Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Cultural Product Examples..

Hi Friends! Today, we will be discussing some memes that I have discovered while browsing the internet and all I have to say is... The more that we as in society become more uneducated on topics that matter the most to us, the more ignorant we will become which will turn around deteriorate society more than improving on it.
Let's take into an example the first meme of poverty.. Okay, honestly, this was just rude and inappropriate for poverty. Clearly, poverty is lack of resource that one does not have which then causes them to be less fortunate than others.. It is also the lack of jobs that there are in the world.. So let's ask the question one more time.. HOW CAN PEOPLE HAVE MORE MONEY WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY IN THE FIRST PLACE..??!!??

but wait there's more...
This meme was the most disrespectful meme I have ever seen on the internet.. First of all, African Americans are not the only ones who suffers from poverty, but I bet you, those different type of ethnicity are not being mentioned which is bias.. African Americans only suffers from poverty because they lack education and also certain skills that is needed to have a job in America, but also White people also sees African Americans as "worthless" and as slaves, so White people rather have this "power" over African Americans, which is unfair. Clearly, there is no sociological perspective in this meme...

This last meme didn't have a sociological perspective but it let others to think...
The reason I like this meme is because it shows a child and the fact the child is hungry and homeless because of the poverty in the word. It has people thinking "Hmmm, its true. Why is America, which is one of the richest country in the world, has the highest rate for poverty? Does America not care about their citizens and do they not want to help their country rise from poverty?
Now, these memes could have some sociological perspective if it was to show or say, the reasoning for people not having money or why they are suffering. But being bluntly rude, and not even trying to educate those about poverty is not going to help the country and definitely, we are not gaining anything by being disrespectful guys. 
Please let me know what you think of these memes. I would love to hear your comment.
Talk to you Soon 
- Anikka :) 

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Popular media sources

Recently, I was asked to look up popular media sources relating to the topic that I'm interested in which was poverty. After carefully reading each article and analyzing the articles, I began to realize that popular media likes to stir away from the real problem that is being presented to them, and its not truthful.

In one of the articles, " Organizing the Uprising: The Age of Poverty and Inequality" was the only one that had a sociological perspective being discussed in the article. Even though, the article had different authors share their experience and their research from the minorities groups from all over the world, it didn't show a sign of biasness, but instead show the reasoning of why people are suffering from poverty and the reason why poverty will continue to rise. But the other articles was talking about other things that didn't add up to the main issue at hand and the thought that came to my head was why? Why write a fantastic title only to not talk about the topic?

For example, one of the articles "What city bus systems can tell us about race, poverty and us" sounds like a excellent title and a great article, but as you start reading it, you realize that the idea of poverty is not even being mentioned. "Lessons like how to overcome her fears to walk past two giant Rottweilers, but also why one block of the avenue can be teeming with businesses while the next block is blighted and vacant"(Hui, 2017) Based on that quote, one would not see how and where poverty fits in that equation. However, this article could be a strong article if the author add included information from the 1950's about blacks having to take the transit system because they couldn't afford to have a car. Something around those areas would have show the seriousness of poverty, but having a title but not actually talking about that topic is not good for the readers and especially community members.

Personally, if the articles that we read show a sociological perspective, the articles would be taken more serious and it would be beneficial to community organizations and officials. Below are the articles that I have mentioned about in this blog.
Let me know your thoughts on the articles. Do you think that there was sociological perspectives in any of the articles? Did you learn anything about poverty while reading these articles? If the answer is no, then we have to do better trying to let others see the sociological perspective of things......

                                                                                                                              Peace
                                                                                                                        - Anikka :)
References
McCarthy, Lloyd. 2017. "Organizing the Uprising: The Age of Poverty and Inequality". Retrieved September 29, 2017
(https://dissidentvoice.org/2017/09/organizing-the-uprising-the-age-of-poverty-and-inequality/)
Hui, Mary. 2017. "What city bus systems can tell us about race, poverty and us". Retrieved September 29 , 2017
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/what-city-bus-systems-can-tell-us-about-race-poverty-and-who-we-are/2017/09/07/6531d26a-9260-11e7-8754-d478688d23b4_story.html?utm_term=.620c62b5f5ee)

Monday, October 2, 2017

Social issues being presented to the public...

Last week, my peers presented on how popular media views their social issues and can I just say one thing? Popular media does not really show the social issues that is very crucial to society and honestly, its unfair. As I'm viewing and reading the articles, I had noticed that some popular media will turn around and add more stereotype to the issues or doesn't even really explain the issues that is in hand. For example, the title could say : "Local churches giving back to the community by providing food to the homeless" but the article could talk about something totally different and not actually talk about the issue that is being presented. Let's be honest, popular media doesn't present any social perspectives but their own, which is completely biased and un-fair. Popular media doesn't look towards social scientists perspectives because they believe that social scientists are un-important when in fact, social scientists have the knowledge that can shape the world into a better one!!

My only concern and I think every one should feel or think the same way, how do we know if the articles that we are reading in the world are truthful? How do we know if that's the "right" perspective we should believe? How do we know if popular media is not trying to stir us away from the real problem ? Things to think about.

As I close this blog, remember to always read between the lines and always ask yourself, if you only see one perspective, how truthful is it?
                                                                                                                         See ya later
                                                                                                                      - Anikka :)