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focus on television and other cultural shapers such as video games are two of the most critical of those reasons. The media, howe...

2003). In fact, researchers have indicated that historically black colleges have about half the percentage of students participat...

"union members were denied the right to go to federal court to challenge elections won by violence and fraud; only the Secretary o...

by the influence television has upon youth is both grand and far-reaching; that TV is used as a babysitter and teacher speaks to t...

actually believe it. As the example of the Enquirer indicates, the Internet does not have a monopoly on misinformation or hoaxes...

also have to talk about "the action that brought the bullshit into being: Somebody bullshitted" (Noah, 2005). In this context, "bu...

want to reduce the number of green cards while other members want to increase the number (Martinez, 2006). There are also "480,000...

91). The first threatening wave of homelessness swept America between the years 1820 and 1860, when more than five million immigr...

website and provides a variety of methods by which site visitors can purchase a book after reading its description and possibly a ...

200,000 violent acts on television alone" (Chatfield, 2002; p. 735). The study indicated that "Between the ages of two and 18, an ...

influences as well as reflects the society in which it manifests. Here we may see a post-modern attitude. The influence of many ot...

magazines and newspapers collectively determine "which items of information hold significance for society" (Tenorio, 2002), thereb...

You Being Served, all serve up their own dose of British humor and stereotypes. Each show depicts the typical frouncy old woman wh...

basis for women to be perceived within the myriad literary components, the feminist critical theory serves to create a semblance o...

the way of Electoral Votes (as that state had voted Republican since time immemorial), and he simply didnt know how to react to th...

landed and took over the island of Thule, which was the main location of the British Antarctic Survey Unit. However, the triggerin...

of gray in this matter. Motorcycles are for example are more dangerous than automobiles but are sold and advertised anyway. McDona...

are worthy of attention and establishing an unnatural prominence of topics. "...Increase salience of a topic or issue in the mass...

as their cases are rehashed over and over again is not only expensive but allows these criminals a chance to profit from their cri...

Media and Fads As mentioned, the notion that women need to be incredibly skinny is one trend, or fad, that is deeply imbedded in...

were going forth to conquer in Gods name. Most of the early works from the Anglo-Saxon time that have survived are tied heavily wi...

the Electoral Vote (which is formally ratified upon completion of the election). The problem is, however, that based on this syste...

groups have long been at the forefront of controversy with their indignation toward government and strong-arm tactics. These ordi...

and Cosmopolitan. While both magazines market their product to a primarily female audience, it can readily be argued that Black B...

up, an idea that is still being felt in many rape cases where women are asked if they were acting seductively, wearing revealing c...

himself completely to his ambition (Roberge, 2002). This is evidenced by his decision to run for political office (Roberge, 2002)...

on the futures of children who are currently nurtured on violent images as pleasure. In an equal area of concern, owners of mass m...

highway patrolman in the pursuit. He then pulled into a Shell gas station and convenience store in Hernando County and took the lo...

made them more susceptible to aggressive cognition (Aggressive Behavior Linked to Exposure to Media Violence, 2001). Even small am...

could readily relate. His approach to comedy was like his approach to life: if you cannot laugh, you cannot live. Indeed, Berles...