real girls and media
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A presentation created for the Girl Scouts in my county.TRANSCRIPT
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Uniquely MeReal Girls and Media
November 12, 2010
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Goals
DiscoverLearn how to identify advertisements.
Practice recognizing common advertising techniques.
Talk about the way advertisements show girls and women.
ConnectTalk about the impact of media on girls self-esteem, health, and life goals.
Take ActionCreate a poster of 4 common advertising techniques.
Create a poster of “reel girls” versus “real girls.”
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Media Facts• Youth ages 8-18 spend an average of 7.5
hours with media each day– 4.5 hours watching TV– 2.5 hours listening to music– 1.5 hours on the computer– 1.25 hours playing video games
• Youth who spend more time with media have lower grades
• We see about 5,000 ads each day
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Advertisements
What is an advertisement?
Where do we find advertisements?
Who creates advertisements?
Why are advertisements created?
How do advertisements work?
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Advertising Techniques
Be cool – not geeky, nerdy, smart
Other kids have/do it – you should too
Humor – make you laugh, have fun
Be a grown-up – more risky, be sexy
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Let’s Practice
Bratz Party
Secret Date
Tattoo Barbie
Barbie Fashionista
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Find the AdvertisementsForm a group of three girls
1. Get materials – poster, glue, scissors, three magazines
2. Hold poster – all will make poster
3. Talk about your poster
Find advertisements that show your type of advertising technique
Share your poster with the group
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Girls and Media• What do you usually see girls doing in
movies or on TV shows?• What does this tell you about what is
important to girls and women?• Is anything left out?• What do you like or dislike about the way
girls are shown in the media?• How does this make you feel?
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Cinderella
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Little Mermaid
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Snow White
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Princesses
What do the Disney princesses have in common?
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Barbie
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Bratz
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Bratz in costume
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Reel Girls vs Real GirlsForm a group of three girls1. Get materials – poster, glue, scissors, three magazines
2. Hold poster – all will make poster
3. Talk about your poster
Draw a line down the middle of your poster• one side for fake (reel) girls and one side for real girls
Find pictures of girls doing different things• If it is something a real girl would do or like, put it under
“real girls”• If it is not something a real girl would do or like, put it under
“reel girls”
Share your poster with the group
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Closing ThoughtsWhat did you learn about advertisements?
• Where are they?
• Why are they created?
What do you think about how girls are shown in the media?
What can you do about media messages about girls?