...The United States is a large melting pot of all races. You can find many different colors of people in the U.S. from Whites, Yellow, Black, Orange and you name it. Even with society being so called color blind, where everyone’s views on people's skin color is not applicable in today’s day and age; there is still racial tension in people’s judgments. Racism still goes on today, the 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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...protesting against the discrimination and inequality in entertainment industries. This includes the discrimination in vote, ownership, basic human rights and social rights which led to the stride of the minorities to protest for the equal rights living in a country. For example in America, the black Americans were hunted and lynched by the white Americans and it was celebrated as a sport. So in mid of 20th century, although the black Americans got their freedom, they still faced the color racism by the majority of America. Stereotyping against minorities through entertainment started at the start of the entertainment industry in the world. Unfortunately, stereotyping against the minorities through media was also recorded by the film’s historians. Considering the example of Joseph Goebbels, who was the propaganda general during World War 2 and he was considered to be the founder of the discrimination portrayed in his directed films. During Nazi Regime, there were many stereotyping against the Jews and this discrimination was proudly displayed by the Goebbels propaganda they specifically targeted the Jewish controlled organization and they were negatively portrayed in the entire film. However these stereotyping ended by the end of National Socialist Party but sadly the practice of stereotyping the minorities through film remained in the entertainment industry. During early 40’s, the stereotyping against minorities through media had become a common practice in several countries, especially...
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...Abstract The impact of media on the society extends to both social and political sectors. There are a variety of elements in each and media touches on both sectors and each element. It should be noted that the extent that it affects each element varies as well. It should also be taken into account that while there is a mass effect on everyone that media touches, the extent it affects the individual varies as well. Social Impact On a social level, media has its greatest impact. Viewpoints have been shaped due to the representation of different cultures, races, genders, religions, and sexual orientations. The two main elements of this are entertainment and news. While the representations should be taken at face value when it comes to entertainment, some representations have led to unfair stereotyping which becomes a part of social norms and thinking for generations. One example is how a segment or culture within a race could and has come to represent the public’s view of that race overall—especially in the case of negative elements of that culture. Another example is both unfair standards of beauty for women as well as negative representation of women. In the case of negative representations, there might be individuals or groups that embody that particular element, but media is able to multiply the negative to the point where it becomes a public accept trait of women. When it comes to unfair beauty standards, women are viewed as beautiful by mainstream media are usually put in favorable...
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...The impact of media on the society extends to both social and political sectors. There are a variety of elements in each and media touches on both sectors and each element. It should be noted that the extent that it affects each element varies as well. It should also be taken into account that while there is a mass effect on everyone that media touches, the extent it affects the individual varies as well. Social Impact On a social level, media has its greatest impact. Viewpoints have been shaped due to the representation of different cultures, races, genders, religions, and sexual orientations. The two main elements of this are entertainment and news. While the representations should be taken at face value when it comes to entertainment, some representations have led to unfair stereotyping which becomes a part of social norms and thinking for generations. One example is how a segment or culture within a race could and has come to represent the public’s view of that race overall—especially in the case of negative elements of that culture. Another example is both unfair standards of beauty for women as well as negative representation of women. In the case of negative representations, there might be individuals or groups that embody that particular element, but media is able to multiply the negative to the point where it becomes a public accept trait of women. When it comes to unfair beauty standards, women are viewed as beautiful by mainstream media are usually put in...
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...Controversial Issues in Entertainment Paper COM/225 Instructor: Janet Wright Salonyia Fisher September 1, 2014 The news media has a responsibility to the public to report what’s going on around the world and should make sure they remain ethical in the process. The news media can often have a huge hand in how controversy can increase. Peaceful demonstrations often turn violent, the police aren’t handling some situations peacefully and that can send people into a frenzy. News reporters do often cause a serious distortion in the public eye when dealing with sensitive issues by things they have said or published in a news story. In the Travon Martin Case the media needed to examine their role in the coverage of that case. Many people believe there was biased coverage of the tragic death and facts surrounding, Trayvon Martin’s death. It has been noted about the differences in the media outlets accounts of this story in order to grab the attention of a particular audience. The media coverage of this case has been especially intense and that’s partly because each news show has a different audience they are trying to target. There are a few news outlets that were able to cut directly through the hype of it all and dealt with the important issues at hand. When dealing with race and religion those are two sensitive topics and when stories like The Trayvon Martin story are brought to light, things can quickly get out of hand. The television networks that were reporting improved...
