Stereotypes Mask Feelings of Fear
"They are unhappy with their lives and the system that controls them. They would leave readily if they could. They...
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YOUTH: Music Choices Shape Life Skills
For many youth today, rock music is a battlefield. This is not the decades-old war of the decibels but...
اقرأ المزيدPASTORING: ‘Cosby’ Preaches Loving Lessons
The word is now out officially and it has been delivered by no less a source than priest-sociologist Andrew Greeley...
اقرأ المزيدFAMILY: ‘Tossed Salad’ Culture Honors Diversity
During the 1960s, I moved from Georgia to Maryland and then to Connecticut. All of a sudden I was a...
اقرأ المزيدStarting Point: It’s not the same old story.
Once almost invisible, older characters are now prominent in many movies, TV shows and commercials. But as entertainment, marketing and...
اقرأ المزيدTelevision in Trinidad
I can't ignore the effect of media on local communications, institutions and even local cinemas here on Barbados. When two...
اقرأ المزيدWhat YOU can do to help your family — and community — become media literate?
Parents can... ...read storybooks that help their young children understand that TV is not a magic box for passive entertainment,...
اقرأ المزيدNo News Is Women’s News
In bold, large letters, the August 7, 1989 issue of Time magazine asked: "Is She Worth It?" The she was...
اقرأ المزيدCHILDREN: Parents Can Help Defuse Bad News
News is now entertainment. TV news is no longer just "talking heads." From videos of the latest disaster to photos...
اقرأ المزيدSTARTING POINT: Turning the tables on TV sex
Ultimately, the issue of sex in the media is not only one of personal morality but also one of ethics...
اقرأ المزيدAspen Institute Report of the National Leadership Conference on Media Literacy
As the movement for media literacy education emerged in the US in the early 1990s, there were many questions and...
اقرأ المزيدMedia: A Girl’s Friend and Foe
There has been ample documentation in the past few years that the mass media are hardly a girl's best friend....
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