Blog Post #3

In today’s word, I feel that when it comes to academic fields portrayed through the media, economics and political science most common topics seen. Looking at the recent presidential campaigns leading to the presidential debates and ultimately the presidential election there is no argument that political science is currently taking over the media. Whether its social media, television, or the newspaper, political science has taken over. I do feel this is necessary and relevant as it is affecting each and every one of us in one way or another. Economics while not as heavily talked about in the media as political science currently I do feel this both are very relevant because again both of these topics affect each and everyone of us in one way or another. One topic that I feel needs to be to addressed more in the media is psychology and more specifically mental health. Mental health affects so many individuals around us, and most of time you would not even know. I feel our “public intellectuals” need to bring this topic to relevance and educate society. In most cases, the only time that we hear about metal health or other topics in psychology is after a tragic event.