1. Today, we continued with a look at some public service annoucements that seemed quite shocking. Some students giggled and snickered while watching the ads and other students questioned them by asking “What about that is funny?” Some of these ads are shocking in what they represent so it was awkward and uneasy to view. It was a natural reaction in the context of our viewing them.

[youtube]JodRK6MV8iM[/youtube]  The students noticed the abuser is wearing a tie.. nicely dressed.. anyone can be abusive…

[youtube]088ME2DYvOY[/youtube] Shocking ending…

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1. We also discussed how violence and sex are connected in media. Magazine ads can promote a certain sense of violence while making that violence sexually appealing, like in many cologne or clothing ads. We found a few examples on the internet and discussed them.