Sociology Perspective

Sociology and Perspective Paper When I look to the future, I do not know the ideal job I want to be doing yet. What I do know is that I want to be behind the camera in my career path. I learned when I was a junior in high school that I loved to record and edit video. Now you fast forward to college and it is now what I plan on earning my degree in. I have big place in my heart for entertaining people. With video and photography, I can bring my creative ideas in my head to a visual image that can affect people mentally. I do feel like God has called me to this profession. When I am brainstorming different ideas the verse Mark 12:31 always goes through my mind. The verse states “love your neighbor as you love yourself”. It reminds me to put other people up with your work. Never purposely bring them down with
The Digital Media field consists of advertising and promoting through sound and video. I mean just think about all the things you see on television. Now days, when I look at television I see a lot of different stereotypes, especially when you turn on the news. The News Media is supposed to inform the people on what is going on around their town whether it is positive or negative. However, people do not always want to only see positivity because that gets boring. Personally, I think that the News Media puts an emphasis on the negative news that happens around towns. I feel that is one of the main reasons negative stereotypes get started. When it comes to criminals on the news, what is your instant image when you hear the word Criminal? Most people would probably say black males. There is an article that states, “In the United States, widespread stereotypes exist among whites that black men are threatening, violent, and criminal (Collins 2004) (Pedulla D.S. 2014).” I myself am a black man and it hurts when people can have a prejudgment of you just because of negative