Academic papers on Communications, Media, Theory, Etc

The History of Radio in Chicago and Station KYW
6 pages in length. Focus here is on Chicago's first radio station, station KYW, owned by Westinghouse, with highlights regarding the very first broadcast. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Information Systems Development Methodologies.
(19 pp includes outline). An information system can be perceived as a "human activity system." That same human activity system can then possess "technical subsystems." Traditionally, each group has had its own set of students or...
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Roland Barthes: The Death of the Author
(10 pp) French theorist and social critic, Roland Barthes (1915 - 1980) took his information from the areas of sociology, anthropology, psychoanalysis, and linguistics. He believed that language is more than just words or texts, but rather...
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Vietnam; Reality and Rhetoric in the Deer Hunter;
This 5 page paper considers the portrayal of the past, present and future of the United States presented in the film the Deer Hunter and commentated on by Gilbert Adair in his book Hollywood's Vietnam. The paper discusses the reality, the rhetoric...
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Pragma-Dialectic Approach To Argument
11 pages in length. The art of argument ranges from formal debates through careful scholarly discussion to heated encounters, fierce arguments and quarrels. What likelihood is there that the enormous range of argumentation can be served,...
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Does Music Construct Rather than Reflect Cultural Identities
This 12 page paper considers this question of the interaction between music and culture discussing the influences and how one may be seen to influence the other before coming to an unusual conclusion. In discussing this various types of music are...
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To Sir with Love: A Teaching Tool
(4pp) The 1967 movie staring Sydney Poitier is used as a tool for teaching communication skills in a classroom setting. Suggestions and background for the development of a lesson plan are included. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Differences in Advertising to Children and Adults
This 5 page paper takes a look at differences and similarities in advertising to children and adults and maintains that there are only scant differences. The reaction to advertising, by children and adults, is discussed. Bibliography lists 3...
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An Analysis of Communication
This 5 page paper takes two hypothetical situations and analyzes the communication that had taken place. Communication theory is used. Nonverbal communication is touched on. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Non-verbal Communication
This 5 page paper addresses the nine forms of non-verbal communication: kinesics, haptics, appearance, artifacts, environment, proxemics and personal space, chronemics, paralanguage and silence. It also includes a brief overview of the cultural...
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Visual Communication through Mass Media
5 pages in length. There is no doubt that visual communication plays a large part in relaying information to the masses. While audio only communication forces the listener to conjure up his or her own images, visual communication is more in...
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Online Publishing: Content for Mass Media
A 5 page paper discussing the growing trend in alliances between traditional content sources and online publishers. An example is a recently announced agreement between The New York Times and NewsStand Inc. to provide a full online version of...
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Advertising and Gender Roles
5 pages in length. It is nearly impossible to escape gender stereotypes, for they exist all throughout society. Advertisers especially seem to draw upon assumptions about male and female roles. Such intolerance has even been experienced from...
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A fifteen page paper which contrasts the methodology of traditional journalism with the utilisation of new media technologies such as satellite news coverage, online newspapers and the Internet. The writer considers the structure and agendas of...
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A six page paper which looks at the respective cultures of the Malagasy of Madagascar and the Guugu Ymidhirr of Hopevale, Australia and the ways in which certain socio-linguistic forms have been retained or modified by these two groups, depending on...
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