Essays and Research Papers on Journalism

A 10 page paper which examines the importance and necessity of objectivity in news writing. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the advantages of using the feature style writing as opposed to news style writing. Examples given. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page paper assessing the statement, “Journalists don’t just write about the news, they define it.” The paper supports the statement, and considers that perhaps the liberal education of journalists that includes only passing notice of “hard” sciences ultimately is the culprit. The paper uses former vice president Al Gore’s abysmal environmental ...

This is a 4 page paper discussing the use of the Harvard comma and the controversy over its use. The Harvard comma, also known as the Oxford comma or serial comma, has lived through a fair amount of controversy for a writing style. The use of the comma in a series and before the final ...

(24 pp) Liberal media bias - of course you think to yourself - what else is new? Journalists refute that thought - the majority of times claiming that they have personal liberal perspectives, but that they can separate those from their professional writing, approach and credulity. What if there really is ...

Sunday, July 27th, 1919 was one of those days where the soles of a person's shoes might melt if they stood on the asphalt for too long a time. This 6 page paper is written as a journalism investigative report on the Chicago race riot of 1919. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper provides a sample of a newspaper article written for publication in Gainesville, Florida. Sample interviews are included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper examines gender as it is portrayed in children's magazines. Magazines are discussed as they affect children through stereotypes. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 6 page review of the importance of the concept of free press. The author contends that government subsidies would, in effect, make newspapers just another arm of the government. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing the state of media freedom in Egypt for the purpose of determining Egypt’s media system type. The paper concludes that Egypt’s system is a transitional one. Formerly repressed, it has enjoyed more freedom than nearly any other Middle East nation in the past. The Mubarak regime, however, ...

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the topic and relates it to the findings in the current literature. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 20 page paper looks at how and why government may seek to influences the media at times of crisis and conflict with specific assessment of the press reporting of the massacre in Uludere, Turkey in December 2011. The paper presents a literature review looking at the role and control of the media and then ...

This 11-page-paper presents an in-depth discussion on the involvement of the media in the shaping of public opinion during the Vietnam Conflict. It opens with a discussion of how the lines were drawn between the government and the journalists and moves on to cite several examples of the media's portrayal of events that directly conflicted ...

A 12 page discussion of the role media plays in the contemporary political system. The author contends that this role has degraded significantly since the latter part of the twentieth century. Although the media maintains an important function as an intermediary, its actions has caused considerable distrust from government branches and from the ...

Reporting Terrorism and Retaliation: A 12 page paper discussing the news media's treatment of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the anthrax scare and subsequent action in Afghanistan in terms of the philosophies of Kant and Mill. The paper's focus is a discussion of the ethics of the media's cooperation with government officials in ...

This 5 page paper discusses the way in which the U.S. media has transformed from reputable reporting to laziness and acceptance of all government propaganda. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 6 page paper examines the media in Europe and whether or not the EU should have control or the individual states should have final say. The tug of war between the two jurisdictions is highlighted. Some history of media in Europe is provided. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A six page paper which looks at the history of the press and the broadcast media in the period between 1900 and 1954, with particular reference to the links between the press and political ideologies during the era of the press barons in the 1930s. Bibliography lists 3 sources

This 5 page paper outlines the history of newspapers and their historic and contemporary importance. Bibliography lists eight sources.

This 6 page paper explores online journalism to decipher its place in the history of journalism. Where does net journalism fit in? What is its future? What is the difference between online journalism and print journalism? These questions are explored after providing a brief historical account of print journalism. Bibliography lists 8 ...

The art of journalism lies in the telling of stories - true stories that impact the lives of many or a few, but stories, nonetheless. This 5 page paper explores the history and character of war reporting. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 10 page paper looks at how the draft European Constitution was reported in the UK national press. This is undertaken by selecting five articles over a ten day period to code regarding the content and placement of positive, neutral and negative statements. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 11 page paper considers the way in which the media reports events in the Middle East focusing on the Israeli Palestinian conflict. The paper considers the way the media reporting takes place and then considers how and why the reporting may be perceived as boas, looking at specific examples of the claimed bias. The ...

This 8 page paper details the evidence for media agenda setting in various countries around the world. Emphasis is placed on Europe and America policies, with examples given. Solutions presented. Bibliography lists 16 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines and analyzes an old news articles relating to France and Japan in 1938. No additional sources cited.