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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"American Media"”.
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HIV/AIDS Frames in African-American Media
African-Americans are disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. HIV/AIDS coverage in one African-American print medium, Essence magazine, was analyzed from August 2000 to August 2010. During this period, new technological advancements were made in the plight against the epidemic, …
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"Mobilizing ""Asian American"": rhetoric and ethnography of Asian American media organizations"
Historically, Asian Americans have been seldom represented, or if so negatively, in the mainstream media and not through their own accord. As a result, popular images of emasculated or villainous Asian American males, submissive or sexually threatening Asian American females prevail as the most …
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Through the Eyes of the Post: American Media Coverage of the Armenian Genocide.
… eliminated while the world watched. Yet today, American memory and conception of the Armenian Genocide is remarkably different from similar historical events such as the Holocaust. The Armenian Genocide and America's reaction to it is a forgotten event in American memory.</p><p> In an attempt to …
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The Portrayal of Central American Migrants in North American Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis
In Fall 2018, the mass migration of Central American migrant caravans from their home countries heading northbound to the US-Mexico border in a quest to seek asylum gained international attention. Faced with unimaginable threats, due to the imposition of neoliberal ideology that forced their …
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Diseased Identities: How the American Media Constructed the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
… explores representations of Africans in the American media coverage of the 2014 Ebola outbreak and the differing policy solutions they sometimes elicit. I hypothesize that there is a connection between identity construction and policy solutions that can be explored along two major …
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Word Use and Placement Associating Arabs and Arab-Americans with Terrorism in the American Media
… incidents, for example, it is quite easy for the media, as well as other sources, to place responsibility in the hands of a specific group or religion. In this case, Islam, Arabs or the Middle East region seems to be connected to these violent incidents. The reality of the situation may place …
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The justification of religious intolerance : an examination of the American media's responses to the life and crimes of Nidal Hasan
… of the crimes of Nidal Hasan through the lens of American News media. This document examines the production of religious extremism in relation to Islam for the consumption of the American public and how it is reductive and harmful to Muslims.
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International news contraflow in the United States and Canada: struggles over North American media markets and regulation of Al Jazeera and China Central Television
In this dissertation, I examine news media contraflow, flows of news and information from historically underrepresented parts of the globe into advanced media systems. I assess North American governance of news media flows in light of increased availability of nonwestern news organizations. The …
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Changing the Definition of the Orient Through Hollywood
… in the world. The film fueled the obsession that American media already has with cultures that are not their own. The purpose of this paper is to underscore the ways in which postcolonial theory applies to the way that American media and culture has warped the understanding of Asian cultures. I …
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On the Cover of The Rollin’ Stone: How Rolling Stone Magazine Frames Politics and News
… is a significant artifact spanning throughout American pop culture; yet it has fought to be considered a legitimate news source in American media. This thesis study examines how Rolling Stone frames news and politics, and how the magazine portrays itself as being political, through its front …
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Reporting Laos: The U.S. Media and the "Secret" War in Laos: 1955-1975
… Laos conflict, which pitted tens of thousands of American-hired ethnic mercenaries against the North Vietnamese army and featured a massive bombing campaign by U. S. aircraft. Yet approximately 500 Americans were killed or disappeared in Laos during the period, and hundreds of millions of U. S. …
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From personal to public: Women's liberation and the print media in the United States, 1968-1974
… of feminism were created and interpreted by the American media, and how this affected the development of the women's liberation movement. It specifically analyzes women's liberation rhetoric as it appeared in liberationist publications and the subsequent interpretation of that rhetoric by the …
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Primordial Identities, Bounded Territories, and Contemporary Violence?: American Geopolitical Perspectives on the Middle East's Cultural Landscapes
American perspectives on the Middle East often contend that the region's nation-states are comprised of clearly demarcated ethnic and religious groups whose identities remain static over time. Cultural features of the region are seen to be as durable as its physical features. These perspectives …
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An analysis of persuasive techniques in russia-ukraine war propaganda /
… to this particular conflict is presented in the American media. By analyzing the posts from the social platform X published by two congresswomen – Nancy Pelosi and Marjorie Taylor Greene, the study aims to investigate what ideas and narratives these congresswomen wanted to convey to their readers …
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Post-Cold War kids: changing representations of Russia and the Cold War in American children's film, 1992-2001
… of representations of Russia and the Cold War in American children's films from the 1990s. By analyzing nine movies, this work explores the question: what messages about Russia and the Cold War do nineties children's movies contain? This analysis explores the othering of Russian characters, the …
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Making Muslims American: CAIR's Portrayal of American Muslims in Public Service Announcements
… and political fabric of our diverse country, the American media has historically portrayed Muslims as barbaric, irrational, and anti-modern non-citizens who reject the West and principles of peace, freedom, and tolerance. Many Islamic organizations such as the Council on American-Islamic …
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Sourcing and Framing Analysis of Source Messages in the Coverage of Armed Conflicts by American and British Foreign Reporters
… dominant sources of information in all the three media outlets studied. The results also supported the argument that the same indexing mechanisms are at force in foreign reporting and apply not only to American officials or American media but foreign officials and other media markets as well. In …
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Can You Pinch More Than An Inch: Understanding Representations of the Healthy Woman in Special K Advertisements
… to the naturalized and perpetual mass media demand for women's slimness. However the question remains as to why women's attainment and maintenance of the thin ideal is continuously necessitated within North American media culture. An ethnographic content analysis of Special K television …
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Will millennials save the planet? : generational trends in vehicle ownership & use
… from prior generations are prevalent in the American media. One claim often repeated is that Millennials, happy to rely on public transit or ride-hailing, will not purchase personal vehicles. This claim has the potential to both upset the economy and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) …
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From Hate Crimes to Activism: Race, Sexuality, and Gender in the Texas Anti-Violence Movement
… and sometimes overlapping gay and African American activism, spearheaded by the Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby of Texas (LGRL) and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), respectively. Mainstream and “underground” (gay and African American) media outlets also helped …
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