Brainstorm: Tv show the Bachelor: nurture vs nature of love

Brainstorm:

• "Love" v.s the Bachelor

• encoded--> semantic vs planted--> sense of brain wash
• complicates by creating a nature vs nurture idea of love
• possibly interferes with "balance of life"(cliche)
• emphasizes competition, impulsive game v.s keeping calm and carrying on

Show how the bachelor only promotes a "fake"sense of love: Using Shakespeare Perspective

• love is already complicated enough,(quote: The course of true love never did run smooth- shakespeare)
• proves how media uses the vulnerability of women and men; desperate; to their advantage. Manipulation (quote Cupid is a knavish lad, thus to make females mad- shakespeare )
• Men’s vows are women’s traitors- shakespeare
• Love is begun by time, And time qualifies the spark and fire of it- shakespeare love is NOT found after a 4 week long competition for a meaningless rose on the show

Interesting Titles:

• What's love got to do with it? (uses reference to Tina Turner song)
• Looking for love in all the wrong placeshttp://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=poroi&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com.pe%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3Danalysis%2520about%2520the%2520bachelor%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D3%26sqi%3D2%26ved%3D0CCMQFjAC%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fir.uiowa.edu%252Fcgi%252Fviewcontent.cgi%253Farticle%253D1023%2526context%253Dporoi%26ei%3DfsKGUIbjN4j69gTch4DgCg%26usg%3DAFQjCNEi_l64OW8CP6R0cohqEL2oNhSbNQ%26sig2%3DWMvUGmTfsKBYKyrSS_aAOQ#search=%22analysis%20about%20bachelor%22
• Several interesting points:
• the bachelor has been used in analyzing gender, ego, myths, self-efficieny prophecies
• Good example of sarcastic and entertaining op-ed on the bachelor and the allure of t.v dating: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/oct/28/the-bachelor-wooed-viewers

Social Media Messes with Egos

In modern day society the urge to be known on social networks just oozes out of every website, social network as well as all types of media. Here are some images showing this.

Below are several examples of the ripple effect of "haters" that inflated egos create.

INFLATED EGOS:

 

VS. HATERS

Opinion Ed Outline

Op-Ed Outline

 Social Networking like Facebook and Twitter Inflate egos

Introduction:

  

     Hook: (Possibilities)  

• Scenario of girls obsessing over another girl's profile
• She has more likes than I do
• Someone more popular than someone else because of her number of followers
• (Anecdotes)  

Body/ 3 reasons:

1. People start to notice; promoting and boosting their self worth

2. Builds popularity; developing superiority 

3. Jealousy comes along.

Examples:

• sarcasm
• anecdotes of teenagers
• metaphors 
• interviews
• cliques   

Conclusion: Wrap up is dramatic. 

Op-Eds (plural) examining social media effecting egos (self efficiency prophecies)

Op-Eds (plural) examining social media effecting egos (self efficiency prophecies)
The following articles, I felt had to be shared all together because it shows three complete different perspectives on it. Each are very appealing and powerful. The language varies amongst all three (due to the sources), highlighting the importance of this topic on many different levels.

The first which has already been mentioned: Social Media Psychology: Facebook may inflate big egos

http://www.examiner.com/article/social-media-psychology-facebook-may-inflate-big-egos

The second: Too Much Testosterone Linked to Inflated Ego (from source "HealthDay")

http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=661269

The third: How Social Networking is Inflating Your Ego: Form a Narcissist's Perspective

http://www.soundmagonline.com/how-social-networking-is-inflating-your-ego-from-a-narcissists-perspective/

Op-Ed discussing: Music is a Healer

Op-Ed discussing: Music is a Healer


Music in its simple form is probably the most powerful tool or even gift to many individuals today. The ability a song has to rush through one's body in the form of chills or adrenaline, the way in which lyrics can mark our minds, hearts and decisions so significantly, the manner in which music creates an atmosphere, even a idealistic world is a topic that may be seen as cliche; however, it can also be extremely profound.

http://www.depressionhelpfiles.com/articles/a27.htm
http://www.ted.com/conversations/5558/music_is_a_healer.html

A great opinion article found was that of: Effects of Music on the Brain.

