Academic papers on Communications, Media, Theory, Etc

Interpretation Versus Imagination - The Loss of Perception Between Page and Screen
An 8 page paper that argues the point that the historical written word loses much of the personal perception it evokes in individual readers when it is converted to the film medium due to the influence of the personal perception of the...
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Should America Be An English-Only Society?
3 pages in length. The writer discusses why America should incorporate a better bilingual system into society. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Television/ Ideology, Globalization and Audience Reception
A 7 page research paper that examines the topic of television, particularly comedies, and how the spread of this medium can be seen as fulfilling the predictions of cultural commentator Marshall McLuhan. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Code Switching
10 pages in length. This is an interesting paper on the aspect of code switching, which is described as the use of two languages used interchangeably. Looks at examples of code switching, as well as studies that have been done on how this...
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Lunch With The Rastafarians
Jamaican culture, the Rastafarians and reggae culture are all components of the island's political, economic and social structure. This 7 page paper explores a situation whereby the communication is defined by the religious orientation,...
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Violence in the Media: Its Effect on Children
15 pages in length. This paper is an excellent research thesis on how violent behavior in children is related to violence in the media. Includes abstract, hypothesis, review of literature, proposed methodology, analysis and conclusion. ...
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Anna Celia Zentella/ "Growing Up Bilingual"
A 6 page research paper and book analysis that outlines the major points relative to Zentella book, "Growing Up Bilingual," in which the author records the results of her exhaustive linguistic research on bilingual usage among Puerto Rican children...
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Wh-Movements in English and Chinese: A View of Wh in Situ
This 10 page paper outlines some current perspectives on 'wh in situ,' which is the movement of the wh-element (who, what, where) in English. This paper provides a comparison of the wh-movement in English and Chinese and discusses whether these...
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The Meaning Of Psychology
Psychology, like any endeavor of the human species, including linguistics, is in a continual state of flux. This 7 page paper purports to explore the discipline of psychology through the auspices of linguistic examination of thirty terms common...
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'Intercultural Communication'
A 5 page book review on 'Intercultural Communication by Richard E. Porter, edited by Larry A. Samovar. No additional sources cited.
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Theories of Communication
5 pages in length. The focus is on the symbolic interaction theory as developed by George Herbert Mead as well as the Narrative Theory developed by Walter Fischer. Gives the applications of concepts as well as selected aspects of these theories. ...
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The Bias of Communication; Technology that Monopolizes Space and Communication that Monopolizes Time
This 6 page paper considers the perspectives of Harold Innis, one of the best noted theorists regarding modern communications, and assesses his view that 'the media of communications has an important influence on the dissemination of knowledge over...
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The FCC and Shock Radio
This 10 page paper considers the issue of shock radio, including the productions of Howard Stern, and assesses the implications of FCC rulings regarding the regulation of these types of shows. This paper considers the legal aspects of the current...
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American Sign Language
This 8 page paper considers the nature of American Sign Language, the number of speakers, age of speakers and the structure of the language, including morphology. This paper considers how speakers of English might learn ASL. Bibliography lists 5...
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TV: The Unique Medium
A 7 page paper discussing factors that have allowed TV to retain its uniqueness among media, assessed from the perspectives of Marshall McLuhan and Raymond Williams. The uniqueness of television is not now that it provides access to such a...
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