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18306. DECLINING NEWSPAPER READERSHIP: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES. This paper provides an overview and analysis of the scope, causes and consequences of declining newspaper readership in the United States. Following a profile of the phenomenon of declining... (more) |
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18004. RWANDAN JOURNALIST CHARLES KABONERO. This paper discusses the problems faced by the editor of Rwanda's only independent newspaper, Umuseso. In 2004, Kabonero was tried on charges of defamation and "divisionism" because of an article... (more) |
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17114. EVALUATING MEDIA PERFORMANCE IN DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES. This essay addresses the question, “By what standard should we evaluate media performance in democratic societies?” The analysis begins with the premise that the appropriate standards for evaluating... (more) |
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17109. THE EVOLUTION OF THE FREE PRESS IN AMERICA. This paper traces the evolution of the free press in America from the early Colonial Era through the 19th century. Argues that notwithstanding the First Amendment provisions, freedom of the press... (more) |
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15792. THE INTERNET AND THE MAGAZINE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY. This paper provides an overview and analysis of the current status and future prospects for the magazine industry in the age of the Internet. Briefly traces the history of the magazine industry and... (more) |
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15673. WESTERN MEDIA PORTRAYALS OF ARABS AND MUSLIMS DURING THE GULF WAR CRISIS OF 1990/91. This paper examines the media-filtered American interpretations of the Arab world through an analysis of Western (mainly U.S.) media portrayals and interpretations of Arabs and Muslims in general, and... (more) |
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15445. PG&E: MEDIA SPIN AND THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY CRISIS. This term paper examines media coverage of Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s (PG&E) role in the California energy crisis of 2000-2001, looking both at PG&E’s efforts to spin the cover in its favor, and... (more) |
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15442. BILINGUAL CODE SWITCHING. This paper provides an overview and analysis of bilingual code switching. Following a brief definition of code switching and a discussion of its major variants, the analysis considers the phenomenon... (more) |
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13994. THE IMBALANCE IN THE INTERNATIONAL FLOW OF NEWS. This paper discusses the economic and political factors that have caused the imbalance in the flow of news, and argues that this problem is related to international imbalances and underdevelopment in... (more) |
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13803. GERALDO RIVERA AND TABLOID MEDIA. A scathing critique of Geraldo Rivera and his self-styled "new journalism." Presents Geraldo's view of himself and his "profession" as well as his rebuttal to his critics, and then systematically... (more) |
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13622. PRESS REACTIONS TO THE NUREMBERG LAWS. Discusses how the world's press responded to the 1935 laws that took away the German Jews' civil rights. Argues that, although there were various reactions, the major press misinterpreted the... (more) |
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13473. WOMEN IN SPORTS JOURNALISM. Topics covered include the difficulties women have faced in being accepted, the controversy over locker room interviews, and the contributions of individual women to the field. Also argues that there... (more) |
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13191. MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE CLINTON SEX SCANDAL. Emphasizes how economic and structural factors of the media (specifically, the Internet and competitive pressures) had an impact on the direction and tone of the coverage. 5 pages, 16 footnotes, 4... (more) |
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13145. HERE IS YOUR WAR (ERNIE PYLE). Review of book by American correspondent on the front in North Africa during World War Two. Argues that Pyle's racial attitudes were tolerant and open-minded for the time. Also discusses how the... (more) |
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13119. POLITICS AND THE NEWS MEDIA IN JAPAN BY OFER FELDEMAN. Critical review and analysis of this book which examines the interrelationships between the news media and national politics (and politicians) in Japan during the 1980s and early 1990s. Considers the... (more) |
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13117. A SURVEY AND COMPARISON OF NEWSPAPERS IN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES. Profiles industry structure and trends in circulation, revenues, and readership in the US and Japanese newspaper industries, with a focus on the daily newspaper. Includes a discussion of similarities... (more) |
