How Media Can Lead to Research

Media influences our everyday lives. What we see on television encourages us to act certain ways and purchase certain products. Media even  allows us to spread awareness about certain ordeals. For instance, the movie Concussion starring Will smith. In Pittsburgh, accomplished pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu uncovers the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions in the course of normal play. An article called "Muscle and Medicine" reports an article stating this, "What are the long-term health risks of the most popular sport in the United States? The movie, recounting real-life events with some creative license, shows Omalu being stonewalled by the NFL as he tries to ring the alarm on the effects of repeated head trauma on players’ health. His character is warned in one scene, “You’re going to war with a corporation that owns a day of the week.” This article suggests to me that people are starting to notice more that something had to be done. This could lead to the fall of a corporation.














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The Netflix documentary 13TH makes an attempt to raise awareness of crimes committed by the government against black people. They abused the use of the jailing system so much. For example, the documentary state prisons were required to keep prisons full even though if there weren't crimes being committed.

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The most alarming attempt at a wake up call was the movie Purge: Election year. In this thrilling second reality it is now legal to commit any crime at a certain time of the year. The movie entitled election year just so happened to be in theatres the year of the most crucial election of all time.There is racism and hate arising in this world and the movie Purge: Election Year confirmed that this nightmare could be very possible.

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These movies and many others attempt to raise awareness on certain topics like the election or hidden   disasters. 

-Justin Woods