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The Relationship Between Theory and Practice in Media and Television Studies:
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This 21 page paper examines the relationship between theory and practice in terms of media and television studies. In other words, theories are examined in light of how they are practiced and to what extent. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: GSMedias.rtf
The Silent Language
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This 8 page paper provides an analytical overview of Edward T. Hall's book Silent Language. This paper relates the components of Hall's book and assesses the correlation between the book and social theory regarding the impact of non-verbal communication on human interaction. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MHHallSi.wps
The Social Meaning of Advertising in America
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This 7 page report
discusses advertising and the ways in which it adds to or
perpetuates old ways of thinking in America such as constantly
directing virtually all advertising efforts toward white,
heterosexual, middle-Americans. To make the assumption that the
target audience for any marketing effort does not have unique
distinctions based on gender, age, race, education (and many
other characteristics of modern life) is, to put it in the most
simple of terms, a willful and oblivious process akin to burying
one’s head in the sand! Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: BWsoclad.wps
The Spiral of Silence Theory
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This 5 page paper literature review provides both sides of the controversy of Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann's spiral of silence theory that contends people tend to side with popular opinion. Both positive and negative positions are discussed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: SA117sos.rtf
The success of the AKP Party in Turkey has been due to their success in communicating that they are a moderate unified party despite their religious foundation.
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This 10 page paper is an outline for a project or dissertation that examines how and why the AKP (Truth and Justice Party) in Turkey have become so popular. The paper outlines the area of research with primary and secondary research questions and then undertakes a brief literature review to indicate the direction of the the proposed research. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEturkpol.rtf
Theories of Communication
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5 pages in length. The focus is on the symbolic interaction theory as developed by George Herbert Mead as well as the Narrative Theory developed by Walter Fischer. Gives the applications of concepts as well as selected aspects of these theories. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: JGAcmncn.wps
Theories of Human Communication and Cultural Diversity
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This 7 page paper provides an overview of theories on human communication as they can be applied to understanding varied perspectives and cultural views of immigrants. This paper considers the views of Stephen LittleJohn regarding the social construction of self and the ethogony process from an immigrant perspective. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHComMul.wps
Theories of Learning and Communication
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of the different learning theories and the social, cultural and institutional barriers to communication. This paper integrates specific strategies to improve communication in the teaching/learning environment. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: MHEdCom3.rtf
Three Communication Theories
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A 3 page paper discussing Julia Wood’s narrative, dialectic and dramaturgical communication theories. They can classify communication in the present, but they do not accommodate changes in relationships that result in changes in types of communication between the individuals involved. Even so, they are useful for analyzing the type of communication that is occurring between individuals in the present. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KScommTheoWood.rtf
Todd Gitlin's, "The Whole World is Watching: Mass Media in the Making and Unmaking of the New Left":
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This 3 page paper provides an examination of the basic assumptions of this book, by focusing on the antiwar demonstrations. Furthermore, this paper provides an evaluation of the book that highlights Gitlin's extensive education and expertise in this area. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: GSGitlin.rtf
Traps in History
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(3 pp) Author, James Baldwin claims that,
'James Joyce is right about history being a
nightmare—but it may be the history from which no
one can awaken. People are trapped in history and
history is trapped in them.' Malcolm X and Elie
Wiesel are used as examples as well as the writer's
personal history. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BBmalx.doc.
TV isn't violent enough
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A paper which looks critically at Oppenheim's study of media violence, and considers whether the hypothesis which he puts forward is valid in the light of other, more recent research into the impact of TV violence on the public in general, and young people in particular. Annotated bibliography with 5 sources.
Filename: JLoppen.rtf
Upwards Communication in Cultures
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This 10 page paper considers the question of how messages are communicated upwards in cultures, and assesses situations where power distance is high, the need to avoid uncertainty is high and the relationships are collectivist. This paper considers the issues related to upward communication based on cultural assessments. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: MHCulCom.wps
Uses & Gratifications Approach
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Approximately 3 pages of information on this communications theory which basically examines the social roles that constrain audience needs, opportunities, and choices. Part of this file is a "working" (annotated) bibliography.
Filename: Commprac.wps
Variants Of Communication
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9 pages in length. The writer discusses communication in the Information Age; the communication process; nonverbal communication; verbal communication; why the communication process is studied; and the role of vocabulary in communications. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCCommV.rtf
Verbal and Nonverbal Communications: What Communications Styles and Gestures Say About a Person
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This 10 page paper considers the communication that occurs between two strangers and how this influences their overall perception of eachother. This paper considers how both verbal communication and nonverbal gestures relate specific facts and influence perspectives on the communication process. This paper also considers how familiarity plays a role in determining the success of communication and communication strategies and also assesses stereotypes. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHnonvC3.wps
Weaver & Aristotle/Views on Rhetoric
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A 5 page research paper that compares Aristotle's forms of rhetoric (ethos, logos, and pathos) with the modern model proposed by Richard Weaver (1953), which entails the use of "universal terms." Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khweaari.wps
Williamson: Decoding Advertisements
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A paper which looks in detail at Williamson's theories of advertising, with reference to the influence of Althusser and Lacan on her work, and the part played by advertising in the construction of representation. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: JLadsstrc.rtf
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