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13077. JOHN F. HARRIS, STAFF REPORTER FOR WASHINGTON POST. A discussion of the work of this staff reporter for The Washington Post and his specialty in covering White House events. Describes his avoidance of personal opinions and his use of quotes,... (more) |
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13050. MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE DEATH AND FUNERAL OF PRINCESS DIANA. Points out some examples of exploitation, hypocrisy and excessiveness in the coverage, but argues that it was, for the most part, respectful and ethical. Also notes Diana's role in British society... (more) |
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12641. CELEBRITY PRIVACY. Examines the question of whether the media should explore the private lives of celebrities; looks at the Diana case, the tabloid media and the legal issues and protections. 6 pages, 8 footnotes, 5... (more) |
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12156. RACISM AND THE MEDIA. This paper examines how contemporary media (both news and entertainment) deals with racial tension in the United States. The principal focus of the investigation is on 1980s and 1990s trends, themes... (more) |
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11485. VIEWS OF HISTORY AFTER E.H. CARR. Discussion of the problems of meaning and interpretation in historical work, after the views of E.H. Carr in his "What is History?" and applying these to various examples. 7 pages, 8 footnotes, 3... (more) |
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11363. CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES AND THE MEDIA IN THE O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL. Examines the conflict between the constitutional guarantees of free press and the defendant's right to a public trial against the constitutional guarantees of due process and the defendant's right to... (more) |
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11230. BOSNIA IN THE MEDIA. Compares the different newsweekly coverage of the Bosnian war from December, 1993 through February, 1994. Political bias and visual imagery are related to theories of McLuhan, Chomsky and others... (more) |
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11136. FEMINISM AND THE MAINSTREAM PRINT MEDIA: HOW POLITICAL & OPINION MAGAZINES VIEW WOMEN IN POLITICS. Following an overview of how the print media in general portrays (or ignores) women in politics, the investigation looks at how political magazines (particularly conservative magazines) depict women... (more) |
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10585. THE MEDIA IN MEXICO. Overview and analysis of print and broadcast media in Mexico. Focuses on government control over print media and Grupo Televisa's domination of broadcast media. 6 pages, 20 footnotes, 13... (more) |
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10565. ARABS AND AMERICAN MEDIA COVERAGE. Investigates the US medias coverage and portrayal of Arab issues and Arab persons. Considers media bias (and reasons behind the bias) in coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict, with particular focus... (more) |
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10435. TRADE MAGAZINES: AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR THE HOSPITALITY MARKET. A brief overview of the types of trade publications available in the hospitality industry and the benefits of reading such publications. 5 pages, 10 footnotes, 10 bibliographic sources.... (more) |
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10310. HOLOCAUST AND THE AMERICAN PRESS. This paper provides a survey of the American print media coverage of the Holocaust during World War II. The essay argues that the press failed to give adequate coverage and that it failed to advocate... (more) |
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10158. KIERKEGAARD AND THE PRESS. An analysis of Kierkegaard's ongoing battle with the media of his era and an examination of the validity of his argument that the mass media are inherently vehicles of untruth. Considers the... (more) |
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09707. THE INFLUENCE OF THE MEDIA. An essay arguing that the mass media has robbed individuals of their ability to make up their own minds on matters as divergent as consumerism and politics. Cites examples in advertising consumer... (more) |
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09164. REVEREND JESSE JACKSON'S USE OF THE MEDIA. Explores Jackson's use of the media and Jackson's treatment by the media during the 1988 presidential campaign. Concludes that while Jackson has been treated with "kid gloves" by the media, he has... (more) |
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08719. DEVELOPING AN ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE. Covers the rationale for development, distribution, target market, editorial content, marketing strategy and financing considerations for the development of an arts, entertainment and music magazine. ... (more) |
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08704. NEW CONSUMER MAGAZINE FOR THE HOME SHOPPER. Provides the organizational, marketing, distribution, and financial structure for developing a new magazine designed to appeal to persons who shop at home with mail order catalogs and home shopping... (more) |
