I never noticed how media played such an influence in how people treat other people or how we were socially structured until a couple years ago. When I started taking classes about the media, my eyes have been opened to the idea that the media has a lot to do with how we view everything around us, including people. Things like movies have developed stereotypes by making black or hispanic people act a certain way. The news basically tells us what to think and what to be afraid of in the world without giving us the full truth behind it. With all the gatekeeping we really do not know what is going on in the world and that is a scary thought.
When it comes to social status, things like tv, magazines, and movies have the biggest influence. In the media, the popular people are usually the best looking and the most influential in big companies are also usually very good looking. This idea then gets placed into the heads of everyone that sees it whether they realize they believe it or not.
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