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Mass Media and African-Americans, 2002.
A paper which studies the influence of the media and its negative portrayal of African-Americans.
842 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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The paper shows that media reports today are not presented through the ?world view? lens, rather, they are a depiction of the Western ?white? ideology that has been seen as the ?majority? view. The paper shows that the reporting has such a subtle bias that it is at times unrecognizable, but with when critically analyzed the bias is made clear. The paper examines "Making Whiteness", Grace Elizabeth Hale which focuses on the history of prejudice and Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" which examines how the media portrays certain actions.
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"Both Moore and Hale suggest that racism is a fact of American life that has been aggravated by the American History and ?white? worldview. By ignoring the Black past and the black experience we have allowed our society to ignore many facets of societal problems that are causing societal deterioration. The solution is to reanalyze history from different viewpoints and use the media to propagate a new message that accepts past mistakes and looks forward towards a new conceptual black history. In order to justify past violence, we are ignoring our mistakes and by oppressing the slave past we are giving way to new and modern problems. The solution the two recommend is too challenge social norms and demands reaction."
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American Mass Media, 2008.
This paper analyzes the conflict of mass media versus the individual ethics of journalism in relation to the War in Iraq.
1,722 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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The paper examines the conflict between mass media organizations and the individual ethics of journalism through the sociological and philosophical views of Max Weber and Aristotle. The paper discusses the capitalistic tendency for mass media to control an "authoritarian" point of view favorable to the American interest in Iraq. The paper focuses on the issue of ethics regarding the lack of an individual's capacity to attain objective news coverage.
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"The relative situation in Iraq one now see holds a great lack of overall research into individual perceptions of the War in Iraq, and why journalists tend to look at larger, more sweeping views on the conflict between Americans and Iraqis. In this manner, many mass media journalists seem to focus on the numbers of soldiers involved, the American governments reaction to the war, and other larger macrocosmic focuses that reflect an interest in an American perception, rather than the suffering of the native peoples who have to live through this war. During the coverage of the war, there are often American points of views that define the combat through American perspectives. For instance, journalist George Packer shows an Iraqi woman's point of view and why she wants to side with the Americans."
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African-Americans and American Prisons, 2007.
This paper examines the relatively high number of African-Americans incarcerated in American prisons.
1,313 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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The paper discusses the drive to control American populations through incarceration and notes that this has disproportionately affected the nation's African-American population. The paper shows how nearly half of all inmates in America's prisons are African-American, despite the fact that they make up only twelve percent of the overall population. The paper examines the social and political reasons for this disparity and reveals that a form of racial prejudice would appear to be underlying these statistics. The paper discusses how the mass incarceration of America's African-American population is destroying their community, and the African-American people in general.
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"In a time of great economic and social change, one American industry is booming: the prison-industrial complex. These prisons represent an ever-expanding apparatus of social control (Ward, 2004), one that, according to Julia Sudbury, is focused specifically on regulating, and further marginalizing the underprivileged masses in today's neo-liberal regimes (Ward, 2004). Recent decades' "get tough on crime" policies, such as mandatory minimum sentences, "three strikes" laws, and so forth, have witnessed historically unparalleled rates of incarceration in the United States."
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African-Americans: Their Past and Present, 2007.
This paper discusses the history of African-Americans and their situation today.
2,260 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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The paper documents the history of African-Americans in America until the twentieth century when they were finally granted rights to full citizenship. The paper explores the connection between blacks and crime and the damaging effects of mass incarceration. The paper also examines the portrayal of African-Americans by the media and the situation for African-Americans with regards to employment. The paper shows how blacks are still suffering from their years of slavery and concludes with the hope that as the United States becomes more racially diverse, their situation will only improve.
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"The history of African Americans concerns the story of a group of people who were displaced from their different homelands and struggled through great adversity to adapt to their new "homes" and redefine their traditions and culture. Since arriving in North America, their dreams, thoughts, hopes and actions became responsible for some of the most profound economic, political, and cultural developments in the modern Western world. Black resistance slowly destroyed the political and economic system of slavery and created new forms of democracy and equality for all people of color and women. Black creativity influenced all forms of Western art, music, dance and theater.
Black intellectualism looked at various forms of scholarship in entirely different ways to establish new methodologies and approaches."
