This weeks screening of “12 Angry Men” was based in 1957 about a trial of a young man who killed his father by stabbing him to death. The jury was made up of 12 men who had to decide the sons fate. This movie actually reminded me of an episode of Family Guy that had a similar story line. The majority of the men stuck to one outcome just to get out of the trial fast to go home, but one of the men felt the opposite so they had to stay and decide the mans fate. The men weren’t given any names until the very last scene. Throughout the film, the men seem to have a range of different personalities, yet they still all settled in the case and just took the majorities favor in the group, but one of them kept standing up for what they believed happened. This to me was a great film to end the semester on since it is very relatable to todays current state. The country is so divided and people will see one statement and believe its true just because a lot of people agree with it, but that doesn’t necessarily make it true.

Though this semester had its many ups and downs, I could always count on this class to make my day. I really enjoyed all the material we looked at and discussed, it was very interesting to see the background and a lot of the phycological aspects that mass media has on people. When I was first coming into this class I had expected that we were going to focus more on the present day mass media outlets and was surprised to learn that we would start all the way back to the printing press. I have definitely learned a lot from this course. Prof. S, thank you so much for an amazing semester you were by far one of the best professors I have had at Alfred. Thank you again, I hope you have a wonderful and safe break! Happy Holidays!