Essays and Research Papers on Mass Media

A 4 page overview of telephone technology. Includes information regarding the physics of the human voice and the differences in analog and digital telephone processing systems and newer systems such as Signal 7 in processing this voice. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper considers how technology has changed the way on which the news is presented and the inherent values placed in the news by those who produce it and the audience. The paper includes consideration of the increased speed of delivery, the role of the internet and the pressure of commercialism. The ...

This is a 5 page paper discussing Microsoft’s DirectBand Network and Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT). In the fall of 2002, Microsoft introduced their new Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) which rely on data download from their new DirectBand Network. The DirectBand Network utilizes the unused portions of the FM radio bandwidths already essentially established ...

An account of the history and development of spread spectrum technology and the impact which it is likely to have on the communications industry. Bibliography lsist 5 sources.

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

This 19 page paper is written in two parts. The first part of the paper gives nine examples of media placements in a variety of mediums including trade press, monthly and weekly magazines, the daily newspapers, television, radio and the internet. The placement is considered for the message who may have placed it why the ...

(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 ...

This 4 page paper looks at the viewpoints presented by two different publications, considering the way in which the opposing viewpoints are presented and supported in terms of the appearance of the article as well as the style of writing. The articles assessed concern universal healthcare and are presented in the Washington Post and Business ...

This five page paper presents a discussion about gender roles that are produced and guided by the media. Bibliography lists four sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the celebrity Paris Hilton through a discussion of her gender and class. The paper discusses what her fame can tell us about American culture. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 10 page paper looking at the content of both children's TV shows and the commercials within them from a gender view. Shows discussed are Looney Tunes (Porky Pig), Captain Planet and Muppet Babies. Commercials discussed are those for Oreo Cookies, a motorcycle that comes with a wrench for making bike parts move, ...

6 pages in length. The writer discusses how the media negatively impact society's images of race and gender. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper which discusses communications and mass media and illustrates how people need to interrogate the media and develop an oppositional gaze. Only by doing so can people expect to uncover some of the real social issues that the mass media has a tendency to gloss over, or misinterpret purposefully. This focus on interrogating the media is ...

This 5 page paper provides an overview of assessments of what the mass media teaches us about gender. This paper considers the impacts of the mass media in creating images, especially in terms of youth culture. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

Nearly three decades after the 'Feminist Movement' and the initiation of the Equal Rights Amendment, much of the entertainment media is still reflecting lower-level roles, even subordinate roles for women. This 4 page essay explores 'The Smurfette Principle' in terms of various preschool television shows. The similarity of today's storylines to those of 25 and ...

In four pages this paper examines how the media stereotypes race and gender, using the example of an episode of the FX cable network series ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ and considering the white-supremacist-capitalist-patriarchy theory of feminist author and ctivist bell hooks. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.

A 4 page paper which examines how young people’s identity was strongly developed, according to gender, through war and the media in the 50s and 60s. The paper argues that men were strongly influenced and directed through the War in Vietnam and women through the media. The paper utilizes Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried ...

This 7 page report discusses advertising and the ways in which it adds to or perpetuates old ways of thinking in America such as constantly directing virtually all advertising efforts toward white, heterosexual, middle-Americans. To make the assumption that the target audience for any marketing effort does not have unique distinctions based on gender, age, race, education (and many other characteristics of ...

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 5 page paper addresses various issues that pertain to media. 3 questions are answered, which address the manipulative aspect of advertising, correcting a poor public image, and the current controversy over Cliven Bundy, a Nevada rancher who refuses to pay the fees he owes the federal government. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

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.

10 pages in length. National security is maintained at myriad different levels and under countless different provisions so as to weigh the intrinsic risk associated with each individual perceived threat. When it comes to military tribunals and media access, a strong undercurrent of First Amendment rights versus the threat to national security fuels ...

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 ...

7 pages in length. The writer discusses consumerism, violence, aggression, government control and social impact as they relate to television. Bibliography lists 5 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.