Media Class

Sex is a beautiful miracle that allows people to truly become connected as one. It was a gift given to us by our Heavenly Father and we have the miracle to create life. Whereas, unfortunately in our day to day, the media portrays sex as a means of gratification, crude jokes, or a bargaining chip. Most movies never treat sex as beautiful and often portray it as something aggressive and passionate. While forgetting it can also be gentle and loving. It is important to think about what children are watching especially when it comes to sex and their portrayal of it. If you do not teach your child first about sex the ways they could learn from the media could give them unhealthy viewpoints of sexuality as a whole. The more your child understands about sexuality and their own body from you in a healthy manner the more likely they are to respect not only their own bodies but others as well. Sex is a beautiful miracle given to us by God.

With media being a huge part of everyone's life it brings about new outcomes of how it impacts individuals. One unfortunate thing is how bullying has taken a new approach through cyberbullying. The horrible thing about cyberbullying is for some people it is hard to escape in the sense that on technology someone can be invading someone and tearing them down constantly 24/7, compared to it only being at school. The other negative thing about cyberbullying is sometimes people are more likely to be extremely nasty when they can hide behind an internet mask and when they don't see tangibly how they are hurting someone on the other end. Through social media, cyberbullying can be more public, but this can also be a plus in the sense that more people will hopefully recognize it and put a stop to it. It is important as a community to support those who are being cyberbullied in any form, and to put a stop to cyberbullying. This can be through blocking the account of the cyberbully or mak...

  Lately, I have had the opportunity to work with many older adults. It is a great experience to learn from them and the life advice they can teach you. I have honestly learned from it who I want to continue becoming because of the experiences with older adults I’ve had. I also love my grandparents and great-grandparents and I am very grateful most of them are still alive and that we have a close connection. Thank goodness for media allowing them to create conversations and for the use of staying connected. However, something I have noticed is that we pay a lot of attention to how media impacts children but not as much on how it impacts older adults. It is crazy how for older adults there are actually a lot of benefits to using media. However, there can sometimes be a learning curve for them to learn how to accurately use technology which can be frustrating for them at times. We have to remind ourselves to be patient with them when it comes to understanding media because media is h...

The assignment for watching an international Movie was fun to do! To be completely honest I have been watching Brazilian movies for a while or just any show in Portuguese to better learn the language. Learning Portuguese is one of my goals at the moment. I have a lot of friends from Brazil and absolutely adore the people and culture. It has been neat to see how differently the media represents each country. For example, a lot of Brazilian shows and movies depict a tight familial bond and friendship. As well as the men in the movies show a lot more emotion than in American films. There is also lots of diversity shown. I will say that women are still held to beauty ideals but it is different from America. In Brazilian films, it is less about skinny women but more about curvy women. I can definitely say this impacts women like it does in America just on different preferences. I know this observation is accurate because on my mission one of the sisters from Brazil that I was close to made ...

Unfortunately, women are very objectified in a lot of media but to be fair men are too. This can be really detrimental to young girls as this can impact their self-esteem on their body image. However, there has been a more coming forth of women being heroines in movies. However, I feel there is no honor anymore to the unique roles of men and women. It is so important to love our bodies and realize the blessing they are. As well as, to realize as men and women we can use our differences to unite to make the world better.

 I will not lie I have deleted Instagram and I only download it every once in a while to respond to friends. I personally have never been that big into social media and have always seen it as a waste of time. However, I don't see social media as completely bad it all depends on how you use it. I know that social media can be used for good and to uplift people. Personally, the part I love most about it is the connections it can create. I love Facebook Messenger because it allows me to stay connected with my loved ones and friends from all around the world. Without it it would be very difficult to keep close with the sisters from my missions that have gone back to their home countries. For the most part, I use technology to maintain close relationships it enriches staying connected over time and distance, which is a blessing.