explanations of the ways in which the mass media represent any two of the following: gender; sexuality; disability. (33 Marks) In recent years gender equality has been looked upon heavily by the government and other institutions‚ they wanted to create greater equality between men and women thus the Equal Pay Act and the Equal Opportunities Act were put in place; this leads sociologists to look at how gender is represented in the media. Within the media equality between genders are slowly changing;
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In most modern media portraying illicit drug abuse‚ the addicts are represented as lowlifes. While many drug abusers are accurately represented by this image‚ not all are. This misrepresentation can be devastating to less deplorable addicts who attempt to better their lives. Many addicts chose to search out better lives whether through rehabilitation or striving for success in other aspects of life such as their career. When their past poor choices are revealed many people may choose to abstain from
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Media Representation 1 Objective: * To understand the mature of representations and stereotypes * Bea able to apply concepts learned to the relationship between representation and ideology as the apply to gender * Socially constructed : We construct the social Representation * Communication is achieved through shared signs and symbols e.g. language * The media communicate with their audiences through a process of representation by using familiar signs and symbols. * The
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Britney Trach Media 10 fall 2013 December 2‚ 2013 Extra Credit Britney.Trach@student.smc.edu The media has a huge impact on society due to the fact that we learn about our culture through what we watch. When we watch the media we absorb what they show us whether it is educational or misleading. We form stereotypes based on what we see in the media because in most cases that is all we are taught and have not experienced or understood the true illustration of a certain
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Media strategy 1Malaysia concept carries out in Malaysia already three years‚ in this three years BN government through a different way of media to promote a concept of 1 Malaysia. In this year‚ BN government start launched 1Malaysia shop in traditional media like a newspaper‚ ‚ TV and radio commercial and new media like a Facebook and Twitter. Base on our research‚ BN government less advertise 1 Malaysia shop advertisement in the newspapers because they want reduce the publicity expense so that
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Media Sensationalism In the year 2009‚ the swine flu craze hit the world. The spread of this so-called terrible pandemic made people around the world terrified. Most of the offices having low attendance‚ schools being empty and roads bearing a deserted look. However‚the hurricane finally has passed‚ and today‚when we look back and ask‚did we overreact? According to the report from the BBC news: Dealing with the outbreak cost Scotland £55m‚ but the virus turned out to be relatively mild. This
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stationary‚ toys‚ and food. Such products are sold in Disney-retail stores as well as third-party stores. The company also creates and distributes many different publications‚ ranging from children’s books to magazines to e-books. Interactive Gaming/Media This encompasses the various console and handheld games based on their popular film/television characters as well as their websites that distribute Disney-themed content. Risk Factors The Walt Disney Company lists multiple risk factors that
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IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA) By ANJUGU JESSICA NDAKU MC/2009/386 DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCES CARITAS UNIVERSITY AMORJI – NIKE ENUGU AUGUST‚ 2013 TITLE PAGE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA) By ANJUGU JESSICA NDAKU MC/2009/386 A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION
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Women in Media/Advertisement WMST 300 12 June‚ 2012. Women in Media/Advertising Media has taken a significant part in our society. People in twenty first century are exposed to media everyday and everywhere due to dramatic advance in technology. As sex became more explicit‚ sexual content in media‚ especially in advertisement‚ become a social norm. Sexual matter is everywhere: in television‚ radio‚ movies‚ music‚ and sexual imagery in print media. Therefore‚ sexuality became a very powerful
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Television is one of the most popular forms of media. But popularity does not necessarily mean positive. When watching TV‚ some tend to think of characters on television shows as role models and try to conform themselves to resemble that person so that they can be “noticed”. Some of the actions people perform could be positive‚ maybe comedy for example. But‚ at the same time‚ they could be taking attention away from what is really important at the time. Media on television influences some people to act
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