Analyzing Media Texts
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This 9 page paper looks at four very different types of media—a Web page, a home buyers' guide, a pamphlet and a political cartoon—and analyzes them with regard to composition, arguments, audience and textual meaning. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVAnaMed.rtf

Anti-Arab Bias in the American Press
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This 11 page paper evaluates media bias in the American press concerning how it covers terrorism. September 11th is the springboard for this discussion that, for the most part, comes from a British point of view. The British press is looked at in comparison. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: SA231AP.rtf

Article Critique
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This 5 page paper is an examination of an article by Richard P. Feynman entitled “Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle” which is critiqued for style content structure and perspective. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TErocket.rtf

Article Review: United seeks Chapter 11
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This 5 page paper evaluates an article written by Dan Reed for USA Today concerning the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of United Airlines. The article is examined in respect to how it relates to the audience. Ethics are noted as well. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA250UA.rtf

Articles from the New York Times and CNN
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A comparison of two articles from the New York Times and CNN.com, with reference to style, content and intended readership. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: JLNYT.rtf

AUTHORITARIAN MEDIA IN RUSSIA
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This 5 page paper discusses the crackdown on the freedom of the media in the new Russia. Specific examples cited. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MBruspress.rtf

Broadcast News and Print News
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This 6 page paper considers the difference between broadcast news, including television and radio, and print news, and defines some of the underlying reasons why the concepts presented in these different forms shifts. This paper provides a comparison of stories presented in both film and the broadcast news as a means of supporting the thesis presented. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHMedTV.wps

Can the Reporting of Elections Lessen Symbolic Violence?
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This 3 page paper looks at the concept of symbolic violence as defined by Pierre Bourdieu and how this is reflected in the press and the way in which reporters may perpetuate or help to reduce the levels of symbolic violence. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEsymbviol.rtf

Cell Phones and Cancer: Examining Sources of Information
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A 6 page paper assessing 4 popular press reports and 4 scholarly source articles discussing the issue of whether cell phone radiation causes or contributes to the development of brain cancer. All of the articles reject the suspicion, but the scholarly sources are more circumspect in arriving at the negative conclusion. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KScomCellCan.rtf