In his book, Marshall MacLuhan stated that " Everybody experiences far more than he understands. ... Critical attention to how crime is reported in the news is necessary given the way in which the media represent these events heavily influences our understanding of crime in society. ... Many of the other features that are are news worthy are sex combined with violence, together with focus on children; either as victims or offenders or both tend to make a feature more newsworthy and together with the news value 'novelty' will almost guarantee a reported visible crime will make the new...

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According to World Investment Report 1994, published by the United Nations, TNCs indirectly employed another 77 million people. The reports concluded that the power of these giant companies and the power they wield are still in the hands of an elite group whose global dominance is unmistakable. ...

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"I hope she makes a zillion dollars and the book flies out of the store, which apparently it is."" ... Several months later Crown Publishers bought her book. ... Her book is killed abruptly by Rupert Murdoch's publishing house but later picked up by a liberal, European-owned Manhattan firm. She embarks on a triumphant promotional tour through the studios and newsrooms of the same "liberal media- establishment excoriated in that book. ... Meanwhile, in the Los Angeles Times "repeatedly identified by Coulter as a mainstay of the liberal media monopoly "her book's friendly r...

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Source materials for this study are from textbooks, newspapers, journals, magazines, government reports and interviews with people connected with the Northern Rhodesia Broadcasting Corporation (NRBC), Zambia Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), Zambia Broadcasting Services (ZBS) and the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) as well as my personal experience as a broadcast journalist for fifteen years. ...

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In the late 20th Century, mass media could be classified[by whom?]  into eight mass media industries: books, newspapers, magazines, recordings, radio, movies, television and the internet. With the explosion of digital communication technology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the question of what forms of media should be classified as "mass media" has become more prominent. For example, it is controversial whether to include cell phones, video games and computer games (such as MMORPGs) in the definition. In the 2000s, a classification called the "seven mass media" became popular. ...

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News Corp's core business covers from the production and distribution of films, television programs, TVB and cable TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, book publishing, to digital broadcasting, encryption and program management systems development. ...

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In order to find the truth and ensure quality, sources were evaluated on a basis of four standards: "recognize that gathering and reporting information may cause harm or discomfort;" "be vigilant and courageous about holding those with power accountable," "tell the story of the diversity and magnitude of the human experience boldly," and "avoid stereotyping by race, religion, ethnicity, geography, and physical appearance" (SPJ Code of Ethics, 2014, pg. 1). ...

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In chapter one of the book, Mass Media Research: An Introduction, the authors, Roger D. ... In the article "Clinical Report-The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families" Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe and Kathleen Clarke-Pearson acknowledge how "Many social media sites display multiple advertisements such as banner ads, behavior ads (ads that target people on the basis of their Web-browsing behavior), and demographic-based ads (ads that target people on the basis of a specific factor such as age, gender, education, marital status, etc.) that influence not only...

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