Question: In society, it is widely accepted that the media produce what sells. In this specific sense, media conglomerates and producers are merely “giving us what we want.” However, others have argued that the media does not merely “reflect” consciousness, but actually “creates” consciousness and shapes our understandings of politics, race, class, gender, etc. Drawing upon specific evidence/ examples and detail from lectures and readings, write an essay in which you detail TWO arenas (e.g. race, class, gender, political opinions, etc.) in which media creates consciousness. What are the most important implications of these distortions?