Is Advertising Good For Society?

    We are surrounded by advertising.  We cannot really go or do anything with out seeing some kind of ad.  We see it on T.V., our phones, any social network, Internet, billboards, posters, and more.  Over a million people have a Facebook, every time you log into Facebook you ads along side the news feed.  Google has ads all over the place.  Stores even promotions on Facebook, Twitter, Email and more it's crazy.  Its good because people are informed, but sometimes it's too much.  The bad thing is they can be very persuasive, and have an impact on what we buy as consumers.  Take any type of product and think of how many other types of what ever product you thought of.  I mean the ads give information about the product, but they also make us feel like we have to buy that product, that brand.  They even try to convince you buy things you don't really need at all.  Take kids toys for example, a kid sees a commercial for a new toy, bugs mom and dad until eventually they buy it.  yes the parents may be at fault for caving in and buying the toy, but at the same time the commercial tells the kids that if they don't have this toy they wont be cool.  That they wont fit in with friends.  I mean Advertising is good because it informs people about a product they may need, but it is wrong that they try to make you think you cannot live without this product, or that you must have it.

Body Image

Does the media give a negitive body image to society?

    I do feel that media does projet a negative body image to society.  I feel they make people feel as thought they have to look a certain way in order to fit societies status quo. Body image is something is constantly talked about.  Everyone has their own definition of healthy body type or an image of the perfect body shape is.  Now when media is constantly tell people they need to look like a certain model or celebrity in order to be notice or be part of the status quo.  There even shows that project negative body images that young girls especially teens are influenced by.  Take for example "America's Next Top Model" they showed girls were trying to be models, and majority were a size 2.  Now thats crazy because they basically saying in order to be a model you have to be a size 2.  Not every girl is a size 2, personally im a size 7 and I'm pretty sure the would consider me plus size.  When in reality I am not a plus size, nor do I look like I am plus size.  There plus girls on the show, but how many of them actually go all the way in the show.  I mean there has been some improvements, but I feel the negative images out weigh the good ones.

Who Owns the Media?

In reading the articles about the Obama and G.E. partnership we learned what companies own what media.     We learned that G.E. did not pay taxes in 2010 because most of their profits were in offshore.  This is just wrong to me.  The reason being that how is it ok for a company based out of the U.S. not pay taxes?  Then even bigger problem is that an American company is providing job overseas which is good but at the same time what about the 99% of people do not have jobs?  Why is that they cannot provide jobs for people in their own country?  The fact they are not doing to help their own country is just sad.  Reading this article shows that our system does have problems.  Now it's just a matter if anyone is going to do anything about it.  Another problem the article brings up is that G.E.'s CEO is now helping give Obama advice on business.  I dont believe that the president should be taking advice from someone that doesn't pay taxes and is based out of America.  Aso the fact that they ship jobs overseas rather in America where there so many people out of work in America, you would think an American Company would want to help its own people.