Abstract
This paper presents a statistical analysis of media coverage of Barak Obama using the 'Newsweek' magazine as the media source. The paper relates that the analysis uses 10 weeks of issues spanning from September 22, 2008 thru November 24, 2008. The paper further relates that all of the information in the tables is from the magazine, which is the primary source for the analysis. The information is presented in the form of statistical tables in order to provide a clear and concise account of the coverage pertaining to Barack Obama and the election.

From the Paper
As of October 13, 2008, the Obama campaign had shattered all fund-raising records, raking in $458 million, with about half of that coming from donors who contribute $200 or less" (Isikoff, 2008). In Ohio alone, he had 1400 neighborhood teams that had been recruited, trained, and managed for the six months leading up to election day (Thomas, 2008). Ultimately, his campaign had over "3.1 million contributors, million volunteers, 2.2 million supporters on his main Face book page, 800,000 on his MySpace page and perhaps a million or more names on Obama's own campaign Web site" (Fineman, 2008).
There were 3 presidential debates and one vice-presidential debate. The first debate was on October 2, 2008, and was supposed to focus on foreign policy. However, the economic crisis became a topic of discussion and in the end, the press scored McCain as winning the debate but the public proclaimed Obama the victor. The second debate was on October 7, 2008, and was fashioned to represent a town-hall style forum. Obama was proclaimed the victor of that debate as well, and fortunate for his campaign, the Dow dropped 500 points that evening.

Tags:newspaper, coverage, statistics, politics, campaign, magazine, election, voters, democrats, republicans, calculation, gop, photographs, visuals, tv, cinema, billboard

Abstract
In this article, the writer examines the issue of media coverage of the war in terms of the issues of war dead, national security and political manipulation. The writer argues that in all these areas media coverage of the war is inappropriate.

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"Media coverage of the war is controversial. There are several aspects of such coverage that bear inspection coverage of the dead military security and political manipulation. This paper will argue that in all three of these areas media coverage of the war is inappropriate. Under the new Obama administration media coverage on wars is being allowed for the first time in years. This change in policy reverses a decision by President H W Bush in ..."

Tags:media coverage, war, military, Saddam Hussein, political, security, war dead, manipulation

Abstract
The paper discusses how media coverage of the second Iraq conflict, which was launched on March 20, 2003, has had an impact on public attitudes towards overseas military deployments and military activities abroad, and has also impacted military conduct in Iraq. The paper explores the level of influence the media has had on American perceptions of these issues and activities, and shows how that the media had a significant impact in 2002 and 2003 on generating public support for the invasion of Iraq, and has also had a significant impact since 2003 on lowering public support for the war.

From the Paper
"Media coverage of the second Iraq conflict, which was launched on March 20, 2003, has had an impact on public attitudes towards overseas military deployments and military activities abroad, and has also impacted military conduct in Iraq. In discussing the level of influence the media has had on American perceptions of these issues and activities, it is evident that the media had a significant impact in 2002 and 2003 on generating public support for the invasion of Iraq, and has also had a significant impact..."

Tags:media, coverage, iraq

Abstract
The paper examines the BBC's coverage of the HIV crisis and asserts that it is broader and offers far more insight into experimental treatments than the CNN Web site, which, in the writer's opinion, unnecessarily politicizes HIV. The paper then examines the coverage of climate change and shows how both sources of news cover environmental issues with some spin but argues again that the American coverage on CNN is far less insightful than that of the BBC. The paper then deals with the Iraq war and relates that the BBC and CNN offer strikingly similar, balanced perspectives and coverage of the ongoing war in Iraq, although they offer varying political perspectives.

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"The BBC does not mention the faith-based program in their recent coverage of the HIV crisis. Instead, stories like Calvi's "The Battle for the HIV 'morning after' drug" detail emerging, even if controversial, pharmaceutical interventions. The BBC story addresses a drug called "post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)" which "has been shown in studies to reduce the chance of infection after the HIV virus has entered the body by 80%," (Calvi 2006). Calvi also notes that efforts to prescribe the drug more readily have been stymied, even though PEP could have prevented infection. Other BBC articles about HIV/AIDS are political but more in terms of how HIV affects the poor."

Tags:objectivity, bias, balance, politics, headlines

Abstract
The paper presents a survey of research literature on media coverage of social movements in the United States. It includes the antiwar movement of the 2003 Iraqi War and how that peace movement was covered by the news media. The paper looks at the basis of media "selection" and the issue of bias in media coverage. The paper explores the coverage of other events including the International Monetary Fund 2000 meeting, free trade talks and the European Union summit meeting.

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"To understand media coverage of the protest or antiwar movement that coalesced in early against the Iraqi War requires an understanding of the growing interconnectedness between the mass ..."

