What I Go Out Of Media And Society Class

Media has taken on an all new meaning to me from just taking this class. I feel truly that this is the first class I can honestly say, I have learned something and grown because of what I have learned. Media now is much more than the entertainment, news and advertisements I once thought it was.

The United States was built on the concept of the American dream. The idea that anyone can achieve success if they just work hard enough and are determined enough is very lucrative. Unfortunately the American dream is not as obtainable as many think. 65% of children raised in the bottom fifth income bracket will remain in the bottom two brackets (Adams, et al., 2013, p. 143). This means that even with hard work and determination the majority of Americans will not achieve the American dream. When a person has based their entire future on the concept that anyone can succeed it can lead to judgements on those who do not achieve wealth. It leads to the idea that anyone who does not have wealth must be lazy or have some sort of personal defect. It becomes acceptable to judge those who are in poverty, because it is believed that they are at fault for their poverty, that they are not worthy of wealth. This prejudice then effects the policies put in place to assist individuals in obtaining food, housing, and other basic needs. With the media becoming increasingly present in everyday life one is left to wonder how the media depicts poverty and how their depictions influence society.

At the start of this spring semester, I was not sure what to from the course. This communications class is unlike any class I have ever been enrolled in before. Since the start of the semester, I have become so much more aware of mass communication and the way that we communicate during this age. I know that by the time I complete this course, I will have a better understanding and be more aware of the media and issues going on around me. The media producers have a way of tricking society into believing things that they want them to. This course has brought to my attention the issues and taught me how to identify them. The most important things that have stood out in my mind so far are convergence, print media, and the importance of radio.

Looking back on this semester and what I have learned I can see that I have become more media literate in many ways, primarily in the areas of awareness and analysis. I have become more aware of the way media is constructed. Some things that have stood out to me since I have started this course is for example the other day when I flew into the ST. Louis airport after Thanksgiving break one of the monitors in baggage claim said that it was “CLear Channel TV” before this course I do not know what clear channel was and I knew that the entertainment business was an oligopoly but I did not realize the extent. Seeing this was a moment of realization, that what I read was real, this one company has its hands in every pot. I have also noticed how much media means to people, I was speaking to one of my friends and I mentioned that I thought marvel was better that DC and she became very upset at me. It occurred to me that being a DC comics fan was a part of her identity, before I knew that people took entertainment personally but it was not actively looking for it.

When I first selected Journalism as my Elective class I would be challenged in ways I had never experienced in the conventional classroom before. After a full year of the class, I found that while this was demonstrated to be true, the real challenge came from learning how to channel my self motivation and intrinsic passion as opposed to external pressures like harsh due dates and grading. I have never before in my life been given the opportunity to write about my passions and interests for a grade, nor have I had the chance to write on behalf of a respected school institution. My motivations in journalism were essentially flipped from those of the conventional classroom, where my grades are motivated by the institutional pressures of the school, and my actual learning of the subject is motivated by my personal interest in the class. Instead in journalism, my grades are dependent on my personal interests, and my actual learning of the subject is dependent on the institutional pressures of working for such an esteemed organization. This has provided me with a much more realistic educational experience, relative to the professional world, as I am motivated internally to produce content at the job of my choice and externally to conform to the expectations of my employer. I chose to take journalism to see if I could accountably manage my work without many of the guidelines and structure presented in most classes, and I feel that, 12+ quality articles later, I have

On April 29th, 2013, two rivaling gangs, the Valley Hood Piru and the East Union Street Hustlers, claiming stakes to the Central District of Seattle, result in the shooting of two victims. Ronald “Messy” Massey, a member of the East Union Street Hustlers, was reported to have shot two members of the rivaling gang at a local convenient store (Vaughn, 2013). Reports suggest that the shooting was accredited to the gangs ' "violent clashes in the past” and possibly Massey’s intent in solidifying his standing as a gang member (Fucoloro, 2013). Furthermore, detectives believe that Massey may have been pressured to prove his loyalty (Vaughn, 2013). The media emphasizes that the rising intensity of the rivalry is the main factor that is resulting in the increase of gang activities, but the lack of questioning by the media on the possible causal factors that lead to the crime limits the understanding of the motives.

These days, sexism in the media is one of the top issues confronting women in Canada. Female political candidates often experience a toxic environment that can adversely affect their campaigns. The constantly changing media scene regularly permits harmful remarks to exist without responsibility. The under-representation of women in media is an all-inclusive wonder. Despite the fact that there have been improvements, women still fall behind men in numerical representation in government. The sexual orientation depiction studies have recorded that the media have been careless in reacting to sex equalization. Women are either overlooked totally or are lessened to imperceptible status through under-representation in innovative and basic

The Role of Media in the Society 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. In ancient times when there was no newspapers and television, people used literature as source of information, some books like "the Iliad", and different stories about great kings, shows those people the information about them. Nowadays media is one of the main part of our lives and our society, because we use word media, to combine all sources of information. Average man is spending 4 hours a day on watching TV and reading newspapers.

