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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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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Remember how women were portrayed on popular television shows back in the 1950's and how they were continually portrayed as submissive beings. ... For example this ad for a popular men shoe company depicts a woman tied to the shoe, maybe as a sex object or just an object to help sell this product for this popular company. ... This ad campaign had both negative and positive reviews; most people felt that this ad portrayed women in positive, a way that would help other women feel good about them. ... Since the beginning of the late 80's women have been used to gyrate their bodies, danc...

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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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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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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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It claims to be the new voice of the Hip-Hop Generation, focusing on music, style, sports, and politics with intelligence, sophistication, integrity and, most of all, respect. XXL can be found at most magazine stands and in local convenience and drug stores. ... With all these ads promoting what is beyond the reach of most, the magazine is, in a sense, advocating a certain lifestyle to its audience. ... Most of the poses are sensual and sexual, some might even say that they're 'inviting'. ... Values and attitudes no longer come from one's upbringing, but are influenced ...

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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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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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Greenspan begins by talking about the ever so popular Jerry Springer Show. ... Most news stations air their local news at around 5 or 6 o"clock in the afternoon when parents are getting home from work. ...

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There are many ways to go about this, and the media exercises most all of them. ... The worst, yet somehow most popular way to sell a product is to make the consumers feel negative about themselves, or make them feel like something is wrong and "missing". ... The way that you view yourself is ultimately the most important perspective you can get because no one knows you better than you know yourself. ...

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O.J Simpson is known for perhaps being the most famous criminal defendant in American history. The trial also makes the list as one of the most famous trials in United States legal history. ... The most important piece of the trial was the evidence that linked Simpson to the crime scene. ... The outstanding issue, which the media affected the most public opinion, was the issue of race. ... The disposition that created the most stir and outrage was of course, the verdict. ...

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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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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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Most people get their daily news from the television and newspapers. ... Shaw discovered that, contrary to popular belief, the three papers had very little in common on the choice of front-page stories. ... An article by David Croteau, reports that most journalists identify themselves as centrists on both social and economic issues. ... Even so, when retired senator Alan Simpson interviewed journalist David Broder for the May 1997 issue of George, he said most Washington reporters stay out of politics. ... These awards, for what the group considered the decade's most outrageous liberal...

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Social media has undeniably impacted communication at the local, national and global levels on a huge scale. We have access to information like never before, but more importantly the speed and efficacy of communication among the members of our communities characterizes the social media used by busin...

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There are many music videos that serve to objectify women and in most cases women submit to the whim and fancy of the men in the video. ... A popular myth that is perpetuated through out the media is that a woman cannot be successful if she is not married and women who are not married are often chastised in the media. ...

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Unfortunately, journalists and reporters, writers of fiction and non-fiction shows, creators of video games and writers of popular songs, are encouraged to produce creative work addressing not social responsibility, but rather the public's perceived desire for constant titillation and increasingly shocking material. ...

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When horror movies such as "Psycho" were presented, these types of movies became one of the most popular to viewers in the 1950s and 1960s. ... The most commonly held theory used to explain why people like to be frightened by their media is an idea known as catharsis. ... What frightened you as child will most likely have little if any effect on you as an adult. ...

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Mass media's political influence may rival their social ascendency, as it is not uncommon for the media to work side by side with the state, with the most notable modern example being China, in which they use their various platforms of media to spread and propagate their own agenda, as well as censoring and controlling other mediums such as the internet to protect their own interests. ... According to Robinson, the government would openly direct their news to the most established network (e.g. ... Huntington's sentiments have been echoed by Western media as it influenced many of the ...

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