Not including our Teach-In Workshop, we had an impact on a company which we visited. The company is called MMC, Marina Maher Communications. They work in marketing to women. After visiting them twice, where we had multiple discussions and interviews with different people within the company, they said that we impacted them because we educated…
Visit to Marina Maher Communications
by Anna
For our fourth fieldwork, my group visited Marina Maher Communications. It is a company that works in advertising and marketing to women. While we were there, we got to tour the office and take a look at some of the things they do there. Then, we got to ask questions to a bunch of people…
Interview with Riley Chaffin
by Anna
For our third fieldwork, my group briefly interviewed Riley Chaffin, a model. We asked her about a few things that fall under the category, women in the media. One question we asked her about was her opinion about was womens portrayal in the media. We asked if she thought that the issue needed to be…
Paley Center for Media Visit
by Anna
On Monday, both women in the media groups went to the Paley center for Media for a class called “Girls, Body Image, and the Media.” In the class we watched multiple clips from different movies, television shows, and commercials. Some of the clips were from the 50s and some from today. Some of the clips…
“Beauty Culture” Documentary
by Anna
For our first fieldwork, we watched a documentary called “Beauty Culture.” It is all about how women are portrayed in the media and what it is like to be a model or trying to be one. I thought it was very striking the levels people would go to to become someone who society wanted them…
