Genre - The Media

The media alone as a genre can be defined as current events such as things going on in the world. What it shows are things little from the weather or different things going on in celebrities lives to more catastrophic or important events such as 9/11, war on Iraq, or the election of different government positions. I can use this for my research question because what the media shows such as different news stations or articles are usually the popular opinion on different political subjects. A lot of people don't usually look into or do more research on things such as Illegal Immigration or different government bills or laws trying to be passed so what the average American watch on the tube when they wake up or when they get back from work or read in the newspaper is usually the most information they know on something. Then those people who beleive exactly what the media says is when a conflict on opinion arises. So I could definately use media as a genre.

Genre- Advertisement

So advertisement is a very popular strategy for different political issues to get there perspective to the public. a quote from Chuck Blore, a partner in an advertising firm, "Advertising is the art of arresting the human intelligence just long enough to get money from it." This quote hits the nail right on the head for the most part. Different propositions uses tv and other advertisements to twist the facts so that voting no or yes for it seems to be in their favor. People who are campaigning for certain government positions uses tv ads to get their picture out there, to show or at least say what they are supposedly going to do and how other campaigners are the wrong choice. Also different groups can use advertisement to get their perspective out to the public on certain issues such as having tv commercials talk about how illegal immigration or animal violence is inhumane and they could show vulgar sad pictures to show the worst possible outcomes to different issues to make the audience feel sorry.

Song Lyrics

     First off, I was planning on using this genre for my MGP so this blog will kind of let me get a first shot at it so i can work on it from there. So my research question is pretty vague on what it asks because its abstract, but to sum it up I want to know the different perspectives on political issues pretty much but in my paper I'll also go into who have certain perspectives.
     So song lyrics can easily relate to political issues, an example for political issues being brought out in songs would be Gimme Shelter by the Rolling Stones. It brings up the vietnam war and other conflicts at the time. Oh, a storm is threat'ning

My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away

War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away

It talks about how violent the world was at the time, how not only the vietnam war aws going on, but here at home at the U.S. there aws different racial conflicts and violence acts happening. So you can see that with the right use of words you can sing about political issues in an abstract way. And if it's catchy a lot of other people could end up listening to it also.