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Since according to the personality test I took online I'm supposed to be a journalist I looked under media and was interested in discovering the answer behind these three questions:
1) What is the subliminal messages in children's movies
2) What is the involvement of mass media in political campaigns?
3) Scripted vs. Unscripted television.
I believe that the subliminal messages in children's movies is impertinent and often not very subliminal at all. However I also believe that its impossible to escape the subliminal, everything that is created is created by a person, a person that moves within an inescapable culture full of repression and tabu's. People who create inevitably but unconsciously illustrate the world they live in no one can escape there perspective and perspective is formed, molded created by society and culture. 
True as I might believe this to be I also think some people go to far, I mean, whats up with the hidden penises in "The Little Mermaid" and "The Lion King"?
That's just deliberate jackassery, its a made up word but i think it gets my point across. 
The second question is one I've speculated on various times after watching movies the most recent one being Argo. It wasn't a bad movie, but did it deserve to win an Oscar? No. I don't really pay attention to those awards anyways, the bigger something becomes the more corrupt it is, there's no way around it, but I understand why it received the award. America needs heroes again, dreamers, brave men and hard workers, the moment it fails to produce them it will collapse as an empire and its not very far from falling.  
In an argument against scripted and non scripted television I'd have to say it depends on how good you are. Of course I'm thinking only of series, some of which work with a vague plot summary and improvise with one another, those with good chemistry are fresh fun and often more honest than fully scripted shows but if the actor has no true understanding of his character or situation then its best he or she stay on script. It also depends on the writing, some shows, like "Arrested Development" are brilliantly written and the genius lies in the details, the nuances, all of which would be lost if it were unscripted. Now if unscripted refers to reality TV then I think it sucks  




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