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In the first video we watched in class, they discussed that he looked fine in both the original and photoshopped.  The real issue in this video was that ads everywhere are photoshopped and you can't escape that. Also mentioned is that if you come out and say a photo of you isn't photoshopped when it obviously was then that makes you sound ridiculous.  The hosts then said that Bieber would have gotten more respect if he just said that he loved his body and didn't know what to do with the picture afterwards, but instead his agent decided to fight against it making biebs look worse. In the second video we watched in class the host discussed the how Berber looked more like the average 20 year old should, but his legal teams said that Justin is in fact jacked.  The real issue discussed is the body image aspect of photo shop.  To be a real man in todays society you must be larger literally everywhere.  And if you don't look like that then you're considered weak. ...

Cultivation theory mainly deals with the long term effects television has on us.  What we see on television greatly influences how we see the world.  People now a days seem to live in fear all because of what they watch on tv.  Many people view torture as a way to elevate problems.  As seen in most police or crime shows, the investigator will torture the suspected criminal for the answers he or she wants.  The longer it takes for the criminal to speak the more torture methods are used.  With saying that most people believe what they see on the television.If it works in a show the people will believe it works in real life because well everything seen on tv has to be true!

BIRG stands for Basking In Reflected Glory.  With saying that most sports fans have a feeling of belonging and feel a part of a team.  For example, many sports fans wear apparel with their team on it if that team is doing well.  Or the talk about their team very highly.  On the other hand many fans face CORF.  CORF stands for Cutting Of Reflected Failure.  That means if some fan's team isn't doing so hot then they might not wear that teams logo for a while or they won't associate themselves with that team.  Many fans tend to blame the team's failure of the refs, the weather, and even the other teams.  But never in a million years would a true fan think their team is the reason they failed.  Fans also tend to talk very negatively about other teams in that league.  For example, a Cubs fan would talk down about the Red Sox or the Cardinals just to make their team look better. On the Colbert show, he mentions the Jacksonville Jaguars. ...