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...BUSCH race in Las Vegas. The words said were at the conclusion of a race in which the driver had been putting his life on the line at over 200 mph. Fueled with adrenaline, the words spoken were not words ordinarily used by Sauter, however, NASCAR legislated just the same (McCormick). This case is the most recent of many that censorship has become a major battleground. Since first the shootings of April 1999 in Columbine Colorado, and most recently, the 2004 Super Bowl Halftime show in which singer Justin Timberlake exposed the breast of fellow singer Janet Jackson, the government has made it its priority to influence the entertainment industry to put into place new rules, such as the one in NASCAR, to regulate “inappropriate” material, therefore increasing censorship. On top of this, the industry itself has begun to attempt a type of self-censorship. Although censorship has been around for ages, what is it and why does it exist? Censorship in today’s era is a higher power attempting to prevent disturbing or painful sights, sounds, or any other information form from reaching the public in order to keep a feeling of well moral being. However, the main question in today’s times is whether or not censorship is necessary in today’s world, and if the government should be able to force censorship on the entertainment industry. Though the case involving the NASCAR driver is the most recent ridiculous form of censorship, it has taken place throughout the history of entertainment itself...
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...Keri Birmingham Professor Jee Yoon Lee UW20 Asian American Experience December 9,2011 Eurasian: The New Face of Asia [ABSTRACT] My project is to prove that Eurasians are becoming the new face of Asia through the entertainment industry and mainstream media. Mixed-race models, musicians, and actors of Asian and Caucasian descent are becoming well known in Asian pop-culture such as Maggie Q, Sirinya Winsiri, and Karen Mok. Although, in the past Eurasians born in East Asia were perceived as children of subjugated Asian women that were shamefully dominated by Western imperialists in history, they are now viewed as internationally ideal. To elucidate, foreign imperialism to East Asia has caused economic ties that have influenced Asian popular culture through mainstream media and entertainment that is based on Western culture and their standard of beauty, which is Caucasian. However, global businesses search for any kind of marketing that will entice their target audience, which is now the European-Asian spokespersons and entertainers that provide an opportunity to reach out to audiences that were once racially divided. Their international appeal by the media has created a beauty standard and has inspired Asians, mostly in East Asia to dye their hair, wear colored contacts, or surgically widen they eyes to resemble more European looking eyes. European and Asian mixes are becoming the role models for Asians in Asia, where multiracial people are hardly found, and therefore portrayed...
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...Neil Postman argues that the form of communication and its delivery determines how individuals feel, think, and react. His book, Amusing Ourselves to Death, discusses how the medium of television and the media in general can change of society’s way of thinking and the general public discourse. The most obvious political detriment of television is that it affects society's ability to form an informed electorate. Television and all forms of media has taught society to judge politicians by their celebrity aspect. This does not allow individuals to consider the important issues and elect politicians who have the best chance of bettering our lives or ensuring our safety (Postman, 1985, p. 95). In Amusing Ourselves to Death, Postman writes "You...
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...Media Influence on African American Males Keana Noyd California State University, Northridge PAS 325- The Black Male in Contemporary Times May 12, 2014 Abstract If a black man is mentioned in the news, newspaper, magazine ads, television shows, or internet blogs, it is usually related to a negative, stereotypical thought of black men as a whole. The media constantly produces images of black men as sexually-instable, violent, and unintelligent. Such portrayals ultimately influence the nation when it comes to what black men are thought to be like. If the media gave honest and positive portrayals of black men, less racism would exist because people would be able to see the black men of this world for who they really are. In this paper, I give examples of how black men are negatively portrayed in the media and suggest how such misrepresentation can be stopped; by positive portrayals of black men in the media. Over the decades, the media has become an extremely influential power tool when it comes to making assertions about certain groups of people. African-Americans are one of the media’s many victims of false generalizations that influence the world beyond the television screens. Black men are constantly depicted as sexually-instable, angry, uneducated criminals throughout the media, in which, has an ultimate effect on how these men are represented throughout this society. Such depictions are one of the reasons why racism and stereotypical beliefs continue to exist throughout...
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...largest media conglomerate, with assets including movies, television, publishing, and theme parks. The Walt Disney Company operates in an oligopoly market, where the number of sellers in their market is relatively small, requires them to have strategic thinking, and they are big enough to affect the market. Walt Disney Company must respond to its rivals’ choices, but its rivals must respond to their choices as well. Techniques of game theory are used to balance the market with their competitors. There is no competitive pricing and consumers only have few choices to choose from. Barriers to entry the market with Walt Disney Company are high. The biggest barriers are economies of scale, patents, and access to expensive and complex technology. In media network, Disney’s powerhouse ESPN faces competition from the sports channels of Twenty-First Century Fox, CBS, and Comcast’s NBCUniversal. Sports entertainment market to be an oligopoly market, with only a few networks competing in the market. Again, barriers are high to enter the market due to the economies of scale requiring enough capital needed to produce a significant amount of programing needed to be profitable in the market. Most would consider in the earlier stages of the market, sports entertainment was a price takers, as profits are controlled by ratings determined by the number of viewers drawn to the network. The advancement of technology to provide more viewing access and growing popularity of sports entertainment, some...
