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Media Depiction of American Power and Wealth

economic advantages over the working class that undermine political equality, a presupposition for viable democracy. From the nigh...

Technological Determinism

of those who pursue technological determinism in its most extreme form believe that society is determined by technology -- that ne...

Egypt and Autonomy in Journalism

to less freedom of the press a significant degree of muscle. The law effectively divides journalistic efforts into national and o...

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...

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...

The Political Functions of Mass Media in America

our place in that world. In many ways it could be said that we are being lulled into a sense of complacency by the glowing light ...

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...

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...

'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...

Conservative and Liberal Media Bias

Woody West in his coverage of the 1992 Presidential Election between incumbent president and Republican George Bush and his challe...

Singapore and Enhanced Corporate Governance for Enterprise

lifes savings - an SME has less to lose - but financial mismanagement, lack of transparency and lack of auditor integrity can have...

Globalization and the Effects of New Digital Media

11). The combination of the digital media boom and the deregulation of media ownership which is occurring on a worldwide basis has...

The American Press and Its Bias Against Arabs

practice the religion? Why is there an anti-Middle East sentiment? By and large, Americans get the news from American media and it...

Personal Political Perspectives

original American colonies. In that case a federal system would undoubtedly be best and should be patterned after United States,...

Media and the Function of Profit

possibly ignore more pertinent issues. For example, prior to 911, the media was obsessed with the disappearance of Chandra Levy, p...

Commercial Interest Influence and the Media

would have been considered scandalous or illegal twenty years ago"(Bagdikian, 2000). What is this influence he refers to? Simple, ...

Media and Crime

whether it is real life or on television. The primary concern of course is televisions effects on children as they are malleable a...

Journalism and the Internet

this was a publication where many different items of news described the events of a recent period and were run end to end(Smith, 1...

The Media and Aggression

this encompasses cartoons and comics, sports, soap operas and films through to snuff videos. The portrayal of violence n cartoons ...

Business Impact of the Media

has bias as well. Media reporting and slanting can make a good company seem bad; can make a bad company seem wonderful and in gene...

SMEs and AIS' Impact

it seems that the climate for small businesses is better than ever. With the advent of the Internet, small and medium sized compan...

Twenty First Century Political Issues

when it came to abortion rights. Although the rules and laws for owning guns and having abortions exist, different ways of...

1900 to 1945 British Media

party, it would be fair to say that the majority of the published content was somewhat biased, and designed to elicit support for ...

Media and Princess Diana

a strong desire to stabalize all aspects of her life. Because of that pull, Dianas goals focused on the equilibrium between mother...

The Mass Media and Audrey Hepburn

In five pages the ways in which Audrey Hepburn exerted mass media influence in her various careers as an actress, icon of fashion ...

Cultural Narcissism and the Media

The media also consists of the radio, newspapers, magazines, and all forms of advertisements that promote one product or another. ...