanic population continues to increase at a lower rate every year in the U.S., they account for a large portion of the population. However, it hasn’t change the portrayal of Latinos in the media. Often, the Latino community is shown in a negative light that doesn’t represent the reality of this community. The main goal of this paper is to show and understand how the media portray Latinos and ways to solve the problem.

Ramasubramanian and Scharrer’s key concepts were regarding the theoretical definitions and development of media literacy education (2015). Much of the existing literature these researchers examined provided young people’s reaction to media perceptions of ethnic stereotypes and stigmas. Ramasubramanian and Scharrer discuss how media literacy can provide a rationale for the role that media plays in reproducing stereotypes and ethnic misrepresentation. Kavoori’s (2007) found that while students were capable of spotting the stereotypes and racial slurs in media productions, when asked to create their own production of media, the results portrayed these same stereotypes seen in mass media. Researchers in this area of study typically use methodologies such as focus groups, interviews or discourse analysis’. I will be using a discourse analysis to determine how media portrays different ethnic groups and stereotypes. Hobbs, Cabral, Ebrahimi, Yoon, and Al-Humaidan (2010) gathered students to do interviews on them in order to look further into the potential that media literacy has to lessening stereotypes. On the other hand, Vargas (2006) dealt with Latina women to target the media representation of Hispanic women through the use of ethnographic, in-depth

Latina women have had roles in films since the silence era in the 1920s. However, their representation and characteristics have constantly changed. Latina actresses originally portrayed characters that simply fulfilled general and negative stereotypes about their ethnicity and culture. But during the ‘Latin Wave’ of the 1990s, Latina/o performers – musicians, actors/actresses, dancers, etc. – received more prominent attention in American culture. Due to this newfound popularity, the status of the Latin American woman evolved in the United States and Latina actress got to play more fulfilling parts.

I agree with the points you made in your post. I do see how media craft how we see immigration. Media does portrays different stories through different lenses depending on who they are demographic targeting, for news is created to provide relevant information on issues that their demographic have.

Colorism is the discrimination towards someone with a darker skin tone particularly in the black community. Whenever you view something in the media about a dark skinned African American female, it is usually negative. But why is this? The white society dominates the media by controlling mainly everything that is displayed. The white society still likes to believe that since African-Americans were once slaves that they will never amount to anything when they get older. Yes, dark-skinned Africans American females were once slaves but that shouldn’t change the way society now views them. When the 13th amendment was ratified, slavery was abolished therefore people should stop discriminating towards those who have a darker skin complexion. Just

With the media becoming the main source from which the current society gets their daily information concerning products, news stories, and entertainment, it is wise to think critically about the messages they are conveying to us. These corporations spend large sums of money every day in order to grasp our attention. The question as to whether or not they have their customer’s best interest in mind arises and leaves the public no answer but to look to the advertisements they have produced. Consider the pistachio industry using a woman with a whip to grasp the viewers’ attention. In reality, is a provocative image what it takes to sell us a simple bag of pistachios? With advertising decisions like these come negative consequences such as the

Choose three different popular culture artifacts (primary sources) that reflect the identity you’ve chosen for your essay. For instance, if I were analyzing portrayals of female college professors in movies, I’d pick for my artifacts three movies that portray female college professors (I’d choose the best three, the ones that seemed most interesting, revealing, or perplexing, out of a search of many). Apply the following “moves” to each of your artifacts. Please include a URL address or hyperlink to each of your artifacts, if possible.

The concept of gender and race representation in media has reminded me that the representation of people of color is not visible. The push for people of color to act on certain stereotypes shows that the media wants them to be portrayed in a certain way. The media pushes white people into positive leading roles that make it difficult for people of color to gain opportunity. Media uses its power to dissociate themselves on their reasoning on why they do not cast people of color for roles. In their article, “Gender, Race, and Media Representation”, Dwight E. Brooks and Lisa P. Hebert states, “Western industrialized societies are stratified by hierarchies of race, gender, and class that structure our social experience” (Brooks & Hebert 298) This hierarchy provides the placement of where people will be casted into media. The representation of gender and race in media has clarified that the hierarchy they have created, has