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that most people look nothing like the people on television. One need only look at statistics concerning obesity in the nation and...

researchers fear that gay or bisexual men will spread it outside the gay community to society at large, leading to a crisis of epi...

two-fold. The lower floors of the building would be family orientated, with activities offered for the families staying in the res...

which provided free education, pensions, and social services to the people and peasants. Instead, the self-sacrificing citizen of ...

States. Regardless of the fact that the U.S. is generally depicted as such a violent and dangerous nation, one has to remember tha...

has to wonder how the media is influenced, or if the media influences the political processes. When one stops to consider who is ...

meaning information positive to the organisations goals. However, for governments, especially in countries where there is freedom ...

life-threatening..." (Merta, 2001, p.1). In Time magazine, Lopez (1999) reports on one police officers journey through the drug c...

paper, we will explore four web sites to determine exactly what promotional strategies are used - and how/if these strategies can ...

at the end of February 2002 the inflation rate was 3.1%, for 2001 it was 2.7% and for 2000 it was 3.4% (CIA, 2002, FT, 2002). I...

2002), is a tremendously dangerous concept when large entities, such as the media, possess and routinely abuse the "power to enfor...

1997, p. PG). There are virtually no constants in life, and political popularity is one component that experiences more change ...

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...

the Electoral Vote (which is formally ratified upon completion of the election). The problem is, however, that based on this syste...

as their cases are rehashed over and over again is not only expensive but allows these criminals a chance to profit from their cri...

the way of Electoral Votes (as that state had voted Republican since time immemorial), and he simply didnt know how to react to th...

landed and took over the island of Thule, which was the main location of the British Antarctic Survey Unit. However, the triggerin...

of gray in this matter. Motorcycles are for example are more dangerous than automobiles but are sold and advertised anyway. McDona...

are worthy of attention and establishing an unnatural prominence of topics. "...Increase salience of a topic or issue in the mass...

Media and Fads As mentioned, the notion that women need to be incredibly skinny is one trend, or fad, that is deeply imbedded in...

statement, but a truth. Women are, by nature, very different from men and thus do not aggressively involve themselves in violence ...

influences as well as reflects the society in which it manifests. Here we may see a post-modern attitude. The influence of many ot...

200,000 violent acts on television alone" (Chatfield, 2002; p. 735). The study indicated that "Between the ages of two and 18, an ...

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

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

You Being Served, all serve up their own dose of British humor and stereotypes. Each show depicts the typical frouncy old woman wh...

up, an idea that is still being felt in many rape cases where women are asked if they were acting seductively, wearing revealing c...

more than provide a reflection of the times, or to subconsciously inform women and girls about their roles. In many cases, the med...

groups have long been at the forefront of controversy with their indignation toward government and strong-arm tactics. These ordi...

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