The strengths of this article:

The article is separated in three sections emphasizing the importance of music crediting the relevance of the topic. The mere separation of the topics allow the audience a balanced review of the topic showing that the article keeps the many different perspectives, views and variables when discussing such a general topic.

The three brief sub-sections:

a) Music all around- Music and the Brain
b)The Effects of music while studying
c) Music has healing Effects
d) Music as a marketing tool- Music effect on the brain

http://www.squidoo.com/the-effects-of-music

Op-Ed from the specific perspective of "Men's Health"

Op-Ed from the specific perspective of "Men's Health"

The article speaks about how music, specifically "iTunes" can cure depression.
Something unique about this article is how it justifies this topic using listing for their reasoning.
The main points:

-Its a Distraction
-It gets you high
-It makes you feel understood

The reasoning is in bold within the article however apart from that, the reasoning is appealing to the reader. It uses some what colloquial language or cliche language such as "gets you high" or "makes you feel understood" in order to provide emotional appeal.

The diction is very clever for example:

Listening to the blues might help reverse your own blue mood

                    It also uses some metaphors as a hook:

                                       So what’s behind the power of the playlist?

                                   
    http://news.menshealth.com/how-itunes-can-cure-depression/2011/10/12/

Social Media such as Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr inflate egos.

Social Media such as Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr inflate egos.

“offers a gateway for hundreds of shallow relationships and emotionally detached communication.” -Christopher Carpenter

Everytime I find myself with a friend they seem to always be on social networks like twitter, instagram or Facebook. I realized a lot of times girls associate "popularity" or "superiority" with something as simple as the number of likes on a picture or update. This lead me to think that social networks not only can cause people to be more self conscious but it can even inflate egos. People who own blogs or any kind of social media obtaining followers categorize their worth with the number of followers leading to a boost in their ego. However, many times social media can send someone's ego shooting through the roof.

Music can be therapeutic, fomenting a comfort zone.

Music can be therapeutic, fomenting a comfort zone. 

Nowadays it is almost impossible not to find a person without headphones on. I don't know how many times in a day do I hear adults asking their children or teachers to take their headphones off. This can be seen in two ways either the child purposely does not want to listen (teenage issues) or that music just might be their perfect place. Through music a lot of times peoples of all ages feel it creates a sense of complete and utter peace. Music allows a break from all surroundings as much as environmental as internal. Through music people can develop a wide range of effects all the way from creating their own place of zen to feeling the closest thing to Euphoria. Music as described in the song "Closer to the Edge" by Thirty seconds to Mars can become a whole religion, it is without a doubt that almost every person associate music with faith.

Media Implies Ideals on Beauty

Media Implies Ideals on Beauty

 Pressure: the feeling of stressful urgency caused by the necessity of doing or achieving something.

It is without a doubt that media nurtures the minds of every individual and leads people down a path of terrifying  insecurity making everyone self conscious. In every corner on every street we are provided with anything to signal any or all of our 5 senses that we as individuals are not good enough. Media provides an ideology of what is to be accepted perfectly in society. However, this ideology has created much stress to the minds of individuals leading them to confuse what is "ACCEPTED" with, what is to be "EXPECTED". 

In modern day society sure the minds of kids are the most impressionable however, the minds of the teenagers are the most lost and confused. Teens feel a deep urge to "belong" and therefore the adolescent years have been defined as the rebellious years; this is all due to the fact that teens will do almost anything, go the distance, reach wild extremes of taking huge risks just to "fit in".
Media has corrupted with the minds of all individuals, even if one does not want to admit it, it has subconsciously. It is what teenagers associate their conscience with, especially in modern day society. 

1) A perfect woman is hourglass shaped. 

2) Maybe its ok if I don't eat right? I mean if the model on t.v is 6'1 and can be 110 lbs then theres no reason why I can't be.

2) A perfect woman is hourglass shaped. 

                        3)The perfect woman has thighs the size of pinkies. 

4) Piercings and tattoos will allow me to be noticed because personality isn't what counts

ALL Examples of different opinions of what is right, without realizing how wrong or unnatural that really sounds.

While I was scrolling down my dashboard on tumblr almost everyday I am encountered with bulimic and anorexic blog full of supporters and others full of haters. 

Either way nothing will ever seem to be enough to ever meet what is expected from one self, Or accepted to society.