Wartime propaganda techniques were highly effective, they were applied within social media outlets such as posters, advertising, leaflets, radio, movies, magazines, books and newspapers in order to spread support for the military as a whole [Dav14]. ... Media sources combined with the government's Office of War Information to integrate positive war messages in different outlets such as advertisements, books, magazines, radio and films (Ryan 2015). ...

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Back in the day, kids spent a lot of time playing games with other children and reading books that sparked their interests. ... You see them on their way to school with books in one hand and an ice cream cone in another, and you would never know it" (Ohio police sergeant featured in Time Magazine) *The kids that were involved in the Columbine High School incident are a perfect example of the drastic change in teen violence, especially as of late. ...

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Though it may not be intentional, viewers of television or readers of books can be influenced and manipulated by mass media's depiction of relationships. ... Yet Gossip Girl does not completely gloss over the consequences: viewers witness the emotional strain of Serena dating Blair's previous partner, Nate; Blair's pregnancy scare; and college freshman Dan becoming a teen father. ...

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Through my Internet research and use of such sources as interviews, articles found in periodicals, and books on popular culture, I have discovered quite a range of circumstances which lead individuals to mark their bodies in contemporary rites of passage. ... Sander Thomas explains the popularity of the use of body modification in rites of passage such as this one as a "means of spiritual, mental, and emotional cleansing." ...

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