Media essays

While often perceived to be a modern concept, propaganda has played a key role in history dating back to the 5th century. While the term itself did not come into common use until World War I, the battle for men’s minds is as old as human history. Today, propaganda manifests itself in various forms, such … Read more

Agenda Setting Theory was developed by Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw. Their hypothesis was that the media has the ability to control what the public focuses their attention on, but not what they think about that particular subject. Basically, if the media places importance on one singular story, then the public will then believe that … Read more

Barber, M. (2008). Getting the Picture: Airtime and Lineup Bias on Canadian Networks during the 2006 Federal Election. Canadian Journal of Communication, 33(4), 621–637. Retrieved from https://libproxy.wlu.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,cookie,url,uid&db=ufh&AN=36002169&site=ehost-live This research study investigates media coverage bias during 2006 federal elections. It asks the question of whether media shapes public opinion as many Canadians as well as the … Read more

Battle Royale is a horror thriller film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, adapted from the novel, Battle Royale, written by Koushun Takami. Battle Royale carries multiple Japanese culture values, as well as adapting Western literature, with an unexpected hero representation. Battle Royale presents the futuristic destruction among disobedient younger generations toward authority figures after a collapsed … Read more

In any conflict or war, opposing forces are as strategic and deliberate as the most well-trained and elite boxers. The tension between the Americans and Japanese during World War II was no exception. In one corner in red and white weighing in at an average of 117 pounds, filled with phenomenal endurance and carrying 60 … Read more

Media Journal Writing Part 1: Media Journal Day 1: Monday, 23 October Time: 8.00-8.30 am Media: Magazine, AARP Magazine Total time: 30 minutes Day 2: Wednesday, 24 October Time: 12.20-1.00 pm Media: Television, CNN Duration: 40 minutes Day 3: Tuesday, 25 October Time: 5.00-5.45 pm Media: Newspaper, Newsday Duration: 45 minutes Total time for each … Read more

In February 2018, Marvel Studios presented Black Panther. This movie tells the story of a hidden kingdom called “Wakanda” which takes place in East Africa. Wakanda consists only of Africans, and contrary to popular belief, the technology is far more advanced in this civilization than anywhere else in the world. The film Black Panther is … Read more

Brookers phenomenal, BAFTA winning “Black Mirror” presents examples of backfiring new technology within a futuristic reality that is familiar enough for the viewer to questioning our own relation to this advanced culture. The science fiction, television series presents different perceptions of the modern day’s forever advancing technology reliant reality and the possible problems associated with … Read more

Main character is Nando Going on vacation to Santiago with Rugby team Must stop at Spanish village because of weather Pilots decide through the players will to continue after stopping for the night Went to Catholic Irish school where the brothers made them stop playing soccer and taught them rugby for moral reasons Guido and … Read more

Enron – The Smartest Guys in the Room by Alex Gibney This documentary’s made by Alex Gibney. It tells the story of the rise and fall of Enron, a corporation known as the most spectacularly crooked of modern times. It’s based on the book The Smartest Guys In The Room written by Bethany McLean and … Read more

The coming of web-based social networking has brought internet memes, an extraordinary social sensation, to the front phase of the Web. Memes can broadly be considered social or cultural ideas or symbols that are virally transmitted via the Internet. Memes are normally jokes, urban legends, viral recordings, funny pictures or infectious music. Memes today hugely … Read more

Do you think that action movies are a kind of addiction or an epidemic? How do action movies grab audience to their everlasting whirlpool? Action movies is a film, which end up with fighting, someone die or violence. Most of the action movies conclude or end in victory for the hero or death of the … Read more

Discoveries unavoidably evoke fresh new understandings and perspectives which can consequently challenge and renew our own values. Rediscovering and experiencing something for the first time that has been lost or forgotten can transform opinions and perspectives, which can lead to a fresh and intensely meaningful rediscovery. This concept is evident in Simon Nasht’s documentary Frank … Read more

Mary Tyler Moore was born on December 29, 1936 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, to Marjorie (Hackett) and George Tyler Moore, a clerk. Her mother’s parents were English immigrants, and her father was of English, Irish, and German descent. She moved to California when she was eight. She was the oldest of three siblings, she attended a … Read more

Introduction Public perception of archaeology and what archaeologists do can be traced in popular culture — books and more specifically movies. Examining three versions of the same film, The Mummy, can give us a glimpse of how the public’s view of archaeologists and their activities has changed over the course of the last century. We … Read more