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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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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 behaviour 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 out...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The locker room of a sports team is a great place to start when looking at how men and masculinity rule in society. ... In Sam Borden's article, "Female star comes out as gay, and sports world shrugs," he explains that the basketball player Brittney Griner casually came out as a lesbian in an interview, and the media's reaction was just as casual. ... It is a much bigger deal when a male athlete comes out, because he has the higher status in the sports world. ... What is worse is that the media and the coaches of these athletics do not condemn this kind of violence. ... Hom...

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A common explanation of this is the sensationalist media coverage of a few high profile cases such as Sarah Payne and the two girls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, from Soham. "Panics about children's safety are interpreted as media led and television is accused of making parents unnecessarily paranoid and apprehensive- (Furedi, 2002: 32). ... Data on sexual abuse in sport are even less reliable but it is a danger that those in power in all sports should be aware of and something that needs to be confronted. ... Individual sports such as gymnastics, figure skating and tennis and te...

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When Goodell had an interview with CBS News speaking about the video released by TMZ sports he said it was inconsistent with what Rice had told him. ... Until the media had really hammered down on Goodell and there were many members of the media writing stories that he should lose his job because he either knew about it and chose not to deal with it or didn't think it was going to be a very big deal. ...

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