Watch John Berger's Ways of Seeing - Final Episode on YouTube (the first part of the final episode in embedded below - go to YouTube for parts 2-4)
Then read the linked article about subject, object, and the gaze: Scopophilia, voyeurism, the gaze
objectification, fetishism
Then read the linked article about objectification of people in the media: Objectification and Dismemberment
Part Two: Application and Analysis
Now, choose a contemporary commercial and apply what you've learned from the resources above:
Write a 4-page paper in which you apply what you've learned about media and objectification to a particular example. Your paper should be double-spaced, in 12-point font, and should include parenthetical citations and a Works Cited page.
Submit the paper to me electronically, with links to a copy of the commercial you're analyzing.
Write a 4-page paper in which you apply what you've learned about media and objectification to a particular example. Your paper should be double-spaced, in 12-point font, and should include parenthetical citations and a Works Cited page.
Submit the paper to me electronically, with links to a copy of the commercial you're analyzing.
Papers missing citations and/or works cited pages won't be accepted.
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