The Influence Of Shaming Tactics On The Media And Its...

It is no secret that media outlets will say or do just about anything to sell a magazine or increase site traffic, and considering the exposure rate, how much do these headlines influence our responses? I intend to show the impact of shaming tactics in the media and its influence on responses at the societal level. By considering the media’s contribution to rape culture and drug use, we can begin to see the parallels between society’s responses to issues and how the media has framed them. Rape Culture Victim Blaming Rape culture is defined as â€Å"a culture in which dominant cultural ideologies, media images, social practices, and societal institutions support and condone sexual abuse by normalizing, trivializing and eroticizing male violence against women and blaming victims for their own abuse† (Kacmarek, 2014). Victim blame is present in just about any kind of assault case, but we will look at two cases of idolized men assaulting women. When women come forward with sexual assault allegations, the media’s response is to frame the people involved. The victim is framed by sexualizing, describing their state during the attack, or assume they are just seeking attention. The suspect is framed as a playboy, sociopath, or a monster. The domestic violence case of Rihanna and Chris Brown (2009) is an interesting case of victim blaming because at first, everyone supported Rihanna and held Brown accountable for his actions. However, the media shifted the blame to Rihanna by using herShow MoreRelatedOrganisational Theory230255 Words   |  922 Pagesmodernist ontology: the ordered world of the modernist organization The epistemological level: the scientific approach to organization The technologies: how modernists get things done How modernist organization theory continues to influence the understanding and exploration of organizations: the organization as system General Systems Theory General Systems Theory builds hierarchies of knowledge that relate to different levels of sophistication in understanding organizations The basic systems of the organization:Read MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Import ant Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesINTRODUCTION †¢ 3 ethnic minorities, and gays—made strides that were perhaps greater than all of those achieved in previous history combined. During the same time span, however, state tyranny and brutal oppression reached once unimaginable levels—in large part due to the refinement or introduction of new technologies of repression and surveillance and modes of mass organization and control. Breakthroughs in the sciences that greatly enhanced our understandings of the natural world and made