No joke: a comparison of substance in The Daily Show with Jon
Stewart and broadcast network television coverage of the 2004
pres
The 2004 elections saw the highest turnout among voters under 30 in
more than a decade ("Election Turnout," 2005). As this age
group becomes more important in the political process it has . . .
Scholar, historian, individualist: John Michael
Kittross.(Biography)
"Curmudgeon, iconoclast and gadfly" is how John Michael
Kittross describes himself. "Editor and bibliophile" could be
added to the list. However, it might be more accurate describing . . .
Lynne Schafer Gross: extraordinary role model.(Biography)
Pioneer, role model, mentor, and friend are words that describe
Lynne Schafer Gross, an educator, prolific writer, and media maker whose
professional achievements are known to many. Gross describes . . .
Jannette Dates: a lifelong commitment to teaching, scholarship,
and service.(Biography)
Jannette Dates, Dean of the John H. Johnson School of Communication
at Howard University, exemplifies a lifetime of excellence in teaching,
landmark research, and a commitment to the academic . . .
The Sitcom Reader: America Viewed and Skewed.(Book
review)
Dalton, M. M., & Linder, L. R. (Eds.). (2005). The sitcom
reader: America viewed and skewed. Albany: State University of New York
Press. 337 pages.
The beauty of the collection of essays entitled . . .
Color Television: Fifty Years of African American and Latino
Images on Prime-Time Television.(Book review)
Pieraccini, C., & Alligood, D. L. (2005). Color television:
Fifty years of African American and Latino images on prime-time
television. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt. 190 pages.
As interesting as the . . .
A longitudinal analysis of foreign program imports on South
Korean television, 1978-2002: a case of rising indigenous capacity i
The purpose of this study is to trace the trajectory of South
Korea's (hereinafter referred to as South Korea or Korea)
dependency on imported television programs by investigating the presence
of . . .
Crime cultivation: comparisons across media genres and
channels.(Survey)
Despite a 30-year-long debate about conceptual and methodological
foundations of the cultivation hypothesis, the core idea, that people
who are avid media consumers tend to adopt worldviews similar . . .
Constructing television communities: the FCC, signals, and
cities, 1948-1957.
As the new medium of television emerged in the United States
between the late 1940s and late 1950s, the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) made decisions that would affect the industry and . . .
Development broadcasting in India and beyond: redefining an old
mandate in an age of media globalization.
The advent of commercial satellite television has changed the media
landscape in many Asian countries that primarily had state-run
broadcasting systems. As a result, long-established broadcasters . . .
The privatization of the Internet's backbone
network.
Histories of the Internet abound (Abbate, 1999; Hauben &
Hauben, 1997; Kahn & Cerf, 1999; Mowery & Simcoe, 2002; Mueller,
2002; Naughton, 2000; Salus, 1995; Schiller, 1999), yet a . . .
Gender differences in selective media use for mood management and
mood adjustment.
Media consumers' moods play an important role in selections of
media messages, as ample empirical evidence has shown. Based on mood
management theory (Zillmann, 1988), many investigators have . . .
Reporting live from the scene: enough to attract the 18-24
audience?(Survey)
Being able to probive live coverage of breaking news events is one
of the unparalleled strengths of television. The purpose of this study
is to assess the opinions of 18-24 year olds about live . . .
Media ownership regulations and local news programming on
broadcast television: an empirical analysis.
In the vast and complex U.S. media landscape, local television news
occupies an important place. The starring role of local news plays out
in several interrelated ways. First, local television news . . .
Primacy effects of The Daily Show and national tv news viewing:
young viewers, political gratifications, and internal political
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has become a fixture on the U.S.
political landscape (Mutz, 2004). There is much discussion within the
popular press as to the legitimacy of emerging satirical . . .
Radio reverb: the impact of "local" news reimported to
its own community.
"I've never been to Omaha, but we do your local
news," a member of a large radio conglomerate matter-of-factly told
a college professor with Nebraska roots. Omaha, with a population of
almost . . .
Vernon A. Stone: newsman and educator.(Obituary)
Our paths crossed a number of times at various professional or
educational gatherings. We shared some similar experiences in newsrooms
and classrooms, and often we found ourselves of common mind: a . . .
Understanding electronic media audiences: the pioneering research
of Alan M. Rubin.
A true hallmark of salient scholarship is how it is used by other
researchers. For more than 3 decades, Alan M. Rubin has dedicated his
research to addressing the interactions between audiences, . . .
Radio Morality and Culture, 1919-1945.(Radio Morality and
Culture: Britain, Canada, and the United States, 1919-1945)(Book
revie
Fortner, R. S. (2005). Radio morality and culture: Britain, Canada,
and the United States, 1919-1945. Carbondale: Southern Illinois
University Press. 246 pages.
Robert Fortner's impressive . . .
Murrow and McCarthy: re-revisited.(Edward R. Murrow and Joseph
McCarthy)(See It Now Confronts McCarthyism: Television Document
Rosteck, T. (1994, reissued in paperback, 2005). See It Now
confronts McCarthyism: Television documentary and the politics of
representation. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. 247 pages.
. . .
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