Lindsay+Campbell

L indsay Campbell

**Media Log** For my media log I watched five episodes of the children’s television show, iCarly, on Nickelodeon. While watching these episodes I focused on how teachers were portrayed in the show. I wanted to know if the teachers were shown as nice, mean, or neutral. A nice teacher would be one that is supportive of students, teaches interesting things, and/or is liked by the students. A mean teacher would be one that was yelling at students, mean to students, and/or expressing their dislike for children. A teacher that was neutral would be one that did not go out of his or her way to help the students, but was not mean to the students.

1. **First Time Teacher is Portrayed:** Sex of Teacher: Male 2. **Second Time Teacher is Portrayed:** Sex of Teacher: Female 1. **Only Time Teacher is Portrayed:** Sex of Teacher: Male 1. **First Time Teacher is Portrayed:** Sex of Teacher: Male 2. **Second Time Teacher Is Portrayed:** Sex of Teacher: Female 3. **Third Time Teacher is Portrayed:** Sex of Teacher: Male 1. **There were not any teachers shown in this episode.** 1. **First Time Teacher is Portrayed:** Sex of Teacher: Male 2. **Second Time Teacher is Portrayed:** Sex of Teacher: Female 3. **Third Time Teacher is Portrayed:** Sex of Teacher: Female 4. **Fourth Time Teacher is Portrayed:** Sex of Teacher: Female 5. **Fifth Time Teacher is Portrayed:** Sex of Teacher: Female
 * Episode 1 of iCarly:**
 * Episode:** //iTwins//
 * What did teacher do?** One of the main characters in the show, Freddy, is having a conversation with his friends. He says, “People care what I think!” A male teacher walks by and says, “No they don’t!” Freddy replies, “Yes, sir” and looks upset.
 * Was this action friendly, mean, or neutral?** **Why?** This action is mean. The teacher was telling a student that his thoughts are not important. He was not part of the conversation, the characters were not doing anything wrong, and that is not something any adult should tell a child!
 * What did teacher do?** The three main characters of the show are talking about sneaking out of detention. They say that the teacher who does detention shows up for the first five minutes of detention and then leaves to make out with another teacher at the school.
 * Was action friendly, mean, or neutral ? Why?** This act is neutral. While nothing the teacher did was mean it is clear that the teacher does not care about her job or her students. I do not think teachers should be skipping out on their obligations for any reason, never the less to go make out with another teacher.
 * Episode 2 of iCarly:**
 * Episode:** //iSaved Your Life//
 * What did teacher do?** One of the main characters, Sam, hits a Rabbi that is walking through the school with a paintball on accident. A male teacher walks over, points his finger at Sam and calls her by her last name with a scorning look on his face. Ordered her, did not speak with her.
 * Was this action friendly, mean, or neutral?** **Why?** This action was classified as mean because the teacher is not treating the student with respect. I feel that when teachers call students by their last names they are treating them like cadets in the army. Unless students ask to be called by their last names, teachers should respect them enough to call them by their first name.
 * Episode 3 of iCarly:**
 * Episode:** //iOwe You//
 * What did teacher do?** One of the main characters, Sam, is called to the principal’s office. She tries run out of the school through the main doors. A male teacher is showing guarding the door so that Sam could not leave. The man looks more like a bodyguard than a teacher.
 * Was this action friendly, mean, or neutral ?** **Why?** This action was neutral because the teacher did not do or say anything mean. He has a cross look on his face, but he was not mean to the characters. He had his arms crossed as well while he was guarding the door.
 * What did teacher do?** Again while Sam is trying to escape from school a female teacher is shown guarding another door. This teacher gave Sam a mean, threatening, even intimidating glare. The look, to me, meant try and escape and you will be sorry.
 * Was this action friendly, mean, or neutral? Why?** This act was classified as mean because the teacher was trying to intimidate the student, in this case Sam. She places her hand on her hip after giving Sam this look and smiles when Sam is taken to the principal’s office. Teachers should not be celebrating when students get in trouble.
 * What did the teacher do?** Two of the three main characters, Carly and Sam, get called into the principal’s office. The principal is mad at the girls for having viewers of their web show send money to the school. He explains to the girls why this they are in trouble and asks them if they knew what they were doing was wrong. He also explains to the girls how they are going to fix their mistake; they have to send all of the money back.
 * Was this action friendly, mean, or neutral? Why?** This action was friendly because even though the principal was upset with the girls, he took the time to talk to them about what they did wrong and how to solve it. He was not mean or condescending to the girls and it was obvious that he thought they were good students and people. The principal is trying to help them grow up to be responsible adults, not criticize or demean them.
 * Episode 4 of iCarly:**
 * Episode:** //iSaw Him First//
 * Episode 5 of iCarly:**
 * Episode:** //iSpy A Mean Teacher//
 * What did the teacher do?** A picture is shown to the three main characters of one of their teachers’ crowd surfing at a concert. The main characters are amazed that their teacher went to a “cool” concert. The characters do not think that teachers have lives outside of the school.
 * Was this action friendly, mean, or neutral ? Why?** This action is neutral because the teacher did not do anything that was friendly or mean he was simply at a concert enjoying himself.
 * What did the teacher do?** This teacher is shown with a bull horn walking up and down the halls yelling at the students to go to class. The three main characters have a thirty second dialogue stating how mean the teacher is. The characters use this example to explain the teacher, “She probably spits on puppies when she is not at school.”
 * Was this action friendly, mean, or neutral? Why?** This action was mean because the teacher is yelling at and speaking rudely to the students. She is also using the bull horn to yell in students faces. She seems like a very angry person and is there to discipline.
 * What did the teacher do?** A student comes up to a female teacher and tells her that he had picked an orange for her. The student is being very friendly; he wants his teacher to have an orange. The teacher says she hates citrus fruit, throws the orange on the ground, stomps on it, and then yells at the student.
 * Was this action friendly, mean, or neutral? Why?** This action by the teacher was mean. She did not appreciate the gift the student was trying to give her. Not only did she not appreciate it she stomped on it and then yelled at the student.
 * What did the teacher do?** The teacher is shown in her own how exercising strangely on her medicine ball. She is dresses ridiculously in a bright colored spandex outfit. She is shown making strange grunting noises. She is also shown to have an obsession with the American Idol judge Randy Jackson.
 * Was this action friendly, mean, or neutral ?** **Why?** In this scene the teacher did not do anything nice or mean. She was simply exercising, minding her own business. She did not have any interaction with anyone else during this scene.
 * What did the teacher do?** The teacher is talking to the three main characters that were seen videotaping her in her home. She tells the main characters that their web show is nothing but “mucus in the nose of the digital age.”
 * Was this action friendly, mean or neutral?** **Why?** This action is mean because she is insulting the main characters web show. She says that it is stupid and it is always bad. The teacher is talking down to the students telling them that their hard work is not appreciated. The teacher then threatens to main characters to put her on their web show or she will suspend them from school. The teacher is using her authority outside of the classroom to manipulate student’s actions.

