One well-known way to do so is to put pressure on journalists by pressuring their superiors, the media owners. ... Bribes have been a powerful way of influencing the journalists to get them on their side. ... Still some journalists think that through thesegifts? ... Filipinos are known to have this emotional weakness and these are the targets of the people who bribes the media. ... Few institutions are as powerful as the mass media. ...

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In chapter one of the book, Mass Media Research: An Introduction, the authors, Roger D. ... Dominick, state, "The term mass media refers to any form of communication that simultaneously reaches a large number of people, including but not limited to radio, TV, newspapers, magazines, billboards, films, recordings, books, and the Internet" (2). ... There is ample evidence in regards to how the media negatively impacts individual's body image suggesting that one's self-worth should be based on appearance, and people illustrate an unrealistic ideal way other individual's sh...

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It is obvious that the media influences children. Today, a main focus of the media is sex. ... What is this doing to the formation of morals and values of these young people? ... The primetime series "Will and Grace" deals with relationships between homosexual and heterosexual people. ... It is a positive sign that some commercials and programs are taking the initiative to educate people about sex. ...

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Feeling uncomfortable from all the glances people were throwing her way, perhaps trying to figure out what she had done wrong or haven't done when she should've. ... She knew that even though she was different there is someone who understands and doesn't judge by the way someone looks. ... Therefore because culture varies from country to county and even within the cities, the big role in identifying beauty is played by how society views and teaches their members on how and why people should consider one person as more attractive than the other. ... (Korhonen 339) So who shapes t...

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