The many different areas of the media have positive and negative effects. ... The type of media I chose to focus on is the music industry and music on TV. ... It combines the music with a video that teens can watch. ... I understand that a teen's favorite musician is an influence in their life, but a parent should be able to sensor what they listen to or explain to them that violence is not an acceptable escape for the rage that is built up inside of them. ... The violence that psychologists say is caused by explicit lyrics can be destroyed by positive role models in a teenager's...

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The overall census is split between positive and negative reactions to the mergers. ... A pending merger with Vivendi Universal could substantial increase their influence in cable television. ... AOL Time Warner has their footprint on the publishing media, movie industry, television, music, and internet media divisions. ...

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As always the media does have influence in peoples views and this was carried over to the police where it encouraged them to take on a stricter style of policing. ... This is known as the self-fulfilling prophecy where many blacks are pictured that it is only in the music industry that they can be successes. ... In an attempt to prove their theories, Hartmann and Husband relied on a small sample of school children where they attempted to measure the extent to the medias type of coverage, whether or not it influenced people's attitudes. ... Dijks main findings were finding a positive repre...

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