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The 2008 Election and the Mass Media

often said, no longer reports public opinion, it drives it. This paper considers the way in which mass media sets the agenda for d...

The Rampart Scandal, Strip Searches and Police Power

is hiding something under his or her clothing. On the other hand, there is room for abuse. It is possible that strip searches are ...

Collective Action as a Form of Governance

courts cannot always be the only option. Some options include appealing to the executive branch and working with others through co...

Canadian Social Movements and Collective Action

this is not always the case. Depending on the issue, discrimination can take place when the rights offered go against the desires ...

Lazy Reporting Is Now the Norm

justify an invasion of Iraq, the media "rubber stamped" President Bushs agenda, rather than acting as an independent watchdog and ...

The Support of Colleges and Universities

for receiving scholarships are the colleges and universities themselves" (272). Indeed, colleges and universities want to attract ...

Privacy in the Use of a Cell Phone and the Job of a Defense Attorney

or even months. But a moments reflection reveals why the law insists on this interpretation. In U.S. jurisprudence, the burden is ...

Zero Tolerance and Harm Reduction/Drug Policy Formation

best way to reduce unwanted pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, abstinence from drugs is the best policy....

The Marketing Medium Choices for Apple

approach; it can be very expensive. The use of television advertising may also be difficult due to the high level of interference ...

History of Cigarette Advertising

I increased the number of smokers greatly (Jensen, 1993). Tobacco companies were manufacturing cigarettes with machines by then an...

Making People Healthier

of the annual physical checkup (SAMHSA, 2010). By the 1960s, health promotion was gaining in popularity in the U.S. and gained eve...

Nixon and Watergate

is used to indicate a political scandal, such as Travelgate, when the Clinton White House fired a number of workers from its Trave...

Effects of an Older Population

is, the generation of Americans born directly after World War II who are now entering their retirement years (Takamura, 1999). Thi...

Adolescent Suicide

nature of both the emotional and the physical changes that are a natural part of adolescence ("Teen," 2003). Annually, close to 5,...

How Could Global Warming Affect Our Health?

no longer escape from our atmosphere as effectively as it once did. This couples with clear cutting that removes trees that actua...

The Function of Government

in turn, expressed particular concern about special interest groups, groups he calls "factions", whose interests are counterproduc...

Director Compliance and the role of the Australian Securities and Investment Committee (ASIC) in Enforcing Standards

the ASIC can be considered the way it is using its power compared to the duties and standards that are expected, along with the re...

Michael Jackson’s Death and the Media Feeding Frenzy

that reporters chased after tidbits on the Jackson funeral and fans reactions, Iran tightened its grip on its citizens; President ...

National Health Care, Choice, and Competition

The second consideration that many dont make, however, regarding the public option is that it would also create competition betwee...

Civil Service Spoils vs Merit

begins with a rank and expands through steps based mostly on longevity (LeMay, 2005). There are 15 ranks and 10 steps but there is...

Barnes and Noble's E-Reader

downloadable reading material. Barnes & Noble also jumped on the bandwagon with its e-reader, and this in part is what is donated....

Threats to American Health/Chronic Disease v. Contagion

people, also indicating that this flu pandemic killed between 40 to 50 million people worldwide (Zimmer and Burke (2009). Feldman ...

Issues Surrounding Legalization Of Marijuana

life instead of being the stronger aspects inherent to sizable social forces and requirements. Being deprived of a sound ed...

The Importance of a Public Option in Health Care Reform? ?

overall. We should insure that everyone in our society not only has access to but the ability to pay for adequate healthcare. U...

Saving Face: The PR Person in a Crisis

that the company always come out looking good, no matter how egregious their business practices may be. We have seen that too ofte...

AN EXPLANATION OF CAUSALITY CONTINUUM

example of this was introduced by Coreil et al in 2001 when discussing breast cancer - they point out that incidence rates for bre...

Civil Service Employee Recruitment

fields but this will eventually turn around. Even if the jobs were available, one must ask why a talented individual would want to...

Political Matters Literature Review

diffuse support)" (Craig, Niemi & Silver, 1990, p. 292), four clearly emerged from the data as being valid. Only incumbent-based e...

The 1st and 2nd Gulf War - Have the Allies Committed Genocide?

not only at cases that have been subject to a great deal of debate, such as East Timor and Rwanda, but also at cases where there h...

Predicting the Future

After the American Revolution, "state legislatures standardized common-law crimes such as murder, burglary, arson and rape by putt...