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08618. SHARON VS. TIME. Summarizes and analyzes this case which emphasized the application of libel law to Time magazine's assertions regarding General Ariel Sharon of Israel. Negative public image consequences on Time are... (more) |
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08604. WESTMORELAND VERSUS CBS. Examines the controversy over CBS's documentary portrayal of General Westmoreland as a main player in a conspiracy to cover up the truth of the American situation in Vietnam. Included is a brief... (more) |
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08346. MAGAZINE PROFILE. Design and marketing profile of a new health and fitness magazine, focusing on amateur sports and recreation. Target market, magazine format, editorial approach, suggested features, competition, and... (more) |
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08122. NEW CONSUMER MAGAZINE PROFILE. Profiles the development, scope and marketing of a consumer magazine with a food and wine focus. Target market, marketing strategy, and break-even estimate included. Description of potential... (more) |
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08004. AL CAPONE. This paper details the career of gangster Al Capone and examines how the mass media created a romantic legend around Capone that was at variance with his actual history. 8 pages, 11 footnotes, 9... (more) |
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07530. THE AMERICAN PRESS LORDS. History and essay on the great American press lords of the 20th century: Hearst, Pulitzer, Oakes, Luce. Presents argument that these men only had influence to the extent that they reflected popular... (more) |
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07529. TIME MAGAZINE'S TREATMENT OF THE VIETNAM WAR. Very critical study of Time magazine's amazing capacity for bending with the wind of prevailing wisdom, effectively comparing very pro-war articles in 1966 with 1975 coverage of the beginning of the... (more) |
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07528. HALBERSTAM'S "THE POWERS THAT BE". Summary and review of Halberstam's fascinating book on the rise of the CBS, Time, Inc., L.A. Times and Washington Post media empires. Finds main thrust of book to be that news media are largely... (more) |
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07527. COVERAGE OF IRAN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, JANUARY-JUNE 1983. Summary and analysis of the Times has covered Iran in a six-month period: 111 articles in six months, mostly brief reports on news related to Iran-Iraq war. Overall summary of coverage by categories... (more) |
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05371. THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. A paper explaining the demise of the S.E.P. due to the rise of T.V. in the l950's. The magazine's history under the editorship of Lorimer in 1898 is documented including the development of its... (more) |
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05370. TIME AND NEWSWEEK: A COMPARISON. The 1920's are shown to have been a fruitful period for the growth of lively news magazines, rendering an increasingly complex world more comprehensible to a mass audience. Politically Time's bias... (more) |
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05369. THE RISE, FALL AND RESURRECTION OF LIFE MAGAZINE. An insightful history of the giant of American photojournalism, looking at the magazine's conception as the brainchild of Henry and Clare Boothe Luce. The magazine's politicization at the hands of... (more) |
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05274. A COMPARISON OP THE S. F. PROGRESS AND THE S. F. ADVERTISER. Two San Francisco consumer-oriented publications are contrasted, in terms of their layout, coverage and potential markets. Advertising possibilities in both publications are compared, with rates and... (more) |
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04868. EDITORIAL POSITION OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. An in-depth survey of thr editorial policy of the financial newspaper during the period from November 1. 1977 to Drcember 10, 1977. Consistent themes in the paper, such as the international issues of... (more) |
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04571. PRESIDENTIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS. Basic discussion of the fact that a President needs a good press if he is to get anything done at all. 4 pages, 0 footnotes, 4 bibliographic... (more) |
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04224. THE JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION. A descriptive outline of the Yale University publication dealing with war and peace; editorial policy, academic disciplines. publishing policies and internationai advisors are remarked on, and typical... (more) |
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04222. MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE 1976 ELECTIONS. The coverage of the election is viewed in terms of the media manipulation attempted by the candidates; Carter's primary blitz is contrasted with Ford's low profile strategy, and the television debates... (more) |
