Lauren’s Media Blog

It seems like it would be pretty hard to get lost while you are hiking on a trail especially with a group of people. However, just in the past month, two people have gotten lost hiking in Hawaii. One of them, Amanda Eller, was found last week after she had been out in the Hawaiian forest for two weeks. The other hiker, Noah Mina went missing on May 20th. He is said to be in the same area where Amanda Eller was found. Because Amanda Eller was found recently, the men who helped coordinate her rescue are now helping search for Mina. Eller had become disoriented after she had gone for a run in the forest when she was trying to return to her car. Because of her disorientation she had to fight for her life after she fell off a cliff and severely injured her leg. She said she chose life. Choosing life was definitely the hard option because she had to survive two more weeks after she injured her leg. Mina's tracks have been found by searchers and his slippers have also been found. It a

One profession where men largely outnumber women is in politics. It seems that in a world where women outnumber men, that should be the opposite. However, there are many reasons why women are outnumbered. No, it is not because they aren't qualified or that they are worse than their male opponents. It is because of the way the media has portrayed women in leadership roles. In Miss Representation, people expose how degrading media can be on women. It seems largely possible that the media would degrade celebrities but it never crossed my mind that the media would degrade women who are leaders. The women's job is to be professional and to better our country just like the men around them, but the media finds a way to criticize their appearance. The media does not criticize men in politics for their looks. This is part of the reason for the lack of women leadership. Women are portrayed as objects and not as independent thinkers. Because of the way media portrays women for their l

In the Merchants of Cool , it discussed how different TV programs used different personalities to attract teenagers to their program. Viacom seemed to use this technique the most with their mook personality that attracted teenage boys to their program. The mook was a character that did whatever he wanted and was comedic. The mook did crazy things that any ordinary person would never do in their lifetime. During the time of the mook, another personality developed known as the midriff. The midriff targeted teenage girls. It highly sexualized the body of women as well as teenagers. Different celebrities promoted this type of personality such as Brittany Spears. The midriff wore clothing that exposed her body. The women that portrayed this type of character were very skinny and they were often white. Different body shapes and races were not promoted through this character.  Today, the midriff is still around but it has had a much smaller reach in the past few years than it had before. W

Matthew Boling, dubbed White Lightning, first made headlines when he ran a 9.98 second 100 meter. However, this time wasn't official and was later disqualified from the history books because of the tailwind of 4.2 meters per second that the sprinters were running with. The legal wind limit is 2 meters. However, Boling proved skeptics wrong when he ran a 10.13 second 100 meter-dash on Saturday which broke the 100 meter dash high school record. He is currently a senior and will be attending the University of Georgia next year. I think it is incredible that he was able to break the high school record for a second time after his first time was disqualified. I honestly think that it is unfair to disqualify his first time from the records if they allowed for the tailwinds during the race. He couldn't control the weather on the day he was racing. The fact that he was able to still break the record with a legal wind shows that he got the time fairly. He must have been under an extrem

The Possession of Hannah Grace had the potential of being a scary that had a good plot. The movie is set in a hospital morgue. The main character Megan, played by Shay Mitchell, who many may recognize as Emily from Pretty Little Liars , worked in the morgue after she had left working as a police officer because of a tragic event that she was involved in. During one of her night shifts, a body that had recently been found in an alley is brought into the morgue. The body is covered in gashes. The body belongs to Hannah Grace, a girl who had become possessed and was killed by her father. The movie starts off with the potential of developing a good plot, but as it progressed it became evident that there really wasn't one. Megan had little development over the course of the movie and the tragic event that pushed her to work in the morgue seemed to almost be completely forgotten throughout the movie. It is only brought up again at the end of the movie when she is able to shoot a gun wh

The arrival of the baby of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has been very anticipated. The baby was expected to arrive at the end of April but ended up being a week overdue. The baby turned out to be a boy and is the seventh in line to take the British throne. He was born on May 6, early in the morning. Meghan and Harry have done their pregnancy different than many of the other royal families have done in the past which seems to be a trend in their relationship. It had been a tradition in the family to have the baby in the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital, however that tradition was broken. The couple has been very private about their pregnancy and have the baby is still being kept away from the media. The couple moved to a cottage to avoid the publicity and they still haven't shared a photo of the baby. They also haven't decided on the name of the baby either. Harry said that they would reveal the baby in a few days. Many British tabloids are unhappy that the royal co

Recently the Billboard Music Awards ceremony was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Many artists set new records by the time the ceremony was over. However, the award show did not receive as much attention as the Met Gala did today. The main reason that the Met Gala receives the attention is because of the outfits that the celebrities show up in. Although the gala serves as a fundraiser, the attention really falls on the outfits especially since there is always a theme for the event. The Billboard Music Awards isn't known for the outfits that the celebrities wear to the event. It is known for the awards which often draws people away. People like to look at the beautiful clothing that the designers have made.  Not only does this help promote the event, it also allows designers to showcase their new designs on well known people. This marketing technique could be placed under testimonial because when people see celebrities endorsing a product, they believe that the p