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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...

Sexuality and Differing Gender Perceptions

Womens magazines are not the only entity attempting to homogenize the male/female experience, however. Numerous...

Criminal Profiler Job Description

"an unrealistic career goal for most people without prior experience" (OConnor, 2003). Academic requirements include an undergrad...

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 ...

Beauty, Consumption and Habits of Thought

If we look at the way that conspicuous consumption today and in the past there is still an element of class differentiation in the...

Amend the Constitution to Ban Gay Marriage

It could be said that the ban, as well, could likely violate the concept of equality, which is also implied in the Constitution (T...

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...

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...

British Gas Services Organization and Economic Environment

of a business like this, where some calls may require a rapid response, whilst others are less urgent and can be booked a long way...

Prejudice and a Liberal Media

they would be retiring soon. However, throughout the years it has been apparent that these media giants side with the Democratic p...

Which is First, the Media or the News?

federal policies. Ben Bagdkian speaks of a media monopoly in this country. He states that "Aided by the digital revolution and t...

News as Influenced by Journalists

include "the extent and nature of news editing, framing of news stories, news value, newsworthiness, watchdog journalism, and trus...

Celebrity Depiction by the Media

They find escape in the medias presentation of the celebrities and it seems that in times of political and global chaos they want ...

Persian Gulf War and Iraqi Portrayal by the Media

were people that were also torn by the events of the war. Media coverage of those people, however, revealed an image that from an...

Prejudice Against Catholics in Television and Film

of priests are true servants of God and their parishioners but, as is always typical with the media, sensationalism sells. Therefo...

Media Messages Content Analysis

influence of the television news programs on the American public and on our understanding of political, social and international i...

Media Role, Urbanization, and Community

areas has become considerable. As de Cauter (2001) notes,...

A Prototype for a Media Player

many of the present expectations associated with the various controls. This level of recognition helps with the interaction, as le...

Criticla Questions in Modern Society

government, constituting an educated elite while the rest of society was expected merely to follow and obey. Democracy is founded...

Health Issues, Diet, and the Media

There are those who believe that advertising can actually be beneficial in promoting health and nutrition; after all, television e...

Intercultural Communications and Media Coverage of Political Events

The Internet allowed individuals to access information about, and exchange ideas with, those from other cultures without being lim...

How Racism in the Criminal Justice System and Media is Reflected in Literature

In six pages this paper discusses how racism by the media and the criminal justice system is reflected in the novels Native Son, A...

Methods of Qualitative Research

data, the use of the objective viewpoint in the development of qualitative methods suggests the balance between differing perspect...

Media News 'Dumbing Down' as a Result of Commercialism

to a public that wants sound bites, simple stories, sensationalism and ideas that are not too complex. It does appear that news me...

Media Coverage and the Consumption of Alcohol

alcohol as a positively valued activity (Snyder, et al, 2000). In other words, drinking, as it is portrayed in ads for wine, liquo...

Children and the Effects of Media Violence

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...

Medical Treatment, Complimentary Alternative Medicine

a concept created by Andrew Weil, MD (2004). He claims that it refers to the best of both worlds and an integration of alternativ...