research festival outline

The Black Image Shaped Through Media (Working Title)

Mode: Live Presentation

Duration: 30 minutes

Research Question: How does media perpetuate a colonial image of Blackness in the Americas?

Overview:

  • Mainstream media outlets are monopolies that dominate 90% of what the average citizen hears and sees

  • Showing Black images that portray Blackness in a negative light helps to encourage systems of racism and discrimination

  • The average human being believes what it sees which gives media organizations power over human perception

Key Themes:

  • Mass Media Conglomerates

  • Anti racist imagery

  • Systemic bias

  • Black radical escapism

  • Black feminism

Format:

  • PowerPoint presentation

  • Q+A

  • Live Discussion with Subject Matter Expert

Conclusion:

  • What are the systemic impacts of negative imagery?

  • How can we encourage alternative imagery that negatively portrays different cultures and beliefs?

  • What is our responsibility as media consumers? And how can we take responsibility of our media consumption?