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Portrayal of African-Americans on Television, 2001.
This paper focuses on the treatment of African-Americans in television programs spanning decades.
2,022 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 15 sources, $ 64.95
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This paper focuses on the treatment of African-Americans in television programs spanning decades. Specific shows are discussed (e.g. - "All In The Family", "Sanford & Son"). Conclusions are drawn by the author based on his/her research regarding trends of treatment of African-Americans in mass media.
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"There is no question that media is a very powerful force in all of our lives. Whether we realize it or not the media is an important factor in molding some of our first opinions as children. That is why it is very important for television to be representing all minorities. Television has not historically done a good job of this. However, it has improved drastically from how things were in the 1950?s. It is also very important that other races are portrayed accurately. If they are portrayed in stereotypical ways, that will be the view that children have before they are old enough to make their own decisions. We need to teach our children about other races in order to live in a world that respects all races."
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Mass Media, Mass Communication and Globalization, 2006.
An essay that defines the concept of globalization and what it means to all aspects of modern life.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper defines globalization as a process that is leading the world towards economic integration that goes beyond states and local economies. The paper discusses how globalization refers to the growing sense of interconnectedness throughout the world and not in just an economic sense. The people asserts that, on the contrary, globalization is evident in all the key arenas of modern life.
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Perpetuating the Stereotype of African-American Women, 2001.
This paper explores the role of advertising in regards to African-American stereotypes.
1,960 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 6 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper takes a view at the role of the mass media and advertising in furthering the stereotypes of African-American women. It compares the general role of stereotypes in advertising in a historical context to that of present day stereotyping. It also examines the role advertising has on the public in self-propagating the stereotypes.
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"Women might find themselves attracted to one shade of coral lipstick rather then another. But on a deeper level, advertisements present to us a world in which we must always be conscious of being looked at, of having to abrogate who it is that we ourselves think that we are for who it is that we should be as we have been told by society/people who create the images in ads. Thus if for look at the way in which African-American women are portrayed in ads and copy of women's magazines (as well as the ways which they are made invisible) from 1950 to the present we see a number of ways in which definitions of female beauty are limited in such a way as to preclude African-American women."
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The Future of Mass Media, 2008.
A discussion of mass media, its history, social implications, and possible future.
2,850 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 84.95
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This paper provides a critical look at mass media throughout history. It begins with the first significant use of the printing press and the impact it had on information dissemination to the common public. It also focuses on the influences of contemporary mass media, through television and Internet, on the masses. The paper is wary of the overweening influence the mass media exercises in contemporary society. The paper postures that media is driven solely by prospective commercial gain and it is entirely possible that content providers do everything in their power to guarantee passive and therefore loyal audiences. The paper concludes that one should constantly be aware of mass media's possible ulterior motives.
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"Mass media's portrayal in Orwell's disutopian masterpiece 1984 is still the most sinister I have ever read. The idea that a television set constantly monitored by the state is watching you watch it, registering your every response to a steady stream of propaganda, is chilling indeed. Almost as chilling in fact as my deepest fears about how the mass media may evolve in my lifetime."
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Mass Media, 2002.
A study into the advantages and disadvantages of mass media on society.
1,903 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper explores the effect mass media has had on society in America. The paper looks at the influence of media on politics, religion, economics, family and society in general. As well as the obvious benefits provided by mass media, such as the ability to access information easily, the paper reviews a number of the negative aspects as well, including the growing power and influence of mass media which has resulted in dysfunctional effects of the mass media in the society.
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"The mass media as an institution has become an essential element in the society, for the mass media helped shape the culture of American society, especially those concerning the values, traditions, and norms of the society. The mass media also helped proliferate the need of the people to access and know everything and every issue that is of public interest and concern to the society. Because of its influential ability to provide people with information and knowledge that are current and up-to-date, the mass media as a communication institution gradually transformed to be an economic, cultural and politically-influenced institution as well."
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Mass Media Article, 2003.
A summary of a media article about the mass media's role in promoting democracy.
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 47.95
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This is a summary of the 2000 article, "Mass Media and the Concept of Interactivity" about the mass media's role in promoting democracy by balancing interactivity between mass media providers and the public. The paper includes the potential of the Internet in the process and an outline.
