The topic that my group chose was the media influence certain issues. Are topic is based on gun control and immigration since those are two of the main issues being publicized by the media. Gun control and immigration have been ongoing controversial issues throughout the years. My group and I noticed that these topics have always been a problem, but we realized that these issues are just now being brought to our attention because the media has publicized it into something big.

I care a lot about this topic. Many people such as me are not even concerned about certain issues until they are brought to our attention by the media. What interests me personally is how guns and immigration has been brought up plenty of times before in the past years. Now that there has been a shooting masquerade and a shooting at Sandy Hooks Elementary school, the government now wants to implement a law for gun control.  Since this law can affect the citizens, the media decides that they want to publicize this issue. Now that President Obama is talking about the immigration reform, once again the media wants expand on this issue since it can affect the citizens.