A reporter's job is to relate judgment to information, although not always is the judgment good, and decide all the facets of the assignment: where to go, whom to interview, what vocabulary to use to describe what he or she saw, what words to use for the lead, whom to quote, what to omit. ...
By examining artists and their cultural discourses I will be able to justify the claim that thier lyrics have a direct link to violence being carried out in their name. ... However the media saw a direct link with the music the boys listened to and knew it would cause a media debate, even in Eric Harris's suicide note he states, don't blame the music or the clothes that I wear.... Aggressive music has always promoted violence in a direct way this easily noticed in 1970's punk music and even more so today in heavy metal. ... This has a direct effect on it's audience, th...
As the media plays a substantial role in forming consciousness, they can control and direct, "...what we think, how we think and what we think about" (1997; 6-7). ... "This means, in practice, that the mass media are not like any other business or service industry, but can carry out some essential tasks for society, especially in the cultural and political arena" (Quote from McQuail in Schultz, J 1994; 21). ...
