Joshua Aaron M.

Tapel December 10, 2020

BROAD2A

COLEGIO DE SAN JUAN DE LETRAN

151 Muralla St., Intramuros, Manila

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Institute of Communication

LAS204 - COMMUNICATION THEORIES

FINAL PROJECT/OUTPUT - SEMESTER ONE 2020-2021

Assistant Professor Manuel Obar Dasig, Jr., PhD.

COMMUNICATION OR MEDIA THEORY ANALYTICAL PAPER

SYNTHESIS PAPER

I. THE PROBLEM STATEMENT

Discrimination has been always a part of our lives. All people are brought into the world

for free both in respect and in rights, so how can it be that individuals who proceed to create and

experience mental illness are viewed as a vulnerable subject for discrimination at a number of

levels and in various domain in their daily lives? This discrimination is damaging, disdainful,

and demeaning, consequently making people with mental illness second class citizens. By

association, such discrimination also has a big impact on people who look after individuals with

mental illness (whether they are professional or lay carers.) Base by Joe Feagin (1991), a

previous leader of the American Sociological Association in United States that he found when he

interviewed a middle-class of African American about their experiences. A large number of

individuals said that they had been denied service, or at least received poor service, in some
stores or restaurants. Others said they had been harassed by the police, and even put feat of their

own lives, just for being African American. Feagin also reasoned that these examples are not just

isolated incidents as well they are rather be a mirror to larger racism that characterizes US

Society. Also, a study found that all forms of discrimination are associated with increased rates

of depression.

II. THE THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK

It can examine issues of race discrimination using the major sociological perspectives like

functionalism, conflict theory and symbolic interactionism. As you read through of these theories

in the view of functionalism, racial and ethnic inequalities must have served an important

function in order to exist as long as they have. This concept, of course, is problematic. How can

racism and discrimination contribute positively to society? A functionalist might look at

“functions” and “dysfunctions” caused by racial inequality. Nash (1964) focused his argument

on the way racism is functional for the dominant group, for example, suggesting that racism

morally justifies a racially unequal society. Consider the way slave owners justified slavery in

the antebellum South, by suggesting black people were fundamentally inferior to white and

preferred slavery to freedom.

III. ISSUE ANALYSIS

Communication can take numerous structures, going from face-to-face discussions among

family, friends and some other people to the broader flows of information that are given through

the mass media. All these forms are central to the way communities are constructed, maintain

themselves, associate with different communities and impact the political process. Almost on

everywhere we look, we always see differences. In terms of status, gender, and others.

Discrimination can be based on many different characteristics. Also, discrimination is often the
outcome of prejudice—a pre-formed negative judgment or attitude. Prejudice leads people to

view certain individuals or groups as inferior. When it involves racial discrimination, the risk of

having suicidal thoughts among African American men becomes particularly concerning, the

researchers say. Robert Joseph Taylor and Daphne Watkin are both professor of Institute of

Social Research. They examined whether experiences of the daily discrimination with higher

rates of depression and suicidal thoughts. Researchers that what are they are studying is

important because many empirical studies just do not focus on or include African Americans. In

additions, factors such as financial insecurity, job instability and physical ailments have all been

found to heighten risk of suicide thoughts and attempts, but few studies have looked at

discrimination. Respondents later identified the primary reason for such experiences. Response

options included race, gender, age, ethnicity and body size. Participants also reported if they had

ever seriously considered ending their own lives. A differentiation with culture and identity

ought not endure one’s rude conduct towards the other person. As the individual perceives the

distinctions and figures out how to either disregard or standardize it would be a lot of gainful for

the two closures.

REFERENCES:

A.A. (30 October 2019) " Racial discrimination linked to suicidal thoughts in African American

men" Retrieved from: https://news.umich.edu/racial-discrimination-linked-to-suicidal-thoughts-

in-african-american-men/

Collins, Patricia Hill. 2008. Distinguishing Features of Black Feminist Thought. London:

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Durkheim, Émile. 1982 [1895]. The Rules of the Sociological Method. Translated by W.D.

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Nash, Manning. 1964. “Race and the Ideology of Race.” Current Anthropology 3(3): 285–288.

Rose, Arnold. 1958 [1951]. The Roots of Prejudice, fifth edition. Paris, France: Unesco.

Retrieved From: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0007/000733/073342eo.pdf.

D.B. (29 July 2016) "Social Discrimination and Social Justice" Retrieved from:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09540261.2016.1210359