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Media Racial Bias
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9 pages in length. Given the power of the press, one would think that reporting the facts would be of utmost importance. However, the truth is often intermixed with fiction, opinion and downright bias when it comes to the media's interpretation of racial issues. The writer addresses racial bias within the media, as well as cites substantiated reasons for its existence. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Mrbias.wps

Media Stereotypes
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A 5 page essay that looks at the current state of media and its obsession with stereotypical images. The paper reviews social theory relating to image, racial portrayals in the media, and the portrayal of women in the media—and posits that in the United States, legitimate media is currently underground. Bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: Steromed.doc

New York City / Media Visual Imagery
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20 pages in length. The media image of New York City is one that is both intriguing and dishonest; nowhere else are there more accounts of stereotypical imagery than is portrayed within the Big Apple. A number of various entities have worked together though the decades to create the larger than life image of New York City the world has come to adopt; art, photography and film represent a significant part of that influence. When one contemplates the visual imagery of New York City as it relates to the media, one does not have to think long before a predisposed illustration comes to mind. Not unlike other victims of media influence, New York City is perceived as a twisted Mecca of entertainment, violence, self-centeredness, insanity and raw indifference. The writer discusses the various aspects of media visual imagery as it relates to New York City. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: NYCimage.wps

Public Polling & Surveys / The Use in the Media and Impacts on Individual Decision-making
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News media organizations and politicians use public opinion surveys to shape public perceptions and address their specific arguments. One of the misnomers of American cultures is that the use of these surveys represents an accurate and accountable view of the opinions of the public as a whole, rather than just representing the cumulative views of the individuals that the survey studies. Both Floyd Fowler and Herbert Asher address the issue of bias in surveys and public polling and this 8 page paper considers the arguments they present. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Polling.wps

The 'Smurfette Principle' & Today's Gender-Biased Media
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Nearly three decades after the 'Feminist Movement' and the initiation of the Equal Rights Amendment, much of the entertainment media is still reflecting lower-level roles, even subordinate roles for women. This 4 page essay explores 'The Smurfette Principle' in terms of various preschool television shows. The similarity of today's storylines to those of 25 and more years ago is astounding. . . a rather incredible fact in light of the feminist movement. Gender bias is alive and well in entertainment media. No bibliography.
Filename: Smurfett.doc

Edison's Inventions and Media
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This 10 page paper tackles the question ,regarding the relations of technology and media Is society better off since Edison's inventions appeared? While the answer may appear simple on the surface, it is rather complex. The Amish lifestyle is used for reference. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: SA23Edsn.wps

The Fans of Grey's Anatomy
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This 8 page paper investigates this ABC program and focuses on the fans. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA847gre.rtf

'Video On Demand'
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7 pages in length. Video on demand was posited to give customers access to a wealth of video services, and allow them to watch a wide variety of programs of their choosing. Concentration is placed on the emerging technologies into online systems. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Videodem.doc

“Breaking the News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy”: A Review of the Book by James Fallow
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A 5 page discussion of the primary contentions in Fallow’s book. Fallow depicts a media which is far removed from our concept of investigative ability and factual reporting. Indeed, the media of today has been a deleterious influence in the way that the American public views the democratic process and their role in that process. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPmdiDem.rtf

“British media from 1900 to 1945”
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A six page paper which looks at the history of the press and the broadcast media in the period between 1900 and 1954, with particular reference to the links between the press and political ideologies during the era of the press barons in the 1930s. Bibliography lists 3 sources
Filename: JLPress.rtf