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Does The Crime-Loving U.S. Media Help Fill Prisons?
A media culture of fear and violence may explain public support for America's bloated and unjust prison policies, writes Arthur Stamoulis.
From LiP Magazine
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The Women Journalists of Saudi Arabia
Despite immeasurable restrictions, the advent of the Internet and cable
television has opened possibilities for Saudi Arabian women journalists
and for coverage of such subjects as divorce, schools and abuse of women,
writes Sally Buzbee.
From Columbia Journalism Review
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Global Audience, American News
News content worldwide is largely produced and disseminated by mainstream Western media outlets, often leading to superficial, biased and
inaccurate reporting, says Fadi Chahine.
From Middle East News Service
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Why Media Monitoring Is A Must For Democracy
The Secretary General of Bangladesh's Fair Election Monitoring Alliance
argues, "fair media coverage is one of the most important elements of a
fair election."
From Asia Pacific Media Network
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Ads "R" Us
Now that advertisements are saturating every available public and media
space, individual independence from consumer culture may be impossible,
warns Carrie McLaren.
From Stay Free!
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Racism Down Under
To combat the recurrent sensationalist and racist attitudes of the
Australian media, Aborigines must first acknowledge their own history.
From The Walkley Foundation for Excellence in Journalism
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Now! The Hottest Teen Mags!
"Teen People," "CosmoGIRL!" "ELLEgirl," "Teen Vogue" ... These spin-offs
of adult
glossies highlight messages of sex and adulthood, conformity vs.
individuality and
feminism vs. fashion, writes Janelle Brown.
From Salon.com
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Re-Imagining The Image
Terry Eagleton traces the changing attitude of middle-class society
toward
images, from the revolutionary Enlightenment rejection of "graven
images" as
weapon of control to today's ironic distancing of spin and surface.
From Red Pepper
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Japanese-U.S. Misinterpretations
Neither the U.S. media's take on Japan nor the Japanese press's view of
the U.S. is accurate, writes Eric Johnston. Instead, both sides present
simplistic, incomplete, alarmist and overly local reporting.
From Asia Pacific Media Network
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Girlfriends With Curves
Two lesbian glossies, "Curve" and "Girlfriends," are reaching out for
big-budget
ads with limited success. Brett Brune considers how untapped niche
markets like this will fare during a recession. (free subscription may
be req.)
From DiversityInc.com
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