ipl-logo

Mediated Citizenship Summary

325 Words2 Pages

In The Cultural Approach of mediated citizenship written by Jeffery P. Jones, Jones

discusses how politics are presented through different mediums but, also limited because of the

perceived seriousness of the topic. He says the following on that very topic: “The persistent

focus on news media has weakness. It leads to the dismissal of other, more popular sources of

political information and content as illegitimate.” (367) This is a problem because it doesn’t

present all political information. The article makes a good observation of political media and

how often humans interact with it on a daily basis, but if those numbers are correct why isn’t it

taken seriously? Our goal in this project is to analyze news mediums and how they

Show More
Related

  • The Braindead Megaphone Analysis

    800 Words  | 4 Pages

    Society expect to be constantly entertained; they have become so concerned with things such as who the latest star is dating, scandals, or dumb people doing rather idiotic things. Much of society have been consumed in their personal instant gratification and what makes them “happy”. When on an off chance that news does show things that are serious and impactful(not necessarily positive things that is happening in the world) people have become so numb that the best they could do is feel sympathetic and at worst continue on with their day. The other part of the problem is that those behind what is being published and shown on the news media have been absorbed in their avarice nature, whatever allows them to make as much profit they do. “Writing thousands of hours of coverage from what could have been summarized in a couple of minutes every few weeks, a new rhetorical strategy was developed, or-let’s be generous-evolved”(6), Saunders describes the new formula formed by mass news firms that would yield the most profit.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of Not Just (Any) Body Can Be A Citizen By M. Jacqui Alexander

    1447 Words  | 6 Pages

    In, “Not Just (Any) Body Can Be a Citizen”, author M. Jacqui Alexander explores, examines and expounds on the socio-political forces and machinations which have influenced the legislation in Trinidad and Tobago and The Bahamas, regarding specific sexual identities and manifestations. Primarily using the laws of both countries pertaining to sexual offenses, she discusses how homosexuality and other non-reproductive sexual acts and lifestyles have been outlawed in both nations. In her argument, she outlines how persons of such alternative lifestyles (including herself) have been carefully constructed as deviant, immoral and ultimately destructive to the moral and social fiber of the country. They are counterproductive to the state-imagined heteronormative, civilized state and, as such, must be criminalized and prohibited from enacting such “unnatural” behavior within the general society. More specifically, however,

    Read More

  • Pathway To Citizenship

    1058 Words  | 5 Pages

    How would you feel, how would you feel to be an illegal immigrant? Escaping your own country to avoid the hands of harm or poverty? What would go through your mind everyday? This is what an illegal immigrant has to think about everyday, in fact, there are about 11 million illegal immigrants in America. Our immigration laws makes it hard for these illegal immigrants.

    Read More

  • US Citizenship Summary

    379 Words  | 2 Pages

    Dhingra and Rodriguez discuss citizenship in this week’s reading, specifically about US citizenship. To they, US citizenship “defines people as politically equal … it downplays other inequalities that should not be ignored.” I appreciate the part where the authors break down the legal citizenship, because I feel that most American citizens underestimate how hard it is to get a US legal citizenship since they never have to worry about it. “US affirms heteronormative family and corporate interests though its immigration policies.” Citizenship was used to define whiteness and alienate people who do not fit the mold.

    Read More

  • Creative Writing: George Carlin's Rule

    139 Words  | 1 Pages

    In the age of instance access to news, most people would argue we are more connected than ever to world events, however many people would be surprised how arcuate the information we receive through traditional news media is. I think George Carlin sums up this up when he said “…My mind doesn’t work that way, I got this real moron thing I do, it’s called thinking and I’m not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions… I have certain rules I live by. My first rule, I don’t believe anything the government tells me… and I don’t take very seriously the media or the press in this country” what Mr. Carlin is referring to is what Chomsky calls manufactured consent, the deliberate manipulation of the news to suit the needs of the powerful

    Read More

  • Media Bias Research Paper

    1595 Words  | 7 Pages

    In today’s society, people often assume that the media is essentially there to inform. However, over the past couple of years, the media has gone from an informational source to an entertaining take on real current issues

