Last week in AYA, we touched on how Hip Hop has advocated for social movements and became an avenue for self-expression. The youth can relate to many rappers’ perspectives or upbringing, and these songs create a community. Rap has fostered social advocacy, but the ever-evolving industry is now shifting toward whatever makes the most money. …
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First Week at USC!! AYA
First Journal of Week 1. Hello my name is, Pedro Madrigal and this is my Journal for the first week, In this week we got introduced to a lot of topics of Civic Engagement, In June 19, 2023 We talked about Juneteenth. Juneteenth is a federal Holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of …
The Experience Continues
Fighting for Cultural Citizenship!
In the third week of AYA we learned and discuss about, The Role of Asian American Media Activism plays in the community. “Asian Americans” helps providing a cultural history and ethnography. How have Asian Americans contributed to society? Building the Transcontinental railroad to advocating for labor law changes to fighting in multiple wars. They made …
Hip Hop Influence Around the World!
My Name is, Pedro Madrigal and, This week we talked about how Childish Gambino song “This is America” Is trying so send a message to all the world with his song. The message that he try’s to spread over the world is that black people live together and die together in their fight against injustice. …
One Day…
In the third week of the 2023 USC Annenberg Youth Media, we briefly focused on the critical media production. Unfortunately, we only got to cover most concepts shortly, however Professor was still able to give us major information. He got into detail about the stereotypes in the media and how the media potrays certain races. …
“The Latest Viral, Racist, Homophobic, and Misogynistic News”
The realm of media proves vast. Lodged between this vastness, we find bias, misinformation, misogyny, racism, and blatant disregard of inclusivity for certain audiences. Throughout history, this has been an eminent issue. Indeed, day by day, the news gets grimmer, darker, and more stories rise with subjects resembling titles such as “Racist, Sexist Depictions of …
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Prime Time
When is a woman past her prime? To Don Lemon, a woman is “considered to be in her prime in her 20s and 30s and maybe 40s” (Lemon, 2023). It seems like CNN made the right decision to fire Lemon from his longtime job as a news anchor. After all, at age 57, Lemon is, …
“There Was a Time When I Could’ve Had You Shot”, Says Endicott
Welcome to week 3 of Annenberg Youth Academy. This week’s main focus was on missed representation in the media, as well as how people of color use the media to critique and dismantle popular discourse and propaganda. At the end of the week, we went to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, where we learned …
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Communicating Change 