Media Case Study

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The news is a form of mass media in which I found various flaws within it. One of the biggest flaws was the racially and religious biased seen in news stories that often persuade the audience to think a certain way. We, however, are able to change this by simply getting to the point with news headlines as opposed to making it a catchy headline. A tragedy is not catchy. The news is a source of knowledge about what is going on around the world. That in itself should require the attention of people. Also, the news is information based and thus should not be an opportunity for people to try to make the audience think a certain way.

I made a mockup of what news articles should look like. For easy accessibility, an app called "Generation Influence" would feature the news article called From the Dining Table, bringing light to conversation most may think inappropriate; for example, politics, current events, money, etc.



from the dining table.
Representing news to generation influence

The Most Diverse Congress

The 115th Congress is one that is very diverse with woman and minorities making up at least 20 percent of the lawmakers. In terms of race, 21 new members of color. Two-thirds of the House are people of color with seven Hispanics, six African-Americans, three Indian-American, a Japanese American, and Vietnamese American. 14 of the 293 GOP’s seats are held by people of color. Three of Congress’ 49 lawmakers are Black. There are also 104 women in Congress and 10 women in House...(READ MORE)

Terrorist Attacks: Places of Worship Attacked
White Supremacist Terrorist Shoots Up Mosque in New Zealand. Terrorist Brenton Tarrant videotapes himself being welcomed into a Mosque, a place of worship, by a Muslim man with open arms saying “Welcome brother!” He is later seen gruesomely taking the life of an innocent man, proceeding to walk into the Mosque and thus opening fire...(READ MORE)

Houses of Worship on Fire:  Notre Dame and Al-Aqsa Mosque
Two well-known churches, the Notre Dame in Paris and Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem were up in flames at the same time…(READ MORE)
Lets Talk Gun Violence: Our Kids Lives Are In Danger
Gun Violence has been an issue making headlines for the past few years with issues of school shootings at hand. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, Twelfth-grade students, were the perpetrators of the Columbine High School Massacre. Nineteen-year-old Nikolas  Cruz open fired. Little is known about the suspects in the recent Colorado school shooting which left 12 students and one teacher dead…(READ MORE)

Avengers: Endgame
The highly anticipated 2019 film Avengers: Endgame is a continuation of the Avengers franchise under Marvel. The film has fans talking immensely all over social media o the point where actors/actresses of the film have told fans to refrain from spoiling the movie. The movie had made a gross amount of $357,115, 007 opening weekend making it the  #1 movie in theaters.












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