    Read More

  • Andrea Lunsford's Our Semi-Literate Youth? Not So Fast

    872 Words  | 4 Pages

    One hundred years ago nobody heard about the news or current events from Facebook or the newest tweet. Until fairly recently the most up to date news had to be heard through the grapevine or read in a newspaper. Since the creation of the internet and the mass media that comes with it, information can now be spread all the way across the world in the time it takes to hit the enter button on a computer or phone and upload it to the internet. Some people think that this is a bad thing because so many things that are uploaded can be either false information or simply information that is misleading and could teach individuals the wrong thing. However, if mass media is used in the right way it can be beneficial to the accessibility of valuable information,

    Read More

  • How Has Citizenship Changed Over Time

    202 Words  | 1 Pages

    The definition of Citizenship has now been a citizen who is fully recognised by a state as being a member of the state. They have a legal status within a state, certain rights, and they are expected to perform duties. Citizenship has changed over time because you have to be born in the United States to be gain it. You gain the rights to vote in the U.S.. Which means that you since you born in the U.S. you can vote while people who were not born in the U.S. cannot vote.

    Read More

  • Being An American Citizen

    527 Words  | 3 Pages

    What does it mean to be an American? Does it mean having a barbeque on fourth of July and shooting fireworks celebrating our country’s independence? Does it mean knowing the U.S. constitution by heart? Or what about being a citizen in the land of the free and the home of the brave? Many people use being in a diverse nation, the U.S. Constitution, and the freedoms that come with being a citizen of the United States as examples of what it means to be an American.

    Read More

  • Essay On Citizenship In The United States

    607 Words  | 3 Pages

    Citizenship in the United States         Being a United States (US) citizen means a great deal to me. When I took the first step towards US citizenship, the last thing on my mind was to become a “model citizen” or having the same rights and obligations as a US born citizen. When I obtained my legal resident in the US, which is the first step towards citizenship, the main concern on my mind was “I am no longer on at edge about being deported.” This was a great relief for me, as all of my family resides in the US. This same frame of mind is shared among many people who take the first steps towards citizenship.

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative: My First Citizenship Program

    476 Words  | 2 Pages

    BG As I walked into Kaolin Mushroom Farm, I was scared of the power I held within my hands. “It was time,” I thought, I’m was going to teach my first citizenship class. The supervisor and I had already printed the papers, bought the official flashcards, and prepared the powerpoint, yet I still could not shake the butterflies in my stomach. From the first moment I arrived, I never imagined the impact and success the program would achieve.

    Read More

  • Integrity Of Citizenship

    76 Words  | 1 Pages

    Integrity of your citizenship is very important, if it was to be messed with in some way, it can result in you being unable to verify if you are a citizen. Keeping your records available that verify your citizenship is important. When applying for a job or traveling, if you don’t have the records to verify it can result in deportation, fees, etc. Citizenship should be confidential when it comes to certain documents that help verify.

    Read More

  • The Importance Of Bias In The Media

    588 Words  | 3 Pages

    Due to the many news sources available, viewers are able to validate and challenge all views. Although viewers have the option to question if what is on tv or the media is true, many chose to only believe selected perspectives. People who are up to date with the news want to create biases, opinions and views. It is important for viewers to validate these biases. Viewers want to get desired views validated for the reason that other news sources, discussing different viewpoints, could possibly make viewers question what is said on the media and threaten selected biases.

    Read More

  • The Role Of Citizenship In The United States

    424 Words  | 2 Pages

    Anyone born in the United States has an American citizenship, but people have many different ideas of what citizenship means to them. The general definition of citizenship is "the state of being vested with the rights, privileges, and duties of a citizen." The main aspects of citizenship are educating ourself, and therefore we can be civically engaged in order to be involved in the world around us. Educating ourself plays a very important role to keep ourself updated on wordly events surroundings us.

    Read More

  • Short Essay On Media Power

    869 Words  | 4 Pages

    In the modern day and age and the Media’s ability to change the perception of how people view things, it is clear that the media has become the most powerful entity on earth with the ability to ultimately control the minds of the masses. I therefore fully agree to a large extent with Malcolm X’s stance on the power of the media. In this Essay I will explore the different forms of media and their ability to change one's mind. The media today has immense power of the people as people today now get all news from the media in different forms such as TV, cellphones, tablets and computers. The power that the media has therefore allows them to control what is covered and what they see as important.

    Read More

More about Mediated Citizenship Summary

Open Document