Media Influence On American Culture

What is the most trait that most cultures share in the United States? Well that trait is orientalism by comparing cultures as 1:1 ratio, in order to put specific cultures at the top, and most of them at the bottom by attaching stereotypes to them. A word simple just as black, or white, green or blue, yellow or orange, purple or pink; This are words that describe things, not people, but we can argue that people are objects as stated by Franz Fanon a French philosopher in his criticism about colonialism to be aware of ourselves in a third person vision; meaning that we are what we think we are. This constructs the idea of a poor individual, will always stay poor because he/she believes it. Society attaches all of this meaning to cultures, people,

Let us brush up, on how colonialism is done with some research done by Philosopher Frantz. He argues that violence is the number one tool of domination, meaning, rules are here to control those who believe in them. Do not think that living in anarchy is the solution for the problem; but instead knowing who is putting this rule to create a hegemonic society. The media creates the white world, the media creates what is beautiful, the media exposes the truth, but also the media manipulates the truth. Let me bring to discussion of newspaper created as the first one to control the fashion industry. This media platform is called Vogue Magazine, which had different intentions when it was first released; but as it grew on popularity, it gained more influential power. Vogue romanticizes fur, this can be seen in many different covers some examples are images 4, 5 and 6. What do they all have in common? A white woman, a woman being objectified with another object. This theory is called the male gaze, as stated by Mulvey Laura on her criticism about cinema coming out from her text Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema. She is the perfect example as to how advertisements work, and as to how it romanticizes the anima that once was. Anna Wintour the ex-editor in chief of Vogue Magazine was the one who know what was in fashion; and yes, one of her main characteristics is to empower the female body; but is also the problem of allowing the desire for animal products. Making people from lower classes kill for fashion, fashion that feeds the higher class, the mass ornament that could be destroyed if people realized that they were being brainwashed; but do not want to see the dark side of