Communication papers

An examination of the relationship between media and juvenile crime focusing on the ethical obligation of the media to censor violent material.

A look at the relationship between Canadian media and sports culture with a focus on the control of the national hockey league.

Explores the innovation of Ida Wells Barnett in mass communications.

Examines the influence of the parasocial relationships within the scope of reality television.

Explores racial identity development in the modern media.

Examines the effects of the media on police brutality.

Discusses how listening can be improved in the workplace and how it can be a tool for better employee relations in this infrastructure.

Analyzes a speech by Seth Greenspan of the Federal Reserve.

Examines some of the obstacles which stand in the way between successful communication of people from different ethnic groups and cultures.

Delves into the impact of television on human society and culture and how it has shaped our modern-day existence.

Examines language and gender usage in the print media.

A comparison of the cartoon character Dilbert with the TV show presenter, Drew Carey.

An analysis of visual presentation, agenda-setting and narrative structure of world news programs.

Compares and contrast the ideals of the muckraker journalist in the late nineteenth century.

Argues that the mass media is not a major instrument of the ruling power.

Analyzes the foreign news and policy content of the Canadian media, paying primary attention to newspapers.

Discusses the book "Amusing Ourselves to Death", in relation to the television series, "Survivor".

An overview of the effect that media practises have on today's society.

Shows how the Kyoto Accord was covered in the world press at the end of 2002.

Discusses the education of students in English from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

Elaborates on the idea that dying individuals use symbolic language as they move towards death.

Discusses issues of self-censorship and the media in the United States.

Investigates the issue of female beauty in North American advertising.

Discusses issues concerning social communications and mass media relations.

Examines the views of Walter Benjamin and George Orwell on the role of the mass media in modern society.

Examines the problems in communication issues between African Americans and Caucasian Americans.

An overview of Voice-Over IP - verbal communication through computers.

Provides a brief examination of the evolution of satellite television.

Explores the First Amendment through journalism by reviewing "Committing Journalism: The Prison Writings of Red Hog" by Dannie Martin and Peter Sussman.

A comparative analysis of monopolies in 'old media' (eg. Bell Company) and 'new media' (eg. the internet).

Examines three different opinions on the reasons behind the decline in Canada's media.

Observes the connection between the portrayal of the female body in the media and eating disorders among teenagers.

An overview of the development of the German mass media.

An analysis of the effect of the Internet on online Journalism.

An overview of the communications structure of Denmark and how regulation is similar to that in Europe and the United States.

An overview of external communication and how it has become an increasingly important part of organizational communication.

An overview of teachingvoccabulary to English as a second language (ESL) students.

A look at the television news media and social control that creates a pacific population.

A look at society's obsession with the perfect female form through stereotypical portrayals by mass media advertisements.

A research proposal to study communication problems between IT professionals and users in a company.

An examination of the process of selecting and making news.

An overview of how to write business letters and messages.

A look at the ongoing validity of the theories of Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan.

A look at the verbal interaction between women and men.

A look at media coverage of abortion in terms of liberal and conservative partisanship.

Examines how CNN and other news sources affect culture.

This paper explores the effect of increasing media coverage on tourism and its implications for those responsible for tourism planning.

Examines various aspects of the presentation of women in the media.

Examines themes of femininity in the media works, "Tomb Raider" and "Vampire Slayer".

Compares the views of Locke and Grice on this subject.

Analyzes the book, "Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In" by Roger Fisher and William Ury.

Compares coverage by the mainstream versus the alternative media on the Persian Gulf War.

Discusses the television series, "Roots" in terms of audience and social meaning.

Examines the relationship between the media and advertising.

Uses the television comedy, "The Simpsons" to explore copyright infringements.

An overview of the political economy of mass media in Canada.

Uses a week-long survey to show the impact that the media has in one's life.

Examines the issues in planning an international and cross-cultural conference.

Discusses the regulation of broadcasting by the Canadian government with an overview of the legislation pertaining to this topic.

Examines the role of computers on communication in the 21st Century.

Looks at the influential role the media has on the values of children.

An examination of the future of the media and other forms of communication.

Shows how the American media forced the government to confront the public in the "Watergate" incident.

Looks at how electronic mail has affected communication between people.

Looks at concepts of communication, leadership and motivation in the entertainment company, Dave and Buster's.

Examines the differences in marketing and perception of two cable / satellite television networks.

A comparison of two radio stations in Toronto: Q-107 107.1 FM and CBC Radio Two 94.1 FM.

A look at how media coverage impacted the outcome of the Vietnam War.

A look at how the internet falls under the American policy of communication.

This paper examines subtle, implicit yet pervasive prejudice in the media.

How stereotypes are portrayed in the soap opera "Days of Our Lives".

A look at court cases which dealth with the protection of journalist sources.

A look at radio regulation in Canada in the early years.

How the handshake can break cultural boundaries.

This paper examines "Metaphors We Live By" (1981) by G Lakoff and M Johnson.

This paper examines Marshall McLuhan's "The Medium is the Message".

How the importance of interpersonal communication is applied to the workplace.

A look at how global business has increased internation communication.

A look at two classic pieces of civil rights literature.

A look at African American women and television roles.

A look at the role and importance of media in shaping public opinion.

This paper examines communication between gay couples through the lens of how it affects, and is affected by, imposed heterosexuality within the society at large.

This paper examines briefly examines bilingualism in the United States and then concentrates on the two- way developmental program.

This paper examines an imaginary instance of intercultural communication.

This paper discusses two ways that mass media influence society.

How teenage girls view themselves through magazines.

This paper discusses the Sokal affair, in which Alan Sokal submitted an essay to the journal "Social Text" which ended up being a hoax.

A look at the influence of the media on politics in America.

How the media influenced how the shooting in Littleton was percieved.

This paper discusses the explosion in popularity of the Internet.

A look at what makes a person a member of a minority? A response in cultural media.

This paper discusses that Native American communications within their cultural settings entail many verbal and non-verbal methods of discourse.

A discussion of the downside of mass media.

This paper discusses how, as the reflector, as well as the re-enforcer, of widely held values in racist culture, the capitalist press is necessary racist.

A look at how the Osama bin Laden story has been blown up by the media.

This paper discusses how crime is associated with race, when in fact it should be associated with poverty.

Explores the alternative and mainstream medias in respect to Canadian Health Care and privatization.

Compares two speeches by great men: Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" and John Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity".

Investigates changing community structures in the Silicon Age.