Humanities

 

Perspectives on War

Instructions:

Analyze: After watching the news clip about the first Gulf War, analyze the points made in the news clip and answer the following questions:

• How do Americans know about the Gulf War, in which very few Americans actually took part?
• How do people know about experiences and events outside of their own individual reality?
• How are the perspectives of each of the primary groups involved represented to members of that group and to people outside of that group?
• How does the media dictate and define what people believe about the world outside of their own?
• What role does the media play in constructing, refining, and perpetuating a specific narrative according to the people who profit from these conflicts?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

AL Jazeera is funded in whole or in part by the qateri government

Instructions:

Please post 1 peer response

In the response post, include the following:

• Share something that you have seen in your life which seems different from other people’s perceptions
• How does social media dictate and define what people believe about the world outside of their own?
• How does social media filter the different perspectives you are exposed to by only showing you things that you are interested in?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Reference

Al Jazeera English. (2011, January 8). The listening post – Selling the first Gulf War [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/cx_VQf4eOQQ

AL Jazeera is funded in whole or in part by the qateri government