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