Blog Post #4 Media Phobia

Karen Sternheimer wrote Media Phobia about panics and how, rather than solving our problems we often panic about them. Sternheimer writes, “Panics about popular culture ebb and flow throughout history. They are often masked attempts to condemn the tastes and cultural preferences of less powerful social groups.” What she means by this is that we are easily able to criticize these groups rather than trying to understand these groups.
Sternheimer also says, “…Popular culture is frequently used as a proxy for hostility, and so we condemn a group’s cultural preferences rather than openly express it towards the group.” What this kind of makes me think of is the recent school shooting that happened in Florida. People hear about school shootings and panic and jump to the conclusion that gun control is the ultimate salutation to ending these repetitive recurrences. If the media took a step back and looked at the situation at hand they would see that this is a mental health issue rather than a gun issue. This relates to what Sternheimer wrote because if Americans would stop panicking and tried to find a real solution then there would be less hostility and people would be able to express how they actually feel about the issue. Because you can't solely put the blame on the gun.

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  1. UnknownFebruary 20, 2018 at 10:06 PM

    I like how you tied this to something that has happend so recent. I do disagree with you that gun control is not this issue, because it is. We will always have gun problems wheather control is buckled down or not, but ultimately we do need a solution to this.

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    1. UnknownMarch 21, 2018 at 10:34 PM

      I do agree that gun control is an issue and that there should be some gun control in the United States, but all I'm saying is that completely eliminating guns isn't quite necessary. You're right, we will always have gun problems.

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  2. HanMeadeFebruary 27, 2018 at 8:17 PM

    The recent school shooting in Florida is hard to hear about and I agree with you that people jump to conclusions that the problem is the gun. I like how brought up a controversial topic because not a lot of people like talking about it. If people weren't so focused on the media they would see there were multiple signs that lead to this.

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