The Media and Control

However, the media also plays a major role in promoting some negative effects and stereotypes in our society. A good example of stereotypes is the way African American males are described. The media normally depicts them negatively as violent, cruel, criminals as well as having other antisocial behavior that the causations don’t have. These negative representations of dark guys are promptly obvious and passed on to general society through the news bulletin, films, music features, realty TV and other programming and manifestations of media (Abraham & Appiah, 2006). As a result, the media has created a crooked and damaging perception of black African Americans in the public’s eye thus promoting hatred and racism which all affect the lives of the blacks (Holt, 2013). This

When they are represented positively in the media, it is often limited to depictions of their skills in music, sports, and physical achievements in general. There is an inflated proportion of the depiction of black male role models as rap or hip-hop stars and basketball players (Media Representation and Impact on the Lives of Black Men and Boys).

The media perpetuates stereotyping and prejudice in America as they show viewers either from the television, newspaper or radio things in certain ways to make them thinks as a stereotyped or prejudice person. What I see a lot done down here in the South West is the media represents Black people the wrong way. They put in a lot in peoples head that Black males are criminals and drug dealers. That could be easily someone with a different ethnicity. People of color are often put out there as bad but we’re not. Just like in any race or ethnic background, there is always that bad one and that is how I see every race. Just like my Uncle Jeffery mentions from time to time, “there is always that one in the family that just seems to stand out”. Whether

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek” Barack Obama. The question is always asked does the media reflect the reality of society, or does society try and imitate the reality shown by the media? There are a number of stereotypes associated with African Americans in our society such as African American men are athletes, rappers, criminals, deviant, streetwise, uneducated, and unemployed just to name a few. African Americans in the media have changed through the years. The history of African Americans on TV or minorities in general is hampered by the racial conflicts and segregation that are embedded in American society. Historically, black actors have been grouped stereotypically and assigned to comedy. This has often been traced to the genre of black minstrelsy that was popular in the early 20th century.

“The sensitivity around stereotypes and distortions largely arises, then, form the powerlessness of historically marginalized groups to control their own representation.” Since Black people are the minority, they have no control over how they are represented in the media. As Shothat had mentioned in his article, “In the media there is a tendency to represent Black males as potential delinquents.” The misrepresentation of most Black males, affects them significantly; therefore, since they

As BLACK MEN we are often misunderstood and misrepresented in media. Common STEREOTYPES we see placed on black men are that we are criminals, aggressive, misogynistic.

In today’s society, media is present in our lives 24/7 allowing it to have a major influence on our culture in both positive and negative ways.

For example, when Black males are plastered on the news, the media displays a mugshot of him and dig up his past to portray him as a criminal, whereas if the same act was done by a White man the media would show pictures of him with his family and describe him as a good wholesome person. “Based on the findings from the study in the U.S., long-term exposure to local television news, wherein African-Americans are depicted frequently and stereotypically as criminals, predicted increased negative implicit attitudes toward African-Americans,” (Arnett 1). This image of the Black man on the media translates to how society views them. Generally speaking, when blacks are present in the media, it’s typically about the negative aspects of their life. In an article written by Autumn A. Arnett, she states, “Overall, ‘53 percent of the stories involving Black athletes had a negative tone, while only 27 percent of stories about White athletes were negative.’”(Arnett 1). This statistic goes to show that the media portrays more Blacks in the negative spotlight than they do Whites which ultimately affects how society views

With the invention of the printing press, during the middle ages, media has become the driving force of our society. With the printing press, books and newspapers became readily available to the common folk. Although, many people were not able to read Latin during the time, the printing press soon paved the way to translated version of texts into common language. This was a huge factor in the enlightenment period, where people moved away from the church and began to use science in their lives. Today the media has grown to such an extent that it controls almost every aspect our lives.

Cultivation Theory is being used not just in the United States, but all around the world. This theory just like other theories is applied daily because society is constantly watching television to educate themselves on what’s happening around the world. One of the reasons why this theory can be applied by anyone, it’s because “It asks people to assess their own media use alongside the socially constructed reality of the world they inhabit” (West & Turner p. 435).

The cultivation theory address an association of television to violence creating a pervasive impact of our view of the world. These fears, unfortunately, formulated a medium of

News, television, and movies are big parts of media that like to portray those stereotypes. When I was little, I recall seeing no African American role models on TV, but there was an gangster that portrayed the whole race. Today, there are shows like Black-Ish, Marlon, and K.C. Undercover that prove those stereotypes wrong by showing how African Americans can be successful and educated. That is the type of media that I like to see because it shows that I can be someone and have a strong career. Being African American taught me that media always likes to bring people down and use stereotypes for different races. Media likes to portray those stereotypes for African Americans, but those are the things that make us want to work harder and prove them

Media has become a powerful source of knowledge, and a great breakthrough in human history. Who can regret that media is a daily need in our lives. Media has the ability and control to adjust to all levels of knowledge in people. Media helps us to escape from our daily lives and our problems in times of stress. Thou Media as proved to be beneficial by educating, entertaining and informing us, it has also have its downfall, to cause many bad influences to the younger audience. Media has influenced us to conduct bad behavior, breed violence among teens and fear to the public, thus causing a lot of negative conflicts among ourselves. Television, Music, Internet, and more, are just some of the media exposure that needs to be censored and

Media influence is the force by which ideas are injected into people’s lives shaping the very culture of society. This influence is masqueraded through hidden media message, resulting in a change in its audience which can be positive or negative, abrupt or gradual, short term or long term. Although mass media’s influential effect can reach a wide ranged audience as an agent of socialization the responsibility to contain what it releases has not been of importance. “The media’s socially significant obligations are formally ignored.” (A.S. Zapesotskii, 2011, p 9). Media messages can be exerted through many different outlets such as TV shows, music, movies, commercials, news, magazines, games which are all gravitated to entertain audiences ultimately offering personal gratification that can sometimes blur the lines between reality and

Media has always played a huge role in our society. For a long time media was one of the methods of controlling people and leisure. Nowadays media is one of the main part of our lives and our society, because