I'm a Junior at NYU writing an essay about the relationship between black atheists & the media. This a shortened version of the post that i made in the entertainment & media section of the forum.
This essay is all about what the internet/new forms of media has meant for a particular group--in this case, black atheists--& has the information the larger public receives about this group, being improved or worsened by the arrival of those new forms of media. Whether or not their image, the definition of the group, outsiders’ views and even how they see themselves, has changed in any way? Essentially, it’s the relationship between this group and the public, via the media. In some ways, and let me know if you agree, it is difficult to measure this, as I feel as though blacks atheists are just now discovering one another. That a relationship between them, communicating things to one another WITHIN that group, is just now beginning to flourish?
When establishing how the presence and availability of new media forms effects black atheists now, it is important to look at how they got along before the Internet. With general blogging becoming popular in the late ‘90s, and social networking and sharing sites popping up only a few years after the new millennium, how did black freethinkers/non-theists communicate ideas/concerns before this? have been “one to one or one to many” interactions; the internet has allowed for “many to many.”
Do you feel as though these blogs, videos, etc are effective, that they reach out, and are, in fact, forming some kind of virtual community? Any drawbacks?
Do you feel as though this group is gaining momentum, becoming more organized?
Why do you think that there isnt any press coverage on black atheists?
Are new forms of media making it easier or harder for people outside this group to learn about it?
Are the group’s concerns being communicated better or worse?
Are the group’s affairs being more or less unfairly sensationalized or ignored?
Do members of the group themselves have more or less access to the news they need about their group?
And are the rest of us getting a more or less fair, accurate and reasonable portrait of them.
These may be hard to address as there wasn’t really a “portrait” to begin with, and the group has not received that much attention, so “better or worse” “more or less” spectrums, are tricky or maybe even irrelevant?
Please share your thoughts on any or all of the questions!
Thank you very much,
Courtney
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Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:57 am
The Media Has Barely Mentioned Black Atheists.There Is No Relationship. Another good question is "What percentage of Atheist are Black?"
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Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:14 pm
Yes, these doesnt seem to be any "press coverage" on the subject from major newspapers, online or otherwise. However, Im thinking more along the lines of what have new forms of media ie blogging, forums such as this one, and sharing & networking sites meant for black atheists?
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