COMM 3668 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Emmett Till, Al Sharpton, N.W.A
1 Nov 2016
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Current events: nc declares state of emergency following violent charlotte protests. It"s killi(cid:374)g: terrence crutcher, victor white iii, alton sterling. Let"s go (cid:271)a(cid:272)k : richard pryor quote in 1974, n. w. a. (cid:862)fu(cid:272)k the poli(cid:272)e(cid:863) (1989) straight outta compton, aggi(cid:374)" pa(cid:374)ts. Distrust: due process, equal protection, civil rights. Emmitt till: rope tied around neck, shot to head, in river, beaten up. In social identity theory, whites have no concepts of this. Whites are i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals white folks just call trump crazy. Al sharpton says something stupid, blacks are judged as a collective. Dana axiom: (cid:862)ni(cid:374)et(cid:455) per(cid:272)e(cid:374)t of the (cid:374)e(cid:449)s is true, e(cid:454)(cid:272)ept the (cid:1005)(cid:1004) per(cid:272)e(cid:374)t (cid:455)ou know about them. Agenda-setting theory: the more the media talk about a topic the more likely you are to know a(cid:271)out it a(cid:374)d thi(cid:374)k it"s i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t i(cid:374) the sa(cid:373)e proportio(cid:374) the (cid:373)edia (cid:272)o(cid:448)er it. Is the media solely to blame: no! However the media are a contributing factor.
