Communication Studies Essays and Term Papers

Effects <Tab/>It has been said that the media is a bad influence on society. This is true in some cases, but we have to also add this to the statement; society also influences the media by what it chooses to promote or watch. Media is…

Orson Welles' broadcast of War of the Worlds set precedent for probably the biggest radio hoax of all time. Looking back today on the broadcast, without being exposed to the historical and cultural aspects of the time which greatly inspired the hysteric…

advertising in America plays a major role in how society perceives the norm. Advertisers use commercials to present their product. An accumulation of these commercials might be said to provide a template of how people should act; and it is obvious…

by Richard Henry Tawney, on page 216 in The Dream of Civilized Warfare , relates to the reader sentiments of how propaganda during World War One was reacted to by the public, or it could be read as the government's position not allowing the public accura…

about the functions of the product and how to use it, and so on. Users buy the product for job or for fun, but the product does not do users any good unless users can understand how to use it to get a job done or have fun (Slatkin 1991, p1).…

enormous impact, it has no doubt changed media communications forever. However, the true potential and extent of these changes has yet to be felt as the technology is still in relative infancy. The digital age no doubt possesses impressive prospects,…

on all age groups. I decided to write about the affects of television violence upon child development. Violence on television is one of the most common media influences in children these days. There are many reasons how television violence affects…

portrayed on television, many if which, arguably, create problems both for the program maker and for the viewer. Homosexuality is still not fully accepted in today's society and traditional patriarchal portrayals of both men and women are still dominant,…

Dictionary as 'mass communications, especially newspapers and broadcasting, regarded collectively.' More specifically, the media is made up of the mass circulation press, the cinema, radio, television and recently, the Internet. The media constantly…

such as Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Vogue. Each of these magazines began catering to women with an interest in men, sex, and personal success. Through the years, women's magazines in the United States and Europe have become less interested with…