The first day of class was very refreshing! I really enjoyed the group assignment because it gave us a chance to share our thoughts with our peers. I liked the way the Dr. Lambiase used our group assignment to lead us into a broader discussion of media stereotypes of mothers. I would like to comment on a few students' opinions in regards to demographics. Although advertisers use demographics to pitch products to consumers while keeping their "mind set" as a key element, it is important to remember that there is such a thing as propaganda. Even in simple cleaning commercial, there is always a loaded message that conveys the ideology of the dominate culture, which is women are inferior to men and reinforces the stereotype that women should be responsible for all the housework. I am very interested in how people digest these loaded messages and take them as the truth.
Secondly, I feel the term "Cosmopolitanism" is very difficult to achieve, but can be accomplished through multicultural curriculum. I feel that if the school system took the time to make curriculum relevant to real life, not only would students have media literacy and be able to critique the media, they will also have a global literacy and mutlicultural literacy knowledge base to draw conclusions from and begin to think critically about practical solutions to society's complex ills.
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