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04214. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION. A descriptive survey of the editorial policies and readership of a periodical on international agencies; the staff and board of editors is outlined, and articles from a typical issue are abstracted. ... (more) |
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04156A. THE FAIR TRIAL AND THE FREE PRESS. Thorough. stirringly written essay giving both sides of the argument between the need for a fair trial and the need for unlimited, uncensored press coverage; the free press wins out by a nose. 6p.,... (more) |
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04055. THE ROLE OF THE PRESS IN THE WATERGATE AFFAIR. A discussion of the adversary function of the press as it manifested itself in the reporting of the Watergate affair. The Nixon administration's battle against the media is analyzed, and the work of... (more) |
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03722. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS: THE CASE OF THE HOLLYWOOD TEN. Using the anti-Communist purge of the film industry in the late 1940's as a case, it is argued that the press was so partisan as to have abdicated its responsibility to honesty and independence. 15... (more) |
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03721. IS THE FREE PRESS A REALITY? This essay argues that in the past the facts were known but comment was forbidden. Now we are free to comment but the facts are hidden. Concludes that there is a long struggle ahead before true... (more) |
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03720. MEDIA REACTION TO THE REMOVAL OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR. A careful survey of the press reaction to the climax of the Truman-MacArthur dispute during the Korean War. Reviewed are the S.F. Examiner, The N. Y. Times, The Christian Science Monitor and The... (more) |
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03397. THE YUGOSLAVIAN ECONOMY: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WORKERS, ENTERPRISES AND THE STATE. Good overview of economic structure in Yugoslavia; how Worker's Councils control enterprises under decentralized planning, how State retains overall control through party, power to change plans and... (more) |
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02298. TRENDS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN PRESS. The developments in the Anerican press of the twentieth century are examined through the critical writings of WiIl Irwin, the Hutchins Report, Fred Friendly and former Vice President Spiro Agnew; the... (more) |
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02296. THE MAGAZINE AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM. The history of the partnership between the journalism and advertising industries is examined, and the changes in magazines wrought by advertising are analyzed. Some of the techniques of placement and... (more) |
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02295. ADVERTISING'S "PRINTERS' INK STATUTE." The 1911 Code of Ethics advanced by the advertising industry in the magazine Printers' Ink is studied, and the history of laws developing from it is delineated. The subsequent changes in the code,... (more) |
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02294. THE POWER OF THE PRESS IN POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING. A case study approach to the question, looking at press reaction and influence from Wilson's League of Nations Proposal to the 1940, 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960 elections. Trends of voter behavior as... (more) |
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02293. THE PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE: 1948-1970. The function of the Presidential Press Conference in American history is reviewed briefly, covering individual president's methods; the major developments of the Truman to Nixon era are delineated and... (more) |
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02292. LA PRENSA. The major newspaper of Buenos Aires is examined fully; its history from its founding in 1869 is given, and the difficulties with the Peron and Ramirez dictatorships after World War II are looked at in... (more) |
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02291. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. A comprehensive historical survey of the American newspapers' use of foreign news, from colonial times down to the beginning of the twentieth century. The early dependence upon the sailing ships from... (more) |
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02290. EDITORIAL REACTION TO THE SCOPES TRIAL. The question "What Is Truth?" is analyzed in terms of the range of editorial and journalistic interpretations of the Scopes Monkey Trial of the summer of 1925; the opposition of religious faith and... (more) |
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02289. THE EVOLUTION OF THE COMIC STRIP. The evolution of illustrated literature into the magazine and newspaper comic strip is analyzed; a thorough history of the comic strip, from "The Yellow Kid" down to the comtemporary strip. Seminal... (more) |
