In 2001, Governor Jesse Ventura said that media tax should pay for the new baseball park. Because the media profits from professional sports Governor Jesse Ventura thinks that the media should be taxed, "Ventura suggested on his "Lunch with the Governor" radio show Friday that the news media, with whom he has been feuding win recent months, should be taxed for a stadium because they profit from professional sports." ... The media does deserve to be taxed because the profit from professional sports. ... Governor Jesse Ventura first had the idea for newspaper tax, he also said that TV and radio...

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Media literally mediate our relationship with social institutions. ... We are dependent on the media for what we know and how we relate to the world of politics because of the media-politics connection. ... Politicians rely on media to communicate their message. Similar dynamics are presented in other mediated events such as televised sports and televangelism. ... Media provides us with so much information so quickly that new subcultures are swallowed up by the mainstream media almost at conception. ...

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The media swarmed her as she was carried by her coach to the podium to accept the gold medal. ... "Both broadcast and print media have essentially disregarded women's athletics devoting less than ten percent of sports coverage to female athletes" (Stader). ... The news media often separates female athletes into categories based on whether they play masculine or feminine sports. Although more girls and women play traditionally "male" sports it is the feminine sports that actually receive more recognition from the media. ... In addition to the media and community female ...

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He babysat two boys every day after school and participated in many athletic school sports. ... Media today has minimal limitations. ... Violence has not just become a force in the media. ... Children should not learn from the media. The media should provide entertainment. ...

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He babysat two boys every day after school and participated in many athletic school sports. ... Media today has minimal limitations. ... Violence has not just become a force in the media. ... Children should not learn from the media. The media should provide entertainment. ...

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The basis of my arguments will be the pros and cons of men vs. women in sports and the impact that women have had on college campuses and in the media. ... In the same study, "It is a myth that the growth of women's sports has been responsible for the elimination of men's sports," says Donna Lopiano executive director of the Women's Sports Foundation. ... Another topic in gender equality is the way women and women's sports are represented in the media. ... There are many factors that contribute to this topic such as one of the larger complaints is criticism of the media abo...

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Secondly, mass media alters people's minds to be competitive with others. ... Physical activities such as sports and other interactions have now become virtual, trapping teenagers indoors, chained to their personal devises. ... It is for this reason that a constant use of social media can fatigue the mind. Surprisingly social media, the most used mass media product, reasons people to become competitive with one and other. ... Also as a result of mass media, the feminine image is being sexually exposed. ...

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Looking at women's sports as a whole, they have begun progressing, but at a much slower rate than men's. ... This all leads to issues that trivialize women's sports, and downplay the level at which they are being performed when sizing them against comparable male sports. ... Open, Serena Williams" tight, form-fitting black cat suit gained more attention in the media, than her play, which ultimately led her to the title. ... Besides television, another media outlet that promotes the typical male view and taste for sports occurs in the printed form. ... The sports section of a...

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But the news on television is not the only type of media taking the criticism of society. ... The key premise here is that the mass media does not cause undesirable social behavior and in actuality, the media people should not be dubbed as the "bad guys". ... Thus, it is important to indicate that women are not treated only as sexual objects through the media. ... Society, however, does not say that objects are being made out of these rock stars and sports heroes; pictures of clothed people are no less objects than pictures of naked people. ... Similarly, to say that women are singled ou...

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"Telling the truth is not on the media's agenda." Both the pieces "Add sex and stir" from Frontline, and "Yugoslavia and Afghanistan - How to Understand Media Spin", by John Keller show that telling the truth is definitely not on the media agenda as they reveal that truth is not important to the media, and show how easily and quickly the media is willing to manipulate the truth for its own benefit. ... Both pieces show that the media relies greatly on vision, meaning the media use vision to shape the publics perception and opinion of a story. ... "You report half the story and beat up th...

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Is any cliché in American public discourse quite as stale as "liberal media bias-? ... Where is the evidence that liberals in the media have tried to suppress Coulter's ideas or the primitive emotions that she presents as ideas? ... In fact, the "liberal media- as defined by Coulter provide her with abundant opportunities to promote herself and her writing. ... (They also happen to be owned by the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann.) ... "In the newspapers I looked at,"" he wrote in The American Prospect, "the word 'media' appears within seven words of...

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The sixth and seventh media, internet and mobile, are often called collectively as digital media; and the fourth and fifth, radio and TV, as broadcast media. ... Mass Media vs. Mainstream Media Mass media is sometimes used as a synonym for "mainstream media", which is distinguished from  alternative media  by the content and point of view. ... Mass Media vs. ... A third type of media, speciality media, provides for specific demographics, such as  specialty channels  on TV (sports channels, porn channels, etc.). ...

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The beer itself is known as a staple throughout American history and culture, and was widely regarded as the beer of choice in bars, sports arenas, and convenience stores nationwide, selling 50 million barrels a year at its peak in 1998. ... Budweiser's 2014-2015 social media strategy to capture the millennial demographic is centered around 4 pillars: food, sports, music, and film. ... This event is promoted through every social media outlet and Budweiser has done a great job piggy packing onto this event and all of the social media storms that come with it. ... Budweiser's focus i...

