Don't just see, REALLY look!

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As I studied the way images have impacted minority communities throughout history it is very clear that it’s not a thing of the past. The way images are delivered is one of the only things that has changed. The change is highly influence by the shift into the digital age and the speed and channels that information delivered. The thousands of images that are bombarded at people though there televisions, cell phones, and computers impact the way they perceive and live through the world.

Gate keepers in large corporations decide what news is worthy and how it should be presented.

When a group of elites decide to frame an issue as it best benefits them, considering they have the resources available to voice their opinion and persuade the general public, their thoughts and initiatives are institutionalize. But if an issue is not defined as problem by those in power in the first place, than there is no need to address it. Native American tribes were displaced and killed as a result of policy passed by those who felt there was an "Indian Problem". Images and news traveled at a slower pase but still reached thousands of people. Westerns portrayed Indians as savage and with the need to be civilized because that what they said was best for everyone but Native Americans had very little input in the decisions made.

In a time of economic crisis and quick change Big Brother takes su prima la Media to dehumanize a group of people as it is easiest to pursue the general public to feel hostile and fear other when their seen as something foreign- when they are not seen as what they are- breathing living people.



What image/s comes to mind when you hear “Illegal Aliens”? People of brown faces, people who take jobs, people who are criminals. These messages have been transmitted through different channels of mass media-but do not reflect reality. I know the undocumented community-and we are far from aliens.

Corporations are using podcast as an additional way to get their message out and other companies have taken up blogging.
The increase of user generated content and the interactive feature of the web is completely changing the way images impact the public for better or for worst. Try to really look when you see.