Media Analysis Of Mad Men

Diagnosing an individual with a mental illness balances on a fine line between giving a life-long label and misdiagnosing. Mental illness is best viewed on a continuum, allowing for a varying degree of severity. In the field, mental health professionals are faced with determining what signifies the appropriateness of diagnosing a mental illness. A professional’s judgment is impacted by their personal perceptions and observations, societies views and norms, and the patient’s history. The film, “How Mad Are You? A Search for Insanity” demonstrates the difficulties in distinguishing those who are mentally ill from those seen as healthy ( ). I will explore my reactions and thoughts regarding the participants’ experience as well as the mental

2.Set in an advertising agency on New York City’s Madison Avenue, the show traces conflicts among Draper and his Colleagues as well as between he and various women.

Some people believe that the more money a person has, the less satisfied the person is in life. Women’s emotions are not affected the same, but some women’s emotions are affected differently by dealing with different men with different income compared to other men. The show, Mad Men, takes place in the 1960’s New York, portraying the life of the protagonist, Don Draper (Jon Hamm), the Creative Director of Sterling Cooper Agency, an advertising agency owned by Roger Sterling (John Slattery). Don Draper is praised for his work, but many of the employees in the company, like Draper, are filled with arrogance and disrespect that not only the men face, but the women tolerate. The episode “Shoot” mainly focuses on how Don does not want his wife, Betty Draper (January Jones), to model again, on how the agency is trying to figure out how to stop John F. Kennedy’s campaign on the air, and how Don is trying to figure out to leave Sterling Cooper Agency and work for McCann-Erikson Firm, a different advertising agency. Throughout the episode, many can notice the men degrading and utilizing the women in the episode by making rude, sexual remarks towards the women or competing to be better than the women. Betty symbolizes a married woman who becomes more dependent as her husband becomes more successful. Betty’s expectation to be a dutiful, nurturing mother is displayed in her mother-daughter relationship. This episode’s depiction of working, single women indicates that single women are

‘It's very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And no matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the truth.' [Juror 8, page 53] Perhaps this best sums up the basis of ‘Twelve Angry Men' by Reginald Rose. This play is about a young delinquent on trial for the murder of his abusive father. The jury must find him guilty if there is no reasonable doubt, and in turn, sentence him to death. ‘I don't envy your job. You are faced with a grave responsibility.' [Judge, page 1]

Diagnosing an individual with a mental illness balances on a fine line between giving a life-long label and misdiagnosing. Mental illness is best viewed on a continuum allowing for a varying degree of severity. In the field, mental health professionals are faced with determining what signifies the appropriateness of diagnosing a mental illness. A professional’s judgment is impacted by their personal perceptions and observations, societies views and norms, and the patient’s history. The film, “How Mad Are You? A Search for Insanity” demonstrates the difficulties in distinguishing those who are mentally ill from those seen as healthy ( ). I will explore my reactions and thoughts regarding the participants’ experience as well as the mental health professionals. Additionally, I will share how this information is applicable to my future career in the field of social work.

My Great Uncle Bill was an Ad Man in New York City during this time but it now a business professor at Emerson College in Boston. When he came down to visit my family this past winter break and I told him all about my love for Mad Men he told me he shows clips from the show to his students because the work they created in the show are actual advertisements and it’s a great representation of how work was. Although Mad Men has many different aspects, it does have a lot of office scenes of Don Draper, the main character of the show, creating and working on some of the most well known ads of that time. For example, Lucky Stride Cigarettes, throughout a few seasons Lucky Stride was one of the main clients that they had to create advertisements for and was an actual company through this time that had huge ads that Mad Men actually created in the 60’s. Another aspect to the show and why people will stop watching it after the first episode are do to how realistic it was to living in the 60’s, through all the work and office scenes the other half of the show is about home life. During this time women and American American’s were not treated equally and this is apparent in every episode. But that is certainly not a good excuse to not watch it because the scenes of Don cheating on his wife and Betty being a housewife are how things were during that time. Peggy,

Recently in my AP English class, we watched The film “Twelve Angry Men”. The film was unique in the fact that it only had one setting, the Jury Room. The film showed no one else but the jurors and the warden, who all remained completely nameless throughout the entire movie and we're only identified by their juror numbers. The jurors were drastically different which I believe added more diversity and made the plot more complex and intriguing to the audience. I don't believe the film had a specific intended audience, I believe that this show can be appreciated by all audiences because it shows that reasonable doubt is a much easier state of mind then certainty.

Idealized Influence – defined by the values, morals, and ethical principles of a leader and is manifest through behaviours that supress self interest and focus on the good of the collective.

