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Essays 1171 - 1200

'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...

Political Socialization and Its Major Agents

mass media, school and peers are "major agents of political socialization." Family Lundblad (2004) describes two of her "de...

Media and US Military's Relationship

Vietnam continues to this day. By the time the Grenada and Panama invasions rolled around, the military instituted a complete med...

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...

September 11th Attacks and the Impact of the Media on Public Opinion

but also determine how the stories should be shaped for emotional effect, for political purposes and for directing public opinion....

Media Prejudice and its Effects

have strong political views they not only would keep those to themselves, but they made sure that it did not impact their professi...

Strategies in the 2004 Presidential Campaign

and many of his henchmen. The Presidents campaign has also pointed to the strides in Medicare prescription coverage. The basic s...

Women's Conventional Definitions Perpetuated by the Contemporary Media

of society; that women are given the wrong perception of how they are supposed to look, act and feel; and that the infiltration of...

Functionalism and the Media

that the function of homeless shelters should be to provide an avenue out of homelessness. Instead of providing this, she argues t...

Democracy and Media Globalization

of "players" in terms of owners and mega-merger conglomerates, such information becomes increasingly homogenized and increasingly ...

The Culture of Fear by Glassner

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...

Death and Attitudes

but there was also a corresponding increase in the secularisation and commercialisation of the rituals surrounding death. In the 1...

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...

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...

Should Comcast Buy Disney?

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

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...

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 ...

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...

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...