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02288. PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF COLOR IN MAGAZINE ADVFRTISING. A study of the effective use of color in photographic advertising; elements of visual appeal are thoroughly detailed, and specific associations of different colors are suggested. Sales campaigns... (more) |
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02287. BLACK PUBLICATIONS. An overview of the field of black publishing, with statistical data on black representation in the magazine field; a content analysis of Ebony magazine and The Chicago Defender newspaper is included,... (more) |
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02286. THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF ADVERTISING. A detailed study of the effectiveness of advertising in the media; the history of advertising, the effect of advertising on demand for goods and services, the effect on competition and the effect on... (more) |
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01867. WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST'S STYLE OF JOURNALISM. Good expose of yellow journalism in action; not a complete biography, but focuses on how he used his father's money, a nose for scandal, and blatant exaggeration and distortion in order to build... (more) |
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01853. FIDEL CASTRO: JANUARY 1959: INITIAL AMERICAN PRESS REACTION TO THE ASCENSION OF CUBA'S NEW REVOLUTIONARY LEADER. This is a survey of the reactions of the Christian Science Monitor, the L.A. Times, the New Republic, the N.Y. Times, Newsweek, Time and U.S. News and World Report during the first month of Castro's... (more) |
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01549. A STUDY IN POP CULTURE: THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER. Very amusing, very well-done analysis of the style and content of modern America's best example of yellow journalism, divides articles into five basic catagories: Famous People, Authority Figures, Big... (more) |
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00921. THOMAS NAST: HIS STRUGGLE AGAINST TWEED AND HIS PARTY SYMBOLS. An outline of the struggle of the famous political cartoonist's campaign against Boss Tweed's machine and his invention of the Donkey and Elephant symbols. 8 pages, 13 footnotes, 3 bibliographic... (more) |
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00722. MAO TSE-TUNG THOUGHT AND THE CHINESE PRESS: POLITICS IN COMMAND. Very good example of an objective yet fully supportive explanation of how Mao Tse-Tung thought serves as a rational philosophical/political vehicle for the transformation of Chinese society; how press... (more) |
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00258. NEWSPAPERS IN GREAT BRITAIN. A historical survey of the publishing of newspapers in England, Scotland and Wales, looking at the rise of mass journalism, the story of several of the publishing barons, such as Northcliffe,... (more) |
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00257. COMMERCIAL JOURNALISM. A comprehensive four-part study of the commercial journalism of America; the study includes a look at the conflict between newspaper sales and good journalism, a history of commerical journalism from... (more) |
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00004. BERKELEY RESEARCH. Berkeley Research, home of Academic Term Papers and Academic Research Papers, offers the Web's largest selection of research papers (more than 30,000) at the lowest price. We also feature quality... (more) |
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00003. BERKELEY RESEARCH TERM PAPERS. Berkeley Research Term Papers, home of Academic Term Papers and Academic Research Papers, offers the Web's largest selection of research papers (more than 30,000) at the lowest price. We also feature... (more) |
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53425. THE POLICE AND THE NEWS MEDIA. Good account of the reasons why police and reporters need each other, how sound planning of mutual relations can lead to better law enforcement, better public information, and stronger democratic... (more) |
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52690. MUHAMMAD SPEAKS. An examination of the Black Muslim newspaper, including history, content, influence, and its role as a source of cohesion in the Black community. 6p., Of.,... (more) |
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52220. THE ALTA CALIFORNIA AS A CRUSADING NEWSPAPER. A scholarly study of the early California newspaper's involvement in social issues of human rights and law and order; the paper's defense of Chinese immigration and other progressive stand are looked... (more) |
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52220A. THE ALTA CALIFORNIA: ITS FORMATIVE YEARS. The history and growth of the first San Francisco daily newspaper are examined in the years 1850-1855. The relationship of the rise of San Francisco as a boom town and the function of the newspaper... (more) |
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16153. A FAIR TRIAL VS. A SENSATIONALIST PRESS. Good discussion of the legal-philosophical problems raised by the conflict between the right of the accused to a fair trial, and the right of the press to print stories that sell; illustrated by... (more) |
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