Tags:media, iraq war 2003, peace movement, social movements, antiwar movement

Abstract
This paper examines the concept of free speech and the censorship ad misinformation inherent in the media coverage during the Iraq war. The paper specifically examines different theories for the nature of the lack of objectivity in the media coverage, such as the corporate nature of the media and the authoritarian control over the media by the government and the breaking of constitutional rights regarding free speech.

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"One could opine that the Bush Administration has been marked, first and foremost, by an obsequious regard for executive privilege. Executive Order 13233, which suspends release of presidential papers, blatantly defies the idea of public information. Bush also had tight control over Congressional inquiries--particularly that of the 9/11 Commission. In the last forty years there has been a history of exposing the public to the inner operations of the Executive Branch during wartime. The American public has a strong belief in their right to know; unfortunately this is often not the case. With the Iraq War in particular one can find evidence of government censorship--a dubious tradition begun during the turn of the 20th century."

Tags:media bias, iraq war, American foreign policy, withdrawal, bush administration

Abstract
This paper examines how coverage of the 2003 invasion of Iraq varied along the political spectrum, but was mostly conservative given the environment in which information was provided to journalists and the public to which the journalists were reporting. The paper looks at how, for the six-week period during which media coverage reached peak intensity, most mainstream media was forced into the unfavorable position of having to report based on incomplete information from sketchy sources. The paper provides endnotes but does not include a works cited page.

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"A direct side effect of information warfare was revealed in a September 2003 poll published by the Washington Post where 69% of Americans questioned said they thought Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. Though the Bush administration suggested a link between the two in the months leading up to the invasion, such a link has never been proven nor confirmed by the administration. Even amidst a falling approval rating (52% when the poll was published), most Americans (71%) still believed the U.S. has done a good job in Iraq since the end of major combat operations in May and 63% still agreed Bush was right in going to war. "

Tags:Saddam, Hussein, Bush, administration

Abstract
This journal article analysis examines an article entitled 'Associations Between Childhood Vaccination Coverage Insurance Type And Breaks In Health Insurance' by Smith, Stevenson and Chu (2006). The authors attempt to identify trends if any in relationships between vaccination patterns insurance coverage as well as insurance types in children. This analysis concludes that the authors have not contributed any original research and based their hypothesis on a faulty sampling methodology based on survey results that they didn't undertake themselves.

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"These authors also sought to determine if race or ethnicity factor into these vaccination patterns as well. The researchers rely predominantly on a survey of 8324 children who were surveyed by the National Immunization Survey who were also covered by some type of insurance program be it Medicaid or state sponsored coverage as well as private insurance policies. The survey also included children who were not covered at the time of the survey or who, at some point in time prior to the survey, left temporarily without insurance coverage. "

Tags:healthcare, childhood, vaccinations

Abstract
This paper compares the newspaper coverage of two college basketball games, one involving the men's basketball team at UCLA, the other involving the women's basketball team. The paper covered is be the Daily Bruin, published and distributed on the campus of UCLA. It evaluates how the message sent by the newspaper and received by the reader is that the women's basketball game is simply not as important a sporting event as the men's basketball game. Through a literature review, it also examines how social theories support the view that male sports dominate female sports in the mind of the public and that dominance inevitably is expressed in the media coverage of men's and women's sports in the country.

From the Paper
"One might argue that some of the differences between the coverage of the two games is due to the simple fact that the men's team won their game (and was an upset over a highly-ranked team) while the women's team lost. If the outcomes had been reversed, perhaps the coverage would have been reversed as well, with the coach of the men's team and the reporter both complaining about bad refereeing. Such arguments would be fair, but they would ignore the more important differences between the two stories. There is no doubt whatsoever that the men's game was seen by the editors of the paper as deserving of greater coverage than the woman's game, not only in its place at the top of sports stories in the Daily Bruin, but also in terms of length, with the story on the men's game being almost twice as long as the story on the women's game. The story on the women's game was given short shrift in comparison."

Tags:sport, ucla, daily, bruin, team

Abstract
This paper examines the question of whether Tom Golisano, running as a third-party candidate for governor of New York in the past mid-term elections, received an appropriate degree of coverage in the region's newspapers.The author counted the number of newspaper articles per candidate. The author concludes that, because of the relatively limited impact of third-party candidates, the amount of coverage that Golisano received was fair and appropriate.

From the Paper
"One of the important questions in American politics is why the two parties have so much power, in contrast to many nations in which numerous political parties are represented both in the government and in the national public political debate. One of the major differences between countries with two parties and those with a variety of political parties is, of course, the difference between a parliamentary system of government and our own, which does not encourage power sharing amongst different parties."

Tags:mid-term, elections, region, newspapers, articles, appropriate, impact