A major misunderstanding is considering gender and sex to mean the same thing. This is not true as sex refers to the biological identifiers that determine male or female, where as gender is better understood as sexuality and sexual identity of person. Gender is a social construct. We as people have desires for companionship and intimacy but it is unique what draws one person to another. If asked I would guess that even is a group of men or women have the same feature they look for in a perspective partner their image of the ideal mate will most certainly not match up perfectly. The fact that there are similar ideals and romanticized visions of a perfect mate also feeds into the idea that it is a socially constructed element. A persons sex can be changed but the concept of changing ones sex is a procedure, their identity is that of some who is transgender. This example shows the fundamental difference between two in that one is a scientific term and the other is a social element that can change and evolve through history. Media helps mold these social elements by either enforcing stereotypes or by shedding light on misconceptions perpetuated by faulty information. Though out this course I have learned truly how subtle and powerful the media can be, especially visual media. Its almost impossible to filter through the nonstop stream of information for all directions. So it is very understandable how something like the idea of someones sexual identity and gender can be confused. A further example the medias ability to cause doubt and confusion not out of malicious intent but by a populace not sure how to navigate it.
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Blog Post 7
Question #3: Do you think people today use the mass media differently compared with how people used media 10 or 20 years ago?
I think people use mass media the same way they used it 10 or 20 years ago. The only thing that has changed is what’s used because the type of media is obviously different and ever changing. But I believe once it’s broken down, the motives will still be the same. The newspaper was the first mass media used. That is how everybody would receive his or her news. Even the illiterate would receive their news this way because those who could read would pass it on. The radio was the next medium introduced after the newspaper. Once it became affordable, it allowed for wider audiences to hear the same news segment at the same time. After the radio, came the television. The radio and the television were the two mediums that began to introduce national, and even international, news to many audiences. In the sense of world occurrences, they allowed for the world to get smaller. After the television, came the Internet, the era where we find ourselves in today. Nowadays, current events can spread in a matter of minutes across the world. The way we receive our news is vastly different than how those who lived during the newspaper era would receive their news. But like I stated above, the reason why we use the mass media is still the same. We use it to stay updated with what’s going on around the world. We use it to hear the latest gossip or scandal that has occurred. I believe our longing to be up to date with what’s happening around us is embedded in our human nature. The way we use mass media will probably never change.
I think people use mass media the same way they used it 10 or 20 years ago. The only thing that has changed is what’s used because the type of media is obviously different and ever changing. But I believe once it’s broken down, the motives will still be the same. The newspaper was the first mass media used. That is how everybody would receive his or her news. Even the illiterate would receive their news this way because those who could read would pass it on. The radio was the next medium introduced after the newspaper. Once it became affordable, it allowed for wider audiences to hear the same news segment at the same time. After the radio, came the television. The radio and the television were the two mediums that began to introduce national, and even international, news to many audiences. In the sense of world occurrences, they allowed for the world to get smaller. After the television, came the Internet, the era where we find ourselves in today. Nowadays, current events can spread in a matter of minutes across the world. The way we receive our news is vastly different than how those who lived during the newspaper era would receive their news. But like I stated above, the reason why we use the mass media is still the same. We use it to stay updated with what’s going on around the world. We use it to hear the latest gossip or scandal that has occurred. I believe our longing to be up to date with what’s happening around us is embedded in our human nature. The way we use mass media will probably never change.
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