ART AS MEDIA

1. Define Propaganda
- Propaganda, simply put, is the manipulation of public opinion. It is generally carried out through media that is capable of reaching a large amount of people and effectively persuading them for or against a cause.
(http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111500/whatis.htm)

2. Define Popular Literature
- Popular literature is written by journalists, who are employed by the magazine for which they write. Journalists cover news and current events in a field, write profiles of people, places, or events, and express political opinions. [In contrary to Scholarly Literature which is written by experts in their field]
(http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/ecollege/popular.htm)

3. React on Discrimination in Media

- We all know that the media is a big force of influence and therefore has a huge responsibility in safeguarding the people's interest. What is actually happening is the opposite. What I see from everything shown from TV, is that media is two-faced. One channel would promote unity and equality and the other would show stereotypes. This is what's sad... That's why bad things happen to us, why there's killing, condemnation and other things.

Good
- Oprah
- Rachel Ray
- Ellen
- Tyra Show

Bad
- Late night shows
- SNL
-Mad TV
- Simpsons
- Bring it On
- Not another teenage movie
- Jerry Springer
- Lizzie Mcguire (Why are there only 3 af-am characters???)

SEEE??!??!!?! I just did a test... In 30 secs., I typed every show I could think off that was either helpful or contributed to schism. It just goes to show how messed up society is. SO if you see whites getting higher salaries and better jobs, if you see a lot of latinas and filipinos doing low-class work, and if you see another white president in the USA, don't even bother with acting shocked. I guess you won't even flinch. It just means that what is out of normal in humanity's basic principles has gone awry. What should be taboo is normal. Shouldn't we be afraid???? We ourselves want to stop the division but why cant we do something about it? AND SOON!!!! [Starting with information dissemination through the media].... Or else we are in deep shit-ake mushrooms.... (NOOO!!!!!!!)