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Media News 'Dumbing Down' as a Result of Commercialism

to a public that wants sound bites, simple stories, sensationalism and ideas that are not too complex. It does appear that news me...

Media Coverage and the Consumption of Alcohol

alcohol as a positively valued activity (Snyder, et al, 2000). In other words, drinking, as it is portrayed in ads for wine, liquo...

Children and the Effects of Media Violence

four hour per day programming incorporates all sorts of fare all the time. It is because of this trend, and the trend to ignore th...

Perceived Threats, Overreaction, and Doctrine of Chemical Warfare Defense

to the reality of the threat. The government and the military must make every effort to develop a more rational approach regarding...

Louis Liebovich's The Press and the Modern Presidency

and the Executive Branch for the worse. To support his arguments, Liebovich offers a discussion of the relationship between these...

Jenkins' and Massumi's Look at Popular Culture

let the media do what it wants. Another question looms large. How does politics invade the culture? It seems that today, politics ...

Culture, Media, and Structuralism

General Linguistics" (published after his death of two of his students) discussed the development of the term "structuralism" and ...

Hurdles Faced by Female Athletes Over Forty

healthy levels of physical activity" (Coe PG). Under the category of physiological aspects, one might readily apply the ele...

The Role of E-Zines in Society and Journalism

with the personality and distinctive approaches of Weblogs...Think of an e-zine as a periodical thats less commercial and more per...

Media and the Disability of Franklin D. Roosevelt

and how he handled this illness, its important to remember the very different era in which he lived. Today people are admired for...

Rintaro's Anime Version of Metropolis

of the city have depth. These cityscapes are incredibly beautiful. Although there are futuristic features about the city, it is la...

An Evaluation and Historiography of the Vietnam Era's Antiwar Movement

but the battle was not a true victory by any means. Of course, one can still construe it as a turning point. Up until then, ther...

Overview of the Generation Gap

[was] ...especially intense and disruptive" (Smith, 2000). The 1960s and early 1970s saw the division between generations was base...

Sex Crimes and the Media

justification than because of their color. However, law enforcement officials are not the only ones who misconstrue reality and p...

Cultural Impacts of Imported Media

resist imported media is over and is replaced by an interest in the hybridity or interstitiality of contemporary cultures (2001). ...

Past and Present War Propaganda and the Media

has essentially been an ineffective battle so far. In other words, while the media and government espouses the "was on terrorism"...

Sexual Images of Women in the Media

to satisfy the demand of their target market. Each of these magazines will appeal to a different sections of the female populati...

Media Consumption, Identification, and Identity

individual identifies with the material, it may to some extent relate to identity, but it is the process of identification that is...

How the Media Reflects Violence in Society

benefit of such shows as Ricki Lake, Maury Povich, Montel Williams, Jenny Jones or Jerry Springer is to corrupt the fragile balanc...

A Four Cities' Analysis

spread of the educational levels is not representative of the general population levels. In terms of the Black Africans only 21% h...

Connection Between Mass Media Theory and Audience Research

example, when viewing the film Levity, the end demonstrates the reflection of the boy as the train leaves the station. The intent...

Why 'The Culture of Fear' Remains Alive and Well in the U.S. and Australia

States. Regardless of the fact that the U.S. is generally depicted as such a violent and dangerous nation, one has to remember tha...

Political Process and the Media

has to wonder how the media is influenced, or if the media influences the political processes. When one stops to consider who is ...

Press Releases, Advertising, and PR

two-fold. The lower floors of the building would be family orientated, with activities offered for the families staying in the res...

Media and Film Documentaries in China

which provided free education, pensions, and social services to the people and peasants. Instead, the self-sacrificing citizen of ...

Modernism and Poststructuralism

(2003) of CNN claims: " "The New York Times" plagiarism scandal still in the headlines and still causing shockwaves in journalism ...

Small and Medium Sized Companies and Global Marketing

due to the competitive nature of business in general, this again is no longer the case. Small and medium sized businesses must exp...

Media and Law Enforcement

people closer to the processes of arresting suspects and investigating crime scenes than ever before (Getty, 2001). Law enforceme...

Crack in the Box, A Critical Perspective

every single time she went to the library it would rain, but there can never be a cause and effect relationship. Similarly, there ...

The New York Times' Coverage of the Iraq War

on certain Republicans who had publicly questioned this policy, seemed to make clear that support for a proposed war was hardly un...