Shows such as The Colbert Report and The Daily Show allow a more general audience to understand and access politics in a way they couldn’t before. They are very easy to grasp and encourage everyday people to have a political opinion. It does further polarization in a way though. These shows are clearly very democratic or very republican in their views. Most people probably only watch the shows that most closely match their political views. This causes them to become further wrapped up in those views and to believe they are right. Instead, people should listen to the other side’s rational argument and formulate their own ideas.
I think for me the most provocative thing we talked about was feminism and Douglas' book. It really addressed things that I hadn't really thought about before. For example, it always seemed to me that sexism was on its way out of our society when really it just has a different face now. I also found it really challenging yet interesting to write book reports and feature articles. These are things I really had to work hard on since I had almost no experience with that sort of writing. I’m too used to writing in an academic fashion. I felt it was a good change of pace though, especially after writing things like lit reviews for my capstone.
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