[media] Basketball

Although I don't usually love watching basketball, I love watching it with my husband.  He knows everything about sports, especially football and basketball.  I played soccer and ran track/XC in high school, but never really watched or understood football or basketball.  This is a form of media that we can watch together for fun.  Today I've been thinking about the random and probably annoying comments that I make which rarely have to do directly with the game.  If it bothers my husband, he has never said anything! We watched the last half of the Celtics vs Heat game last night and these are some of the things I brought up:

-Size of the players

-The tattoos

-The beards

-How mean/unlikable the ref looked

-"I wonder if referees and judges have similar personalities?"

-The court and the advantage the Celtics have since their floorboards were arranged differently than usual

-The team colors... "Does the jersey color affect the likelihood of winning?"

-"How old is that coach?"

-"James Lebron"

He is constantly making up fake rules to see if I believe him (Second OT: A shootout. A "roofer" in baseball: The ball hits the ceiling that team wins and everybody goes home...).  He keeps life fun and interesting!

[media] Media Article

I read an article in another class about the media written by Dr. Padilla-Walker.  I found the way she described media as shaping different areas of identity very interesting.  She said that adolescents want to differentiate themselves from their parents (not always in a rebellious way), and these adolescents look for social "norms" in the media.  The popular media's social norms are so skewed from real life.  It is important to keep close to our children (or future children/associations) and help them understand what is good advice and what is not.  They will be exposed to media throughout their entire lives!  I hope as a mother to help my children understand their worth and what really matters.  There are many great sources of media to teach them about too!

[Adolescence, Developmental Needs of, and Media--Dr. Laura M. Padilla-Walker]