Academic papers on Communications, Media, Theory, Etc

Comedy Amid Chaos - American Humor During the Great Depression
A 5 page paper that examines the effect of the Great Depression on American comedy. Discussed are comedic radio programs of the era, as well as comedy motion pictures, and the purpose they served in providing a severely economically depressed...
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1930's America; The Dramatic Age of Sight and Sound
This 5 page paper looks at 1930's America and Warren Susman's argument that this was a dramatic era of sight and sound. The paper considers the use of sight and sound separately including the rise of nationalism and the role of the film industry and...
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Functionalist, Interpretive, and Critical Perspectives in Communication
A 5 page discussion of communication styles. Delineates between functionalist, interpretive, and critical styles utilizing the arenas of business and politics. Asserts that proper communication skills allows individuals and organizations to share...
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Speech Anxiety
This 4 page paper gives advice for speech makers and analyzes the problem of speech anxiety. The subject of shyness versus normal jitters is addressed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Walter Benjamin's "The Storyteller" As It Relates To Orson Welles' "The War Of The Worlds"
5 pages in length. The specialized talent that Welles had in his storytelling ability is precisely what Benjamin discusses in his essay as being the missing component in the true gift of storytelling. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Analyzing Homelessness And Racial Strife As They Appear In Print And Broadcast News Coverage
6 pages in length. The writer discusses how the issues of homelessness and racial strife have been portrayed in both print and broadcast news, analyzing whether the media have provided fair and impartial coverage or if the focus has been upon...
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The Universals of Language: Is Language Innate?
This 6 page paper considers the universals of language from early development and assesses whether this supports the argument that language is innate. This paper argues that the central components of language present in infants and the fact that...
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The Ambiguities in Verbal and Non-verbal Communications
This 5 page paper considers the ambiguous nature of both verbal and non-verbal communication. This paper provides examples that can be utilized to demonstrate the way in which language is ambiguous and how this is also problematic in interpersonal...
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Does Freedom of the Press Go Too Far?
This 4 page report discusses the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and questions whether or not the media has pushed too far in terms of what is
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Broadcast News and Print News
This 6 page paper considers the difference between broadcast news, including television and radio, and print news, and defines some of the underlying reasons why the concepts presented in these different forms shifts. This paper provides a...
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Approaches to Communication: Functionalist, Interpretive, and Critical
A 6 page outline of the many approaches to communication. Delineates between three most basic of these: the functionalist, the interpretive and the critical. Defines the functionalist approach as one which relies almost solely on emotion. ...
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Communication: Inference and Attribution
This 8 page paper considers two different situations and assesses concepts like correspondent inference and attribution theory to the communications that occur. This paper assesses the specific elements of these concepts to an understanding of the...
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Society SmackDown -- the WWF and Its Contribution to a Violent Society
This 10 page report discusses the WWF or World Wrestling Federation and how it contributes to the perpetuation of violence in society. Wrestling is a phenomenon unto itself. Its fans joyfully buy into the mayhem, the insults, and the staging. ...
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Internet Communication
This 7 page paper considers the different types of communication that are available on the internet. The paper considers ICQ, mIRC, Netmeeting and e-mail, looking at the roles they perform, the similarities and the differences. The bibliography...
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Selling a Political Candidate
This 6 page report discusses the fact that in the modern realm of celebrity adulation, the political operatives who work to define a candidate
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