Question by : How does the media’s role serve to uinite and divide members of our society?
The medias role includes: news reporting, advertising, commercials, television programs, radio, etc. How does the role of informing as well as entertaining serve to unite and divide members of our society?
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Answer by daedreamr
I am a communications major.. the media from what i am learning suits its own needs..
sponsors by time between shows so they pay for relevant airing.
Ever noticed some media thrive on politics that suit their best interest..
Some stations in texas show nothing but minorities doing the most violent drug crimes. However the department of justice reports that majority of drug crimes are committed by the majority.. but many of the major busts and arrests are never caught by the media corporations. During the middle of these news shows/ propaganda… master planned communities are commercializing safe exclusive neighborhoods and schools specifically for their residents..
Birthcontrol ads run between popular soap operas that do nothing but show people having sex like its a lifestyle or a hobby. … as if there are no consequences so long as the actor has taken her pills or not taken her bc to contribute to the plot.
During family shows.. the wife or dad or single parent is shown over stressed because the house work is too much.. so imbetween the shows.. somebody’s mega heavy vaccuum cleaner is advertised.. or some stress relieving pill is advertised..
Media will unite where it benefits them.. like they want as many buyers as apossible when it comes to medicine.. but divided when it comes to clothing.. and luxury items..
ever notice.. car makers don’t want poor folks in their vehicles.. loan companies and insurances don’t want defaulters.. they will advertsie on stations they are sure only their target demographic is listening..
certain diamond sellers are only on high end shows and stations..
there was a lot of noise in previous years about abercrombie and fitch only advertising to young white youth…. the opinion was this was the demographic .. this was thought to be a characteristic of that the top 15% of the wealth.. at one point in time.. so the opinion goes advertise to only them.. when the top 15 became diverse.. so did their advertising..
as wealth became diverse so did the shows on tv..in the 1990′s..
Radio seems to still segregated in the south..
mainstream majority radio statiopns find they have to change with their audience.. so they play more songs like Rihanna and Michael Jackson which span across many other cultures.. but many Black stations still find a huge market to just playing r&B, rap, blues and jazz because other stations won’t play but a bit of it.
In Brittain i have seen many stations on line that will play various venues ..different ones every few hours.. Craig Charles funk and soul is followed by … a mainstream rock show.. and so on.. and many of the groups are white , black, mixed.. or have other nationalities, other ethnicities fused in.. but I can not find those stations readily available in the south.. these stations if they play Spanish.. its ranch songs all day long..or cumbia ? all day long no diversity what so ever..
The spread of information is so limited.. not everybody knows of the politic funny business that went down in Florida, texas and louisiana.. from what i heard.. from other news commentary in the north .. the south is stupid and it was a joke.. but the reality was .. many of us did not get to vote.. we were lied to by both dems and repubs.. the media did a great job only going to organized sites and not showing diversity in the media.. they went into rich neighborhoods.. and showed a few voters .. they stayed away from old huge neighborhoods that had racked up complaints about polling abuse.
The entertainment is questionable.. not only do you see shows pandering to commercial sponsors..
but they seem to decide what stays on the air at times too.. Like Roc was preachy and political.. and the show was canned after dealing with some serious issues.. that went against what Fox broadcasting wanted in its media line up.
Limbaugh says what ever his fans want to hear… it came back to bite him in the butt when a sports team he wanted to buy denied his ability to compete for ownership.. they reminded him of his insulting inflammatory remarks.. he purposefully divides his listeners.. he says he wants feedback.. but he railroads through anybody with legitimate responses.. based in fact.. he is biased and has admitted it.. but he is nobody professional by which to take political voting advice from..not anymore.. (Phony soldiers controversy,Michael J. Fox incident )
So long as media keeps people divided on politics they are relying on media to fill them in.. look whose a victim today .. or look who the politicans are scamming today.. let the media make u aware and will sell you a product or information that will appear to make it better …
Lets keep them unified in purchase power.. on somethings and divided on the others..
Topsy turvy is nine bucks in Houston.. 40 dollars in Corpus Christi Texas.. hmmm..
Urban gardening is made by the media to be a green thing.. in Corpus the media makes it seem like the end times.. like u have to do it
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