When you turned on your television today to watch the news, nine times out of ten your head news anchor was white. Am I right? When you turned on your radio to the station that plays top 40 pop music, nine times out of ten your radio DJ you heard talking was white. Am I right? When you go and Google the current list of the New York Times Best-Sellers book list, nine times out of ten most of the authors on the list are white. Am I right again?
What about the rest of us? What about those countless minorities that are not represented in media? The United States of America is a cultural melting pot but if you were to see media as a reflection of the country, outsiders would see us a white dominated country. Why are minorities misrepresented in media? This cultural divide in media is something that more Americans need to be aware of and understand how it does affect the rest of us.
Why is that much of the media outlets we consume are dominated by the white market? Why are there not more minorities making headway in the media industries? Defining Us hopes to gain insight into why minorities are so few and far between when it comes to making an imprint in media. The minority communities in the United States are steadily increasing. Also, the country has an African-American president, yet all the main forms of communication reflect solely on the white community. What makes media important to the human race, and to Americans in general, is that it is the way we communicate with one another. Media allows people to share their stories so that other people can relate and feel as though they are not alone. Media is a form of communication and it is what connects the masses of people together in the country.
The first step in understanding media and the lack of minorities in those fields is understanding minority roles in media and how they are portrayed across the country. Click here to start seeing why the media needs to start telling the stories that define us.
What about the rest of us? What about those countless minorities that are not represented in media? The United States of America is a cultural melting pot but if you were to see media as a reflection of the country, outsiders would see us a white dominated country. Why are minorities misrepresented in media? This cultural divide in media is something that more Americans need to be aware of and understand how it does affect the rest of us.
Why is that much of the media outlets we consume are dominated by the white market? Why are there not more minorities making headway in the media industries? Defining Us hopes to gain insight into why minorities are so few and far between when it comes to making an imprint in media. The minority communities in the United States are steadily increasing. Also, the country has an African-American president, yet all the main forms of communication reflect solely on the white community. What makes media important to the human race, and to Americans in general, is that it is the way we communicate with one another. Media allows people to share their stories so that other people can relate and feel as though they are not alone. Media is a form of communication and it is what connects the masses of people together in the country.
The first step in understanding media and the lack of minorities in those fields is understanding minority roles in media and how they are portrayed across the country. Click here to start seeing why the media needs to start telling the stories that define us.