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Cancer Differentials Among Us Blacks And Whites: Quantitative Estimates Of Socioeconomic-Related Risks, Kevin M. Gorey

Social Work Publications

This article analyzes 10 studies that assessed the association of socioeconomic status (SES) with cancer occurrence among blacks and whites in the United States. The following summative inferences were made: the associations of SES with cancer are similar among blacks and whites; cancers of organ sites with the most intimate environmental interfaces have the strongest SES-cancer associations (stomach, lung, cervix, and rectum); the prevalence of exposure to low socioeconomic-related risks such as poverty are approximately fourfold greater among blacks; the all-site population attributable risk percent due to low socioeconomic exposure among blacks is estimated to be four times that of …

Facilitating Or Countering Hegemony: The Ontario 1989 Media Literacy Guide, Janet Elise Morris

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents a political economic perspective on the ideology contained in the 1989 Ontario Ministry of Education Media Literacy Guide. An introduction to the subject of media education problematizes general characteristics of previous initiatives. It is posited that the conceptualization of media education as a response, to reaction to public and private pressures over amoral media content have resulted in theoretical approaches to media studies that are incapable of fostering the kind of critical awareness that can best equip students to comprehend media/society relations of today.

An account of the traditional media education rationale, and a critique of the …