Carl Rogers, The author of the essay “Communication: Its Blocking and its Facilitation”, presents the idea that communication between people today is struggling. Rogers states that the “major factors in blocking or impending communication” is due to “our very natural tendency to judge” other people’s thoughts, ideas, and opinions without ever being in their shoes (419). Rogers goes in depth on the overlaying problems of communication these days but also gives us various ways to help us communicate on a new level of understanding. When communicating with individuals, we must listen and not immediately judge the person. Rogers puts blame on this as one of the biggest reasons for communication breakdown.
In the text “Pictures in Our Heads” Anthony Partkanis and Elliot Aronson both address the influence mass media has on society and how they view the world. They also state that the media sets the standard of what people believe is important. That the media is constantly persuading society to believe a certain truth when in reality there is much more to it. How people will not practice their own knowledge into how the media should present important topics to society. It was in interesting way of putting in perspective the way the media can influence are thoughts.
How do the media represent disabilities? “Media coverage plays a crucial role in educating the public on disability issues” People are influenced by many media sources; these images affect our perceptions in many ways. What we see, hear and read in the media is often decided and influenced by a small group of decision makers. These editors, producers, programmers and budget-controllers are swayed by their own opinions of disability and what they believe will bring in audiences. They output dominant ideologies with which they mould society into obedience, shaping Britain in to a society who mostly agree with their hegemonic superiors.
Deviance is a social issue that has plagued all societies from the beginning of time and the sociologists’ attempts to comprehend why individuals take part in deviant behavior is still undergo. However, one theory’s explanation of deviant behavior can put things in perspective: Differential Association Theory. Through this theory is becomes obvious that the phrase “people, places, and things” has relevance. Disregarding any possible biological or personality influences Differential Association Theory explains that we learn from our encounters with others. Also, the mass media plays a significant role in shaping our opinions and what we accept as normal or deviant behavior.
It is important that we are informed about what's going on and what people are doing, but many times the press can get a little too infomative and also stretch the truth. There is always something going on everday and the press is always there to get the story. In the process of getting their story the press has to overcome many obstacles, and crossing that
Each social control has distinct differences. One difference being that ideological social control is used in order to manipulate the way we perceive things while direct social control punishes those who violate norms. In chapter six of In Conflict and Order, the authors, Eitzen and Zinn state that media shapes how we evaluate ourselves and other people. Moreover, they state that media is used to affect the viewers or readers directly into perceiving and interpreting events. Furthermore, media has an enormous amount of power to influence or question the system (pg.
Whether one believes’ it or not, the media around them affects them, both psychologically and philosophically. Realistically,with the ever evolving media access, you would think that we as a society would evolve, as would be sown as such. However, this is not the reality we live in. “The critical point in this everevolving media landscape, however, is to ensure that as we evolve technologically, we evolve socially as well. By this, we mean that
Instead of going into great detail about this part of the chapter, a brief summary of this section can provide a good understanding of these three topics. Claimsmaking is not an easy thing to do all-in-all. There are many different aspects that a claimsmaker has to be aware of. One aspect is the audience that the claim is introduced to. The claimsmaker has to mold to the audience so that the claim can have an everlasting impression on the minds of the listeners.
As for Postman, his view is that inventions, such as TV and other technical devices saturates us with stimuli to promote views that are not the social norms of a given period, has contributed to shaping changes in which we think and act accordingly. We have become so dependent on these devices that these inventions now control us. Amusement affects our everyday lives and changes our thought processes. As Postman states in chapter six,
Life has its unexpectancies and we have control over how these unexpectancies take over our emotions. As humans we have the choice to let our emotions take over who we really are. Living in fear of judgment and the little imperfections of our daily life causing us to be unhappy, due to the fact we care more of how others perceive us than our own self. Wayne Coyne’s essay “Creating Our Happiness” and Catherine Royce essay “I Always Have a Choice” both describe the internal human emotions to the fullest extent, and both using techniques such as flashbacks and imagery to portray their concept thoroughly to explain how life is but a choice. As if you were living that situation, feeling their pain, happiness, and thinking