345G2 2015-10-07 01:49:49

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On the article about the basic facts about children in poverty, it surprised me that there was a difference in the percentage of children in poverty from different age groups. What I did not find surprising was that parents’ nativity contributed to the percentage of children in low-income families.

In the article “Poverty’s Poor Show in the Media,” what struck me the most was the whole idea of how news stations only report on violence and celebrities. “If it bleeds, it leads.” The sad part is that poverty is worse than bleeding. It’s a side that people do not want to see because it is not as easy to fix as a bleeding arm. The other article about the misrepresentation of the poor in media coincides with this one. Even when news stations do report stories about the poor, it is always negative and unrealistic perspectives of them.

As for Sternheimer, I found it interesting that technology is not having such a negative impact on children as we might have thought. I mean I am not saying that watching tv all day long is good for children, but I feel like society might be overreacting to this issue. Let’s face it. We are moving more and more into a world that is completely immersed in technology.

What’s Dumbing Down America/4 Problems Media Depicts Poor People

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While reading the chapter in our textbook, I found it interesting that adults consume more TV than teens and children.  The author also states how Sesame Street is technically a bad show for children to watch, due to the fact it makes them tired or hyper.  Although, kids look away from the TV 40-60% of the time.  As a result, they are not watching a show continuously since numerous children have short attention spans.  I don’t think that TV is “dumbing down America,” since kids are using different forms of media for entertainment.  For instance, texting has become main stream in the past years.  However, the average texting age is 38.  I found that age to be immensely higher than I thought it would be.  Ultimately, it seems that adults are having more difficulty with TV usage as well as texting.

The 4 problems with the way media depicts poor people stood out to me.  I didn’t realize that TV shows and news programs rarely mention the poor at all.  They are the ones who are struggling the most, and the media is trying to hide it.  Many individuals are born into poverty; as a result, it is difficult to come out of.  I think if the media puts out stories of helping the poor, than people may have a more positive outlook about them.  To sum up, the media is misrepresenting the poor by making them out to be horrible people who choose to live that lifestyle.

Social Media Search

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What we were supposed to do in this post according to our assignment was to find something on our topic that is in social media. My topic is health care.

Because I am a lady I thought I might find something on women’s health care. Unfortunately all I could find really, was stuff on Planned Parenthood. Lately, because of what has been going on with Planned Parenthood and the Republicans it’s all over social media. The worst part is that it is either really one sides or the other. So this time I decided to make it general; just health care.

First I went on Twitter. I don’t have a Twitter account so I went on the main website and clicked on advanced search. I put in health care in the searched words and #healthcare in searched hashtags. At first it was hard going through the average Joe’s opinion on health care because that was all I could find. Eventually I got to AvaMed. Avamed is an organization that “is the leading association for med tech manufacturers: legislative, regulatory, payment, news you can use”(@AvaMedUpdate). What I found from them was that their organization works with companies to make medical technology. Mostly, they try to work with companies or even try to get people to start medical companies. They also promote the use of new medical technology.

The second organization that I found was on Facebook. This also took me awhile because I found more average Joe’s on my feed that were associated with or shared links on health care. Eventually I found an organization called World Health Organization or WHO. What this organization does is help people around the world with health care. Recently they are working on a project that helps adolescents with health care (ages 10-19). Mostly what I found from going through their feed was that they are working on doctors and patient understanding that a person’s age effects people’s health differently . Not only that, but will want to be treated differently, hence adolescent health care.

Of course, with these different sites I did some research and found them credible.

Link for WHO: https://www.facebook.com/WHO/timeline