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Media is a powerful source in manipulating people in thinking a certain way. It is inevitable not to hear or see the news, protests, violence, ads, and especially gun law topic. Media is popular in our society and when there is a burden of a situation media brings up discussions and questioning if the laws are well written or need modifications. This is where the politics are targets and making them question the constitutional amendment of gun laws. To influence the public, they discuss the…

Society today is exposed to advertisements by television, radio, magazines, newspapers, and even billboards (G Barve et. al.). This exposure, however, has begun to negatively influence American society. Advertisements influence different people in society today in many different ways, and ever since television and broadcasting were brought into the American culture, it has been one of the main sources for information. However, many people do not know about the serious problems advertisements can…

In “Who’s Really to Blame for Fake News: Look in the mirror, America,”(Moyers & Company, November 30, 2016) Neal Gabler suggests we have a fake news problem as the media caters to the public’s wants because people want to hear fake news and will go as far as pay for those articles. Additionally, fake news does not only rob people of the truth, but also hurts democracy. Not to mention, fake news distracts the public’s attention away from real news. This is what Gabler calls “post-truth disease”…

about their Islamic traditions, their trips home to visit Lahore and the ways they celebrate Ramadan. At the moment, I find myself immersed in Russian-American relations and policy. My grandparents in Russia, trapped in the clutches of anti-American propaganda, refuse to visit us. They believe that the US government is responsible for decades of Russian woes, and most recently, the creation of ISIS. Deeply rooted animosity stemming from the Cold War, paired with several failed political “resets”…

can also be used to get a point across to the viewers on causes to prevent something from happening or to provoke it. In other words, advertisements are produced to attract the audience with simple techniques that could be found in the article “Propaganda Techniques” by Ann McClintock. As examples, the advertisements provided are used to produce an effect on the viewers deeply towards anti-smoking. With doing so, it increases their marketing viewers and expands their foundations. The…

In his introduction to Permanence and Change, Hugh Dalziel Duncan wrote, “Burke demands that we become masters of many perspectives in order that we may understand one perspective” (Duncan xv). This statement does a sufficient job of explaining Kenneth Burke’s theory of dramatism to the casual observer of rhetoric. Today, it is second-nature for all 24-hour cable news channels and most people to take into account several diverse perspectives when dissecting events as trivial as celebrity…

Deception is part of human nature at best. Humans, deceive each other all the time for comedy or just to make people believe what they are saying is true. News Castors and politicians thrive on deception and try to get the public to believe what they are stating or implying is true to the core. Sadly, most of the time it is drastically beyond the boundaries of true and is significantly beyond the truth. The story of "Open Window" by Saki is the true meaning of deception and lying in a way. He…

The media’s ability to quickly propagate information to the masses is a powerful tool used by politicians to spread propaganda. Additionally, the media’s addiction on covering negative news has caused politicians to capitalize on the extra media coverage negativity receives, resulting in extra publicity, and extra votes. A prime example of media manipulation is President Donald Trump: “Trump continues to be credible, to receive massive media coverage and win more votes” (Salama, 2016, par. 16).…

Late-night comedy shows such as “The Daily Show” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” present viewers with a source of both entertainment and information on current political events. While the biases of the hosts and writers for these shows is reflected in the presentation of this information, their influence on public opinion is no more or less legitimate than that of other news sources such as newspapers and news channels. The people that watch these late-night shows on a regular basis…

and Diamonds of the Night by Jan Nemec, all offer different experiences in distinctive attempts to authentically capture the horrors of the Holocaust. A Film Unfinished tells its story and takes form as a documentary through the use of a Nazi Propaganda film, personal interviews with survivors, journal entries from survivors, and historical background info. The Last Stage attempts to represent this experience in a quasi-documentary style film, meaning it is based off the true events of Gerda…