Dallas Morning News article

I really like this article. It's not everyday that a media person would willingly admit that they are gulity of jumping to conclusions. She points out the fact that we all do it, and I completely agree. The article is so well written and it makes you beleive that what she is saying is a true confession and not just some sad attempt to cover up here mistake. I don't even know this person and I respect her. I think all media people should take her as an example and start following the right path. news shouldn't be a he said she said kind of thing. We should do all we can to only put the facts and not what we think happened.

Race and news reporting

I read the story on the school shootings in Cleveland, and I have to say that I'm really confused as to why they threw the race in there like that. I mean in the beginning of the story nothing was mentioned of it, then out of no where they say coon is white and the other kid is black. It said that Coon was a gothic kid who stood out in a school of blacks. I wonder if this information even needs to be written. I realize that its information that people want to know, but I think if could have been incorporated in a different way.

Review for test

Ethnicity- Group with a common culture

Race- a classification of human beings based on physical characteristics or genetic markers.

Brown sugar stereotyping- When woman of color are sexualized.

Lotus Blossom stereotype- when Asian woman are sexualized

Critical consumption- Consuming media more critically by being taught to do so. This helps us not to form to what society wants us to do.

Case Study- study of individual unit, a person, family or social group, usually emphasizing developmental issues and relationships to compare to a larger group.

Content analysis- to determine meaning, purpose or effect of media by evaluating details.

Interreality comparison- Show how media depictions may distort reality. One of first studies to report data on Latinos.

Cultivaiton theory- How things in media effect people long term. May alter attitudes or beliefs.

Stereotyping- Simplified and standardized concept invested with special meaing and held common by members of a group.

Face-ism - tendency to represent people in terms of their face or head as opposed to their body. In general, males will have a head shot and females with have full body shots or waist up. People's perception of face only pictures are more positive than full body shots.