#Cosimo Marco Scarcelli

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Blog Post #2 (9/6/24)

How has media affected our acceptance of biases?

Media has affected our acceptance of bias by allowing ourselves to be complicit to pushed narratives. In News for all The People, Gonzalez and Torres begin their writings with, "Access to instant news has become so indispensable to modern society that major media companies now wield unprecedented influence over public thought." Media companies now possess the upper-hand in a society willing to take everything for face-value. Media pushes for certain narratives of a story to be told rather than a full encompassing view. This all stems from the need for control that media conglomerates have. By presenting society with limiting viewpoints and biases, society unwillingly accepts and knows no means to escape it.

Can community on social media really influence radical action?

Numerous communities are built upon various social media platforms. These communities often find comfort with one another, seeing as though you have somebody to relate to, much like a friend or peer. Alongside communities made up of fans or mutual interests are communities looking to make change (Fuchs, 2014). These communities band together across social media platforms attempting to educate others on their cause. Can this form of education really influence people to take action? Much like every other grassroot movement, the determining factor on whether people will feel influenced relies on the way the information is presented. To promote radical action via social media, the information must be presented in a way that rallys others to share the information. Being that the platform is social media, it's easier to share information as well as provide access to stories in real time. If a story that supports the cause has just happened, in minutes communities can mass-spread this story, reaching hundreds very quickly.

Does an acceptance of bias in media mean an acceptance of control?

Without knowing or not, media conglomerates feed the same narrative on multiple platforms. Even if you possess any form of media literacy and do your due-diligence of fact checking, if the information from every source is the same, you are left with that as your final answer. Although media companies claim to be non-bias, motive for power and control overtake that claim. Gonzales and Torres write, "Despite the incessant chatter, many Americans remain remarkably misinformed about the world around us, while the professional journalists who produce our news routinely endanger fear and loathing from the mightiest politician or celebrity, as well as from the lowliest citizen”(Gonzales and Torres, 2011). People are not looking to sign off to hearing bias without consent, but simply due to the nature of social media and the way in which media consumes all aspects, people have unknowingly consented to being presented narratives.

How can we navigate systems of power with skewed information?

Navigating systems of power with limited or skewed information requires society to be much more aware of their sources. Media literacy must be taught to people at a young age to fully comprehend the importance of critically questioning power systems. Many of the sources available present biased opinions (Gonzales and Torres, 2011), and without critically evaluating sources, society falls victim to manipulation and attempts at controlling radical action.

Cosimo Marco Scarcelli. (2015). Christian Fuchs, Social Media. A Critical Introduction, Sage, 2014. Tecnoscienza (Padua, Italy), 6(1), 166–169. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2038-3460/17249

González, J., & Torres, J. (2011). News for all the people : the epic story of race and the American media. Verso.

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