Blog post 4.18

I learned a lot from project 3. I learned a lot more about risks in society, and I really enjoyed connecting risk to social psychology. A lot of the risks in culture influence our social behavior, and music is something that is very prevalent in society. Seeing how the music industry is promoting a risk like misogyny is something that all people need to recognize and have the music industry correct.  I learned all of this from analyzing music that the industry has produced and allowed to be massed produced to all people all over the world. Doing research on songs really opened my eyes to how many songs there really are that objectify, sexualize, and place women into stereotypical roles. This contributes to my learning in that it allows me to see risks that we don’t necessarily view as risks. For this course it helps me to evaluate how risks are often downplayed or put into scenarios where people can’t really see the true risks that it is posing on our society.  I think that this project really opened my eyes to the various ways in which risks circulate society. We see articles, newspapers, commentators, podcasts, and even music that convey risk and downplay its effects. Every day new pop culture artifacts arise that evaluate a risk but don’t get the full picture. Going forward I need to continue to see the ways in which risks are conveyed and be more aware of how this is effecting society.