Summary SOC_FP2000_Diversity_in_Media.docx

SOC_FP2000_Diversity_in_M SOC-FP2000 Media Diversity in the US SOC-FP2000 Capella University Media Diversity in the US The issue of media diversity has existed for decades, but it's yet to be achieved. In 1979, the American Society for News Editors declared that by 2000, the US media houses could have an equal number of racial and ethnic groups just like their population in the country (Arana, 2018). In setting this goal, society claimed that this was solely for economic purposes and was right. It's now over four decades, but this goal is yet to be achieved, and there is no denying that many media outlets have made tremendous progress towards equality since this time (Tukachinsky et al., 2017). According to current research, although racial and ethnic minority groups make up to 40% of the population, the newsroom staff only consists of 17% of minority groups, with less than 13% in executive positions in