Power

      In a modern setting, the media plays an important role in determining "key issues." Simply by reporting on certain issues or focusing on certain aspects of issues the media gives the impression that these are the important issues. To properly analyze power requires you to investigate how issues are framed, what is excluded, and most importantly who benefits from this. Only once this step has been taken can you analyze power in the way described by pluralists.
     This particular paragraph caught my attention because of how it was able to break down the perspective of power. Power is able to change ones image, mind and thoughts on a certain issue and persuade people into thinking right from wrong. It states To properly analyze power requires you to investigate how issues are framed, what is excluded, and most importantly who benefits from this. my interpretation would be that in order to understand power we have to understand what is given to us and how it is given to us. We, people without power, have to do our research and fill ourselves with knowledge as well as realizing who benefits from the truth and the lies that is given to us,
     The whole article on Power was very interesting. As I was reading the different points of view I said to myself, I must see power in a completely different light. As a minority power in my eyes cannot only be someone above me but being able to make a change in a blink of an eye. This of course is a form of power. I chose this paragraph because I agree with what it says. The media does portray one thing, when in fact the issue of power is something different. When we look at the minority population, can we say we are powerless? or powerful? Truth is if everyone comes together and realize that as a whole we are able to be strong and make changes we can be able to overcome different obstacles and get what we want. I think it is important to understand true power.You see people in power, which are a small portion, know that the minority group is pretty large compared to them, now I'm talking in general.  Of course being fearful of what the minority group might do, people in power portray false information in order to keep a sense of control. We have to understand that once there is no control there is no power over peoples actions and what they do becomes unpredictable.