Annual Editions: Mass Media 05/06

by Gorham, Joan

• ISBN13: 9780073102290
• ISBN10: 0073102296
• Edition: 12th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-10
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

The articles included in this twelfth edition of Annual Editions: Mass Media reflect three issues of concern at the beginning of the new millennium. 1) The extent to which the U.S. government and legal system should rightfully be involved in regulating either media messengers or media messages. 2) The ongoing debate over how news is selected and packaged, ethical practice, and coverage of war and terrorism. 3) A heightened awareness of a media landscape profoundly altered by corporate mergers and technological change. The title is supported by our student website, Dushkin Online. (http://www.dushkin.com/online)

Table of Contents

To the Reader	iv
Topic Guide	xi
Selected World Wide Web Sites	xiv
UNIT 1 Living With Media
Unit Overview	xvi
A Defense of Reading	3	(6)
Marie Winn
Parents or Pop Culture? Children's Heroes and Role Models	9	(9)
Kristin J. Anderson
Donna Cavallaro
Media Violence and the American Public: Scientific Facts Versus Media Misinformation	18	(13)
Brad J. Bushman
Craig A. Anderson
The Whipping Boy	31	(6)
Jib Fowles
Crime Scenes: Why Cop Shows Are Eternal	37	(3)
Lee Siegel
We're Not Losing the Culture Wars Anymore	40	(8)
Brian C. Anderson
Spirit TV: The Small Screen Takes on Eternity	48	(2)
Stephen Goode
The Triumph of the Image	50	(7)
Richard C. Wald
UNIT 2 Covering News
Unit Overview	54	(3)
The Pentagon Is Fighting---and Winning---the Public Relations War	57	(5)
Robert S. Pritchard
Baghdad Urban Legends	62	(6)
Lori Robertson
Re-Thinking Objectivity	68	(8)
Brent Cunningham
Across the Great Divide: Class	76	(6)
Brent Cunningham
High Anxiety	82	(8)
Lori Robertson
Journalism Without Profit Margins	90	(7)
Carl Sessions Stepp
Et Tu, ``Nightline''?	97	(4)
Jill Rosen
The Next Generation	101	(10)
Rachel Smolkin
UNIT 3 Players and Guides
Unit Overview	108	(3)
Do Media Monsters Devour Diversity?	111	(4)
Joshua Gamson
Pearl Latteier
Tripping Up Big Media	115	(5)
Gal Beckerman
Media Money: How Corporate Spending Blocked Political Ad Reform & Other Stories of Influence	120	(7)
Charles Lewis
Children, Entertainment, and Marketing	127	(5)
Rhoda Rabkin
The Information Squeeze	132	(9)
Charles Layton
Weighing the Costs of a Scoop	141	(4)
Christopher Hanson
We Mean Business	145	(7)
Jill Rosen
Important if True	152	(6)
Jill Rosen
Who Knows Jack?	158	(13)
Jill Rosen
UNIT 4 A Word From Our Sponsor
Unit Overview	168	(3)
The Myth of `18 to 34'	171	(4)
Jonathan Dee
Finding a Niche	175	(4)
Jill Rosen
Pay for Play	179	(4)
Eric Boehlert
The Big Money Guys	183	(3)
G. Jeffrey MacDonald
Going Long, Going Deep	186	(8)
Scott Sherman
America Untethered	194	(9)
Hassan Fattah
UNIT 5 The Shape of Things to Come
Unit Overview	200	(3)
Searching for Online Gold	203	(6)
Doug Brown
Low Power, High Intensity	209	(3)
Laurie Kelliher
The Myth of Interference	212	(3)
David Weinberger
Your Next Computer	215	(3)
Brad Stone
Index	218	(4)
Test Your Knowledge Form	222	(1)
Article Rating Form	223