After viewing these episodes I counted how many times teachers were shown in the five episodes. I then counted how many times the teachers were portrayed as nice, mean, or friendly. This is what I found: From this data I conclude that the majority of teachers in this show are shown as mean. It is interesting that this is the image of school that we portray to children and then wonder why they do not trust their teachers or go to them for help. Changing how we show teachers on children’s television shows may have an effect on this.
 * **of times teacher shown in 5 episodes: 11**
 * **of times teacher is friendly: 1**
 * **of times teacher is mean: 6**
 * **of times teacher is neutral: 4**
 * **of times teacher is male: 5**
 * **of times teacher is female: 6**


 * Video Analysis Assignment**

Olay Regenerist System commercial analysis that was shown in class.
 * Description:** Upbeat music, woman talking, use of the word lift three times, tone of voice is plesant and informative, products shown close up, womans face shown close up, camera is focused on her face. Compare product results to suregery, but insist that it is not surgery and will work better. Product shown again as last image with the word love below it. The setting is in a studio, black background with a red satin curtain. The actor is a woman. The lighting and the camera angle focus on this woman's face to show how tight her skin is and the fact that she does not have any wrinkles. A lot of close ups on her face and the products.
 * Meaning:** There is upbeat music that makes the consumer want to use the product to give their face a lift and become happier. The actress is smiling and showing off her tight face once she used the regenerist system. The black background and the close up face shots make the audience focus on her face. If a male was used or the music and actresses tone of voice were not so upbeat I do not think that this ad would be very effective. The personal connection that I make is that there is no way that girl is old enough to use the product and her face is probaly so airbrushed that I do not think it works the way they show it.
 * Judgements:** The overall message of this video is to use this regenerist system to lift your wrinkly face instead of getting expensive and dangerous surgery. The product is deisgned to make women look younger and get rid of any loose skin they may have. It also mentions that women who use this product will be happier in their personal life. I think for women who are worried about their wrinkles would be enticed to use this product. They make it seem that this cream is the answer to wrikles. I think that the text was managed well, the use of lift flashing across the screen multiple times gives the clear message that this product lifts your skin.