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2008

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International Terrorism:Role ,Responsibility And Operation Of Media Channles, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr Nov 2008

International Terrorism:Role ,Responsibility And Operation Of Media Channles, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr

Ratnesh Dwivedi

"Terrorism" is a term that cannot be given a stable defintion. Or rather, it can, but to do so forstalls any attempt to examine the major feature of its relation to television in the contemporary world. As the central public arena for organising ways of picturing and talking about social and political life, TV plays a pivotal role in the contest between competing defintions, accounts and explanations of terrorism. Which term is used in any particular context is inextricably tied to judgemements about the legitimacy of the action in question and of the political system against which it is directed. …


The Era Of Greed Is Over, Michael I. Niman Ph.D. Nov 2008

The Era Of Greed Is Over, Michael I. Niman Ph.D.

Michael I Niman Ph.D.

Why has socialism got such a bad rap in the US? Just check who controls the flow of information, writes Michael I. Niman


Mass Producing The Personal: The Greeting Card Industry’S Approach To Commercial Sentiment, Emily West Oct 2008

Mass Producing The Personal: The Greeting Card Industry’S Approach To Commercial Sentiment, Emily West

Emily E. West

The greeting card industry manages the challenge of mass-producing images and texts for use in interpersonal communication through both specific production techniques and narratives that “make sense” of this seemingly paradoxical task. The mass production of the personal is negotiated in the processes of writing sentiments and creating designs, as well as in identifying sending situations for cards. At Hallmark, the approach to creating emotional, relational communication for anonymous others is captured by the phrase “universal specificity,” which suggests that people’s emotions are essentially universal, and that the industry can meet the nation’s social expression needs by customizing these core …


Review Of Branded Male By Mark Tungate (2008), James Pokrywczynski Sep 2008

Review Of Branded Male By Mark Tungate (2008), James Pokrywczynski

James Pokrywczynski

No abstract provided.


Farrow's Darfur Olympics & Our Olympic Shame, Christopher Finlay Aug 2008

Farrow's Darfur Olympics & Our Olympic Shame, Christopher Finlay

Christopher Finlay

No abstract provided.


Weirdos Riot, Media Gets It Wrong, Michael I. Niman Ph.D. Jul 2008

Weirdos Riot, Media Gets It Wrong, Michael I. Niman Ph.D.

Michael I Niman Ph.D.

Michael I. Niman is concerned by media treatment of a hippie riot that never happened


Lolita And The Sexualization Of Childhood, Meenakshi Durham Jul 2008

Lolita And The Sexualization Of Childhood, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

Pajamas Media, an online magazine, at http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/lolita-and-the-sexualization-of-childhood/


The Emerging New Human Being, The Culture-In-The-Self, And Ahp's New Multidimensional Intercultural Initiative, Carroy U. Ferguson Jun 2008

The Emerging New Human Being, The Culture-In-The-Self, And Ahp's New Multidimensional Intercultural Initiative, Carroy U. Ferguson

Carroy U "Cuf" Ferguson, Ph.D.

The emerging New Human Being will need to explore and come to terms with a phenomenon, operating deeply, uniquely, and diversely at a core level of all human beings on the planet. I call this phenomenon the “culture-in-the-Self,” a term coined some years ago by cofounders of Interculture Inc. What we commonly think of as culture is just the surface of this phenomenon, often appearing outwardly in the diverse “forms” of cultural scripts, beliefs, values, behaviors, and customs). I want to call attention to what goes on beneath surface culture(s), and how AHP intends to play a primary role in …


Fcc Should Get With The Times, Erik Ugland Jun 2008

Fcc Should Get With The Times, Erik Ugland

Erik Ugland

No abstract provided.


Food Fight: From Haiti To Laos, People Are Starving – But They Refuse To Do It Quietly, Michael I. Niman Ph.D. May 2008

Food Fight: From Haiti To Laos, People Are Starving – But They Refuse To Do It Quietly, Michael I. Niman Ph.D.

Michael I Niman Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Coastlines, Cags And Communications, Jane Johnston, Steve Gration Apr 2008

Coastlines, Cags And Communications, Jane Johnston, Steve Gration

Jane Johnston

This paper layers communication theory over a cultural context by examining how Community Action Groups (CAGs) have responded to development along Australian coastlines. It analyses how communication and media strategies and techniques have been adopted by the third sector to challenge commercial and government organisations which have proposed coastal development. As noted by Huntsman (2001): 'It is this appropriation of the beach for the purposes of capitalism, and the contesting ideas about the beach that have captured the attention of critics.' Indeed these critics, who in this paper are members of strategic alliances, or CAGs, exist all along the Australian …


A Primary Human Challenge, Carroy U. Ferguson Apr 2008

A Primary Human Challenge, Carroy U. Ferguson

Carroy U "Cuf" Ferguson, Ph.D.

We may ask why, at both the individual and collective levels, it has seemed so difficult for us to choose to evolve our human games with Joy. There is no one answer for such a question, for each of us has the gift of free will. I will suggest, however, that built into our human games is what I call a primary human challenge. That primary human challenge is a dynamic tension, flowing from our creative urge for the freedom “to be” who we really are in our current physical form, and simultaneously to embrace our responsibility for our Being-ness.


The Lolita Effect: The Spectacle Of Adolescent Female Sexuality In An Era Of Globalized Media, Meenakshi Durham Apr 2008

The Lolita Effect: The Spectacle Of Adolescent Female Sexuality In An Era Of Globalized Media, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

No abstract provided.


The Lolita Effect: The Spectacle Of Adolescent Female Sexuality In An Era Of Globalized Media, Meenakshi Durham Apr 2008

The Lolita Effect: The Spectacle Of Adolescent Female Sexuality In An Era Of Globalized Media, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

No abstract provided.


