Media Reaction Paper

Media Reaction Paper
      SOC/315
     
Media Reaction Paper
      The media plays a vital role in today’s society.   A lot of people watch countless hours of television, read a lot of books, magazines, and read the newspaper on a day to ay basis.   Depending on the message of the article of the newspapers read or the television watched one will form their own opinion from their beliefs and customs from their personal lives.
      The definition of diversity is the unique differences and similarities that people from different ethic backgrounds bring to a country, city, or neighborhood.   Diversity means more than just acknowledging and/or tolerating difference.   It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences.  Those differences can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies.   Diversity is a set of conscious practices that involve the understanding and appreciating interdependence of humanity, cultures, and the natural environment. Diversity means that each and every single of us is different and unique.
      Who we see, hear, and read on television, radio, newspapers, and in movies has a great deal of influence on shaping the attitudes of all Americans.   True Blood is an HBO original that is set in Louisiana at a time where vampires existed and many other things humans thought did not. Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens overnight. While humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin."   Religious leaders and government officials around the world have chosen their sides, but in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out.   Local waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), however, knows how it...