Marshall Applewhite

Media, as we know it, has revolutionized how we live. It is a constant part of our lives whether it be television, radio, internet or social media. Media has dictated how and what type of news we receive. The news can range from various topics and it has certainly had its fair share in politics. Whether good or bad, politics in the media has brought the country together and torn it apart. Nevertheless, who and what decides what the public sees in the news and media regarding politics? Ultimately…

Everyone is talking about how you were caught sneaking out of your room and talking to El Patron’s clone, Matt. I wanted to write this letter urging you to re-evaluate the situation. Some people call Matt an eejit, but clones are much worse than eejits. Eejits are predictable; you can be certain they will act as they are programmed to do. Clones, however, have an evil mind of their own. They have no soul and they cannot distinguish right from wrong. Clones are like rabid wolves. Matt may seem…

Reginald Lewis was born on December 7, 1942, in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew up in a middle class neighborhood. Reginald won a scholarship to Virginia State College and graduated with a degree in economics in 1965, he also graduated from Harvard Law School in 1966, in 1982, Forbes magazine listed Reginald Lewis among 400 richest Americas, with a net worth of $400 million He was the richest African American man in the 1980’s, Reginald was one of the first African Americans to build a billion…

This paper will discuss the main aspects of the Uses and Gratification theory and the Frankfurt school theory. The intention of this paper is to define the main assumptions of these theories and apply them to the events portrayed in the documentary ‘Super Size Me’ – a documentary about the outcomes of McDonalds. The documentary can be looked at using the uses and gratifications theory as well as the Frankfurt school theory. The uses and gratification theory is a part of the paradigm of limited…

Literature Review The scholars use the data to examine three theoretical conceptions of how American politics works and the degree of influence that the media have on the decision-making process. This chapter is divided into three major sections. The first section provides a comprehensive perspective of the agenda setting function in the mass media in America. A second section focuses on the framing theory and the research of the advertising role in politics. The chapter will conclude with the…

How does the halo effect influence politics? The most relatable content in the reading today for me is the halo effect. Sometimes I find myself justifying the behavior of my friends based on my past observations of them. For example (fiction): Of course Jack would let Joey use his jersey for Mardi Gras. He’s a generous guy. The brain always tries to find the shortest way to make judgments. I learned a lot about split second information processing and judgments in the book Blink by Malcolm…

The field of media effects exists to explain how individuals respond to being exposed to the media. Media effects mostly deal with the effects of mass media, and how the population as a whole is influenced. Some of the more popular media effects paradigms include video nasty censorship, hypodermic needle theory, limited effects model, cultivation theory, mean world syndrome, and moral panics. Video nasty censorship refers to the censoring or banning of films that were criticised for its display…

Terministic Screens in Modern Media The field of rhetoric took a significant step forward with Kenneth Burke’s essay “Terministic Screens”, published in his book Language as Symbolic Action. Burke defined the “terministic screen” as the way different terminologies direct attention in different ways: When I speak of “terministic screens”, I have particularly in mind some photographs I once saw. They were different photographs of the same objects, the difference being that they were made with…

Over the course of the 20th century, many events and movements have led to the current day lifestyle and improvements of today's society. One of the biggest influencers and media changers was television. Television opened up a world of new possibilities. Allowing information to be able to spread at almost live speed. Also allowing better safety when it came to alerts and world tragedies. With that also later came video games and cellphones. Bringing in a new form of entertainment and daily…

Yale University when he got older. After Yale University he served in administrations under former presidents George Bush and, Ronald Reagan. What got Clarence the job came from the retirement of the former African American Supreme Justice Thurgood Marshall, and which led Bush to nominate him as a replacement. In 1991 he was barely confirmed not including being accused of sexual harassment by a lawyer in public hearing. Now we know how he got in Supreme justice but what…