Vision For "A New Human Being" And A "Human Synergistic Movement": A New Humanistic Movement Aligned With Transformational Archetypal Energies, Carroy U. Ferguson Feb 2008

Vision For "A New Human Being" And A "Human Synergistic Movement": A New Humanistic Movement Aligned With Transformational Archetypal Energies, Carroy U. Ferguson

Carroy U "Cuf" Ferguson, Ph.D.

In previous writings, I spoke of the “Path of the Bridger: AHP’s Role in Co-Creating a New Reality for Human Togetherness and the Evolution of Consciousness,” “The Voices of Transformational Archetypal Energies: The Psychic Energy behind AHP’s Mission,” and “The Gift and Challenge of ‘Free Will’: The Connection to Transformational Archetypal Energies.” I wanted to remind us of how and why AHP came into being as a “Mother Organization,” arguably to give birth to an organized focus on validating the dignity of the Human Spirit, maximizing Human Potential, and planting seeds for Well Being and the Evolution of Consciousness. In …


Finishing In The Money (An Early Look At The 2008 Presidential Election), Michael I. Niman Ph.D. Jan 2008

Finishing In The Money (An Early Look At The 2008 Presidential Election), Michael I. Niman Ph.D.

Michael I Niman Ph.D.

An early look at the 2008 presidential election "horse race."


Being Aristotelean: Using Virtue Ethics In An Applied Media Ethics Course, Wendy N. Wyatt Jan 2008

Being Aristotelean: Using Virtue Ethics In An Applied Media Ethics Course, Wendy N. Wyatt

Wendy N Wyatt

This essay explores the tendency of undergraduate media ethics students to do what Bernard Gert calls “morality by slogans” and their tendency to misuse Aristotle’s golden mean slogan. While not solving the dilemma of morality by slogans, the essay suggests some ways of rectifying the misuse of the golden mean and encouraging its more authentic application.


Training Future Pr Practitioners And Serving The Community Through A "Learn By Doing" Undergraduate University Curriculum, Douglas J. Swanson Ed.D Apr Jan 2008

Training Future Pr Practitioners And Serving The Community Through A "Learn By Doing" Undergraduate University Curriculum, Douglas J. Swanson Ed.D Apr

Douglas J. Swanson, Ed.D APR

The Journalism Department at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) has created a public relations (PR) curriculum that adequately balances students' preparation in conceptual knowledge and practical skills by introducing “hands on” public relations work. At Cal Poly, students gain valuable expertise from the beginning of their academic experience by providing PR work for community clients. Moreover, dozens of nonprofit organizations in Cal Poly's community have been helped by getting PR support of the highest quality—support that they need but cannot afford to pay for. Details are provided of Cal Poly's PR curriculum and structure for seven of its courses.


Sex And Shock Jocks: An Analysis Of The Howard Stern And Bob & Tom Shows, Lawrence Soley Dec 2007

Sex And Shock Jocks: An Analysis Of The Howard Stern And Bob & Tom Shows, Lawrence Soley

Lawrence Soley

No abstract provided.


Communication And The Knowable Community, Bonnie Brennen Dec 2007

Communication And The Knowable Community, Bonnie Brennen

Bonnie Brennen

No abstract provided.


Labor And The Press In 1908, Bonnie Brennen Dec 2007

Labor And The Press In 1908, Bonnie Brennen

Bonnie Brennen

No abstract provided.


Review Of: Sex In Consumer Culture: The Erotic Content Of Media And Marketing (By Tom Reichert & Jacqueline Lambiase), Jean Grow Dec 2007

Review Of: Sex In Consumer Culture: The Erotic Content Of Media And Marketing (By Tom Reichert & Jacqueline Lambiase), Jean Grow

Jean Grow

No abstract provided.


Internet Press Freedom And Online Crisis Reporting: The Role Of News Websites In The Sars Epidemic, Alice Lee Dec 2007

Internet Press Freedom And Online Crisis Reporting: The Role Of News Websites In The Sars Epidemic, Alice Lee

Dr. LEE, Alice

No abstract provided.


Storm Surge, Meenakshi Durham Dec 2007

Storm Surge, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

No abstract provided.


From Religiosity To Consumerism: Press Coverage Of Thanksgiving, 1905 To 2005, Bonnie Brennen Dec 2007

From Religiosity To Consumerism: Press Coverage Of Thanksgiving, 1905 To 2005, Bonnie Brennen

Bonnie Brennen

No abstract provided.


’Selling Sin’ In A Hostile Environment: A Comparison Of Ukrainian And American Tobacco Advertising Strategies In Magazines, Joyce Wolburg Dec 2007

’Selling Sin’ In A Hostile Environment: A Comparison Of Ukrainian And American Tobacco Advertising Strategies In Magazines, Joyce Wolburg

Joyce Wolburg

No abstract provided.


Preschool Children And The Media, William Thorn Dec 2007

Preschool Children And The Media, William Thorn

William Thorn

No abstract provided.


The Lolita Effect : Why The Media Sexualize Young Girls And What You Can Do About It/, Meenakshi Durham Dec 2007

The Lolita Effect : Why The Media Sexualize Young Girls And What You Can Do About It/, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

No abstract provided.


Girls' Studies And Book Review, Meenakshi Durham Dec 2007

Girls' Studies And Book Review, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

No abstract provided.


Community Renegades: Micro-Radio And The Unlicensed Radio Movement, Lawrence Soley Dec 2007

Community Renegades: Micro-Radio And The Unlicensed Radio Movement, Lawrence Soley

Lawrence Soley

No abstract provided.