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Illness continued and Media
Helping Boston
www.OneFundBoston.org
Raising money for victims and families
Today•AIDS/HIV in Kenya and Tanzania•Media assignment due next class•3 Theories on Media
Aids/HIV in Africa
Discovery Channel REPORT
AIDS - leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa
(Source: UNAIDS 2008 Report on the global AIDS epidemic)
Min 24:10-42:47
Aids/HIV in Africa Solutions
AIDS in Africa: Keep A Child Alive http://keepachildalive.org/
Visual project/Video Analysis
1 point of in-class extra credit to present assignment to the class.
15 students maximum, sign-up sheet will be available at the start of class, first come first serve.
You must also e-mail me and let me know what you plan on presenting
Media different technological processes
that facilitate communication between sender and receiver
3 ways of looking at media
Structural FunctionalismMedia is a link between individuals, communities, and nations.
Helps create a collective consciousness: set of shared norms and beliefs in a society
Structural FunctionalismMedia dysfunctions
1. Media-violence linked to aggression
Structural FunctionalismMedia dysfunctions
2. Distraction from education and literacy
Structural FunctionalismMedia dysfunctions
3. Negative impact on physical health for children and adults
19902010
Structural FunctionalismMedia dysfunctions
4. Negative impact on self-esteem, promoting hyper sexuality
Structural FunctionalismMedia dysfunctions
5. Reducing face to face social interaction
Thinking Critically: How is media functional?1. Media may distract students, however it also …2. Media reduces face to face interaction, however it also…3. Media may lower self esteem, however it also…4. Media may show violent images, however it also…5. Media may have a negative impact on obesity, however…
is a powerful learning toolconnects us to those far away
depicts positive role models
it can also motivatecan show consequences, heroes
Conflict Perspective• Ask who controls the media?
• Profit making is the most important goal
• Corporations influence consumers
• Work for their parent companies and their advertisers, not best public interest
Conflict PerspectiveLimits the variety of messages that we read, see, and hear
Symbolic Interactionism:Media can
1. Create a social problem
2. Bring awareness and help for social problems
3. Ignore important social problems
Can you think of a real life example of each?Discuss in groups
• Media defines our reality• Defines what is newsworthy• Stereotypes
Symbolic Interactionism:
Photoshop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFwFOH6h4lo
For upcoming assignment-discuss one of 3 major theoriesYou can do this 3 ways
1. Discuss what one of the theories says about media, and how it connects to your topic
Structural Functionalism
Media can be functional or dysfunctional
Conflict Theory
The people who control media influence the consumers
Symbolic Interactionism
The media influences our sense of reality
For upcoming assignment-discuss one of 3 major theoriesYou can do this 3 ways
2. Apply a theory yourself, looking at the basicsFunctionalist Conflict Theorist Symbolic Interactionist
Influence of social groups, labels, and meanings of symbols
Roles people perform and how society functions. How is something helpful or hurtful in society?
Inequality and looks for groups that might be taking advantage of other groups.Haves vs Have Nots
For upcoming assignment-discuss one of 3 major theoriesYou can do this 3 ways
3. Use your textbook/notes to see what the theory says about your topic
(poverty, health, education, race, sexuality, gender, economy, drugs, environment, crime, war…)
Next classAssignment # 7 due WednesdayVisual Project/ Video Analysis
Directions on website7 points1 point of in-class extra credit to present assignment to the class.
15 students maximum, sign-up sheet will be available at the start of class, first come first serve.
You must also e-mail me and let me know what you plan on presenting