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We’ve heard a lot recently about the need for parents to have access to the lyrics of rock music. Few…
How Hits Are Made: Radio’s Rating Game
If Mark Klose, the morning DJ of WMRY radio in Belleville, Illinois plays a song, say by John Cougar Mellencamp,…
Rock 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…
Lost Listeners Anoint Musical Messiahs
A priestly monarch, chosen by God to unite polity and religion, was one of the earliest images of divinely chosen…
Undercutting “Slashers”: Evaluating Video Violence
Question: Do you know where your children are? Answer: At home, watching videos. Saturday night is still movie night, and…
Video is Here to Stay
Although advertisers and sales people always like to have us believe that any new product is indispensable for our lives,…
Starting Point: It was bound to happen.
For years I shopped at a neighborhood grocery. Run by a Vietnamese family, it had a fresh fish market, wonderful…
Questions Help Evaluate War Films
War films contain powerful images not only about war, but about our society and ourselves. Whether you see a film…
GLOBAL: One-Sided Images Feed Cold War Mystique
The mass media operates today as much on an international level as a national one. What axe we to do,…
FAMILY: Working Together Gives Peace a Chance
How can we teach our children to make peace rather than war? Teach them to resolve conflicts rather than hide…