Sports in the Mass Media
Sports in the mass media
This paper is about how sports are betrayed in the media and how much coverage they received over other things.
Sports in the Mass Media
Hamilton M. Randle III
SOC: 101 Introduction to Sociology
Sheila Schmitz
January 4, 2012
Sports in the Mass Media Since I was three years old I have always known that my heart would be settled into sports. My father was an outstanding basketball player who played for the Marines national team. He had a tryout with the Lakers when I was nine years old. That was my role model in life. I can remember when I was ten years old me and my friends would mock athletes such as Michael Jordan and Joe Montana. I can remember how the Media would portray Michael Jordan as the greatest man alive and because of his athletic talents it would be better to be him than a school teacher. In society today the people that count the most to the media are the kardashians and the james and so on and so on. What has society shown us to believe? We have been taught to believe in the fame and the fortune of athletes in this day and time. Media is a pervasive social influence that inevitably impacts how people see themselves and others. Television, film, the Internet, video games, magazines, and advertising all send forth clear gender-biased messages.” (Chp. 3.5) When we as a society understands that the media is controlling our minds by perception of what they want us to believe than what we know by common sense, the world as we know it will change. What has the Mass Media done to me? That’s a very intriguing question coming from a kid who thought that athletics was his only way out of a bad neighborhood. The media gave my community the vision that if you didn’t play sports or was a great musician a regular way of life wasn’t fit for you. When I was young I didn’t have much to follow but watching someone make a game winning shot or a long run. I can remember when
This paper is about how sports are betrayed in the media and how much coverage they received over other things.
Sports in the Mass Media
Hamilton M. Randle III
SOC: 101 Introduction to Sociology
Sheila Schmitz
January 4, 2012
Sports in the Mass Media Since I was three years old I have always known that my heart would be settled into sports. My father was an outstanding basketball player who played for the Marines national team. He had a tryout with the Lakers when I was nine years old. That was my role model in life. I can remember when I was ten years old me and my friends would mock athletes such as Michael Jordan and Joe Montana. I can remember how the Media would portray Michael Jordan as the greatest man alive and because of his athletic talents it would be better to be him than a school teacher. In society today the people that count the most to the media are the kardashians and the james and so on and so on. What has society shown us to believe? We have been taught to believe in the fame and the fortune of athletes in this day and time. Media is a pervasive social influence that inevitably impacts how people see themselves and others. Television, film, the Internet, video games, magazines, and advertising all send forth clear gender-biased messages.” (Chp. 3.5) When we as a society understands that the media is controlling our minds by perception of what they want us to believe than what we know by common sense, the world as we know it will change. What has the Mass Media done to me? That’s a very intriguing question coming from a kid who thought that athletics was his only way out of a bad neighborhood. The media gave my community the vision that if you didn’t play sports or was a great musician a regular way of life wasn’t fit for you. When I was young I didn’t have much to follow but watching someone make a game winning shot or a long run. I can remember when