...Andrea Dawkins Hum186: Media Influences on America Usually when you think about music the first thing that comes to mind is entertainment. Music is not just bound by entertainment; music can also be inspirational, motivational, and educational. Inspirational music compels the listener to perform an activity or at least make the listener believe in themselves. Such songs as When you believe by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston and Never would of made it by Marvin Sapp provided excellent examples of inspirational, for they give the listener hope where there might not be any. Motivational music has the ability to lift us up, make us smile, encourage, motivate, and teach us valuable life lessons. Such songs as I feel good by James Brown and I like to move it move it by Reel 2 Reel motivate people to get into that desired mood to be able to perform certain tasks, such as work or any other extra-curricular activity. Last but not least music has dramatically affected the way we educate ourselves. Educational music is both entertaining and informative. Research shows that children learn better through music than through almost any other medium. Through music many listeners are able to comprehend as well as remember what is trying to be taught better. Some educational pieces would include The ABCs, Bunny Song (How to tie your shoe), and Why do leaves change colors. These songs provide children with a familiar and comfortable way of learning. In closing, music has multiple purposes;...
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...Social media is a growing enterprise. With most of the American population having an account on a social media site; social media is becoming a part of our everyday lives. Social media has its many perks like being connected to people all around the world and receiving news faster than ever. But at what age is social media appropriate to have? With more and more of Americas youth joining these social media sites there are growing problems. These problems are a direct correlation with the popularity of social media in America’s adolescents. In today’s age most kids receive some sort of electronic phone or tablet before they are out of elementary school. We’ve all had to deal with them or have seen them before. They come in many shapes and forms. They can be short, big, a guy or a girl. Some roam in “packs” or have a “possy”. There are famous ones such as Biff and Regina George. Bullying has been a problem in America’s youth...
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...Media Bias American National Government After reading the article “Report from the Ombudsman” from Brill’s Content (ccis.ucourses.com/content) solidified the thoughts I had on the media being biased in their views. To get the truth you have to watch at least three different news channels and then research multiple sites on the Web. The ten simple questions he discussed in the article will make deciding if the content being reported is worth listening to. One of the key issues I see with journalists is they have their own agendas and are not secure enough in their position to have it questioned or debated on television. They are quick to attack their “opponent” with a barrage of unchecked fact-based questions and will not allow their victims a proper platform to respond. If the conversation is not going the way they want it to they will simply “run out of time” and go to a commercial break. Journalists say they are just doing their jobs and want the truth, but I know it’s merely for ratings and pushing their agenda. In researching the two websites listed in the content area, the Media Research Center (MRC) and Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), I’ve come to the conclusion that there will always be bias in today’s media. The MRC is a pro Democratic website looking for biased media content that favor the “Right”, with FAIR doing the same for the “Left”. One New York Times article written by Neil Irwin was up for debate on FAIR’s website. The article was titled...
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...Media Coverage of Global Warming in America Ashley Palac ENG/220 December 7, 2015 Paul Korzeniowski Media Coverage of Global Warming in America Global warming is a widely accepted theory in the scientific community today, both here in America as well as internationally. However, thanks in part to selective media coverage, opinions on the matter still vary widely in the general population. The average American has a number of ways and means of receiving information available to them, including the 24-hour cable news channels that have become popular in recent years. In order to achieve and maintain regular viewership and ratings, the content of these cable news channels, specifically Fox News and CNN, has become increasingly one-sided. As a result, the general public has taken varying stances on the issue, thanks in part to the media’s use of one-sided broadcasts and biased sources and interview guests. The Biased Media Fox News has always claimed to be a balanced source for news. At the same time, “Fox News was originally conceived as an antidote to what many conservatives see as a liberal bias in the mainstream media.” (Feldman, Maibach, Roser-Renouf, & Leiserowitz, 2012, page 5, para. 4) The whole basis for the channel’s creation was to present the American public with a source of conservative news. Because of this, Fox News broadcasters were more likely to be dismissive of the idea of global warming being real as that is a common conservative or...
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...Detecting Media Bias Detecting Media Bias The recent news article I have chosen is the standoff that is happening in Southern Nevada between the Federal Government and Cliven Bundy, a local rancher. The Federal Government claims that Bundy has not paid grazing fees for the last 20 years, Bundy feels that he does not have to because his family have worked the land since the 1880’s, which would give him rights to the land (Fox News, 2014) . The report by Fox News on their website appeared to be accurate, but it was clear that they were definitely siding more with Mr. Bundy than with the Federal Government. There were only comments and statements from Mr. Bundy himself or his supporters. When I checked the same story at CNN’s website, they had statements from both side of the issue. The report mentions how Bundy’s family called for assistance from Militia and his supporters after a couple acts of violence from law enforcement, his son was shot with a stun gun and his sister was pushed to the ground. There was no mention in the Fox new report, that the Bundy family and their supporters confronted rangers, and that a police dog was kicked and officers being assaulted, incidences that were reported on the CNN website (CNN, 2014). The report is clearly only reporting and favoring one side of the story, where as other news agencies are reporting a more balanced story. The Fox news report is putting a lot of emphasis on to the rights and treatment of Mr. Bundy, stating...
