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1. Choose a  media text  and  media debate/issue  that you are interested in and that is less than five years old. Get this choice of text and topic  approved  by your coursework teacher. filled  with tons of action and a bunch of overly masculine guys, including Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, and Anthony Mackie. I chose this subject and film specifically because I am doing a project similar to this in my Masculinity and Media; also the famiar faces does suggest sings of masculinity (from the use of characters).  This movie has all the stereotypes of manliness and masculinity which is my main case study within this project. The main characters in this movie are users of the gym which suggest that they are very concerned about their image which has lead them to become individuals of  bigorexia  Furthermore, who work at a gym in Miami and think they are the ultimate "alpha male". They are portrayed in the film as being very dumb but also ...

Media text:  Pain and Gain  Media issue/debate:    Masculinity & the impact of representations on young men Link to Media key concepts (MIGRAIN) - at least THREE: Genre- very linked to a action and crime fiction film that a film that is mainly going to be watched predominately  by men.  Audience- mainly going to have a effect on the audience  such as the way take drugs and always training which makes men want to do the same to be more masculine. representation- young people are nive and are easily influenced.     Wider context - impact of text/topic on society:  Why is your chosen topic important? this is a important topic because more and more young people are starting to take steroids and felling like its something of the norm. on the other it has also effected the younger audience who have idols that are all most likely taking steroids; not admitting to it.  Despite the Dangers of S...

Olympics steroids= Russia doping  2016  representation of reality tv- ex on the beach  wonder women- Representation of Women teenagers taking steroids- social media  gun violence- Boys in the Hood 

1) Write a one-sentence answer to the initial questions in the factsheet: Do fashion magazines contribute to the occurrence of eating disorders?  it called for increasing awareness about eating disorder symptoms and recommended a ban on models younger than 16 walking in fashion shows; this means that magazines do have a major impact of the occurrence of eating disorders as many young women are being influenced from the media of the way they should be looking.  Do games make people behave violently?  Research demonstrates a consistent relation between violent video game use and increases in aggressive behaviour, aggressive cognition and aggressive affect therefore it does have a vital effect on the way people think and will significantly make them much more aggressive  Does advertising work? Overall i believe that good advertising works this will long build a loyal audience who will watch the ad regardless which then will have a long term influence on ...