admin News: Balance Bias with Critical Questions
When I read the daily newspaper or watch the evening news, what is missing often upsets me as much as…
How to Evaluate Media Images of Women
At the beginning of my career in the 1970s I spent time actively looking in television and film for characters…
Eve’s Legacy: Burden of Blame
The issues for women in a media world have a long history. Long before there was advertising to objectify women’s…
Real Issues in a Reel World
When I started working in documentary film in 1952, I thrilled to rhetoric about the Role of Film–to educate, to…
How do Media Images of Men Affect Our Lives?
Turn on your television set and there is about a 90 percent chance that the first person you view will…
Dads Through the Decades: Thirty Years of TV Fathers
At first, Dad seemed to reign supreme in sitcom country — or at least in its better neighborhoods On the…
Studies Analyze Elderly Use of Television
Research conducted over the last 20 years offers a number of theories about the relationship between older people and TV.…
Sex and Consequences: Reflections of a TV Writer
Editor’s note: The sexual awakening of James at 15 was tough on Dan Wakefield, creator of the innovative and critically…
CHILDREN: Just Say ‘No’ to Garfield
Stores have always put up Valentine’s Day promotions as soon as the Christmas promotions come down. But now, it’s the…
Get Down to Business News
Three things sell newspapers and boost ratings: sex, suffering and silver (money). This at least is the typical formula many…