Luckily for me I already had my ethnography topic in mind while doing my field research. Going in, I wanted to compare diner’s portrayed in the media to the diner I was conducting my field research in. I chose this topic because I feel that I will be able to find a lot of research on the comparisons of life portrayed in the media to real life. My goal will be to research how people get a false sense of how their life should be because of how shows and movies portray life. I also hope to conduct interviews about peoples perception on diner’s and also ask them if the media has ever provided them with a false sense of how life should be. In my ethnography, I also am interested in going into more detail on the cultural significance of diner’s in America and how the perception of them has changed over time. After looking at all the research I gathered, I believe that my hypothesis will be in support that media has a big influence in the way people believe their lives should be. I am interested in this topic because I feel that the issue of unrealistic expectations effects me and the majority of people my age in their everyday lives.
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