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    The Media and Its Responsibilities Lucinda Ramon SOC120: Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Raymond Hudson June 24‚ 2013 The Media and Its Responsibilities Malcolm X captured it best when he stated‚ “The media’s the most powerful entity on Earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent‚ and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” Media is defined as the use of any form of communication to reach and influence people

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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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    Are Social Networking Sites Good for Our Society? 47% of Americans adults used social networking sites like Facebook‚ Twitter‚ LinkedIn‚ and Classmates.com in 2011‚ up to from 26% in 2008. On social media sites like these‚ users may develop biographical profiles‚ communicate with friends and strangers‚ do research‚ and share thoughts‚ photos‚ music‚ links‚ and more. Proponents of social networking sites say that the online communities promote increased interaction with friends and family;

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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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    Social media What is social media? Every day more and more people are interested in what social media actually is and how does it work. This growing interest can be explained by the fact that Internet has started to conquer the world - each passing day the number of Internet users is growing. So what social media is? According to authors of The Social Media Bible Lon Safko and David K. Brave‚ Social media is about enabling conversation. It is also about the ways that this conversation can be prompted

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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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    Exploring Social Media Marketing Towards a Richer Understanding of Social Media in Postmodernity Monika Garnyte and Ana de Ávila Pérez Thesis supervisor: Lars Haahr MA in Corporate Communication 1st December 2009 Aarhus School of Business‚ University of Aarhus                                       Exploring Social Media Marketing: Towards a Richer Understanding of Social Media in Postmodernity Monika Garnyte and Ana de Ávila Pérez Acknowledgements The authors

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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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