Jenna's Pop Culture Blog

In the videos we watched about Justin Bieber and his reported photoshopped pictures that showed him with bigger muscles than what he actually has. When it was first reported, Justin Bieber came back denying that there was any photoshopping. I see this denial as a sense of fear of not being the non-typical ideal man image. Today there are many pressures for guys to big, in the sense of being fit, having abs, having big muscles, and looking good. This is what a lot of people in our society see as manly and in turn begin to expect this. So for Justin Bieber to say that there was photoshopping of his picture would be in a sense an admission that he isn't really this perfectly sculpted man with big muscles that society wants to see and expects. And I feel like this is especially harder for celebrities to admit and be open about than the everyday man. Due to the fact that celebrities are seen as idols that are in a way perfect. They have good looks, a good body, and good talent, and for...

In class we talked about George Gerbner's idea called Cultivation Theory. In which it tries to explain how tv affects us in the real world. And an example of this that we saw in class was John Oliver's video that talked about the actually effectiveness of torture and then the amount of Americans who liked the idea and agreed. Even though, it has been shown to not be effective. When I hear this, an example I tend to think of is, how firearms are portrayed in movies and tv shows. I have been around firearms my whole life, and I have also taken firearm safety classes as well. Because I do know so much about firearms,  it has always been a pet peeve of mine when I see actors shooting handguns one handed, then you get people who haven't ever shot a gun believing that, that is how you do it. Which in turn can also lead to accidents and maybe even fatal accidents, which also adds to a false perceptions of firearms. I do agree with cultivation theory, that the more we see such beh...