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'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...

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...

Fads and Media Influence

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

How Hate is Depicted Through the Ages

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...

Process of Electing American Presidents

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

Females in the Media, Heroism and Violence

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

Commercial Appraisal of Spain

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...

The Election of Governmental Leaders in Canada

to convey the French language and the Catholic religion on the Native Americans. French Canadians have placed high value on their...

Media and Race in Canada

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

3 Issues Regarding Popular Culture and the Media

basis for women to be perceived within the myriad literary components, the feminist critical theory serves to create a semblance o...

US Sexuality and the Media

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

Girls, Women, and the Impact of the Media

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

Analyzing the Portrayal of the Media in the Film Bob Roberts

himself completely to his ambition (Roberge, 2002). This is evidenced by his decision to run for political office (Roberge, 2002)...

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...

Arguing for Quick Executions of Convicted Death Penalty Inmates

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

Media Image of Dan Quayle

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

Argentinian Press Perspectives on the War in the Falkland Islands

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

Media and Democratization

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

Postmodernism and Great Britain

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

Raising Children in America Today

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

Contemporary Issues in Mass Media

magazines and newspapers collectively determine "which items of information hold significance for society" (Tenorio, 2002), thereb...

American Media and National Stereotypes of Germany and Great Britain

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

Using Mass Media to Argue for Gun Control

incidence of fire breaking out during operations. In one of ABCs 20/20 episodes in 1998, the audience was cautioned that this ha...

Adolescents and Crime

possibilities; and other issues. They also dont seem to understand that older people were once young, and therefore understand th...

Enron and Ethics of the Media

see fit, in spite of how their selfish actions may cause harm or damage to others. Indeed, this is precisely the essence of socia...

21st Century Terrorism

or was considered newsworthy--it blew the Gary Condit scandal off the map--the media coverage was unrelenting. It went on for days...

Media, Sexism, and Racism

male, larger than average with a sports jacket. Further forward is anther stereotype image, the black man with gold chains and a...

Interactive Marketing's Value

taking place at the same time to discourage attention. Other forms of marketing such as direct mail and internet marketing have fe...

Comparing Two Articles Regarding Africa and the AIDS Epidemic

population, but they are taking a hands-on approach to fighting "against the scourge" (Bayingana). According to Dr. Agnes Binagwa...