#ethical reporting

I admit this blog can be very biased to my emotional-fueled input at times. I try to balance my perspective with research I find or happen to see on news outlets, etc. to truly grasp the whole picture of this Instagram-and-marketing-of-women thing. And I want to reiterate that I don't negate social media platforms for the incredible feats they have over olden day communication infrastructures. I evidently use social media. I receive a lot of important information through these outlets. I just think they're headed in the wrong direction (especially with the emergence of TikTok but that's a whole other discussion for a later post). One concept I was able to capitalize on this semester was Stasis Theory. That is, developing research conjectures that are inclusive to opposing information to the perceived issue I am investigating. I want to share this with you guys because I want you to know that I'm not just habitually Googling "female objectification exists" or "how male values are predominant in media", I really try to stay aware of avoiding that one bias where you are researching using terms to confirm your own bias, self-fulfilling prophecy I think? Here are the Stasis fundamentals I try to stick with: Facts: what is actually happening in the world around this issue, good and bad, how did it start, who's involved, and can it be changed

Definition: what exactly is the issue, what's the nature of it, to what larger events does it belong to, who/what influences this issue

Quality: is it good/bad, how serious is it, and what happens if we don't do anything