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    We analyzed the media freedom indexes of Freedom House and Reporters Without Borders to determine which areas they focus on and which they omit. We also assessed the degree to which these indexes are appropriate for measuring media freedom in democratic countries. We concluded that these instruments –with their focus on violence against journalists and government constraints on media– are more appropriate for assessments in non-democratic countries than for understanding the subtle problems of…

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    Ownerships exist in all types of businesses, including the newspaper industry. Concentrated ownership in the field of newspapers can be defined as the extreme control of a newspaper firm by the insiders (manager, BOD, etc.) Ownerships have been changing significantly for more than 60 years in Canada and has been effecting the Canadian society as a whole. The journals and articles by Kelly Blidook, Joseph Jackson, Minelle Mahtani, David Skinner, Water Soderlund are relevant and useful to the…

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    The presence of Mass media in our modern society is very strong, where the access to technology has become available for almost all parts of the world that enables them to stay connected with whatever is happing around them. Due to that a big majority are so dependent on this connection that even their states of mind and mentalities are directly impacted by messages, news and different information conveyed through broad communications channels. Mass media influence our activities, views, and…

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    Media can help, and trying to build sports channel larger as much as media do because people used to watch AFL, tennis, badminton, soccer and so on. Influence is the ability to set trends, inspire participation, and change opinions within sports this is an important and powerful things to have. Media could use TV, internet, radio, but also face book etc. and media can help to spread negative and positive impact toward globe as much as rapidly. Media can promoting sport in general and individual…

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    In his introduction to Permanence and Change, Hugh Dalziel Duncan wrote, “Burke demands that we become masters of many perspectives in order that we may understand one perspective” (Duncan xv). This statement does a sufficient job of explaining Kenneth Burke’s theory of dramatism to the casual observer of rhetoric. Today, it is second-nature for all 24-hour cable news channels and most people to take into account several diverse perspectives when dissecting events as trivial as celebrity…

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    Late-night comedy shows such as “The Daily Show” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” present viewers with a source of both entertainment and information on current political events. While the biases of the hosts and writers for these shows is reflected in the presentation of this information, their influence on public opinion is no more or less legitimate than that of other news sources such as newspapers and news channels. The people that watch these late-night shows on a regular basis…

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    The paper “Postmodern Representation and Commodity Spectacle in Nathanael West’s The Day of the Locusts”, written by Mr. Darvay, allowed me to gain insight on a novel I had never read, and to be frank never heard of either. As I was working my way through the paper, my brain was scattered as I tried to grasp the concept that was being talked about. Although, right of the bat the sentence “compressed into one huge junkyard...commercialized society and culture” truly stood out to me. My first…

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    Truth is in the Ear of the Beholder Understanding and making sense of the diverse inner psych that resides in each of us, is a daunting task. One thing is for certain, as long as humans have been able to communicate; they have had the ability to create stories and rumors. The deeper question is why? Why do people start rumors to begin with and then exactly who is spreading them? Gregory Rodriguez, a columnist with the Los Angeles Times examines these questions in his article written in 2009,…

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    Nowadays, the media is playing a big part in the American society. However, most people in America may wonder if there are negative and positive consequences of the media. Imagine that, a person who watches TV at home, has listened to the news for hours. He or she listens to the news for 5 hours as a minimum. He or she thinks that listing to the news is impotent, so every time he or she wakes up, the only things they want to do is to watch, or listen to some topics in the TV, radio, or phone.…

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    For the Romeo and Juliet Creative Project I decided it would be best to do it in a tabloid style. I have always been fascinated by Tabloids, you see them everywhere even on facebook. Tabloids is a type of journalism normally about gossip and crime. I thought Tabloid would be the best choice for this creative project because the scene I am writing about is the first scene in Romeo and Juliet where the Montagues and the Capulets were fighting each other in the Market. This is the best way to…

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