October 12th

There where many points in these articles in which I related day to day experiences society has with the news and media in general. In the article Poverty’s Poor Show in the Media there where three particular statements that jumped out at me. For one when the article spoke about” journalist interviewing people who are like us” concluding they are generally middle class and white. This article also spoke about how it’s boring to report about poor people and the news stations don’t pressure reporters to cover such topics. People get bored easily and don’t like to hear about negative things going on around them, which is why reports and understanding of poor people is a difficult task. People need be able to understand and look at both the good and the bad around the world to be able to understand it. An informed citizen can make all the difference down the road. The other article that really stood out to me was the Four Problems With the Way the Media Depicts People specifically the quote “accurate and diverse media representation is essential.” Hearing something doesn’t always make it accurate most stories people even tell their friends are skewed in some way to make it sound more dramatic than it actually was. This article also talked about how it is not only boring to report about poor people but when they do it usually involves just facts and numbers instead of an interview that isn’t just handed to them.  How something is represented makes all the difference whether or not somebody will pay any attention to it. People also generally show a blind eye to issues if it doesn’t directly effect them.