SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Media and History

Essays 871 - 900

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...

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...

Analyzing the Portrayal of the Media in the Film Bob Roberts

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

Global Media, Culture, and Language

million people in the world who live outside their countries of birth or citizenship (Kent, 2002; U.S. Newswire, 2002). In 1990, t...

Women of Color and Print Media

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Contemporary Issues in Mass Media

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

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...

'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...

International Media and Language Diversity

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

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...

Aggressive Behavior Stimuli

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

Mass Media and Entertainment

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

Mass Media, Ethics, and Current Codes

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

Library Science Challenges

Libraries need to respond to those challenges by initiating programs that will cater to the needs of present and future users, in ...

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...

Media and Body Image

the self-perception and health care of young girls. Hogan notes, with some validity, that media education is important: if the med...

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...

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 ...

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...