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Chapter 10

            Chapter ten talked about different topics that were very interesting such as what the media puts out there for those TV viewers. For instance, it talked about the type of topics the news brings out and what they do to share the news that is supposed to be expose to the public. It was mentioned that it obviously informs the public about the good and the bad occurring around the world which I personally found it true. However as I continue to read I noticed that often times the new tempts to scare the audience more they inform. There is hardly a time when something good is shared for instance they talk about people dying because of war or because they found something wrong with the food being eaten. Therefore I believe it creates some kind of fear with the media and the public itself. Though out chapter ten I found it interesting the fact that it was said how the media plays a huge role in society. It starts by telling people how to act or what to wear and even what kind of items to purchase. I found it amazing how the media can hypnotize people to do what they want them to do. People run their world based on what they are told simply because they believe that is proper way to live. I should be saying that the media has the power to run peoples live even our at this point. We think we do things because that’s what we chose yes it is somewhat true however the question is where did you see the style of clothing you decided to wear? Often time we die for a pair of shoes we see on certain movie star.

            Moving alone soap operas are a “females space” it was told by barker. This section of the chapter made me realize how true this might be. What he meant by this was that a world full of fantasy can make a women desire that type of life. Within soap operas most of us are familiar that they show different type of women charters such as the emotional typical woman who wants a family and suffers to find happiness. And then you come across the evil woman who fights for what she may want. They also prove a role where they attempt to prove independence there is everything in those type of roles such as divorce, taking care of their children and so many other duties that in real life women do put up with. Therefore, many women fall into the trap of desiring these particular women’s lives. The media involves so much drama into the soap operas that people think that is how they should run their lives of that is how life turns out to be. However, women not all of them often times forget that it is a fantasy world created to entertain not to follow. Personally speaking, soap operas also follow a certain fashion sense that makes men and women follow.