Question

Help me, please!!!!

1. Describe the main characters of one television program that you watch. Do you think the characters reflect the composition of society in terms of class, race, and gender? Why or why not?
2. Sociologists argue that sports often reflect gender, racial, and class inequality. Do you agree or disagree with this? Why?
3. Do you think that gatekeeping is increasing or decreasing in society (in other words, are alternative messages more or less likely to be heard in today’s media)? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Question 1 is about analyzing the representation of characters in a specific television program. Question 2 asks for your opinion on whether sports reflect gender, racial, and class inequality. Question 3 discusses gatekeeping in society and the likelihood of hearing alternative messages in today's media.

Step-by-step explanation:

Question 1 asks about the main characters in a television program and whether they reflect the composition of society in terms of class, race, and gender. In order to answer this question, you would need to provide an example of a specific television program that you watch and analyze the characters within it. You would need to consider if the characters represent a cross-section of society in terms of class, race, and gender, or if they perpetuate stereotypes or exclude certain groups.

Question 2 discusses the argument made by sociologists that sports often reflect gender, racial, and class inequality. To answer this question, you would need to share your own opinion on whether you agree or disagree with this argument and support your opinion with reasons. You could discuss examples of gender, racial, and class inequality in sports and explain how they contribute to societal inequalities.

Question 3 is about gatekeeping in society and whether alternative messages are more or less likely to be heard in today's media. To answer this question, you would need to provide your own opinion on whether gatekeeping is increasing or decreasing in society and support your opinion with evidence. You could discuss the role of social media and the internet in providing alternative messages and whether traditional media still controls the majority of information.

Answer 2

1. One television show I like to watch is called Riverdale (a re-creation of the comic book series "Archie). This show definitely reflects some societies standards. The popular guy is a redhead, muscular, jock, white male who attracts sexualized females who come from wealthy homes. The minorities of the show are very few and overlooked. All the wealthy people, in fact, are WHITE individuals who have large old companies dating back years. ( think of Rockefeller, etc).

2. Sports definitely do reflect gender, race, and class inequality in some aspects. For one, until very recently, many aggressive sports that were televised and popular were limited to white men. Slowly over the years, we learned of tiger woods, OJ Simpson, Michael Jordan but even then we lacked women in sports. Some people who were poor could not pursue their dreams of being in sports because they were busy trying to help support their families. And class, due to our history, always related to race.

3. Gatekeeping is decreasing. Now we see a lot of encouragement for women to engage in science, tech, and engineering fields. Movies depict very successful women who contribute to our history with scientific discoveries. Girls do not have to play with dolls, they can do what boys do. This is all largely in part to dedicated women fighting to change society's values and finally make men and women equal in the eyes of all. Racial issues are slightly improving but as we see with our current political climate and police brutality, it can also be said that there is much more progress to be made in the sense minorities need to be depicted for what they are more often. Hard-working, contributing members of society rather than illegal criminals.