1 Power and the News Media Teun A. van Dijk University of Amsterdam __________________ INTRODUCTION In the study of mass communication‚ there has been a continuous debate about the more or less powerful effects of the media on the public.1 Instead of reviewing these positions and their empirical claims‚ this chapter examines in more general terms some properties of the social power of the news media. This power is not restricted to the influence of the media on their audiences‚ but also involves
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Extent of execution of macro management skills: Basis for Five Year Campus Journalism Development Plan Oriental Mindoro National High School Calapan City‚ Oriental Mindoro CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Every creative leader faces the challenge of building and managing a team. Managing a team is not that easy. Finding the right people in the team is half the battle. After you find them‚ it is your responsibility to manage the team. Great management happens on both a “micro” level and
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What is Public relations? Johanna Fawkes 1111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11110 11 12 13 14 15 16 11117 11118 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 11150 5111 This chapter introduces several definitions of public relations in an attempt to clarify the parameters of the discipline. Distinctions are made between public relations and the fields of marketing and advertising. The evolution of public relations
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Reformulating News Media Bias: A New Theoretical and Methodological Approach By Peter Brinson Allegations of media bias are nothing new in the United States. Though conservatives have been the most vocal in recent years‚ liberals have also been known to argue that the news media systematically presents information in a way that privileges the opposition’s viewpoint. This debate has been carried out in the popular press as well‚ with each side struggling to provide the definitive proof that the
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1 NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES COURSE CODE: MAC 314 COURSE TITLE: ISSUES IN MASS MEDIA IN NIGERIA MAC 314 ISSUES IN MASS MEDIA IN NIGERIA Introduction The title of this course is: Issues in Nigerian Mass Media. The code is MAC 314. It is designed for undergraduate students of Mass Communication. The course provides the students with basic knowledge of the history‚ ethical‚ legal‚ professional‚ socio-cultural and technological issues affecting
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BUSINESS LAW EXAM #2 STUDY GUIDE Chapter 1: Nature & Sources of Law I. What is “law”? • *The general purpose of law is to create an orderly society; ensuring orderliness to all human activity; still no definition of law that has universal approval; law is very broad • Primary sources – legally binding rules/procedures‚ federal/state constitutions‚ states‚ administrative agency regulations‚ court decisions • Secondary sources – research articles‚ restatements‚ legal texts and encyclopedias;
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APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE‚ 13(4)‚ 188–198‚ 2009 Copyright # Taylor & Francis Group‚ LLC ISSN: 1088-8691 print=1532-480X online DOI: 10.1080/10888690903288748 M-Rated Video Games and Aggressive or Problem Behavior Among Young Adolescents Cheryl K. Olson‚ Lawrence A. Kutner‚ Lee Baer‚ Eugene V. Beresin‚ Dorothy E. Warner‚ and Armand M. Nicholi II Massachusetts General Hospital This research examined the potential relationship between adolescent problem behaviors and amount of time
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Effects of online news websites on constructing political opinions among youths in Klang Valley Chan Hoi Cheong B0802596 Department of Communication MCH390 Honours Thesis Mr. Liew Chee Kit July 15‚ 2011 Abstract The emergence of new media tools such as online news websites over the past five years have significantly changed the political landscape in Malaysia. This was evidently clear during the general election in March 2008 when the ruling National Front party suffered its worst defeat
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Introduction to Journalism What it Means Journalism as a craft‚ a profession and even as a trade or business is over twocenturies old. It was made possible by the coming together of a number of tech nologies as well as several social‚ political and economic developments. Them a i n t e c h n o l o g i e s t h a t f a c i l i t a t e d t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f l a r g e s c a l e p r i n t i n g a n d distribution of print material were the printing press. Journalism is the art and science
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The media‚ known as the fourth pillar of democracy‚ has a huge impact on the society. The effects are of course‚ positive as well as negative. Media is such a powerful tool that it literally governs the direction of our society today. It is the propeller as well as the direction provider of the society. Opinions can change overnight and celebrities can become infamous with just one wave by the media. The growth of media as an industry has accelerated over the past few years with new forms such as
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