Media Matters for America

Like any form of digital media, video games can be considered “light”, that is to say they can traverse thousands of miles with ease. Though unlike Stewart’s luxury cars, video games are quite often seen as less innocuous. They can be viewed as a medium “that would turn a generation…

Racial profiling in media coverage represents part of the ongoing racial discrimination in America. The media portrays and interprets stereotypes of all different races in our society, however, this preconceived notion leaves viewers with a negative standpoint on where each races parameter is within society. The media, whether unintentionally or intentionally, has fostered the growth of racial profiling in society. Racial profiling though needs to be first acknowledged in order to be…

business took off with the fall of the empires and the rise of the progressive middle class. “The economy was booming...it was the beginning of a symbiotic relationship between advertising and media”(Haddow, par.7). In Appendix A , these particular advertisements have been banned for their controversial subject matter, especially the topics of history,…

The failure of public schooling in America is an ongoing controversy among teachers, parents, and administrators across the nation. David Guggenheim exemplifies the concern of America’s failing education system in his eye-opening documentary, Waiting For Superman. The film covers topics such as socioeconomic background, school funding, charter schools, and teacher tenure, all of which are contributing factors to the plummeting education system. Focusing in on teacher performance, teacher tenure…

Shaikh Muhammad Student #: 1001214562 TA: Tyler WGS204h5 5th October 2015 Media Review Gender and identity are considered important issues in our current society. Over the years, the representation of gender and other facets of identity in the media have greatly changed. The mainstream media now finds time to represent the diversity that exists in our modern society. To illustrate how the influence the current media has in creating awareness about our diverse society, the paper below will…

Ironic Racism: You’re Probably Doing It Too Although 2017 has really just begun it feels as though modern America is facing more issues than ever. With the growth of the Black Lives Matter movement the awareness of police brutality and racial inequality is steadily increasing. Lindy West is a feminist, fat acceptance movement activist, and a writer. At least two of these attributes or accomplishments can easily become the burden of many cruel jokes (if you couldn’t tell, it’s the first two). In…

Jeannette Beltran SOCI 127 Final Prompt Nativism, in its Modern Form Intro: With the alleged increasing influx of immigrants, the intensification of racism and nativism has taken a new shape and seeped into the media, as well as local, state, and federal policy. Particularly, the escalation of nativism is concentrated at Latinos, and has thus, created an issue of illegality. In addition, nativism, an adverse outlook of foreign individuals, has remained molded by dynamics that shift with…

For instance, women in America in a young age are constantly trying to make themselves beautiful in order to impress men. This is major issue because it shows that society views that women have to beautiful to successful, else women will end be considered a social outcast. This becomes an issue that needs to be fixed, especially when this depiction of women and expectation for women is something that is negatively promoted by the media. Also, this issue is a global issue because…

In The Tortilla Curtain, América is attacked by a man who hits her, yells “Shut up,” shreds her clothes, and ultimately rapes her aggressively (Boyle 141). América was unable to defend herself due to his force. He not only violated her, but stole a dignity she was beginning to develop in this new, unfamiliar country. This event lead her to lose…

The Silence of Our Friends How can America be labeled “the land of the free” while colored people are still being targeting for the pigmentation of their skin? The documentary “13th”, produced by Ava DuVernay, discusses the history of slavery and segregation, the crisis of mass incarceration, and the criminalization of all communities of color. The brutality and violence enforced by whites upon innocent groups of colored individuals is multitudinous. I was shocked by the relevance of slavery in…