Reference 1

Citation in APA format

Avraham, E., & First, A. (2010). Can a Regulator Change Representation of Minority Groups and Fair Reflection of Cultural Diversity in National Media Programs? Lessons From Israel. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 54(1), 136–148. https://doi-org.ezproxy.umgc.edu/10.1080/08838150903550469

Key findings (200 words)

The article aims to analyze a case study by Israeli to understand whether the regulator succeeded in representing minority groups in the media in Israel's international media. Many research studies have been clarified to discuss minority groups in the central-national media and that it is tasking. The studies was done in the United States and Europe. The representation of these minority groups being done in films and on televisions is meager. Marginal groups have therefore worked towards addressing improving images ad representing the poor groups. Regulators then came in to address and represent minorities in a fair reflection and to address cultural diversity, especially in the national media (Avraham &First,2010).

The case study uses Israel to discuss the regulator's purpose in attempting change among the marginal group's representations and improving cultural diversity by itself.

The study results concluded that a limited representation of these minority groups is evident in all genres. The population absent in talk shows are the Arabs, Ultra-orthodox, and new immigrants. Women among Mizrachi Jews were way better among other national religions. However, the common people were secular, veterans, and the Ashkenazim.

How do you know that this is a credible/scholarly source?

This article was found in a peer-reviewed academic journal from the UMGC library, meeting credibility and validity standards.

Assess the usefulness of this resources to your project. How will you use the findings for your final project? If you found that this resource was not useful, please discuss why. (100 words)

The article addresses diversity and media representations of marginalized groups, and addressing Israel's case study to understand the representation of genders and marginalized communities among themselves fully supports the topic and the final project findings. It is seen in the representation in television, among other program shows. The study, therefore, makes understanding of the topic adverse by handing different groups and that each is aimed at meeting the main point of the topic.

Reference 2

Citation in APA format

Fürsich, E. (2010). Media and the representation of Others. International Social Science Journal, 61(199), 113–130. https://doi-org.ezproxy.umgc.edu/10.1111/j.1468-2451.2010.01751.x

Key findings (200 words)

The article presents findings based on media and the representations of others. The paper looks onto another view of the media and how it has been in use over the centuries. Media representations of diversity have been maximized to create an understanding of the world and the general grouping of minorities, which guides readers to identify the vulnerable groups of people better. The article summarizes how the mass media has been involved in promoting or hindering any aspect of cultural diversity issues and has narrowed it down to a scholarly understanding of how the media is used to represent others.

The author summarizes that this is among the best ways to accommodate and reconsider the use of long-held routines and assumptions in determining the complex forms of representations that teach on media and diversity through the inclusion of others. The author is hopeful that the current media indulge in world representations and appreciate all populations.

Media transformations and cultural diversities are tied up, and if culture is well understood, then the process is adopted for cultural development and the preservation of cultural diversity.

How do you know that this is a credible/scholarly source?

The article is found on an academic journal platform from the UMGC platform and is peer-reviewed.

Assess the usefulness of this resources to your project. How will you use the findings for your final project? If you found that this resource was not useful, please discuss why. (100 words)

The article supports the topic of the final project about the media and the understanding of cultural diversities. The author addresses the topic from a different perspective, which will widen my scope of the project and address more questions that will serve as research questions. Additionally, the concept of cultural diversity is well discussed in that media transformations, and cultural diversities are tied up together each of the concepts will lead to cultural development.