Illness continued and Media

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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

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Aids/HIV in Africa
AIDS - leading cause of death in sub-Saharan
Africa (Source UNAIDS 2008 Report on the
global AIDS epidemic)
Discovery Channel REPORT
Min 2410-4247
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Aids/HIV in Africa Solutions
AIDS in Africa Keep A Child Alive
http//keepachildalive.org/
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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
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Media different technological processes
that facilitate communication between sender
and receiver
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3 ways of looking at media
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Structural Functionalism
Media is a link between individuals, communities,
and nations. Helps create a collective
consciousness set of shared norms
and beliefs in a society
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Structural Functionalism

• Media dysfunctions
• Media-violence linked to aggression

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Structural Functionalism

• Media dysfunctions
• 2. Distraction from education and literacy

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Structural Functionalism

• Media dysfunctions
• 3. Negative impact on physical health for
  children and adults

1990
2010
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Structural Functionalism

• Media dysfunctions
• 4. Negative impact on self-esteem, promoting
  hyper sexuality

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Structural Functionalism

• Media dysfunctions
• 5. Reducing face to face social interaction

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Thinking Critically How is media functional?
is a powerful learning tool

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

connects us to those far away
depicts positive role models
can show consequences, heroes
it can also motivate
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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

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Conflict Perspective
Limits the variety of messages that we read, see,
and hear
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Symbolic InteractionismMedia 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
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Symbolic Interactionism

• Media defines our reality
• Defines what is newsworthy
• Stereotypes

Photoshop
http//www.youtube.com/watch?vAFwFOH6h4lo
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For upcoming assignment-discuss one of 3 major
theories You can do this 3 ways

• 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
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For upcoming assignment-discuss one of 3 major
theories You can do this 3 ways

• 2. Apply a theory yourself, looking at the basics

Functionalist Conflict Theorist
Symbolic Interactionist
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
Influence of social groups, labels, and meanings
of symbols
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For upcoming assignment-discuss one of 3 major
theories You 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)

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Next class
Assignment 7 due Wednesday Visual Project/
Video Analysis Directions on website 7 points 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