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Introduction and Importance of the Research An investigation into the misuse and misinterpretation of religious terms in the traditional online news media and its effects on people’s attitude towards Islam and Muslim community in UK. The research seeks to investigate the effects of misused language on audience’s perception. It will examine how misinterpreted religious terms, specifically linked to Islam, affect people’s perception of the meaning of Islamic terminology, Islam as a religion and…

Have you ever watched the news in the evening, and saw that maybe Kim Kardashian and her family are on Fox News at 8? Or have you seen the commercial with the little hungry kids that you can feed for only “ 35 cents a day”? Well, in today’s world, that is considered media biased. Media bias is the perception of reporting news in a partial or prejudiced manner. It occurs when the media pushes certain viewpoints, rather than actually reporting the news. The reporters ignore an important aspect of…

Is Wikipedia a mass medium Wikipedia has become a major source of information for many individual. While there are mixed opinions about the credibility of Wikipedia as a source of reliable information, people do see the value in Wikipedia. Wikipedia has become a source of information for many individual at different capacities. In one example, Thelwall and Kayvan (2015) tell us that both academics and students make use of Wikipedia. While Wikipedia is used “extensively” by higher educators and…

Agenda Setting theory was developed by Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw. According to Griffin (2011), McCombs and Shaw believe that the mass media have the ability to transfer the salience of items on their news agendas to the public agenda. This theory refers to mass communications effects which hold that news media, through the editorial selection process, transmit to the public the salience of political objects, which affects the relative importance of these objects to the public. (Kaid &…

international, has lately gotten more intense than ever before. It’s known to be for entertainment and information, but mostly entertainment. In the article, “Confessions of a news junkie who hides the news from his kids,” Barry Gittins discusses the topic of mass media. He asserts that it has misguided children and parents should take action. Gittins depicts how this new generation has opened children to use more technology. He suggests that technology should be cut down for the sake of…

the mass media are flourishing. With the development of science and technology, the mass media are diversified media technology that was intended to reach a large of the audience by mass commutation. In the article “Boycott America’s Media: Take Bake Your thinking skills”, the author believed that the mass media has corrupted American culture by robbing use of our ability to discern excellence, to make the moral judgment, and to appreciate our own self-worth. In our modern life, various mass…

The title of the article I am reviewing is “Lower Body Mass Index is a Risk Factor for In-Hospital Mortality of Elderly Japanese Patients Treated with Ampicillin /sulbactam” Abstract: Main objective and results of the article review: not specific (Consists of objectives, methods, results, and conclusion) This scientific journal articles delves into the relationship between patients hospitalized with bacterial infections and their body mass index (BMI), which is a weight to height ratio used…

Many view media as a source to receive reliable information. Over the years, technology has evolved and shaped society by manipulating an individual to believe a certain way, thus creating a one sided viewpoint. Mass media often uses different appeals to persuade its audience in order to keep ratings high. Various media sites portray their political beliefs as a strategy to convince people on what is acceptable in society. These sources often state information that the public wants to hear…

comprehension of current events and lead to them changing their stance on certain events as well. Instances of media bias occur all around the world and largely in the United States. This means that much of the information that is received from multiple mass media sources can be biased. To combat this, it's important to detect…

The issues journalist face in any story can be difficult, but these issues they face when covering a one-person mass violence story are intensified. One major issue they face is the backlash from the victims’ families as they are trying to pick up the pieces they may get very upset seeing the face of the shooter plastered on their television 24/7. Many victims believe that this gives into the shooter and gives them what they want as shown by Kathleen Larimer a victims parent in the Colorado…