CHILDREN: Media’s Message Can Fool Kids
The effects of media on young children are not simply watered-down versions of the effects on older children and adults....
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Advertising: Hit or Myth?
Advertising is much less powerful than advertisers and critics of advertising claim, and advertising agencies are stabbing in the dark...
اقرأ المزيدGLOBAL: World’s Airwaves Echo Racist Attitudes
Minorities are still invisible on British television — in fact, you could watch for days at a time without seeing...
اقرأ المزيدRock Concerts Unite Body and Soul
Often called the mind-body split, the conflict arises when the mind (ego) exerts control over the body's impulsive, nonverbal and...
اقرأ المزيدSecond Decade Marks Move to Wider Arena
Fiber versus fat. Running hard versus standing still. Lean but not mean. Elizabeth Thoman, CHM, executive editor of Media&Values, is...
اقرأ المزيدCentury of Abuse: Ethnic Images on the Big Screen
When one considers the history of the depiction of ethnic and racial groups within motion pictures, one sees almost a...
اقرأ المزيدPower Politics: Reporting the Real Issues
Distress over the state of political reporting has now become a regular feature of every presidential campaign season. Candidates blame...
اقرأ المزيد1996 National Media Literacy Conference / Los Angeles: Summary Report
"Media literacy in the U.S. will never be same," noted communications researcher George Gerbner told the assembled participants Sunday morning...
اقرأ المزيد20 Ways to Create a Caring Culture – Part I
Stories of violence are familiar to anyone with a television in America today. Whether flashed on the nightly news, dramatized...
اقرأ المزيدHow Would You Rate this Film?
"I'm going to show you a five-minute clip from a video called Toolbox Murders. It's very popular in our local...
اقرأ المزيدTVs Dark Vision Can Be Frightening to Elders
In the hit 1988 movie Crossing Delancy, a key scene shows heroine Izzy visiting her grandmother at a self-defense class...
اقرأ المزيدMedia&Values: More than a Magazine
Media&Values is more than a magazine. It's a tool, a catalyst, for leading you — or helping you to lead...
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