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January of 1979 Media Uses and Public Perceptions

In five pages this paper examines media uses and public perceptions of the media during this time period. Six sources are cited i...

Vietnam War and the Role of the Media in Shaping Public Opinion

In eleven pages this paper examines the conflict in Vietnam and how the public opinion was shaped by the media's depiction of eve...

US Society's Polarization Regarding the Vietnam War

In five pages this paper discusses how US culture was polarized as a result of the Vietnam War and considers the media's role. Fo...

Media Promoting Serial Murder Through Its Serial Murder Portrayal

Did the media portrayal of the first events cause the latter ones? Is it possible for the media to have that much influence? Doe...

Mass Media and Improvements in Communication

The writer discusses modern media and its pervasive influence throughout people's lives. The writer also discusses the fact that t...

Media Representation and Cultural Diversity

An article on African American actress Jada Pinkett is discussed in this tutorial essay of five pages in an exploration of the med...

Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter's Trial Coverage

This paper contrasts and compares African American and mainstream media's depictions of 'Hurricane' Carter's trial in eight pages....

AIDS, HIV, the Media and Global Social Problems

In eight pages this paper examines the media's role in reporting the global social problems of AIDS and HIV that have devastated A...

Mental Health Changes on TV

For decades, the media has portrayed people with mental illnesses or disorder in such a way that others did not want to be around ...

U.S. and Religious Minorities

In six pages this paper discusses the media's portrayal of U.S. religious minorities with Judaism, Santeria, and Catholicism among...

Martin P. Wattenberg's Decline of American Political Parties

In two pages this 1996 text is reviewed regarding its treatment of the media's role and the management of political parties. Ther...

Immunizations, Current Knowledge, and Mass Media

reported unusually harsh outbreaks of influenza and the potential for harm, increases in the pursuit of immunizations in young chi...

Gap Between Youth and Adult Culture Growing Wider

our new culture with such new pursuits as video games, new styles of music, and even new forms of art that play a negative role in...

News vs. propaganda ratio in Qatar

(ruler) who is somewhat open minded (CIA Fact Book, 2002). Also, with English as its second language (Arabic is the official langu...

Cultural Images in the Media

The broader version promoted by Hall is that a "text" of any kind - "be it a book, movie, or other creative work - is not simply p...

European Media Reporting of the Middle East

always accept way they are told is 100% accurate, so not only do audiences have to determine how to interpret the messages in the ...

Media Influence in the Modern World

in fact, rests in the United States. While the worlds top five media corporations control both electronic and print forms...

The Top 5 Global Media Companies: Ownership, Corporate Linkage and Political and Cultural Implications

the Western world. Most of this ownership, in fact, rests in the United States. The corporate connections of these media...

Developing Identity: Gender in the 50s and 60s

to war because they felt it was their calling to engage in warfare. They were all relatively innocent and ignorant about war and a...

Media and the Administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson

war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...

Media and Crisis Issues

had turned its collective back on this particular crisis (Brown and Minty 9). The support that is generated among the public in ...

Twentieth Century and the Culturally Conflicted Media

cultural influence and at times, military advantage for the country. At the same time, the various forms of mass media have deve...

Media and Chicago's Highway Construction During the 1950s

This paper examines the media's portrayal of Chigago's highway construction and other industrial projects during the 1950s. This ...

Islam Perceptions

In three pages this paper discusses the media's role in shaping perceptions and misperceptions of outsiders regarding Islam in a c...

Media Distortion

to take lightly. However, it appears that those who report the news do not take into consideration the very lives their stories a...

Brazil's Media

Brazils difficulties, and comparing it with the situation in the United States, an examination of theory is helpful. II. Theory:...

AIDS and Media Advocacy Campaign

who are HIV positive or already in full-blown AIDS, inasmuch as 8,994 children under thirteen were diagnosed with AIDS, while anot...

Issues Permeating the 2004 Presidential Candidates

prescription drugs, I would choose Grandma every time" (Wise, 2002). Howard Dean mirrors Sharptons opinion that President is doin...

A Legal Courtroom Visit

the description of the room itself and the way the people orient to that room. There is, for example, the distinct separation of ...

20th Century Politics and the Media

medias so-called "flaw" is therefore a relatively recent arrival on the political scene. There is no questioning the fact t...