Final Post – Module 5

Like Sebastian, I was having an internal debate on whether to post or not. Part of me only decided to do this to get the points, to be frank. Truthfully, all of the modules during this short Summer session have encompassed similar, overlapping themes. Although I did not get the full points on any blog post, (I am okay with this, strangely enough) I feel I effectively gave my opinion in every single post. My voice is not lacking in those posts.

This weeks topic was influence, democracy, and agency. I think these topics were addressed in the previous weeks, maybe not directly, but they were definitely covered. However, I still have to respond to this weeks  texts, articles, and videos.

I will start with the article that showed opposing views. I do not need to go into in depth detail I think, but this article/web page did an excellent job of presenting opposing views in a non-biased manner. This is difficult to do in our modern media-centric world. I think presenting these views very plainly allows for viewers to have their own agency in choosing sides. Having agency in opinions is essential to growth and expansion of media literacy and education.

Bias is evident everywhere, especially in the media. This was made clear in the article about bias. Of course. In my opinion, however, this bias reflects our lack of representation of  minorities.

I think Sternheimer did a good job of showing desire in her last two chapters. Like my other classmates, I grew up on TV shows that gave kids super nice things. (i.e. Pimp My Ride, My Super Sweet 16, Cribz, etc.) I grew up poor, some nights I would not eat because we had no money to buy food. I wanted these nice things so I would whine to my mother. Adults want to give their children the best. My mother wanted to give me all of those things, she just couldn’t. Adults desire for nice things parallels their children’s desires. (2013, p. 245-256)