Disability and the media.(Disability and the Media: Prescriptions
for Change)(Book review)
Riley, C. R., II. (2005). Disability and the media: Prescriptions
for change. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England. 258 pages.
This book is an excellent treatment of a topic that, though . . .
Visual framing of the early weeks of the U.S.-led invasion of
Iraq: applying the master war narrative to electronic and print
im
One of the most vivid ways journalism reports war to the world is
through images: photographs, video, graphics, icons, and maps. These
reports and the news frames they help build are important . . .
The relationship between exposure to sexual music videos and
young adults' sexual attitudes.(Report)
Understanding sexual relationships and gender-specific norms is a
fundamental task involved in the social development of adolescents and
young adults (Arnett, 2000). Although parents and peers are . . .
Sesame Street and the reform of children's television.(Book
review)
Morrow, R. W. (2006). Sesame Street and the reform of
children's television. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University
Press. 246 pages.
Reading Morrow's account of the complex and discordant . . .
Cultivation effects on quality of life indicators: exploring the
effects of American television consumption on feelings of relat
Decades of research have demonstrated that television may affect
viewers' perceptions of social reality, with the influence of
television on viewers' perceptions thought to be particularly
strong . . .
How gender and age affect newscasters' credibility--an
investigation in Switzerland.(Report)
Without any doubt, television plays a dominant role in modern life.
In the United States the average TV consumption is more than 4 hours per
day (TV-Turnoff Network, 2004). In Switzerland, where . . .
What is the appropriate regulatory response to wardrobe
malfunctions? Fining stations for television sex and
violence.(Report)
From industry self-censoring to punitive responses from the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), attempts to manage the content of
electronic media have a long history. For example, Elvis . . .
The media were American.(Book review)
Tunstall, J. (2008). The media were American: U.S. mass media in
decline. New York: Oxford University Press. 455 pages.
Thirty years after his book declared The Media Are American,
Tunstall has . . .
Direct and indirect aggression on prime-time network
television.(Report)
The daily news is filled with stories of conflict. And our TV
sitcom "entertainment" is almost always based on conflict and
people who handle it poorly. In fact much of the so-called
"humor" in . . .
Constructing gender stereotypes through social roles in
prime-time television.(Report)
According to screenwriting guru Syd Field (1994), characters
inhabit professional and personal roles. A character's professional
life reveals what that character does for a living. A . . .
The American journalist in the 21st century.(The American
Journalist in the 21st Century: U.S. News People at the Dawn of a New
Weaver, D. H., Beam, R. A., Brownlee, B. J., Voakes, P. S., &
Wilholt, G. C. (2006). The American journalist in the 21st century: U.S.
news people at the dawn of a new millennium. Mahwah, NJ: . . .
Understanding the interactive effects of emotional appeal and
claim strength in health messages.(Report)
Each year a significant number of preteens and teens begin
experimenting with alcohol and drugs. In a recent study 41% of 8th
graders, 73% of 10th graders, and 86% of 12th graders reported . . .
A TV in the bedroom: implications for viewing habits and risk
behaviors during early adolescence.(television)(Report)
Children and adolescents have televisions in their bedrooms at the
discretion of their parents. Parents often hand down an old set when
they purchase a new one. Handing down televisions is not only . . .
The influence of television news depictions of the images of war
on viewers.(Report)(Survey)
The Bush administration has repeatedly criticized news media
coverage of the war in Iraq as imbalanced because, as former White House
press secretary, Scott McClellan, put it, the "horrific images . . .
Food and beverage advertising on U.S. television: a comparison of
child-targeted versus general audience commercials.(Report)
Over the last 30 years, the percentage of U.S. children classified
as overweight and obese has more than tripled (Anderson and Butcher,
2006; Centers for Disease Control, 2004). The American . . .
Cultural proximity and audience behavior: the role of language in
patterns of polarization and multicultural fluency.(Report)
Cultural proximity is the intuitively appealing notion that people
will gravitate toward media from their own culture. In a world where
diverse populations have access to increasingly abundant . . .
The role of motivation and media involvement in explaining
Internet dependency.(Report)
Since its inception, the Internet has been hailed because it is
convenient, informative, resourceful, and entertaining. It has been
estimated that over 54 million Americans go online each day . . .
Personality traits, television viewing, and the cultivation
effect.(Report)
More than three decades of cultivation research support small,
though significant, effects of television (TV) exposure on perceptions
of social reality (e.g., Morgan & Shanahan, 1996). . . .
Socialization to work in late adolescence: the role of television
and family.(Report)
Socialization has been defined as the process of learning the
attitudes, values, and behavior patterns of a given society or group in
order to function effectively within it (Elkind & Handel, . . .
The games through the NBC lens: gender, ethnic, and national
equity in the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics.(National Broadcasting Co
No megasporting event (Eastman, Newton, & Pack, 1996)
encapsulates the national zeitgeist in the same manner as the Olympic
telecast, with 168 million Americans (Ryan, 2006) consuming at least . . .
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