Model Press Releases
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A total of 3 pages containing the text of 7 fictitious press releases to be used as models for those studying journalism. Topics include community programs, accomplishments of local individuals, and public education. No Bibliography.
Filename: Pressrel.wps

Time Magazine 1
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A 2 page discussion of a current issue of Time Magazine. The issues addressed include the targeted audience, it s age, economic status, education level, gender, and marital status. In addition an evaluation of ten various advertisements is addressed, illustrating the audience targeted and the general feel of the advertisement. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Timemag1.wps

Time Magazine 2
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A 2 page paper addressing one particular advertisement within a current issue of Time Magazine. The ad examined is one for an IBM notebook computer. The issues discussed involve the colors used in the ad, the picture itself, the people within the ad, and the setting of the ad. Other issues address images or ideas that the ad evokes in this writer, as well as the mood it indicates, and any other pertinent information relating to the evaluation of the ad. bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Timemag2.wps

Time Magazine 3
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A 3 page paper that thoroughly examines one advertisement from a current issue of Time Magazine. The advertisement is from IBM and is for Borders books. The ad is examined in regards to the targeted audience. Issues include the ad and the magazines use of it, the scenes, the colors, the written message, and other aspects which fully define its intent. Also discussed is how the message gets an individual to think or feel a certain way. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Timemag3.wps

Vietnam War / Mainstream Press Coverage Of The Tet Offensive
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A 7 page research paper which examines how the New York Times covered the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War using only primary sources. The writer looks at the original articles published between Jan. 31 and Feb. 7, 1968, and concludes that, despite the tendency of the conservative right to blame the American withdrawal from Vietnam on the media, the coverage was accurate, factual, and unbiased. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Presstet.wps

Vietnam War And The Media
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A 15 page paper explaining the media's role in the way the Vietnam war was perceived. The writer explains how different types of media influenced public opinion in both the USA and Canada. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: Vietnamm.wps

Whole Language vs Phonics in Learning to Read
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A 9 page research paper comparing the advantages and disadvantages of the whole language and phonics approaches to teaching children how to read. Whole language is the approach whereby children experience the joy of entering the 'grown up' world of writing words that convey a meaning or tell a story; phonics is the old-school rules list complete with spelling rules, punctuation rules and spelling lists. It is also the method which produces the highest levels of achievement. Each method has its proponents, but nearly all will consider only pure programs without the benefit of a combined approach. One such combination approach is that of the Montessori method of early childhood education. Bibliography lists 12+ sources.
Filename: Phonics.wps

Speech Analysis / King's 'I Have a Dream' # 3
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A 9 page paper on King's 'I Have a Dream' speech in which the writer discusses the speaker, audience, time, setting, place, etc; From a communications perspective, this report is concerned with Martin Luther King's effectiveness in terms of ethos, stock issues, appeal to his audience's needs, and much more. Bibliography lists 3 sources. (one of them is a published version of the speech itself).
Filename: Mlk15.rtf

Speech Analysis / Martin Luther King's 'Letter from A Birmingham Jail'
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A 5 page essay on the sufficiency, value and effectiveness of Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter to the clergy written while incarcerated. The writer argues that through poetics, rather than potentially misunderstood detail, King made a factual, ethical, and inductive argument which succeeds by virtue of a variety of equitable treatments. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Birjail.wps

Sound Wars: Which New Technology Will Succeed?
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A 7 page research paper that examines the current technological innovations to the home recording industry. The writer examines several digital formats including MiniDiscs and recordable CDs as well as discussing the factors that will affect which format eventually will prevail. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: 90record.rtf

Television/ Ideology, Globalization and Audience Reception
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A 7 page research paper that examines the topic of television, particularly comedies, and how the spread of this medium can be seen as fulfilling the predictions of cultural commentator Marshall McLuhan. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: 99sesst.wps

Book Analysis / Understanding Media
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An 8 page paper giving a critical review of Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media. The writer describes McLuhan's theories and argues critical points.
Filename: McLuhan.wps