Killing USftly Iv Jean Kilbourne Analysis

Humanity is very unique in its ability to create things for reasons other than necessity. One thing that humans love to make is stories and other depictions of other humans. Such creations are called media. As media is not reality, sometimes aspects of them are twisted, ever so slightly, to tell a story that is not 100 percent truthful. Other times, people use media to dictate their actions and beliefs. Advertisements, a particular type of media product, even take advantage of some ideals of ideal beauty and use it to sell a product or an idea. Therefore, advertising, the appearance of people, and depictions of queers in media and their stories all contribute to an understanding of media.

Advertising I have first-hand experience with advertising impacting my views and opinions. Jean Kilbourne, in Killing Us Softly IV, speaks about the influence that advertising has over people. According to Kilbourne, everyone feels equally unaffected by advertisements, when in reality, their effect is quick, cumulative, and subconscious (Killing Us Softly IV). This illustrates that advertisements sell more than just a tangible product: they sell ideas that we do not even realize we are absorbing. This understanding makes me think to how advertising affects children. When I was a child, I used to watch commercials with awe, falling into their trap of
If data from a survey by the Pew Research Center is to be believed, 96 percent of the church is White (Members of the). Something that others and I constantly talk about is trying to make the church more inclusive and diverse, especially when it comes to clergy. This is a hard fact for me to face, knowing that the majority of the clergy is white men and I am such a white man. Since I have the ever nagging idea that I should be a pastor myself, I feel particularly uncomfortable about this