End Note:
For the tabloid activity, I chose to do this picture of Nicki Minaj because she is a very outgoing person. She shows that she is outgoing by making a CD of her own rather than just being featured in other artists' songs, her choice of outfits and hair styles are always different, and she is comfortable with who she is. She doesn't change to make more fans, she has fans due to who she is. I got this idea from the image below because often times, people who do outgoing things are stereotypes as strange or "looking for attention."
Comic Strip
I couldn't find a comic strip to actually put up, so here is one written out instead.
Nerd girl and Popular boy on social website
First Box: girl gets the courage to ask him on a date.
Second Box: Popular boy leads her on and makes her think they will go on a date.
Third Box: Next day, Popular boy and his girlfriend show the conversation to everyone at school and the nerd girl gets harassed and bullied.
End Note:
The most obvious stereotype thought of in middle school and high schools are the "popular kids" not wanting to be associated with the "nerd kids." Stereotypes are popular in middle schools and high schools because everyone is trying to fit in and "find themselves. In Gregg MacDonalds article "Cyber-bullying Defies Traditional School Bully Stereotype", he talks about the stereotype of bullying becoming worse due to the internet. You can make someone feel secure with their emotions by the "protection" and "security" of the internet, when really it can just be used against you.
HI Kortney,
ReplyDeleteThe end notes look good especially the second one on the comic strip because it uses a source. Your tabloid article should be in article form. Right now you'll get full credit for this, but for the final I would want you to couple the picture of Nikki Minaj with a fictitious story that could be in a tabloid. One that uses the same tabloid features as discussed in class.