Sharrelle Thomas
Dr. Chandler
Eng 3029
Research Paper
How the media/ social media affect the
minds of viewers
Introduction
My focus is to point out the positive and negative
views that that the media through blog
post can or have affected the people’s opinions. How
might this work? By simply analysis
the comments of the readers and have them separate by
most positive and most negative
and maybe some in between that seems to be neutral or
not agreeing to anything. I reality
discourse community are formed through ethnographic
procedures instead of sticking to
one’s own thoughts and opinions. Swales quoted “we
need then to clarify, for procedural
purposes, what is to be understood by discourse
community and, perhaps in the present
circumstances, it is better to offer a set of criteria
sufficiently narrow that it will eliminate
many of the marginal, blurred and controversial
contenders.”
As a child I always loved to look
through magazines that was preferred for my age and
interest, and loved to look at the pictures that
relates to the topic in the magazine. As I gotten
older, I then started to find an interest in actually
reading the articles along with the captions
under a picture or across the page. I come to learn
that some magazines already have their
prediction of their viewers/ readers by the cover of
the magazine and most of the captions
giving before opening it up. So my thought is what are
way/ how can groups be formed into its
own discourse community. I will be observing a couple
of magazine to look at some articles and
interviews and response to come to a conclusion about
groups are formed.
In my
mind I didn’t think to realize that groups are being formed often and in
different
ways. The social media/ and blogs has a huge effect on
that and also building positive diverse
groups that wasn’t formed before or thought to be
formed. Most people don’t realize how the
media has that effect on them. The connection through
mass media and social media is so
Grande that it’s so tempting to be a part of in some
way or another.
As my
part in finding this conclusion I will first choose magazines that I am
interested in
or already a subscriber to and I will also choose
other magazines that will fit the category to
connect with my peers. A magazine best fit in the age
group of young adults, students in college
or any kind of educational institution that I can
read, observe, relate, compare, and connect to
forming a discourse community. I will also look for
interviews of writers to readers and look
some of the ‘Likes” and responses to see how many
people agree to disagree or vice versa. The
sex and race is another important factor that has a
lot to do with groups or communities that I
plan to enclose on too.
Literature
review
Some studies show that the media is a wide segment of a community and
offers to
individuals, especially young people to have access to
valuable information and resources. The
media is to both entertain and educate people of all
ethnic background and of all ages, sex, etc.,
in order to gain more viewers and keep up with group
and communities. This is to also allow
students or people to reach out and speak out about
topics that are not spoken about within
the space it’s in. This outcome can shift social norms
and become positive in some way or
another. But, it can also be offensive and to direct
toward some people and cause negative
actions.
Articles
forming topics about games and technology, or a shared interest like interior
designs, movies, etc, can be a way to bring together a
diverse community along with music, art
and cultural activities. What makes this relevant is
that the topics of discussion with magazine
articles or through blogs responses can produce
positive change in attitudes and behaviors. As a
media lover, reader, and writer you want to be able to
target some social issues that is
currently going on, topics such as Korea, taxes,
education, Africa, or your own neighborhood
that maybe only
a few residents know about and possibly be able to reach out to others. This
forms groups of the same interest, dealing with the
same issues, and coming together as a
discourse community through the effect of the media.
Networking comes into place as a let’s come
together up close and personal kind of
way, the ability not only to share topics and listen
and learn through experiences from other
peers. But to also meet them, notice and observe their
presence. Speak about men’s and
women’s own experience and concerns. A quote from an
article in Cosmo Magazines says,
“Ever look at groups of people and wonder how they’re
connected? Or what the heck they’re
talking about?”
The magazine
I’ll be using is “Essence Magazine” which is slightly different from Cosmo
and has a different age range from 18- 50’s, 60’s, and
possibly 70’s years of age. Their viewers
have a large race of African American cultures and the
focused on females issues. Essence
Magazine community is based on a lot of political
topics, and I think that one way it sets off an
attraction for older viewers is because of the topics
being mentioned throughout the magazine.
Essence Magazine empowered quote about being a community
reads, “We are each other’s
magnitude and bond.”(Gwendolyn Brooks) This magazine connects with a broad range of
females to bring fourth their opinions and thoughts
about certain topics.
Method
I will go about observing blogs and comments
from social groups in media, mass media
and through technology to choose a few articles and
searched for the most interesting articles
that I noticed that had a lot of comments from or
responses by readers. An article from essence
speaks about political issues concerning Michelle
Obama and her representing females. This
article is a political base which raises a big
attraction for not only females but also males, and it
shows that the readers are also male and females.
The patterns of
communication is all through a positive aspect from the points of view
from the reading the article and responding. The
communication seemed to be really true
o heart, nothing to outraged and more of a historical
point of what you need to know then and how is relates to the now effects.
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