From Rosie To Lucy Analysis

Francia De Leon
Carlo Alaimo
Eng. 24 Sec 24
1 May 2015
Your Instagram Be Lien Society is a complex system that is composed of many parts. There are many divisions and differences amongst any large groups of people. James West Davidson and Mark Hamilton Lytle’ “From Rosie to Lucy” is a piece written to show the feminine viewpoint regarding the interpretation of the woman’s role in life during and after World War II. Actually the true issue is the media and how we determine its effects on us. During the World Wars, while the men were away fighting for the United States the media put its focus on women to take a stand in the working world. After the war, the media wanted women to go back to their original “home loving” position and the men to
What makes this century postmodern is the Internet. The Internet has been a godsend in many ways. All aspects of our life benefit from the Internet in some way; whether its getting news, shopping, paying bills, working, etc. A blog on The Huffington Post titled “ The Social Media Effect: Are You Really Who You Portray Online?” brought forth a fascinating idea. It expressed that individuals express an “ideal” image on social media. “As research suggests, your "real self" is what you are - your attributes, your characteristics, and your personality. Your "ideal self" is what you feel you should be; much of it due to societal influences” (Green 1). Everyone always wants more than what they have. They use social media to show the world what they want and who they want to be. Since social media is such a large part of our world it is portrayed to be the truths of our culture. After reading this article one can think how can they create a stereotype of our culture based off social media when social media itself is unauthentic. It is proved that social media is founded to be truth because it is even constantly referenced in the news which many receive their information. With the rise in suspected racially based killings between African Americans and law enforcement the television media post photos of social media that might show the victim portraying themselves as a “hoodlum” or displaying marijuana, but they will
We cannot choose what generation or era we are born into so we make do with our surroundings. One cannot deny that society was influenced by other factors before the media because that would be naive. We are human and believe it or not we are influenced by factors outside ourselves. The power of the media might now fully control all individuals but even the most strong-minded are affected. We are all exposed to television and magazines and social media everyday. There is practically no escaping it. The key is to not let it identify you because their ideas of society are either false because they are established from a shady social media platform or they are fabricated in a television script by an individual whom is portraying his personal ideas to an audience whom takes it as a truth then reflects it on themself. They key is to be yourself. You can enjoy social media and entertainment from any media outlet you choose but always remember no one knows you better than yourself and don’t let any outside source define