How African, Hispanic (Latino), and Asian Americans are portrayed in these mediums often stereotypes and reinforces negative images of each ethnic group. The lack of diversity in the media impacts how stories are covered and limits opportunities for Ethnic minorities in these professions. We should be concerned about having the casts on TV programs, to include news reporting shows reflect the ethnic diversity that exists in society at large. All should be fair, balanced, and color-blind. 40% of American youth ages 19 and under are children of color, yet few of the faces seen on television represent their race or cultural heritage.
Media is the backbone of American society today. People thrive on the drama of knowing what celebrity did what with who, or what stocks crashed this week, or even what the next act of congress might be. Every individual will have their own opinion on how important all of these topics are, but the fact still remains that without media, the large majority of people in today’s American society would be lost. One of the most common forms of media that is accessible by every American today is television. Television allows people to know what’s going on in the world, it gives people endless hours of entertainment, and it even has a certain value in advancing people’s knowledge on certain topics.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo In the story we meet Henrik Vanger who asks Mikael Blomkvist for help to find his relative Harriet. Mikael really don’t want to do this, but Henrik promise him if he do it he will get over 1,5 millions, and some papers that puts Hans-Erik in jail. Mikael says yes, and start of his one year long employment. Hans-Erik is in charge for a big company in Sweden, and is accused for fraud by Mikael. Because the court didn’t find any evidence Hans-Erik was set free, and Mikael was give three months in jail.
With an effort to explore the connections between racialized power and politics of TV representation about the images of Asian Americans, Hamamoto (1994) made a comprehensive study of television programs spanning five decades and covering every genre. Contrary to the expectation of the dearth of Asian American images on television, he found that the television images of Asian Americans are actually frequent and pervasive. But what is thought-provoking is the absence of positive images of Asian Americans and the intensity of the insulting and degrading representation of Asians as perpetually foreign, amoral, murderous, and dangerous. He argued that Asian Americans are depicted in the most vicious and pernicious forms of racial stereotyping. The media anti-Asian racism grows out of the ideology of White supremacy fashioned to legitimate unjust social relations, to legitimize antiAsian
The fragmentation caused by cable television in the 1980s led to the creation of new networks, such as Black Entertainment Television (BET), which catered specifically to blacks. Among African Americans in the television industry today, a few—such as talk show host Oprah Winfrey and basketball star Michael Jordan, one of the nation's most important corporate sponsors—wield disproportionate power. However, most black stars are still in comedic roles, and blacks are greatly underrepresented behind the camera. Moreover, racial stereotypes continue to appear on screen, and taboos against interracial sex have not completely
This would also most likely be true for college students as well since college students, for the most part, are young and look up to celebrities. Towell’s article also talks about how students would also be interested in reading biographies written by a celebrity. Corey Taylor is a celebrity and the book he wrote is pretty much an autobiography, therefore based on this argument, this would be a good book for students to read. Towell’s article also makes a great conclusion; “if students are allowed to read about what really matters to them, they will become readers for life”
Businesses in small communities have to positive images by contributing to the community and following social standards. External social pressure influence companies to think before they take any actions. How might these issues be relevant to organizational and personal decisions? The issue addressed in the “Our World” movie has already influenced the decisions in the political. Seeing potential in inner city kids of having a successful future instead of kids of lower income parents or bad neighborhood will influence organizational and help each person making decision on inner school educational system.
In the 2012 Academy Awards The Help was nominated for several categories: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Octavia Spencer also nominated for the same category was Jessica Chastain, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Viola Davis, and Best Motion Picture of the Year. The movie walked away with one win for Best Supporting Actress Octavia Spencer, leaving Viola Davis to lose to Meryl Streep, a 14-time nominee and three-time winner. Octavia Spencer was the only African American to win an award that night, which for the Academy Awards is not a rare
Have you ever taken notice that sounds with melody, harmony and rhythm has such a powerful impact on American culture? As the pop star Rihanna sings, “Please don’t stop the music”. Music artist from Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, Run DMC, and Beyoncé have had an influence on culture as a whole. People of all ages and different nationalities are influenced by the music they listen to; therefore music sets the norms in most societies. Hip-Hop is the influential trend in American society today, impacting such things as fashion fads, our economy, and how we view women in a misogynistic perspective.
Using celebrities to endorse our products will influence teens to buy our products. Third, we can do more with advertising. Currently, we advertise by printing ads in magazineslike Seventeen and Cosmopolitan. We should make billboardsin populated places like New York City andLos Angelosfeaturing our newest products.We should makecommercials that are played on YouTube and Instagram. To increase our international sales, we should start planning to make our products accessibleto countries in Europe, Asia, South America, and Australia.