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Branch Davidians, FBI, and ATF Standoff

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

US Sexuality and the Media

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

Girls, Women, and the Impact of the Media

more than provide a reflection of the times, or to subconsciously inform women and girls about their roles. In many cases, the med...

American Media and National Stereotypes of Germany and Great Britain

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

Raising Children in America Today

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

Commercial Appraisal of Spain

at the end of February 2002 the inflation rate was 3.1%, for 2001 it was 2.7% and for 2000 it was 3.4% (CIA, 2002, FT, 2002). I...

How Hate is Depicted Through the Ages

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...

Process of Electing American Presidents

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

Fads and Media Influence

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

Arguing for Quick Executions of Convicted Death Penalty Inmates

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 Image of Dan Quayle

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

Argentinian Press Perspectives on the War in the Falkland Islands

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

Tobacco Wars and Marketing

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

Media and Democratization

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

Gays and Stereotyping

lose weight for genetic reasons and that of course they would be thin if it were possible. Similarly, homosexuals claim that their...

Global Manipulation by the Media

has a detrimental effect on elections. Some believe that the media was set on Gore. They contend that even if one contested medi...

Conservative and Liberal Media Bias

Woody West in his coverage of the 1992 Presidential Election between incumbent president and Republican George Bush and his challe...

Singapore and Enhanced Corporate Governance for Enterprise

lifes savings - an SME has less to lose - but financial mismanagement, lack of transparency and lack of auditor integrity can have...

Globalization and the Effects of New Digital Media

11). The combination of the digital media boom and the deregulation of media ownership which is occurring on a worldwide basis has...

The American Press and Its Bias Against Arabs

practice the religion? Why is there an anti-Middle East sentiment? By and large, Americans get the news from American media and it...

Self-Regulation Within the Liquor Industry

out above its competitors. There is no law in the land that can prohibit advertisers from portraying their products in the most a...

U.S. Welfare Policy and the Department of Agriculture's Food Stamps Program

Republicans when it comes to voting and election time (Enda, 2002). Just as interesting, however, was that Bushs predecessor, Pres...

International Media and Language Diversity

According to Muhlhausler, the choice of a single national language is regarded as a precondition for all modernization (Muhlhausle...

'Mr. Television' Milton Berle

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

Aggressive Behavior Stimuli

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

Defining a 'Media Event'

In twelve pages this paper defines a media event and then examines different types that fall under this category. Five sources ar...

Fine Arts and the Impact of Interactive Media

concept is fairly recent, beginning with the Internet explosion during the mid-1990s and the introduction of the CD-ROM during the...

Small and Medium Business Accounting Information Systems

In this five page paper the impact of accounting systems on small and medium sized businesses are assessed with such issues as the...

Law and Psychology

Constitutional Conflicts 2001, see also Claiborne 2001,AO3). What came of this media circus was a process of review by the Supreme...

The Media and Agenda Setting

and external strife within Ireland in the early 1920s-1950s the press was dominated by purely British interests. Disparaging remar...