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housewife became an international icon in a matter of days. That lady’s name was Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn could do whatever her heart desired. She went from a housewife of a soldier, to a model in a few weeks. Why was Marilyn so famous? How did her picture on the air vent become so popular, and lastly, why is she still popular today? Marilyn Monroe was an icon of her era. How did Marilyn become popular? There are many reasons why, and many other opinions, but this is the way I see it. Norma…

Media Literacy is defined as the ability to analyze and understand what we see in the news everyday. Media literacy is super important in today’s society. It is clear in examples like the case of Michael Brown that media perspectives warps everything we see today. One example that stands out to me was the activity we did in Contemporary Social Themes examining different perspectives in articles about the Murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson. Most of them seemed to take the side of Michael Brown.…

and Sac-Fox Indian descent, and Charlotte View, of Potowatomi and Kickapoo descent. Jim Thorpe was baptized “Jacobus Franciscus Thorpe” in the Catholic Church. He was born in Indian Territory of the United States (Later Oklahoma) but no birth certificate was found. Jim’s parents were Roman Catholic, a faith which Thorpe observed throughout his adult life. He grew up with five siblings, although his twin brother, Charlie, died at the age of nine. Jim's athletic…

TV Series Review: Empire “Empire’s are not built in a day but this one was created in one season. Writer and Producer Lee Daniels has once again out done himself with his creativity and adaption of his new hit series Empire which first aired on FOX news last spring. Daniels directed and produced many other hit movies such as Precious and The Butler which won several awards for its outstanding production and outstanding performance by the cast. Empire, a new television series created by…

by grounding troops after President Obama has vowed to not get into another ground war in Iraq. Both Fox news and CNN news have made it clear to specify and show who the “good guys” and the “bad guys” are. To CNN Ray Rice is the bad guy in the story once the video of him hitting his now wife Janay Rice in an elevator in Atlantic City. To CNN the NFL and Janay are the good guys in the story. To Fox news, the main story they focused on was Obamas foreign policy and how he vowed to not get…

were gripes about coverage, with party aides dismissing the MSNBC host Steve Kornacki as a “hipster pit bull.” And there was disdain for the frequent flattery by television journalists. When Fox News sought permission to sponsor a Democratic primary debate — “Please know that you are always welcome at Fox,” an executive wrote — the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, seemed unimpressed. “Boy,” Ms. Wasserman Schultz wrote to an aide hours…

She was far ahead of her time and by 1953 she was making 20th Century Fox more money than any other star (Monroe 1). Even 53 years after her death, she is still a movie and modeling icon. She only walked this Earth for 36 years, but her impact on Western Popular Culture will be infinite. At her funeral in 1962, her good friend…

1) “A decision to develop a series for prime time simultaneously a choice about a commercial commodity, an aesthetic endeavor, and a social institution. As a result, those making programming decisions will be variously evaluated according to perceptions of their business judgment, their aesthetic tastes, and the values they impart” (Bielby and Bielby 1994:1290). “in a mass-culture industry with a high level of market concentration such as network television, brokers are more directly…

The epitome of beauty is is what many considered Marilyn Monroe to be. In a business where smaller sizes are acceptable, Marilyn showed that a woman could be curvy and still be beautiful. One of the most admired and idolized woman of all times, Marilyn overcame a troubled past to become one of the most sought after models and actresses of her time. She is still idolized to this day by young, old, gay, straight, men and women longing to look or be like her. The day Marilyn Monroe died was a day…

Marilyn Monroe, one of the most famous actresses of the twentieth century, whose life was portrayed on the silver screen, was most know for being the first sex symbol in the 1950’s. Monroe made herself into the most iconic woman in history by promoting an on-screen style that seemed natural. Her American sweet heart face and sexy hourglass physique made her the ideal movie star. However, underneath her paragon image laid a insecure woman with a life filled with turmoil and physiological…