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Jennifer Morales

Professor Spitler-Lawson

English 113B

17 April 2017

Project Text Annotated Bibliography

Looks: Filter vs. No Filter

Anderson, Sabrina. Role of Women in Mass Media, How Mass Media is Changing Their

Lives. wordpress.com N.p., 21 Oct. 2016. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

https://sabrinaandersonxo.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/role-of-women-in-mass-media-

how-mass-media-is-changing-their-lives/

In the article, Paul Suggett discusses the negative effects that media entitles to women.

Suggett discusses how men are taught to portray women an sexual objects from childhood. The

media constantly creates an image of the perfect women that does not realistically exist. The

media embodies women to be tall, skinny, blemish-free, small waist, etc. When the media

establishes these guidelines for advertisement, women in real life feel the need to live up to those

set standards the internet has developed. Paul discusses how the media uses sexually based ads to

sell a product or convince the audience of a good deal. Suggett says, selling sex is a no-brainer,

but it is also brainless. The importance of that quote is to open the minds of advertisers to know

that selling sex isnt the only way to gain profits. This source was found through the search

engine Google."
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Azad, Sifat. Are Women in the Media Only Portrayed as Sex Icons? Statistics Show a Massive

Gender Imbalance Across Industries. Mic. Mic Network Inc., 25 Oct. 2015. Web. 16

Apr. 2017. https://mic.com/articles/4439/are-women-in-the-media-only-portrayed-as-sex-

icons-statistics-show-a-massive-gender-imbalance-across-industries#.efBn9g0eW

In the article, Sifat Azad talks about how statistic shows a massive gender imbalance.

Azad also discusses how the media exploits women and how it causes negative societal effects.

Azad points out that the news and media contribute to the ideal image of what a women should

be. The entertainment industry often casts women who can make the virtual image a reality. Azad

talks about how the media hypersexualizes young women to men. A consequence that a women

may experience is name calling and low self-esteem. Women may eventually suffer from

depression by growing tired of trying to live up to the standards the media has set for women.

Most importantly, Azad shines the light how women are misinterpreted as minorities in the

entertainment industry, often mistaken for incapable of completing risky tasks because their

main job is to sit there and look pretty. This article was found by the search engine, Google.

Spar, Debora. Why Women Should Stop Trying to be Perfect. Newsweek. 9 Sept. 2016. Web.

15 Apr. 2017. http://www.newsweek.com/why-women-should-stop-trying-be-perfect-

64709

In the article, Spar depicts her life as a working woman who happens to be a mother,

wife, and business professional. Spar gives plenty of anecdotes on how she constantly tried to be

the perfect women. Spar would attend her meetings on time but leave a little earlier to make
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recitals and still make time to affectionate her husband. Spar talks about the difficulties that

come with trying to balance every persona she has to be. With all the running around in Spars

life, she has come to conclusion that there is still an obvious womens problem in the country.

Spar also analyzes that women in the country struggle a lot more than the necessary; and not

only to complete all tasks, but to complete all tasks alone. Spars encourages women to stop

trying to live up to the false, high expectations that are created for women but unrealistically be.

This article was found through the search engine, google, and provided by NewsWeek.com.

Suggett, Paul. Advertising Sets Impossible Standards for Women. The Balance, 21 Dec. 2016,

www.thebalance.com/advertising-women-and-objectification-38754. Accessed 15 Apr.

2017.

In the blog, Anderson expresses how there are plenty of images exploiting and degrading

women. In the essay, Anderson explores the topics of exploitation of women mass media.

Anderson also discusses the poor effects on societal regulations caused by mass media. Sabrina

also talks about some of the ways the world could resolve deep issues like this. Anderson calls

out the media for creating the image that are only used for sex objects for sexual often dismissing

the intelligent capabilities a women has. Although the media started the idea of women being

sexual beings, Anderson discusses how women sometimes objectify themselves when they

participate in vulgar music videos, modelling in advertisements, and pornography. Anderson also

shines the light on gender issues and how it relates to the issues that women deal with in mass

media. This blog was found by the search engine, google, and provided by wordpress.com.