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...CNN vs. Fox News ENG/220 March 3, 2014 CNN vs Foxnews There are a number of news outlets currently available online, but no two are as big as CNN.com and Foxnews.com. These two media giants control most of the coverage on news stories circulating the globe. Although, nothing is covered as heavily as the presidential election in the United States. The two websites, and their affiliated television channels have hosted multiple debates and both have nearly twenty four seven coverage of the current national election. For most individuals, this would be the end of the two media giant’s similarities as they are considered to be very different ideologically. One author states, “In their coverage of the invasion of Iraq, CNN and FNC broadcast two distinct ideological news cultures.” (Silcock 2008). The writings to follow, will take you on a journey of the key differences and similarities of these two successful companies. Similarities CNN.com has long been regarded as a more liberal sources than its counterpart Foxnews.com, this may be true in some instances, but certainly not all. While most people would disagree with that statement, it is relatively closer to the truth than thinking that CNN is a very liberal source. In most instances online, the two sources have very similar headlines, and their stories are much closer to being aligned than one would expect. For example, on CNN.com the main headline is “Trump is a fraud,” whereas on Foxnews.com it is “Trump, Romney feud erupts...
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...Detecting Media Bias Nolan Tisdale HUM/111 9/15/2013 James Williams, PhD, DM, CHE Detecting Media Bias The article titled Lawsuit targets Medicaid expansion in Arizona, discusses the latest lawsuit filed by Legislators to targeting the federal Healthcare Reform Law. This article was posted on September 12 2013, on the Fox 10 Phoenix website. The subject of the article is the Lawsuit filed by 36 Republican legislators to target GOP Gov. Jan Brew’s plan to expand Arizona’s health care program. Having a clear understanding that Fox News identifies itself with, and targets the conservative Republican audience, it was very important to take this into consideration when determining the creditability of the story. It was important to observe the author presenting the facts in a clear and accurate manner, and paying extra care to detail. The fact that the author did not leave the facts to interpretation by making vague or over the top statements, leads one to believe that the article was not written in a bias manner. The story was presented in a manner that clearly identified and represented the perspective of all the parties involved in the discussion. The author describes the suit filed by 36 Republican legislators and a pair of citizens, through the Goldwater Institute, and the grounds on which these opponents of the Medicaid expansion plan believe they are filing the suit, while giving equal time and consideration...
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...Saeed. "Ebola Hysteria: An Epic, Epidemic Overreaction." CNN. Cable News Network, 20 Oct. 2014. Web. 23 Nov. 2014. http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/20/health/ebola-overreaction/ Feuer, Alan. "The Ebola Conspiracy Theories." The New York Times. The New York Times, 18 Oct. 2014. Web. 23 Nov. 2014. <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/sunday-review/the-ebola-conspiracy-theories.html?_r=0>. Greenberg, Karen. "America's Response to Ebola Looks Disturbingly Similar to the War on Terror." Mother Jones. Zuma Press, 12 Nov. 2014. Web. 23 Nov. 2014. <http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/11/4-lessons-war-terror-apply-ebola-fight>. Hananoki, Eric. "Fox Doc's Racial Rant: Obama Welcomes Ebola Because His "Affinities" Are With Africa." Media Matters 14 Oct. 2014. Fox News Radio's The John Gibson Show. Web. 21 Nov. 2014. <http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/10/15/fox-docs-racial-rant-obama-welcomes-ebola-becau/201168>. Regan, Michael P. "Ebola Hits Market Already Feeling Ill From Economic Data." Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg, 15 Oct. 2014. Web. 22 Nov. 2014. <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-15/ebola-hits-market-already-feeling-ill-from-economic-data.html Obeidallah, Dean. "Republicans Want You Scared of Ebola." The Daily Beast. Newsweek/Daily Beast, 27 Oct. 2014. Web. 20 Nov. 2014. <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/27/republicans-want-you-scared-of-ebola.html>. "US Blamed for Being behind Ebola Crisis - Press TV Report." Guyanese Online. PressTV...
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...Title Influence of the social media on illegal immigration into the U.S. from Latin America Name of student: Christina okanyuri Name of course: History Institutional affiliation: Submission date: America is informally termed as a "nation of immigrants" because of the widely open-door policy based on accepting foreigners chasing the vision of the so called American Dream. Legal and illegal immigration is a situation that not only exists in the U.S., but all over the world. Illegal immigration is defined as the relocation of individuals into a state in infringement of the immigration sovereignty and laws of a particular nation (Garni, 2010). Illegal immigration also involves entering a foreign country legally but refusing to depart after one’s visa expiry. It involves trespassing international political boundaries through land, air, and water unlawfully. Most illegal immigrants in the U.S. enter the country using two popular ways. First, through the U.S Mexico border and the other is by over staying their visas. A large percentage of illegal immigrants in the U.S are from Mexico, Canada, Africa and Europe. The impact of immigration is mostly felt in states where great numbers of immigrants have resided. Examples of these states include California and New Jersey. This has become a key concern to the U.S. government and its citizens. The genesis of illegal immigration dates back to the late 19th century. In 1875, a national law was approved which barred entry of prostitutes...
