Blog Prompt #4: Intellectual Diversity
Much like Ronald N. Jacobs, author of The Space of Opinion, believes, I believe that media commentators are becoming more diverse and attracting a much larger and diverse pool of people. I think that economics and political science are represented the most in the media today with a hint of history, but I would love to see more psychology and sociology brought into the mix. English tends to be hidden in the shadows, mostly because I think there are never any pressing issues with that discipline.
As far as the diversity of the commentators of the media, I think that they have limited perspectives. I say this because if you really think about it, we are all only really educated or even really interested in one side or the other. To be honest, I am not able to give an informed opinion about this topic because I am unfortunately uninformed about the perspectives and ways of media commentators of today, but what I have picked up on; this is what I have noticed. In a perfect world, all media commentators would be well versed in all sides and perspectives of the different events and topics of today's news, but we naturally lean towards our own personal interests and see things from that perspective, which is probably why each news station is either left or right, not neutral.
As far as the diversity of the commentators of the media, I think that they have limited perspectives. I say this because if you really think about it, we are all only really educated or even really interested in one side or the other. To be honest, I am not able to give an informed opinion about this topic because I am unfortunately uninformed about the perspectives and ways of media commentators of today, but what I have picked up on; this is what I have noticed. In a perfect world, all media commentators would be well versed in all sides and perspectives of the different events and topics of today's news, but we naturally lean towards our own personal interests and see things from that perspective, which is probably why each news station is either left or right, not neutral.
I completely relate to you in regards to being a bit uninformed about the perspectives and ways of media commentators. I believe a large pool of people fall into this category so when we do see media commentaries and people of academia expressing their perspectives, we view it as very one sided and not relating to anything that we possibly have going on in everyday life.
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