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"The pressure on sportswomen to increase levels of sponsorship and media coverage has seen many resort to taking their clothes off just to get some publicity."" ... Kournikova is seen as exotic and alluring by the media and is represented as the supermodel of women's tennis. ... The lithe, tanned and oiled bodies of bikini-cad young women had enabled a formally obscure sport to experience an explosion of media interest. ... Sports elite face food disorder risk Elite athletes in sports such as gymnastics, long distance running and swimming face increased risk of developing serious...

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When reading this article you have to look at the central claim that the author is making and agree with him or disagree. when going through this reading there where areas of its claims that have you thinking about our society and culture as a whole, that we are a species that loves its different types of uncensored media as well as its pornography and violence in their sports and everyday lives, "no society can be utterly different to the ways that its citizens publicly entertain themselves. ... If we did instate a system of stricter censorship such as Kristol is suggesting it would not affec...

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" Thus, more people focus on hockey than baseball and more media coverage is focused on hockey because there is seven NHL teams spread out all across the country along with many minor league affiliates as well. If the Blue Jays weren't owned by Rogers Communications there probably wouldn't be much media coverage besides the local networks in Ontario. ... The media coverage has also declined regarding the population decreasing in baseball. Media coverage of baseball in Canada was really big around the early 90s when the Jays were hot and winning World Series but after that just...

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Likewise, new sports machines are advertised continuously on informecials and magazine advertisements. ... The influence of the media on the rise of eating disorders among women cannot be rebutted. ... Some women are determined to look like the females portrayed in the media. ... The media needs to stop accepting the idea that being thin is beautiful. Nonetheless, the media's portrayal of a woman is just a resemblance of society's standards. ...

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On a more broad sense, any one specific sporting event that attracts the attention of domestic and international media, business, and public interest is considered a "major sporting event". ... Each of these specific events has the potential to bring not only direct economic value to its host location, but also to provide the more lasting effects that extensive media coverage can provide. ... The international media exposure that goes along with an event like this one is essentially unparalleled. ... Besides the benefits of increased international media exposure that will have long-t...

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Television is a marketing tool that contributes to the amount of the money an athlete receives is media exposure. ... If an athlete is a media favorite, his exposure can be maximized and his opportunities expand, regardless of skill. ... As Michael Butcher, a contributing author for European Magazine illustrated, " television has changed the way we perceive sports, it has also turned it into a goldmine. ... Those that are favorite of the media attention are guaranteed wealth, regardless of individual performance. ... This ensures that the athlete will continue to profit long after he or she ...

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Di Pasquale concerning drugs and sports. ... After its initial use in bodybuilding the drug spread like wildfire thought the rest of the sports world, ranging from sports in high school to professional athletes in the Olympic Games. ... It has been estimated that at least 1 in 15 male, high school sports athletes have used steroids, which means more than a half-million high school athletes have used steroids. ... Still the most effective way to remove anabolic steroids from competitive sports is through systematic drug testing. ... While testing for anabolic steroids is not perfect, it does ...

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And as a result of these stories hitting the media, schools began monitoring student progress more closely. ... The team's roster consisted of thirteen players whom were all attending the university on fully paid sports scholarship. In 1997 the team won the collegiate sports highest award, the Division One Basketball Tournament Championship. ... (The majority of schools have established an academic average of 2.00 as suitable for participation in sports programs.) ... Learning institutions, which have sports programs, will be required to report directly to the commission on a quarterly...

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Red Bull promote its brand through its sports events and athletes sponsorship. ... Today, Red Bull signed up more than 500 athlete endorsers in 97 sports, such as Shaun White, Travis Pastrana, Austin Horse and Levi Siver. ... Through mobile marketing, direct response TV, and digital and social media, Red Bull's marketing directs to a targeted group of prospects and customers, rather than a mass audience, in order to drive consumer engagement and loyalty. ... The slogan "Red Bull gives you wings" that we hear in the traditional commercials is emphasized by the events the company ...

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• No sports or celebrity testimonials shall be used or those of others who would have special appeal to persons under 21 years of age. ... As well as the traditional forms of communication, such as television, radio, the media, direct mail, door drops and inserts there is also electronic media, such as email, the Internet, Multimedia Message Services (MMS) and Short Message Services (SMS). ... Mobile audio-visual devices as genuine media channels have also emerged. The rise of new technologies means that the way audiences receive media and the messages within are more rapidly changing tha...

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I believe that drugs should continue to be banned because it helps enforce fair competition, protect the health of the athletes and will continue to have a positive effect on Australian society and world sports. ... It can be proposed that TV Media, Radio, newspaper, Internet could also spell it out loud and clear, so that athletes and their managers, as well as up and coming athletes will also be made aware of the high price to pay for participating in the taking of drugs. ... If drug testing stopped, or if drugs were allowed to enhance an athlete's ability, it would create a neg...

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While the NFL apparently continues to offer the most popular consumer sports product, the league continues to face ongoing marketing challenges in four different areas; Broadcast media, licensing and sponsorship, consumer diversity and youth participation. Broadcast Media The NFL relies on several different types of broadcast media to get their product to the target audience. ... In the future, television needs to continue to play a dominant role in displaying the NFL product and the league should continue to get larger and larger contracts to maximize the revenue generated by the sixt...

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