In 500+ words, please make sure you write a well-organized and critical reaction to my question(s) below. For this seminar, you will delve into the "media torrent" on your own, and find two pieces of media that portray gender in some way. You can use music, videos, t.v. shows, movies, video games.  For each example you've chosen, make sure to provide specific information about what the media is and where it came from. Whenever possible, upload the media into your assignment. Then compose an explanation / analysis that explains how you see this media contributing to our society's conception of gender, our understanding of gender roles, and our individual expression of gender as part of our identity. The ONLY catch is- you can't choose anything your peers have already posted! So you have to find things that aren't already written about in the seminar.  In his book  Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives,  Todd Gitlin argues that the contemporary world is bombarded with media to an extreme he calls "supersaturation." Images, reproduced diminished versions of real things and places, create a "media torrent" that shapes our culture, our lives, our selves. A couple of notes:  You do not have to stick with just one aspect of gender (e.g. male or female) but you may do so if you wish. I encourage you to be creative in your expression for this assignment.  There are no formatting requirements except that you write prose (as opposed to poetry or an outline or bulleted list. Have fun! ...

1. In 500+ words, please make sure you write a well-organized and
critical reaction to my question(s) below.
For this seminar, you will delve into the "media torrent" on
your own, and find
two pieces
of media that portray gender in some way. You can use music,
videos, t.v. shows, movies, video games.
For each example you've chosen, make sure to
provide specific information
about what the media is and where it came from. Whenever
possible, upload the media into your assignment. Then compose
an
explanation / analysis
that explains how you see this media contributing to our
society's conception of gender, our understanding of gender
roles, and our individual expression of gender as part of our
identity.
The ONLY catch is- you can't choose anything your peers have
already posted! So you have to find things that aren't already
written about in the seminar.
In his book
Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds
Overwhelms Our Lives,
Todd Gitlin
argues that the contemporary world is bombarded with media to
an extreme he calls "supersaturation." Images, reproduced
diminished versions of real things and places, create a "media

2. torrent" that shapes our culture, our lives, our selves.
A couple of notes:
You do not have to stick with just one aspect of gender (e.g.
male or female) but you may do so if you wish.
I encourage you to be creative in your expression for this
assignment. There are no formatting requirements except that
you write prose (as opposed to poetry or an outline or bulleted
list.
Have fun!