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

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...

distance education is that many of the teachers do not feel they are qualified to successfully coordinate interactive teaching wit...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

the self-perception and health care of young girls. Hogan notes, with some validity, that media education is important: if the med...

Republicans when it comes to voting and election time (Enda, 2002). Just as interesting, however, was that Bushs predecessor, Pres...

on the futures of children who are currently nurtured on violent images as pleasure. In an equal area of concern, owners of mass m...

highway patrolman in the pursuit. He then pulled into a Shell gas station and convenience store in Hernando County and took the lo...

lose weight for genetic reasons and that of course they would be thin if it were possible. Similarly, homosexuals claim that their...

out above its competitors. There is no law in the land that can prohibit advertisers from portraying their products in the most a...

made them more susceptible to aggressive cognition (Aggressive Behavior Linked to Exposure to Media Violence, 2001). Even small am...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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