EAC150 Proposal
Andrew Shiwkaran
Heather Fregeau
EAC150
March 27, 2015
EAC 150 Research Proposal
For my research essay in EAC 150, the topic I have chosen is the role of media in our lives. In the world of today, media has become as necessary as food and clothing. It has played a significant role in strengthening the society. The purpose of media is to inform people about current news, advertising, entertainment and fashion. Media is presented in various forms such as, radio, television, magazines and bulletin boards that are all used to sell commodities and ideas to our society. I'm still working on my thesis but what I will be discussing is advertising's destructive power as it shapes our morals and beliefs and the need to educate youth to help them understand how it affects their lives. I chose this topic because the media always shows what they want their viewer's to see. For example, advertising wrongfully portrays men and women making us feel in-adequate. Not only are men and women shown as flawless and ageless, they lead us to believe that our interiors is not important and our looks play a more important role in our life than who are really are. Advertising makes us more aware of our insecurities and brings us to believe that perfection exist. Another example of how the media portrays a religion in this case to be bad and "terrorist" are the Muslims. Muslims have headlined media countless times and majority of the time, in a negative way. I have many Muslims friends that are nothing close to what the media says they are. I chose this topic primarily because I want to prove that the media has developed and has gotten so intensive that it has brought negativity on social life. Also, I am interested in getting really in-depth on this topic as I will be trying to cover all major forms of media.
Heather Fregeau
EAC150
March 27, 2015
EAC 150 Research Proposal
For my research essay in EAC 150, the topic I have chosen is the role of media in our lives. In the world of today, media has become as necessary as food and clothing. It has played a significant role in strengthening the society. The purpose of media is to inform people about current news, advertising, entertainment and fashion. Media is presented in various forms such as, radio, television, magazines and bulletin boards that are all used to sell commodities and ideas to our society. I'm still working on my thesis but what I will be discussing is advertising's destructive power as it shapes our morals and beliefs and the need to educate youth to help them understand how it affects their lives. I chose this topic because the media always shows what they want their viewer's to see. For example, advertising wrongfully portrays men and women making us feel in-adequate. Not only are men and women shown as flawless and ageless, they lead us to believe that our interiors is not important and our looks play a more important role in our life than who are really are. Advertising makes us more aware of our insecurities and brings us to believe that perfection exist. Another example of how the media portrays a religion in this case to be bad and "terrorist" are the Muslims. Muslims have headlined media countless times and majority of the time, in a negative way. I have many Muslims friends that are nothing close to what the media says they are. I chose this topic primarily because I want to prove that the media has developed and has gotten so intensive that it has brought negativity on social life. Also, I am interested in getting really in-depth on this topic as I will be trying to cover all major forms of media.