Jennifer Siebel Newson's Miss Representation

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Noone can deny the impact of media on people’s perception, especially on the young generation. However, it does not always help people to be emotionally healthy and fulfilled. In The documentary film, Miss Representation, Jennifer Siebel Newsom examines how media have contributed to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power. Newson effectively convinces the audiences of the 2011 Miss Representation documentary that the media’s limited and often disparaging portrayals of women is the serious issue and people need to take action to equalize the social gender stratification through the use of use of emotional appeals, appealing to credibility, and use statistics to refute the counter argument, The first way that Newson uses to

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