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Urban Legend or Zeitgeist Myths

still believe that they will get cancer by overuse of their cell phones. By and large, this is not a bad urban legend in that it m...

Assessment Questions Regarding Culture and Communication

the idea of a connection to a separate item while iconic items are those that are recognizable and perhaps universal (2002). In ...

TV, New Media, and Audience Engagement

yet learned to manipulate the public by means of psychological strategy; indeed, it has not been all that long since marketing cam...

A Globalization View

governments (405). For example, the terrorists attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York City on September 11, 2001 caused "s...

'News' and What it Means

radio station or television station (and most of them own all three types)? Control of the types of perspectives that are allowed ...

Running for the US Presidency

the two main parties are able to vote in these races (1996). In some states, non-registered members can vote too. In general, the ...

Promotional Analysis of Harry Potter Books and Films

in a British field weeks before the books release (msn, 2004). Both of the above hits are sandwiched in between the ads...

George W. Bush's Inability to Find WMDs and Portrayal by the Media

certain degree of sympathy with Iraq and its leaders, regardless of how barbarian those leaders have proven themselves time and ti...

Media, Marketing, Customers, Public Relations, and Marketing Questions

that got more than five million responses" (Aaker, 1996; p. 240). 2. Explain why selling private brands often enables large retail...

Overview of Media Giants Vivendi, News Corporation, and Time Warner

report? Literature Review In 1992, Ben Bagdikian reported that in the United States: * No more than 11 companies control half o...

Case Study of Dad's Pet Care Company

Care, 2004). The product line has expanded from dog biscuits to a variety of different types of dog and cat foods (Dads Pet Care, ...

Should Comcast Buy Disney?

to increase market share they will have to make acquisitions. Increasing market share in the same market also indicates horizontal...

Iraq War and Coverage by the Media

sporadic unless something major happens (like the killing of American civilians or the capture of Saddam Hussein). But critics hav...

Paul Thaler's Take on the O.J. Simpson Trial, The Spectacle

in some respects hypocritical. He speaks about the evils of the industry but does not specifically point out what evils were media...

Turner's Theory and the Use of Text in Film as Interactive Social Practice

the change - dwindling audience numbers, and the need to cope with more complex narrative structures, for instance - were the outw...

US and Mass Media

slant the truth in order to cater to their sponsors. Of course, the studios got around this by having their news anchors hawk ware...

Media Depiction of Jennifer Aniston

the media attention on Jennifer Aniston is focused on her role as Rachel in the television show Friends, and her relationship with...

Communications Theory and Media Change

but which are also "cumulative and significant" (Chandler, 1995). According to cultivation theory analysts, television viewing p...

Simulation on Critical Thinking

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...

Impact of the News Questionnaire

The questionnaire provided in the Appendix relates to the issue of news bias and the reporting surrounding the events of September...

Encephalitis Outbreak and Coverage by the Media

In four pages this paper examines the international media coverage of the 1999 outbreak of encephalitis in metropolitan New York. ...

Presidential Candidacy of Al Gore and Media Coverage

In ten pages this paper examines the candidacy of Al Gore in a consideration of tactics of persuasion and the media bias concept. ...

Media is Not to Blame for Violence in Children

In five pages this paper discusses a cause other than the media for violence in children. Six sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Quebec's Small to Medium Sized Businesses

In twenty five pages the Quebec province is the focus of this business consideration of small and medium sized companies with the ...

Broadcast and Print Media and New Technologies' Implications

Revolution: How the Internet is Putting Individuals in Charge and Changing the World We Know. Shapiro (1999) posits that the Inte...

Quebec's Small and Medium Businesses

In twenty pages this research paper compares Quebec's small and medium sized businesses with those throughout other Canadian provi...

Media Violence and Aggressive Behaviors in Children

This paper examines media violence and the ways it can lead to an increase in aggressive and violent behavior in children. This t...

A Review of Marling's Book, As Seen on TV

ODonoghue, who collects paint-by-numbers pictures, calls them a "great metaphor for life in rigid MeCarthy America. You stayed in...

Cognition and Educational Psychology

In five pages this exploration of educational psychology ponders the learning differences between books and other media and the im...

Chinese Media

In a paper consiting of five pages China's media with an emphasis upon film are discussed in terms of the conditions of the recent...