Media Matters for America

which is called Islamophobia. Islamophobia in America is a rampant ongoing discrimination in the United States, many factors play into islamophobia such as media, laws, and racial profiling; yet Islamophobia can be lessened if the American population works together to come up with a solution The word Islamophobia has made its way into the recent decade, it literally…

American Dream is portrayed to society as being a hard worker, having a house, consistent income and raising a family. The American Dream views this lifestyle as an ideal or typical way of living in America. According to Stephen Cruz he realized throughout his experiences with different jobs that "it doesn't matter if you have had an education, opportunity, and hard work buy by the power and fear." Cruz had to overcome obstacles throughout his childhood by living where the "trashy whites" lived,…

pluralistic media are essential for ensuring transparency, accountability and participation as fundamental elements of good governance and human-rights based development”. In addition, they said to all countries and people involved: “respect the function of the news media as an essential factor in good governance, vital to increasing both transparency and accountability in decision-making processes and to communicating the principles of good governance to society”. As they are saying, the media,…

Before any sports event it is common that there will be a specific song played to honor America and those brave people who have fought for the freedom we have today. For this song it is also common for people to stand, take off their hats, and maybe even put their hand on their heart out of respect for the men and women who have served our country over the years. Those men and women have fought for our freedom and it is our way as citizens of a free country, to show respect and give thanks by…

that managed to garner nationwide attention due to social media, just imagine the number of similar…

Racism in America We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal”- Thomas Jefferson. These words sounded like music to the ears of African American slaves. But the truth is that these words did not include all men, but have excluded the slaves of whom at least 200 were owned by the very man that wrote this speech. Even Abraham Lincoln felt no need to interfere with slavery held the belief that African Americans were inferior to whites. From a classic utilitarianism view…

The black panthers used the media to their advantage and rapidly began to grow capturing the attention of thousands of Americans. As a result of the party's growth, groups such as the Ku Klux Klan began to make their way into the federal law enforcement advocating racist and violent abuse towards people of color. The leader at the time, President Hoover began to notice the advancement of the movement and feared "the rise of the black messiah", and the white allies who united to support the…

Advertisements, in various forms of media, have a constant presence in American culture. When in relation to selling makeup or fashion, there is a fragment in opinion about the use of photo manipulation and the depiction of current beauty ideals for women represented in ads and the modeling industry, as they uphold one body type. Much research has been done on the psychological and behavioral effects of these images on individuals in various cultures. Advertisements and the media have such a…

The persecution on Black Americans is not new but with a society revolving around social media and technology in general, the way one stands up to be united against this persecution is changing. The film “13th” named after the 13th amendment that abolished slavery was directed by Ava DuVernay’s. Her objective was to demonstrate how for hundreds of years the American justice system has been serving as a vehicle for racism and the political rhetoric that capitalizes on it. Releasing facts about…

The society most affected by sports is probably America. From the first colonisation of America, settlers came for the idea to compete for the life they have always dreamed. The American belief of Manifest Destiny can be considered a competition in its own right. People from all over the world came to America to tame the wild west or build wealth as a farmer on the northern plains. Everyone came with a dream and a hope, therefore, everyone had to compete for their success. Even reaching past…