The article Pictures in our Heads, was an article that I agree with. I personally do think that the media plays a significant role in the way people think. If some one watches a lot of crime on T.V., it would not surprise me the slightest bit if they think that the community has a lot of crime in it.
The conclusion that can be drawn from Gerbner's television program analysis is that heavy T.V. viewers will portray the world in a way that the media portrays it. Iyengars' and Kinders' experiment helped support Gerbner's conclusion by showing that if people are made to watch selective material, they will have the false believe that those things are of greater importance to the society. The more they watched something on T.V., the more they related it to the economy.
I not only think that television is the sole enemy here. All forms of media are very misinformational and misleading. Music is a great contributor to viewing women as inferior the importance of wealth, and interest of drugs. There is so much out in the media that influence the way our society thinks, and the ones affected by it, are usually the ones that say that, "It has no effect on me."
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Wow, you couldn't have explained this any more clear. I completely agree that T.V. shows, music lyrics (particularly rap), and movies all shape what we believe is currently going on in schools, cities, countries, and even in the world. The more and more we surround ourselfs the more it will persuade us to believe this is what is really going on. But don't get my wrong, I will still watch these T.V. shows and listen to the music.
ReplyDeleteI totaly agree with you Eddy. By having read the same article I was able to understand that if people are made to watch certain material they believe it is of more importance than anything else.
ReplyDelete