Question 5 first asaignment News : Text and Institutions.
Describe how a minority group is portrayed by the media.
I spoke with you in England and my professor said that it was ok to use African Americans During the 1700ths when America was looking from its independence from England , the slave situation was used in a particular way. The pre-Revolutionary press printed a few articles letters and poems that described and compared their situation under the English rule with a situation similar to the ones that the slaves had to encounter.
However despite the recognition of the suffering of the slaves, the Independence of 1776 applied only to white men. After the independence the new government was built on racial discrimination that excluded the African Americans from their pursuit of happiness, soon the press became blind to the needs of the persons that had no power. The press became a system to oppress rather that to inform because the reading privilege was only granted to a few men.
Pie chart of religions of African Americans
Scars of a whipped slave (April 2, 1863, Baton Rou...
Malcolm XBut the journalism claim that they are impartial.
journalism is supposed to reflect reality and present citizens with the facts they need to make informed decisions ,but often the media reinforce age old stereotypes. Unfortunately little attention have been given to the study of the news and its messages to the public. The news media is one of the most important and influential systems of communications system to the public. The news media is more influential than the cinema because the news media are expected to be representing reality , the way the world is and not a fantasy like in the movies.
Negative stereotypes of African Americans have been part of American culture for a long time. These stereotypes served a specific purpose to maintain social , economic and political...