Do race, class or gender play a role in news reporting? Does systemic and/or institutionalized racism play a role in news reporting? Discuss the concept of groupthink and how it applies to media bias...

Running head: MEDIA AND DISCRIMINATION    1
MEDIA AND DISCRIMINATION         2
MEDIA AND DISCRIMINATION
Media and Discrimination
In the context of news reporting race, class and gender specifically play an important role. As the news reporting is related to specifically outlining the several events and incidents that are prevalent in society. It specifies that the public and the public need to have information regarding all the things that are currently observed in society. The involvement of race, class, and gender sometimes restricts the authenticity of the news and the way it is reported. As in most of the cases, it is observed that the news reporting did only focuses on some subsequent sections as well as the ethnic groups. For instance, in the countries like US and UK, the news reporting is focused on outlining the news that is generally related to the whiter section of society. Along with it gender and class also play an important role in news reporting as the news reporting need to be in accordance with and align the news regarding all the subsequent sections (Cheng & Foley, 2018).
The role of class and gender in news reporting can be considered as in the news reporting it is very important that equality would have prevailed in the context of reporting as the female journalists should also be given the proper chance to present the news. Along with it the news that is presented should take into account the news related to all the subsequent genders that are prevalent in the society irrespective of the fact which one dominates the...