Academic papers on Communications, Media, Theory, Etc

Racism and Sexism in the Media
This 5 page paper examines two print advertisements supplied by the student, one for a Missy Elliott show called "The Road To Stardom", the second advertisement features Jessica Simpson. The paper analyses the content of these advertisements and...
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Communications: source credibility
A paper which looks at source credibility in relation to television audience, with reference to the origins of the concept in Aristotle's rhetoric and the relevance of expertise and trustworthiness. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Language, Thought & Rhetoric
A 7 page essay/research paper that discusses, first of all, the centrality of language to cognitive processes, arguing that language forms, specifically "proto-metaphors," incline the language user toward perceiving reality in pre-determined ways....
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Personal Communication
This 3 page paper examines a case study supplied by the student where a personal friendship is going wring. The paper identifies what is going wrong and suggests a solution. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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Persuasion Narrative of the AFL-CIO
A 10 page paper discussing the AFL-CIO's web pages supporting and arguing for increase in the minimum wage. The paper includes discussion of economic concepts of supply and demand and what can be expected to happen after raising minimum wage. The...
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An Analysis of Rumor
This 4 page paper evaluates the four types of rumors as found in the public relations discipline. Examples are cited and analyzed inclusive of Britney Spears' reported pregnancy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Symbolic Representation & Reality
A 3 page essay that examines symbolic representation in communication. Human perception understands reality and the world in terms of symbolic forms of representation. Real things in the world are filtered through cognitive processes that comprehend...
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Communication Analysis
A 5 page paper identifying communication "disconnects" at an organization, followed by identification and discussion of specific points used as examples. The paper presents examples in a 2-page text table, and then assigns the organization (a...
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Journalism: Annotated Bibliography
4 pages in length. The writer provides a 5-source annotated bibliography pertaining to yellow journalism and journalistic ethics. Annotated bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Truth-Telling And Manipulation, Objectivity And Omission In Journalism
4 pages in length. Media coverage is something that cannot be avoided in today's technological society. It used to be that high profile news stories would be broadcast after the incident had occurred, along with every other bit of news that...
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Evaluating Research Resources
A 4 page paper discussing the manner in which researchers should approach distinguishing among published articles for the purpose of evaluating their credibility for inclusion in academic research. Articles published in scholarly journals have been...
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What Is Good Journalism?
3 pages in length. Understanding the principles of good journalism is much the same as assembling an award-winning recipe; it must include all the necessary ingredients in all the proper proportions in order for the final result to turn out right. ...
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Summary
3 pages in length. Mass media have metamorphosed from a collection of individuals focused upon accurately gathering and reporting society and the world's goings-on to a splintered faction of journalists whose only desire is to trump the next...
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Journalism And The War In Iraq: Absence Of Integrity And Humanity
10 pages in length. For as long as man has been on planet Earth, he has faced a tremendous struggle between right and wrong; as history readily illustrates, his behavior has too often reflected a poor choice of direction where these two entities...
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Pragmatics and Politeness
This 14 page paper discusses what is meant by pragmatics ad how it can be used in the study of language. The paper then loos at one aspect of pragmatics; Politeness Theory, also referred to as the politeness principle, and considers how this has...
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