How Does Television promote Anti-intellectualism?

Estrella Northway: TV tends to create a view of how people should act or thinkFor example, black children who get good grades are said to be"acting white", as the media tends to portray blacks as uneducated thugs.That is one example Also if you notice in television, intellectuals are usually stereotyped as snobs,boring, lacking in social skills,evil or mean.Examples- Dr.Doom and Mr.Fantastic(One's a supervillian and the other is just dull,scientist with stretchy powers.The rest of the Fantastic Four are far more interesting than him).-House(Asshole but intellectual)-Detective Gordon from Law and Order:Criminal Intent(Awkward but intellectual)-Professor Frink from the Simpsons(Awkward but intellectual)This mostly due to lazy writing. Writers find it easier to confer to old-time stereotypes when creating characters than it is to give a character depth and try something new....Show more

Corrinne Ruozzo: Our media tells us how to dress, what to think and how to act. Tak! e a look at these links for more stuff and research models of communications.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_studieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypodermic_needle_mod...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenda-setting_theoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_effects_theory...Show more