In my blog, I will discuss about Bromances and how they are portrayed in media. Bromances are everywhere in movies, in sitcoms, and even in our daily lives. Bromances can be taken way back to the 1940s where we had Bing Crosby and Bob Hope A bromances is defined as two straight men who have a very close intimidate friendship. Due to their bond and high level of intimacy, people might question their sexuality. This could be because they challenge the stereotypes and ideologies of being masculine. Masculinity comes from the idea of patriarchy society, where men are supposed to be strong, powerful, insensitive, have leadership and not be emotional. However, if a man lacks these qualities than people may question his sexuality. Usually as seen

The concept of the glass ceiling is explained as the struggle of a certain group in upward mobility. As portrayed in the episode, women struggle with the glass ceiling in typically men’s occupations. In the episode, Don Draper, the creative director of the “Sterling Cooper” advertising agency, must come up with an advertising idea to effectively sell cigarettes after a claim has been made stating cigarettes are harmful to the public (Wiener 2007). To help him combat the issue, the company provides research on how people will enjoy smoking cigarettes regardless of the health risks. Although the research may have been helpful in guiding his ideas, which is proven later on in the episode, Don rejects the research simply because the researcher is a woman. This is evident when he does not deny his colleague Salvatore Romano’s sarcastic statement: “Oh

Television has become a vital aspect of daily life, within modern society; every aspect of television exhibits, to a certain extent, a reliance on genre (Mittell, 2001). Industries rely on genre to produce programs, and audiences use genres as a means of organizing fan practices (Mittell, 2001). According to a 2006 Nelson Media Research study, ratings confirm that aside from prime time shows such as American Idol and Survivor, part-time crime drama’s have been classified as one of the most favoured genre (DeTardo-Bora, pg. 154, 2009). The relationship between the media and criminal justice system is delicate, where more often than not, crimes are portrayed in a false light (Graveline, pg. 1, 2015). These misconceptions lead to

This aspect of greed is greatly represented by all characters throughout Mad Men. In the opening episode of Mad Men, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”, viewers discover the infamous Donald Draper and the challenges he faces as a high-powered ad executive for Madison Avenue’s most prized advertising agency, Sterling Cooper. Viewers see Draper visit his mistress, Midge, and after a late night arrival and early morning departure its obvious Drapers intentions is nothing more than physical relations. After Draper’s departure from Midge’s he is off to the office for his usual work routine. Returning home audiences discover Draper is married with a picturesque wife, home and children. This first episode of the series sets a tone of the greed and deceit which Draper represents. Despite his highly acclaimed and acknowledged success, Draper is not fulfilled with the seemingly perfect life he has built for himself. In another episode “Marriage of Figaro” the Draper family is celebrating daughter Sally’s birthday. Betty, Don’s physically flawless wife, requests he make a trip to the bakery to retrieve Sally’s birthday cake. Upon his journey Don decides not to return to the party leaving everyone disappointed, his family included, for his own selfish reasons. Don has virtually zero regard for anyone but his own self’s happiness. Also another key representation of greed comes in the form of Pete Campbell, a new executive of Sterling Cooper. Pete engages in relations with

The word genre has different meaning to different people. Lealand and Martin (2001) explain how “the television industry uses the term to categories and identify the various parts of its programming mix. The audiences use it to identify and choose their viewing preferences” (p. 59). The Graham Norton Show comes under the genre of a celebrity talk show, but holds its own comedic spin. Norton creates uniqueness to the show through the way he cracks jokes and interacts with his audience and guests. The show begins with a witty introductory monologue of who will be on the show, then moves into the classic couch interviews, and finishes with a celebrity music performance, conventions that all fit with the talk show genre (Miller, Boddy & Shattuc, 2008). The show focuses largely on the guests and their lives, along with promoting what they are currently involved in, relating it back to the purpose of the talk show genre (Miller, Boddy & Shattuc, 2008). A subcategory of this genre is a late night celebrity talk show, which The Graham Norton Show can also come under. According to Timberg, Bernard and Robert (2010), “the late night version is based on congenial, playful encounters between guests and the host, who is more often then not a singer or comedian” (p. 7). This subcategory became popular on television in the 1950s, and increased in popularity thanks to shows such as The Tonight Show (Timberg, Bernard and Robert, 2010). Since then they have become a lighter form of

“The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” -Malcolm X. It can be said without a doubt that media plays a massive role in how society views certain things. A negative media portrayal ultimately leads to negativity and stigma towards whichever group. One of the groups that is severely impacted by these dismissive representations is mental illness. The portrayal of mental illness in mass media as violent, amusing, or downright “nuts”, is inaccurate and vilifying, but can be resolved by the inclusion of mental health specialist in program planning.

During this period, fewer and fewer people read Austin and Dickens. A survey in 1946 about the working class shows that only one over ten of the people reading in crime and violence only novel. The middle class is only three over ten of the people also read books and more leisure time is spent on radio and newspaper and the mass media era quietly. In 1952, people through the radio and listen to the news of the death of George V and the queen reign ceremony of the second year, there are 20 million people on television this celebration. Television this emerging media tools in the cross class culture (Zinkernagel, 1997).