The game of hockey is perhaps the most central and pervasive form of popular culture in Canada. ... As it grew into organized hockey, there was the cool air of the indoor rink, the musty smell of the concrete dressing rooms, the friendships of team life, recollections of youthful fandom and hero worship, and watching the ever popular Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts. ... The game has become one of Canada's most significant collective representations "a story Canadians tell themselves about what is means to be Canadian. ... As a result, hockey went beyond local meanings and ident...

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However, one website, Just Think Foundation, supported my belief that the media, magazines in particular, do indeed influence young girls to be "thin" in order to be popular and beautiful in our society. ... Our patients would die-and practically do-to look like Calista Flockhart." ( People, 10-18-99) In the music industry, the most popular media influence is the music video and the types of fashion trends the performer displays onstage. The most popular young adult performer is teen sensation Britney Spears. ... (People, 10-18-99) These two examples plus the dozens of others I have read throu...

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As the debate is enormous I have decided to only concentrate on how today's popular music is having a negative effect on today's youth. ... In order to get a better understanding of how artists have influenced popular culture and how it can lead to having a negative effect (if any at all) on society. ... Secondly, these concerts are very popular and encourage violence from the start, this desensitises violence because it is nothing new to these arenas and therefore today's youth think nothing of hurting other fans or themselves. ... This is stated in Tricia Ross' book Black...

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It goes through what people believe about the sensationalization of crimes, to disproportionate reporting of crimes, offenders and victims, and violence in popular media, and looks at how it affects our psyche as a community and society. ... Crimes of theft, murder, drug selling and drug use are most likely to be associated with a black or Hispanic male ("Crime in new york city" 2014). ...

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The simplest method for measuring sociometric popularity is to simply ask a group of adolescent subjects to rank their peers according to which ones they like the least and which ones they like the most. ... Measurements of perceived popularity might be taken by observing peer behavior or interaction, although some studies ask subjects to rank their peers by indicating which students they believe to be the most and the least popular. ... There are some overlaps between those who are sociometrically popular and those who are perceived popular, but the percentages are low; one study showed that ...

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It was inspired by an Italian artist named Eduardo Paolozzi, who was known for including references to popular culture as well as mechanical elements in his art. ... This type of art was popular with British pop musicians as well, and when asked to do some work, Richard Hamilton jumped at the chance to create art for the Beatles on their white album in 1967. ... In essence, popular art, as a whole, offers imagery and plots to control the changes in the world; everything in our culture that changes is the material of the popular arts (Fabozzi, 118). In closing, I feel that Richard Hamilton ...

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Protecting Popular Culture The mass media also deals with how popular culture is interpreted. ... The more popular their medium, the more profit they earn. ... The media barons are not overly concerned with the audiences' popular cultural values. ... The Relationship Between Advertisers, The Media, and Content The broadcast media is the most influential and readily digested medium. ... Firstly, the networks can assume the program will be popular in Australia, as it was popular in its country of origin. ...

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I have chosen to study a front cover of popular UK women's magazine 'ELLE.' ... The cover boasts a similar layout to other popular fashion magazines such as 'VOGUE,' but its simplicity and use of sophisticated fonts shows its interest in fashion-based content over pop culture and other content often found in the likeness of 'VOGUE.' ... Lily Allen's pose with her hands on her cheeks and hips slightly posed to the side portray the notions of independence and strength, reminiscent of the classic 'Marilyn Monroe' look most women would know o...

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States that, Americans turn to television not only for their entertainment but for their news, whether, politics, religion, history and the most important for entertainment. ... I believe that television is directed towards younger generations who turn to television first as their source for everything becoming in the most ill-informed people. ... According to some statistics showed in an article of New York daily news, an American newspaper, the average American over the age of 2 spends more than 34 hours a week watching live television and programs related to popular TV shows. Is that the m...

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Despite this, most films have failed to show Arabs fighting alongside the "good guys". ... For example, it has become popular to envision Egyptians as the "undead" (Shaheen, 2009; 88). ... Particularly absent are film critics and Hollywood executives who hold the most influence in preventing further Arab stereotyping (Shaheen, 2009; 123). ... These Anti-Arab images can also be seen in other areas of popular culture. Popular cartoon characters have been shown to treat Arabs as the villain (Shaheen, 2009; 135). ...

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It is what is reported and how its reported that would make a difference to people's perception bearing in mind that most people have not being victims of crime themselves and all they know about crime is based on hearsay. ... As a popular tabloid would say "if it bleeds it leads". ... The process in which the law, agencies of social control, and media come to associate crime with particular groups who are subsequently identified, sought out and targeted as a threat. .An example is the stereotypes regarding Black males, and much of that information is gleaned largely from popula...

