Sanket Patel Professor Balaa Structure of Information – Sec 05 01 November 2021 Information Analysis Paper The topic I chose about for this paper is Black Lives Matter and how different groups of people view this movement. When it originated it didn’t really get much attention until last year after the death of a man named George Floyd. It has turned into a major controversy between people, and they all have their own opinions. The first source that I will analyze is a post from the official Black Lives Matter Instagram profile. It provides a statistic about how “immigration is a black issue” and how they’re targeted for deportation. Their sources are highlighted at the bottom of the image and retrieved from New York University School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic. I believe the information that is left is what drives the law for these deportations and the process behind it. There are big bold letters stating, “Immigration is a Black Issue” and the statistics are in a less noticeable font without presenting the counterargument. There is not much visualization except the picture of a globe and 5 people where 1 of them is colored in. Most of this is factual and comes from a reputable source. There is not much in-depth coverage, it just scrapes the surface, on the post and is factual statement. Most of the comments are opinionated based on the post because it is people’s reactions to the actual post. I do not see the same factual information being presented differently in a different news story that I evaluated. I believe that this is aimed towards the audience that support the movement and want to raise awareness on the issues of oppression and other problems that the black community faces. The second article I picked is by CNN by Christina Carrega on how BLM protesters are targeted by federal government with stiffer punishments. The facts that are presented is statistics on punishments that the federal government is charging on the protestors. The author uses other articles to support their argument on how the government is charging more people and other sources that provide information on a less unknown topics to the public. The information that is mainly being highlighted is how the BLM protestors are oppressed by getting punished. The information that is left is the reasons and crime that caused the punishments and for how long they were sentenced for etc. The most important part that is help up by the author is the rate of arrests and how many of those people are charged with federal crimes. There are not many visuals related to the article other than an image on top of the article that shows a picture of protestors in New York. The article connects this oppression of movement back to the times of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. The article covers mainly statistical facts and there is information on how and there are a few things that might have been taken out of context such as a quote by former President Trump. There are a lot of quotes and references used from articles that are used to prove their point of view further but there is no apparent counterargument other than them shrugging off the crimes of arson committed by protestors with police brutality (pepper spraying or using physical force). The article is formed mainly around facts and opinionated references from different sources. There is only one narrative that is how black lives matter protestors were arrested and most rulings were against the defendants that identified as being black. Overall, the article is an analysis of facts and how most protesters were targeted by federal government for crimes and a little over half of them identified as being black. It shows how they supported the protests and how oppression is a problem in the society. Another article that I chose to analyze is a New York Times article by John Eligon on how Black Lives Matter movement has gotten “more powerful and more divided.” The facts being presented in the article is how the movement has come a long way and has made a major impact on the society and gathering large amounts of donations, but with a growing community, there are growing concerns and questions as to where the money is being used. The main information that is being highlighted is how the “growth has brought great visibility, but also difficult questions.” People want to know how much the organizations raise and how and where the money is spent because if “Black Lives Matter could not be transparent with its own members [...] could not be a credible advocate for the communities.” There are a few visuals of protesters and family of a person that was a victim to this. There is a lot of facts mixed in with opiniated responses and overall, a well-balanced because it raises and answers the opposing side’s questions. This reminds me of the transparency aspect of information we learned in the class and how it impacts how information is perceived from person to person. The next is a Vox article on “How Black Lives Matter fits into the long history of American radicalism” by Sean Illing. The article is mainly an interview with a professor from George town University, Michael Kazin. There is a bit of historical facts that professor Kazin goes into to show how BLM fits into history. I believe it is really biased as to how Black Lives Matter is a turning point movement and impactful in a positive way to the society, but there is no opposing perspective that could counter the argument. It goes into detail of the historical oppression of the African American population and how they were treated, and this event is a push back on that systematical oppression. I believe a key word in this article is radical and how these events shaped up the American radicalism. There is a lot of information on the historical impact rather than the present-day impact of the social movement. The next is a video by PBS on a Sesame Street racism initiative for kids and how to overcome and have new resources they can access. It is mainly opinionated initiative to cope with racism and teaching children racial literacy. I believe that the author’s view is showing that teaching kids young will prevent some racial tensions and would be more educated about racial issues. I believe it is balanced because it would make the society more diverse but there are no opposing concerns that parents whose kids that watch the show might have. I believe it has a little factual information to it but mainly an opiniated initiative that is still in a trial process. They are trying to change the matter at the heart that would eventually impact the actual reality for future society. They planned to add new characters in order to achieve their goals. I have not stumbled upon this type of initiative in the different news stories that I analyzed. I learned in class about how depiction of certain information and visualization can influence audience and as the saying goes pictures say a thousand words. Another source that I chose to analyze is a video by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah