… you heard about the hijacked Cuban airliner that was escorted to land in Key West, Fla.? No? Well, blame your local news for not informing you. A usual afternoon. Your usual routine of watching the nightly news. The usual layout of news; local,…

… I Don't Compute", computers are not at all beneficial and can be harmful. He states that it is a slow method for writing, that it isolates people, and that it is not a good source for research. His article is almost completely misguiding besides his…

… concept at all useful for understanding the role of the mass media in contemporary society? Jurgen Habermas by many is considered the most influential thinker in Germany; his ideas of the "public sphere" were developed in the enlightenment era…

… will the "digital revolution" transform the media? The digital revolution is something that has noticeably effected our planet and not to mention our media. We have science to thank for this. The digital revolution has already started and is changing…

… of popular culture and is one of the most predominant causes of violence on our society. Although not everybody is affected at the same severity, our entire society is affected in some way. It's not just that music, television, movies, and video games…

… think about American Culture, I realized that there is one thing that binds us as a nation: Television. Television has been a part of American society since its prevalent emergence in the 1950's. The surfacing of the television quickly began to alter…

… and it's effect on society and if the media influences society's attitude towards violent behavior. In order to fully understand this question we must first understand what violence is and what mass media is. Violence is the use of one's powers to inflic…

… from freshly opened craters, an unholy deep voice bellows from what seems to be the center of the earth, "it is your time", says the voice, and a staircase emerges. But before you even see the slightest wisp of smoke you hear about it on the radio,…

… today is usually considered low quality because of the fact that people enjoy violent action thrillers as a form of an adrenalin rush. How the flicks affect our daily life still remains a question, due to society versus our children and how they are…

… News and The New York Times are similar in certain ways because both newspapers are flooded with many advertisements. Both even have advertisements that are full pages. They contain a variety of colored and black and white pictures to develop their artic…