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...HUM/186 Version 4 Media Influences on American Culture Copyright © 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description The course provides an introduction to the most prominent forms of media that influence and impact social, business, political, and popular culture in contemporary America. It explores the unique aspects of each medium as well as interactions across various media that combine to create rich environments for information sharing, entertainment, business, and social interaction in the United States and around the world. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Lule, J. (2012). Exploring media and culture. Irvington, NY: Flat World Knowledge, Inc. All electronic materials are available on the student website. Week One: The Formative Influence of Mass Media on American Culture Details Objectives 1.1. Identify the effects of mass media on American culture...
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...16) Currently, Donald Trump does not have any true branded entertainment. The closest branded entertainment he has now is his television interviews, but those may not be considered traditional ‘entertainment’. Before he ran for office, his main source of branded entertainment consisted of talk show interviews, his comedy central roast, and predominantly The Apprentice television series. This entertainment allowed for him to develop into the persona of a wealthy, powerful, and savvy businessman who was tough and honest. Throughout his presidential campaign, he was able to leverage his outrageousness and celebrity status to gain appearances on entertainment shows such as Saturday Night Live and The Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon. These types of appearances may have been extremely beneficial for Trump as they not only gave him free publicity, it allowed him to appear as a non-threat or a joke in the political race. In other words, all the jokes made at his expense allowed him to become a punchline that almost everyone was talking about Given the current circumstances, there would not be a new and effective way for Trump to produce branded entertainment. He may be able to appear on more entertainment talk shows, however, now that he is president the audience’s reception of him would be...
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... and Cha Cha Divas,” Jennifer Pozner analyzes race and gender stereotypes present in the reality television series America’s Next Top Model (ANTM). Race is a symbol of what a person looks like physically. While on the other hand, ethnicity entails nationality, regional culture and language. ANTM, a show by Tyra Banks, is one of the many streams of pop culture that creates a mold of what stereotypes certain people fit into and justify these stereotypes for audiences to see them as real. One group that seems to always be plagued by media and pop culture is, African-Americans, specifically, women. Women are generalized to be, “Angry Black Women,” and it is broadcasted heavily. The “Angry Black Women” stereotype...
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...circumstance. The Los Angelos Bloomberg conducted a poll from June to July 3. This provided a nationwide sample of U.S. households. 4,466 were invited with only 1,904 (43%) responding to the survey. This included 839 minors ages 18 to 24. In terms of age the results weighed in to U.S. Census for 12-24 years old in regard to race, ethnicity, gender and region(Los Angelos A.1.). The large majority were bored with entertainment chooses such as Myspace, or Youtube some or most of the time with not enough options. This poll suggest the revolution of entertainment media and technology have not taken hold. Polls found interest in seeing movies in theaters more entertaining. Some were even found overwhelmed with the multiplex as not as popular over boredom. A signature trait predicted majority of females 15 to 17 and 21 to 24 prefered to multitask than to do one thing at a time. Most said they are too busy to do only one thing at a time because they need something to do during commercials, ads, breaks, etc(Los Angelos A.1). It can be said that maybe it is part of the human condition that the young are bored. In Hollywood, the race is on to develop entertainment that captures the attention of this now modern day distracted group. Video games, and computer apps are looking to create more artistic inspirational programming. Overall, despite technological advances the good old...
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...Warner Bros (Time Warner Company) are the two major entertainment company in the world. These two similar rival groups are competing in the same business areas. Both companies keep producing new products to stay in the business while they keep their classics fresh in their customers' minds too by using them in different areas. This case study analysis is about the the Walt Disney Company and how they are using different business areas to keep their brand and products fresh in minds of their customers. The purpose of the study is to give examples of Disney and Warner Bros’ marketing strategies to compete to stay in the business. Keywords: Walt Disney, Warner Bros, Entertainment companies Overview In this case study, I will compare Disney with the Warner Bros. I will give information about the brands in similar business segments they are both in and their competition in the entertainment industry. I will give examples of the new and classic products from different business segments for the both companies and how they are using them for years. The Walt Disney Company & Comparison with the Time Warner Company The Walt Disney Company is one of the most famous entertainment company in the world today. The company consists of five main segments. Those segments are Consumer Products, Media Networks, Studio Entertainment, Interactive Media and Parks & Resorts. (“Disney Company Our Businesses”, 2015) Walt Disney Media Networks includes nationwide television and radio...
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