Topic: Communication Studies

Found 7 articles
The "Vast Wasteland" Gets Vaster: The Future of Television in the Online Revolution
01/26/10 - 2669 words
In 1961, nearly a decade after the “Golden Age” of television had passed, commercial television was still changing the American lifestyle, from living rooms to bars. It was then that Federal Communications Commission... Go to Article »
Exclusion, Misrepresentation and Discrimination: Still Prevalent for Women in American Media and Politics
01/20/10 - 1576 words
Mass media is perhaps the most powerful tool in the world for creating, changing or perpetuating society’s ideas about an issue or group of people. It works both overtly and subconsciously: deciding which issues are important... Go to Article »
Writing: A Necessary Undertaking in Advanced Society
12/16/09 - 2621 words
Written language is one of the greatest human accomplishments; its formation signifies a breakthrough in human progress. The development of a standardized writing system seems to be a somewhat natural occurrence in the evolution... Go to Article »
Understanding Human Language: An In-Depth Exploration of the Human Facility for Language
12/08/09 - 8781 words
What critical evolutionary events does the span of human progression include? Anthropologists agree that decisive transitions such as sedentism, domestication, the use of language, and the arrival of culture and complex societies... Go to Article »
The Ethical Dilema of When to Publish News
11/12/09 - 1344 words
The Society of Professional Journalists publishes a code of ethics for journalists; among the rules listed is the journalist’s responsibility to seek the truth and report it and his responsibility to minimize harm (www.... Go to Article »
The Great War: The Similarities and Differences of Print and Television Media
11/09/09 - 1627 words
News is more likely to be reported if meets one of the following characterisitics: It concerns elite personalities;  It is negative; It is recent; Or it is surprising (Fiske 96). The story of the Bush Administration&rsquo... Go to Article »
Janet Malcolm and Norman Mailer: Navigating Author, Narrator, and Subject
10/30/09 - 3855 words
Janet Malcolm opens her book, The Journalist and the Murderer,[1] with a stringent criticism of journalistic practice: "Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what... Go to Article »