COM 107 Lecture 4: COM 107 Lecture 4 Notes
12 Sep 2016
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Through hard work and dedication, you can work your way up to achieve success. Society and our culture defines success by money. Media reinforces the idea of the american dream by creating a narrative of someone overcoming challenges and risks to become very successful. Examples of the american dream in media: 1) the pursuit of happiness. Some people in our current day now are able to look past and through what the media is telling us and are standing up for their own beliefs which are based on facts. However, there is a hope and a mentality that some people put into use to keep the. How does media shape our culture: mirror, window, frame, mirror- reflection. Media reflect to us an aspect our of culture that are true. Media does not create a violent culture; media shows us a culture of violence that already exist. Media however, does distort and not all aspects in culture are reflected: window- view.