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The soldiers are "bent double, like old beggars" which is contrary to the popular image of soldiers being strong and able. ... The unpreparedness of the soldiers is a stark contrast to the popular opinion that the military always has a plan for every course of action. ... Probably the most disturbing use of horrific imagery is a scene where a wounded fighter is "flung" into a wagon to be carried away. ... By employing the use of reminiscent imagery , indicative figurative language and gory diction, Owen conveyed the idea that most propaganda and other media outlets merely display the superfici...

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Traces of advertisements have also been found on the ruins of the ancient Roman towns of Pompeii and Hercluaneum, although in most of the rest of ancient times, advertising was passed on by word of mouth. ... There isn't a certain phrase which stands out most but in a larger font than the rest of the writing they have written: "Discover a new strength for dry and brittle hair." ... I think they should have actually emphasized this phrase and set it so that it was attractive and so that it stood out because most women who already use products of L"OREAL are familiar with this phrase. ....

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Popular attitudes towards and understandings of the crime are often established around stereotypical images of more serious crimes, for example; the terrorist, the paedophile, the rapist or the armed robber. Since most of society have little direct knowledge or experience of criminally victimising others or being criminally victimised, their awareness is to a large extent obtained from secondary sources. ... Girl gangs become popular in the media after the actress Elizabeth Hurley was robbed with a broken bottle allegedly by a gang of four teenage girls in 1994 (Knowsley, 1994). ... The domin...

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In the 2000s, a classification called the "seven mass media" became popular. ... Most cell phones are equipped with internet access and capable of connecting to the web which itself is a mass medium. ...

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The essay digs deep into why she believes "the hatred of smokers is the most popular form of closet misanthropy in America today" (King 134). ... One of the most obvious differences in the essays is in how they are constructed and written. ... In my opinion children should not be encouraged to smoke because most are not wise enough to make well-informed decisions about the possibly life-long health risks. ...

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For most of this century the export markets for motion pictures, TV programmes, music, recordings and books, have been dominated by western firms, usually the US. ... Furthermore James Madison states " A popular Government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both." ... Moreover when Internet finally does become economically and technically viable most of the TNC's will be among those firms that again share the majority of sites and business we will find on the net. ...

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Another advantage of political advertising is that is gives the voters a chance to see most of the different versions and views available. ... One of the most influential forms of media is the television. ... Exaggeration and non-factual information are popular forms of persuasion used in this form of advertising. ... Unfortunately our resources are not always used in the most positive and truthful manner. This trend will most likely continue without change in the near future. ...

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He also states that most magazine companies are oblivious to the fact of negativity bringing brought upon the young minds. ... "Yes, most of the women are impossibly thin, white or near-white in complexion, tall and blonde. ... Recent circulation figures reported by the Standard Rate and Data Service indicate that more than 6.5 million adolescent females read "Seventeen," "Teen," and "Vogue," three of the most popular magazines targeted at teenage females, each month"" (2003.) ... This influence was second only to peer influence, which was reported to be the most powerful point (Chojnacki, Gra...

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Mass Communications is one of the most popular college majors in this country, which perhaps reflects a belief in the importance of communications systems in society. ... Media can influence people in way to make decision on certain things in life but it's mainly the surroundings of an individual that upholds then most influential power. ...

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He was popular, with a girlfriend, and extremely school spirited. ... Although, it seems inevitable that if children are given a healthy dose of violence through their most common forms of entertainment, and in some households are educated by the media at such a young age, then eventually somewhere along the line it would lead to the imitation of violent events. ...

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He was popular, with a girlfriend, and extremely school spirited. ... Although, it seems inevitable that if children are given a healthy dose of violence through their most common forms of entertainment, and in some households are educated by the media at such a young age, then eventually somewhere along the line it would lead to the imitation of violent events. ...

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Another incident in Ohio, five-year-old Austin Messner set his parent's house a fire killing his sister after viewing the popular MTV cartoon Beavis and Butthead. ... (Microsoft Encarta, 1997) The V-chip is the most current weapon in the censorship battle. ...

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We know that the WWW and Internet have had a tremendous effect on our lives, the United States and the World economy. As professionals in the field of technology, we are constantly seeing areas of society that are being changed, exonerated or improved in some way as a result of it. Currently at for...

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Tumblr is one of the most popular platforms used for this reason, as many people run fandom sites, creating and/or reblogging moving gifs, photographs, memes, and videos from films, television shows and other cultural products. ... Since this has come to light, most of the accused vloggers have stayed off their YouTube channels, either staying silent on other mediums or writing short defences. ...

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