In this article you read about just a select few of the thirty-five shootings that happened this weekend in Chicago. The people who read this article will one-hundred percent heighten the fear of the average reader.

In the article you learn that in the city of Chicago Alone there were 35 shootings between 4 p.m. On Friday to early Monday. This seems like a very high number of people shot in a weekend. This might make people more concieous while walking in the city or maybe even avoid Chicago altogether. We learned in class that gun violence is not a leading cause of death in the United States. Also, a resident of a neighborhood around the bar where the guy was shot said, “It’s usually fine, but at (midnight) or later it gets rowdy”. This shows that even people that are part of the neighborhood and live there year are scared of the area.

Therefore, the media is effecting our perception of Chicago by putting articles similar to this one and not articles about the good things that happen in the city. As articles like this get posted the fear of the common man is bound to be effected.