Taking sides : Clashing views on controversial issues in mass media and society / edited, selected, and with introductions by Alison Alexander & Jarice Hanson.
Publication details: Guilford, Conn. : Dushkin Pub. Group, c1999. Edition: 5th editionDescription: xix, 353 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780697391438
- 0697391434
- Clashing views on controversial issues in mass media and society
- 302.3 22 TAK
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Contents;
Part 1: Mass media's role in society
Issue 1: Are American values shaped by the mass media?
Issue 2: Is television harmful for children?
Issue 3: Do media drive foreign policy?
Issue 4: Is emphasis on body image in the media harmful to females only?
Issue 5: Are newspapers insensitive to minorities?
Part 2: Media ethics
Issue 6: Should the names of rape victims be reported?
Issue 7: Should tobacco advertising be restricted?
Issue 8: Does media coverage of criminal trials undermine the legal process?
Issue 9: Has coverage of political campaigns improved?
Issue 10: Is advertising ethical?
Issue 11: Do paparazzi threaten privacy and first amendment rights?
Part 3: Regulation
Issue 12: Should children be protected from internet pornography?
Issue 13: Are V-chips and content ratings necessary?
Part 4: Media business
Issue 14: Media monopolies: Does concentration of ownership jeopardize media content?
Issue 15: Will traditional advertising survive the new technology revolution?
Part 5: The information society
Issue 16: Do media technologies increase citizen participation?
Issue 17: Does the globalization of media industries "Homogenize" media content?
Issue 18: Do new media have an immediate effect on our behaviors and attitudes?
Index : p. 346-353.
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