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MEDIA!!! -Television {local/national news}*Inform {nature/history/informational shows}*Inform {cartoons/reality/etc}*Entertain -Movies*Entertain -Newspaper*Inform/Persuade -Music*Entertain -Internet {Facebook/Twitter/Social Medias}*Entertain

-How is the media influenced by social, political and economic factors? The media is suppose to be unbiased and fair but that is not true. The economy has fallen and is hoping that the government will fix it, when they don't they bash government and make them look bad(worse than they are in the first place) and very often the military will tell us one thing and make sure that we know they are liberators not occupiers/dictators. -What other influences do you think media is affected or influenced by? The media is influenced by celebrities, military, and pretty much anybody with power. It is also influenced by the social medias, Facebook, Twitter, etc they are used as a voice of the ones with no power, whats popular? whats trending?

PART 2 -How are both sides of the war portrayed in these images and video? The video shows how the Americans used the Iraqi people to make themselves seem like heroes when in reality they were just toppling another repressive government to make way for their own.

-Your group will now undertake research on the Internet to gain a brief overview of the Iraqi culture. Consider information such as major cities, religion, government, social structures. Iraq is a parliamentary democracy with a federal system of government. Iraq also distributes crude oil, refined products, and natural gas are products part of the biggest Iraqi industry. In terms of ethnic or religious groups, no one ethnicity dominates another. there is a higher, wealthier class but the higher class people of Iraq are chosen by the government, since there is no opportunity to start a business without the endorsement of the government and as of recent years, the middle class and lower class have merged into one very low, very poor class. Most Iraqi people are Muslim or Islamic.

-Using the compare the images portraying the same event. Point out the similarities and differences between them. There were many differences, if the U.S. reports the mob of people looked huge, spontaneous, and joyous. The actual photos made us see that the group was quite small, and not as spontaneous or excited as the closer images had been. It was the U.S. toppling another dictatorship to gain power cleaned up to look pretty to the American people.

-What choices were made in depicting this event in a certain way? The choices made to depict the event as a joyful rebellion was merely propaganda and deception. Another trick of government to make us think that some who had power was horrid and everything is just fine without them, no more oppression right? wrong, the U.S. is still there merely as to keep a sense of power over one more country that doesn't need them -How did this information affect your understanding of the event? This information made me see that not everyone was happy with the changes and that the Iraqi people aren't quite as rebellious as i once thought.

-What choices were made by the media in how they captured this event? What elements did they choose to omit or select to show? What do you think the intentions were by portraying the event this way? The media was told by the government to show the event one way and one way only, for a reason. to make America look good, as freedom makers instead of freedom takers.

-Why do you think the newspaper images were doctored? The reason for doctoring the photos was to make the event seem joyous instead of forced.

-What purpose did it serve? The purpose was to make the U.S. military look like heroes, like freedom fighters.

-Who gains from altering these images? The government and U.S. military

-Do you think an altered image can change history, and if so, how? YES! history can be drastically changed by details like these. If history is told that the Iraqi people took down the symbol of the dictators power, then history will mark it as a celebration of freedom instead of the reality of the U.S. military telling them that the dictators reign had ended and nothing more than a sign of U.S. power and influence.

PART 3 --Consider how the Newspaper Editors have chosen to portray the war in Iraq.(slide five) Consider elements such as; -Image size -Use of color and font size -Dedication of space to a particular article – consider the size of the article. Does this give it more prominence? -Who is the audience of the newspaper?
 * U.S... Large, takes up most of the page
 * Malaysia... Small, takes up little space
 * U.S... colorful and bright
 * Malaysia... just dull, not flashy or anything
 * U.S... the article was small and kind of kept itself short and sweet
 * Malaysia... long, gives plenty of detail and explanation
 * U.S... the American people
 * Malaysia... People of Thailand

PART 5 The media has a very large influence on society. Social media has a major influence on our opinions, our thoughts and they can deceive us into thinking and believing what is not entirely true. I have done a webquest on how the government and the media made fools of us American peoples. Do you remember the toppling of the Hussein statue? A monumental, joyous, spontaneous occasion right? Nope, in this essay i will explain how the government used manipulation to hide what really happened.

The streets flooded with Iraqi people, rebellious, angry, and now free, have decided to destroy the Hussein statue but they need help so the U.S. military gives them a hand. Seems legit, but sadly its not what really happened wasn't as rebellious of the Iraqi people as we were lead to believe. The U.S. military had finally defeated the dictator and "freed" the Iraqi people so we decided to tear it down, but we can't make it look planed, so they rallied a group of people to make it look real, not planed but rebellious and chaotic. The media was told to make the U.S. look good and keep it heroic. So the media spun a tale of heroic actions, inspiring freedom and love of their country.

The government is pulling the strings and the media are their pretty little puppets, made to spin tales and tell us what we want to hear. The Iraqi people knew what had happened but our government said to put in some close-ups and work a little digital editing. Iraq told their people what happened straight up, They took down the statue and made it look like rebellion. I have never liked or listened to the government because they are deceitful, I hope this made you realize that everything, isn't really what it appears to be.