Can you think of an example of a stereotypical image in media that has caused harm? What about an example where no harm has been caused?
What’s the difference between these two examples?
In my opinion, I think these
images are one of the examples of stereotypical images in the media that has
caused harm. The images shows the some of the actors and actresses and also the
singer group Girl’s Day. As now Korean k-pop are globalise and become a hit
especially throughout the Asian. Korean hit had gave the greatest impact on the
style and appearance. Now in this new era, anywhere you go, you will find
people who wants to have a future partner based on good looking appearance as
the Korean celebrities. I think it cause harm to the society, for example
plastic surgery.
Based on the first picture, the singer group Girl’s Day have
good looking appearance, stylish, and the most important look is their perfect
body and long skinny legs. It actually give the concept to people especially
girls to want to have that kind of appearance and body.
Based on the second image, it’s those actors and actresses
who act in drama. Typically, those elders like our aunt, grandmother or even
parents looking at all the singers or even actors and actresses, they would
always give the same comment: “why are all Korean celebrities looking all
alike?” That’s right, that is the Korean stereotype image to society. What we
see through their stereotype looks real, but in reality they aren’t that good
looking, they are just as normal as everybody are. However, to promote their
country’s culture, travel, drama, singers they are to create these kind of
stereotype to the world. It gives harm to the society by people not able to be
satisfied and accepted their own appearance and body. It often lead people to
think of I want to have features like the Korean celebrities, fair skin, long
and skinny, rosy cheeks, big cute eyes, prominent nose and etc. All these
concept let those self-dissatisfaction people to think of going to plastic
surgery or unhealthy diet. And so there are also many cases of plastic surgery
failure and even cause to death because before the patient did plastic surgery
they didn’t really consider of the impact of the surgery failure (there are 1/500
operations result in death). Even if they success, they look really a
vanity, it’s not their true self anymore, they are living in the Korean stereotype
world. In addition, some girls or even boys diet in unhealthy way just to hope
to have that kind of body and appearances.
"In America, it's amazing," he said. "Most women spend
more time finding a pair of shoes than they do finding a cosmetic surgeon. You
can take the shoes back, you can't take your face back or your life back."
I think that stereotypical images of finger heart sign is an
example of image will not cause harm. Fingers Hearts is a gesture created by
crossing the thumb and index finger, and it looks like a small heart shape. Finger
heart sign claimed to be first popularised by either the Korean celebrities
G-Dragon or Yang Se Hyung. Korean celebrities often use this gesture as a
convenient alternative to the big heart sign when sending their love. The finger
heart gesture trend has just started recently.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO STEREOTYPICAL
IMAGES
The difference between these two images, the images that
cause harm involves of gender, body image, appearances, style that can lead the
society to be self-dissatisfaction, enviousness, lack of confidence,
inferiority. The images that do not cause harm it doesn’t involve too much of
gender role, religion, body image, appearances. It focus on beyond everybody,
and everybody can accept it and even follow or share what the message coveys
of.
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