In our society, the media play a critical role, they provide us with definitions about who we are as a nation, they reinforce our values and norms and they perpetuate certain ways of seeing the world and the people within the world. The media have provided us with image of prescription and description. They tell us how society sees us and tell us how to behave in society with the help of media hegemony which is “a condition that occurs when dominant groups in society control the mass media, largely through ownership” (John V. Pavlik). With media hegemony in our media conveys and reinforces negative stereotypes of a group of people. Users online is posting, uploading photos, videos, and commenting without considering how it vilifies other groups or persons. Since images are present around us everywhere we go. Our mind consumes and registers these images without a consent. Whether we want to view these images or not our subconscious uses them to construct our social behavior. Not only do these mediated images penetrate our minds, but they shape and re-create the world we live in and the way we view it. The danger lies in stereotypes that are integrated into these online photo, video and messages are used to spread hate. This online user is using propaganda which is “the regular dissemination of a belief, doctrine, cause or information, with the intent to mold public opinion (Pavlik)”to share this belief. However, the liking for freedom of expression has led to appearance of

A single day does not pass without the average American engaging in some form of technology laced with advertisements, whether it be a minute long video prefacing a Youtube video or a thirty second long Pandora audio commercial. A common theme emerges throughout these forms of media, the subordination of women. TV shows, video games, movies, and songs frequently portray women as objects, dehumanizing them by showing them as being subservient to men, or showing them as adhering to stereotypical behavior. On one hand, some argue that the information is not processed by the people watching and therefore has no impact on behavior. The skeptics say this has no impact on people’s action, pointing out the fact that people rarely watch an intense movie where many women are harmed, then proceed to go out in public and duplicate those actions. Though I concede that our society does not directly act on what they have seen, the information diffuses into their subconscious. The constant bombardment of media endorsing mistreatment of women affects people’s thought processes, diminishing reactions. “Thought processes are greatly impacted by the subconscious influence of media.” “The negative portrayal of women in media greatly influences subconscious thought processes.”

Despite there being numerous sources and names for media and information, large conglomerate companies have emerged over the last several decades that own a majority of media outlets in the United States and throughout the world. These conglomerates operate in an assortment of business opportunities. The “big six” as they are commonly referred, own up to 90% of the American media market share (Lutz), and that number is growing. The big six companies include G.E., News Corporation, Disney, Viacom, Time Warner, and CBS. To demonstrate this growth of consolidation, that same 90% of the American media was owned by fifty independent companies in 1983 (Lutz). These figures are outstanding, as they relate and intersect with Stuart Hall’s idea of

The media is full of countless things, it has completely changed the world and is now a part of our everyday lives (Bookman, 64). With television, radio, newspapers, books, etc… working their way into our everyday lives it is impossible to live without the media today. Along with it being persuasive, informational and a great source for entertainment it also has a large binding influence on societies all over the world. Media aspects are radically reshaping the world (Marina 240) and though some may argue that media has more negative aspects associated with it, there are many positives to it as well. One of the positive aspects of the mass media is the binding influence associated with it and how it is changing our society making the world one large global village — the world as a single community. We now see everything everywhere and it is causing the world to change in the way that people are adapting to new cultures they may not have even known about in past decades.

problems. Though it seems to go unnoticed by most, the way that we are obtaining our

The Oxford dictionary defines the media as “the main means of mass communication”, and can consist of anything from television shows to newspaper articles, to twitter feeds, to even word of mouth. In a time where celebrity scandal is integrated into every medium, the sensationalization of celebrities in criminal cases can spread like wild fire. This certainly rings true in the case of Bill Cosby, who has been accused of sexual assault since as early as 2005. In 2014, a surge of women came forward to accuse Cosby of sexual assaults that allegedly occurred in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Of the 40 women that came forward, 15 are considered to have potential legitimate cause for belief, and at least one of which could have the ability to produce viable evidence of said assault. Classism, sexism and ageism all come to intersect in the media as the animated discourse surrounding the Cosby case progresses. This essay will examine multiple media sources such as the Huffington Post, Times Magazine and CNN to indicate and biases that are codified and ingrained in Canadian society, how they are used as lenses for criminal cases, how the media plays on these biases and why.

Media today play a major role in the upbringing of society. Whether it is via music, television shows, movies, or social sites, they all play a part in the manner in which we learn and deal with issues in society. In my paper, I will share my interpretation on the new television hit series, Empire. Empire is an FOX Production television series that first appeared on January 7, 2015. It centers on Lucious Lyon, who operates his own hip hop and entertainment company. Prior to establishing his company, Lucious and his ex-wife Cookie Lyon were drug dealers, until Cookie went to jail on drug charges. After being diagnosed with ALS, Lucious Lyon was determined to mentor one of his sons; Andre, Jamal, and Hakeem, with the intentions of having one of them continue the family’s legacy.