on police brutality and systemic racism. There are not really many facts because it is a satirical show and very opinionated based. The information that is being highlighted is how the movement got so big and is making so many impacts in many different fields and all around the world. The spokesperson Trevor Noah focuses a lot on changes due to these protests and how it even impacts famous influences, celebrities, politicians, police reform and big corporations. There are many visuals presented as it is a video, but of statues getting removed, books and protestors. I believe that he actually just scrapped the surface of the problem and the movement because there wasn’t many statistics and depth I saw as in the articles. Across the media BLM is really controversial and overall, a positive thing because it is to change the lives for every minority in the society all around the world. Between all of the sources and the content learned through the course, I’ve noticed that there are two perspectives that are being framed. One is the protestors; some support them while other say that they’re a threat and the same goes with the police departments. They are both used in victim and the intruder frame. There is so much of narrative structure from person to person and source to source because everyone has their own views and opinions with a set of statistics that are used to support their perspective. An article on HuffPost by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman, Lydia O’Connor, and Celeste Lavin on how the Black Lives Matter movement is actually implementing change into systems. It is based around factual information and changes that occurred due to the movement in various different locations. They have a lot of supporting sources and official statements of the changes happening and have incorporated visuals within it of protests and statues being taken down. There are many changes that are highlighted in the article and how companies are changing their policies to reduce systematical racism and take down hate speech on their platforms and things. I believe it some part of it was biased because the authors state, “Snapchat announced it will no longer feature Trump’s account [...] can’t promote accounts ‘linked to people who incite racial violence.’” There are many other people who also have access to the platform that promote hate speech and companies should act against them as well, and not target just one person and them being the former President Trump. There are a lot of gaps in the coverage because it doesn’t highlight what events led up to these changes and how long it will take to implement and how it would impact the rest of the people in the community. Most of the information provided is a apparent fact with a solid source to back them up and they even use their own survey primary research to strengthen their argument. They are not really leaning to support or not support the movement, but the article is based around the narrative of facts and how the movements are changing the views of society and corporations. Another source I found is on Fox News by Rob Smith on how “Black Lives Matter doesn’t really care about Black lives lost unless group can blame police.” The article is very opinionated based as there is little to no statistics to support the facts that are mentioned. The argument mentioned is how police are helping the black community and protecting them from harm and criminals rather than unjustly killing them. There is a little balance on how the argument is taken both ways, but mainly comes back on to the stance of standing for police and against the BLM protestors. The audience is mainly those who support a similar viewpoint and can get more insight on a statistic-less opinion. Smith argues that there are no “BLM rallies and marches for Black crime victims [...] Don’t those Black lives matter?” He also argues how Black cops suffer from this movement as well because the movement calls to defund the police and how they can lose their jobs and eventually the families would suffer. There were really no visuals in the article. It reminds me of the material learned in class of how opinions are formulated to target a certain problem based on a specific point of view and how we have to be wary of misinformation and how to avoid being a victim of it. The last article I will be analyzing is on ABC News by Gentrix Shanga on how the BLM movement is growing and become a “multicultural awakening.” The article provides a background on how the movement started and grew to impact millions of people worldwide. The primary sources of information are a small interview/quotes from the activists that are present on the scene protesting. There are protests and awareness for the protests being highlighted while missing out on the obstacles they have to go through and how this movement and defunding the police impacts the community overall. There are visuals of the protestors at rallies to support the movement. They highlight and focus on the oppression and prejudice that everyone in the community faces for being a person of color. They shed light on another organization to somehow persuade and inform the members with white privilege about the social and racial injustices in the country. I believe that there is more opiniated information rather than it being a balance of statistics and opinion. I believe everything that I have learned in this course helped me identify the different aspects of each article that I analyzed. To see how visuals are used to convey information and how they specifically target audiences with a certain point of view and the words used to describe both sides of the argument. References Black Lives Matter [@blklivesmatter]. Posts [Instagram profile]. (2021, October 29). “Every single aspect of the immigration system is nasty, but the U.S. makes it especially nasty if you’re Black [Photograph]. Instagram. Retrieved October 30, 2021, from https://www.instagram.com/p/CVnVOpdLVBs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link. Carrega, C. (2021, August 21). BLM protesters were targeted by federal government with stiffer punishments, an analysis shows . CNN. Retrieved October 11, 2021, from https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/20/politics/blm-protesters-analysis/index.html. Eligon, J. (2021, June 4). Black lives matter has grown more powerful, and more divided . The New York Times. Retrieved October 11, 2021, from https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/us/black-lives-matter.html. Illing, S. (2020, July 2). How black lives matter fits into the long history of American radicalism Vox. Retrieved October 11, 2021, from https://www.vox.com/policy-and- politics/21306771/black-lives-matter-george-floyd-protest-michael-kazin. NewsHour, P. B. S. (2021, May 30). Inside sesame street's racism initiative for kids . PBS. 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Retrieved October 11, 2021, from https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/black-lives-matter-protests-rob-smith.