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...Black Women in the Media Media is defined as a form of mass communication through the use of radio, television, the Internet, music, film, and etc. Throughout history, American media has not only been used as a form of communication and entertainment, but it has also been utilized to spread stereotypes and hegemonic ideals reinforcing the racial hierarchy that has continued to survive even after the abolition of slavery in the nineteenth century. According to Tilicia L. Mayo, Indiana University communications graduate, images in the media contain the ability to teach many different lessons. Mayo states, “Contemporary films and television shows deliver images that communicate ideologies such as class, standing and position in society” (vi). After the abolition of slavery, White America searched for means of social control through the media since they lacked the power of legal control. Black women, being of the lowest racial and gender classes in America, have repeatedly been stereotyped and victimized through the use of degrading images in contemporary media. The origins of these images can be found in the racist ideologies of the African slave woman created by White Euro-American slave owners. The images of black women in American media have directly affected how black women and other people in society define black womanhood. This influence directly shows how people utilize fictitious and stereotypical images from the media in trying to understand the stereotyped group and...
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...Violence in America Zuhaylee Marroquin Bronx Community College English 11 Fall 2015 Professor Mukherjee For centuries now, racism was one of the main reason of violence in America. According to the documentary “Violence in America”, violent acts repeats itself constantly. This is known as the “cycle of violence” which means to repeat any dangerous acts due to retribution or revenge. White Americans looks at colored people as less than humans because whites do not accept blacks as intellectually equal. Does racism impact the violence in America? Racism is the key issue that has taken over America impacting violence in many ways. Going back in history, white Americans had formed deep violent traditions of taking over land and cutting off noses and ears as punishment. Christopher Columbus had led other white Americans to take over the land of the Indians. In the documentary “Violence in America” stated by the year of 1542, about 250,000 Indians were exterminated. Over the years whites had continued the violent act of killing and taking over the Indian tribes. By 1890 the Indian population numbered down from 2 million to 300,000. Soon after this America became the first country to have gun power. Gun power was also known to the white Americans as the alliance of freedom because it was use to defend themselves, so that no one else is able to take control. Over time the media had begun to play an important role. The media was obsessed with white criminals and portrayed...
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...ladder. Today, women are looked down upon, if they are slightly more over weight then what is considered “normal,” if they are “underweight”, “darker skin color”, too “pale”, “flat chested”, big boned, “thick,” or because of their ethnicities and backgrounds. So what exactly defines the “perfect female?” Is it the girls featured on “Girls Gone Wild” in Cancun, or the half naked models posing for Victoria’s Secret? Or is it the perfectly put together “Miss America” pageant queens? Or is it the Hollywood actresses with billion dollar dresses, and priceless jewelry? Or the well toned, well defined professional team cheerleaders, and dancers we watch? WE, speaking for us “average” women, who often tend to idolize, and carry pieces of all these girls within us, and envy them, for not being able to ever look like one of them…so damn perfect in every single way. These women, among many others all contribute to the foundations, of media, public relations, and entertainment sectors. Women are usually seen as the sex symbol in the media world, and do whatever they have to do, to earn and keep their image, and title....
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...Media Reaction Paper The way modern technology and the advancements made in communication this have influenced the American people. In the last decade the effects that media plays has helped with opinions that people make has escalated. With the invention of television and the Internet has allowed the news to travel throughout the world in lightning speed. The sources of this information in some instances can report the facts only the media believes that people should hear. Right or wrong and in some cases bad information in some cases is spread over the airways via internet, radio, and television. The media will continue running a story over and over the replaying of a story helps to reinforce this information in people’s minds thus helping to shape their opinion on different subject. This paper will discuss media’s reaction regarding the Arab and Muslim Americans since September 11 attacks. This paper will address the historic framework as well as the political content on this issue. My own opinion will be given on certain messages the media was attempting to portray was this coverage a biased or unbiased as well as was this issue sensationalized or objectively portrayed. For this assignment comes a story from the Detroit news titled Always Suspect: Local Arabs and Immigration. After September 11, 2001 became a turning point in the lives of people in America and around the world. Many Americans lost and gave their lives as well as being injured this had a huge effect on...
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... Australia has been influenced greatly by the Media, language and sport, which America offers to people in Australia. The three main areas of media in Australia are literature music and television. All three of these areas have slowly been Americanised since after World War Two ended. With travel becoming more common and easier during the 20th century...
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...problems that make racism hard to conquer in America is; racial profiling in police authority and entertainment television which is ultimately in direct correlation with stereotyping. These are some of the reasons why racism is still relevant in some cases now and this answers the question of if America has conquered racism. The main focus of racism now come from stereotyping each racial ethnicity. Each race has their very own vague descriptions based on culture and beliefs. These stereotypes becoming well known in today's society it comes with the price of racial profiling in police authority. There are such events involving racial profiling especially through the police procedures such as “stop and frisk”. Stop and frisking is described as racial profiling mainly because police officers often stop people based on physical...
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