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Like history, because the media interpret the past to us show us what has gone into making us the way…
Guidelines for Process Reporting
Development-oriented journalism need not always accentuate the positive, says communication director Phil Harris, director of training and communication studies, InterPress…
Disaster Pornography from Somalia
In the vanguard of the Marines, the press corps had already stormed Somailia. Now we will see more of the…
Listening to the Beat of World Music
Music puts a face on a country in a way no news report ever can. Paul Simon’s Graceland album, recorded…
Snapshots from a TV Album: Scenarios Explore Family Viewing Habits
When TV was introduced in the late l940s, the upscale lifestyle magazine Better Homes & Gardens looked into the future…
From Milton to Media: Information Flow in a Free Society
“Give me liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.” -John Milton Although…
Storytellers Shape Spiritual Values
The question, “Who tells the stories?” is one of special significance to those working in the church or synagogue in…
Making a Case for Media Literacy in the Classroom
The necessity for and methods of media literacy education are often absent or unclear for many teachers and parents. Teachers…
What’s Wrong with the Ratings?
"I saw plenty of media violence when I was a child and it didn’t hurt me." "Everyone knows it’s just…
Babylon Revisited: How Violent Myths Resurface Today
Violence is the ethos of our times. It is the spirituality of the modern world. What is generally overlooked is…