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is not a new concept. It is actually one which dates from ancient times but with the speed with which information can be passed t...
The questionnaire provided in the Appendix relates to the issue of news bias and the reporting surrounding the events of September...
the media attention on Jennifer Aniston is focused on her role as Rachel in the television show Friends, and her relationship with...
but which are also "cumulative and significant" (Chandler, 1995). According to cultivation theory analysts, television viewing p...
If we look at the way that conspicuous consumption today and in the past there is still an element of class differentiation in the...
of society; that women are given the wrong perception of how they are supposed to look, act and feel; and that the infiltration of...
that the function of homeless shelters should be to provide an avenue out of homelessness. Instead of providing this, she argues t...
but also determine how the stories should be shaped for emotional effect, for political purposes and for directing public opinion....
have strong political views they not only would keep those to themselves, but they made sure that it did not impact their professi...
and many of his henchmen. The Presidents campaign has also pointed to the strides in Medicare prescription coverage. The basic s...
McAndrew, 2006). With communication skills there are includes skills of listening as well as tact as essential to facilitate effec...
does is to expose the media for what it is, which is an opportunistic and often inaccurate and inept body of reporters that is onl...
difficult illness to overcome. Although this booklet is written for physicians, any health care professional could use the strateg...
colleagues," 2007). These members of the auxiliary wear no guns or bullet proof vests. They were gunned down as they tried to help...
as a whole. While these influences are most obvious in terms of teenage girls, they are present as well in regard to teenage boys...
model takes the model for the environment from the US market, using styles and refresh images so that a good product can be combin...
like NPR and PBS are under attack as there is political pressure for them to be less critical ("Bill Moyers: "Big Media is Ravenou...
a concept created by Andrew Weil, MD (2004). He claims that it refers to the best of both worlds and an integration of alternativ...
influence of the television news programs on the American public and on our understanding of political, social and international i...
areas has become considerable. As de Cauter (2001) notes,...
is exemplified by the nuclear family that leaves women unfulfilled. It is ultimately this missing part of life--or the lack of fre...
They find escape in the medias presentation of the celebrities and it seems that in times of political and global chaos they want ...
were people that were also torn by the events of the war. Media coverage of those people, however, revealed an image that from an...
of priests are true servants of God and their parishioners but, as is always typical with the media, sensationalism sells. Therefo...
alcohol as a positively valued activity (Snyder, et al, 2000). In other words, drinking, as it is portrayed in ads for wine, liquo...
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...
many of the present expectations associated with the various controls. This level of recognition helps with the interaction, as le...
government, constituting an educated elite while the rest of society was expected merely to follow and obey. Democracy is founded...
life-threatening..." (Merta, 2001, p.1). In Time magazine, Lopez (1999) reports on one police officers journey through the drug c...
to a public that wants sound bites, simple stories, sensationalism and ideas that are not too complex. It does appear that news me...