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"The role of the mass media in promoting democracy A The mass media providers can promote democracy B The Internet can provide forums for the public to express their opinions and critique of the work of ..."
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Mass Media Images of Heroes, 2001.
This paper examines how the mass media influences popular perceptions of heroes.
1,450 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 48.95
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The paper scrutinizes how mass media affects the public perception of heroes and heroism. The paper first describes immense power of mass media through the example of the American television being regarded as a powerful force strengthening the presidential system. The paper argues that mass media enables public opinion to spread over wider geographic area. The paper demonstrates the popularity of sports heroes and explains the correlation the entertainment media has with fictional heroes in literature.
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"What is a hero? And what has one got to do with television? The answer to that question ? which is really the question of how the mass media influence popular perceptions of the heroic and the Hero ? is a complex one as are any significant questions that examine the relationship between mass media and the culture that produces, absorbs, reflects and reifies them."
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Contemporary Mass Media, 2008.
This paper discusses the issue of contemporary mass media and looks at who defines reality today.
3,412 words (approx. 13.6 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 96.95
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In this article the writer examines the influence the mass media exerts on the individual's perception of the world. This is done from the standpoint of social constructionism, a theory heavily influenced by Postmodernist thought. The paper posits that language is our basis for interpreting the world and because language is the product of a social process, the 'reality' we perceive is nothing more than a collective construct. Consequently, the writer maintains that whoever controls the transmission of language and the ideas and information it conveys shapes reality. Today much of this transmission is done by the mass media. The writer concludes that today the role of the mass media and the educational system in socialization is growing as the traditional family structure so instrumental in this process for thousands of years wanes.
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"Whenever we read, listen or watch one of the mass media, in other words, we become part of somebody else's agenda, a means to some outside entity's ends. So, at a profound level, we should be continuingly asking ourselves: do we do so willingly or unwittingly? Yet it is a question many rarely pose and fewer answer. Are we too busy, too complascent, or too indifferent to? Or are we simply too trusting? The aura of autheticity surrounding what we read, hear and see in the mass media may very well be lulling us into an uncritical acceptance of the messages imparted."
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The Influence of Mass Media on Political Decisions, 2006.
Examines the role that the mass media has on the general public's decision to vote.
2,197 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper examines mass media coverage of election campaigns and, in particular, Presidential election campaigns and looks at the influence the mass media has on voters' decisions. The paper contends that, when it comes to election campaigns, presidential candidates concentrate their mass media efforts on assuring that members of their party get out and vote, on trying to get members of an opposing party to switch to the candidate of the other party and on trying to capture the independent voter.
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"We will examine two political decisions in America- the decision to run for office, namely the Presidency, and- connected to that decision, the decision to vote by the general public. In both cases, the mass media- especially television, holds the key. The mass media today contradict the notion that America is a nation of free, and independent thinkers. It is unfortunately true that 250+ million Americans are, for the most part, not only uninterested, but uniformed about the democratic processes that their ancestors fought and died to preserve. Rather than keeping up with current events, especially now in an election year, at best people tune in for 30-second sound bites on the nightly news (whose ratings are slipping year after year). The fault- for the most part- may lie with the media."
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The Mass Media and the Iraq War, 2003.
Discuses public influence by the mass media on the subject of the Iraq war.
870 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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Early in the war between the United States and Iraq, a poll taken showed that 67% of Americans believed that they decided to support the war in Iraq because of a media campaign against Saddam Hussein. This paper shows that during the Iraqi conflict, mass media played a unique role. For the first time in history, American reporters were "embedded" with U.S. troops and could present the war to the American public from the front lines. But was this merely a ploy by the Bush administration to bring its own version of the war to Americans? This paper discusses the role of mass media in the war in Iraq and shows how public support for the war was influenced by media coverage.
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"American television tends to stress the symbols of patriotism, reflecting the pro-war sentiment of the government, and, presumably, of American society. But is the mass media shaping this sentiment by showing such images? The American media rarely showed Iraqi civilian casualties, but highlighted U.S. troops' humanitarian assistance to Iraqis. This should make it obvious to all that the media did not present a fair and balanced picture of the war. Media can influence the public as much with what is left out of its coverage as by what is reported."
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