... the 5:00 and 10:00 news I was presented with many different stories that appeared to be original or live recordings by the television station. I was able to pick out and recognize the difference between original news footage from the station and a video news release. The video news release that I"m going to be referring to was from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. It ... of the segment that features many clips of laboratory testing. One other thing that tipped me off was an interview with a doctor at the clinic that showed no sign of a station reporter asking him questions and his remarks ...

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... the 5:00 and 10:00 news I was presented with many different stories that appeared to be original or live recordings by the television station. I was able to pick out and recognize the difference between original news footage from the station and a video news release. The video news release that I"m going to be referring to was from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. It ... of the segment that features many clips of laboratory testing. One other thing that tipped me off was an interview with a doctor at the clinic that showed no sign of a station reporter asking him questions and his remarks ...

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... crucial stories left unsaid. Clearly we are left wanting to emulate this extravagance. Television's main purpose is to attract viewers and retain their attention for its advertisers. The typical network station airs advertisements for about 25% of it's programming time. With this weight to carry, it is easy to see why sensationalized news is given air time, while far more critical ... local issues. These people usually think that they are well informed about their subjects, yet their only sources of information seem to be the local newspaper and one particular news station they may have...

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... many American viewers either are veterans or have friends and loved ones currently serving in the military. If a reporter does disrespect the military, however, normally a backlash would ensue and the station will issue an apology because they violated a social norm that a majority of Americans agree upon: you don't disrespect the military. The media also sanitizes and spaces out the segments on ... the instructions offered in advertisements; or American media, who design propaganda so they may capitalize on the viewer's established agenda and push it further to make them feel like that...

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... we get the best media outputs right? Well, not so fast. Supporters of the deregulation argue that loosening certain rules such as that which would allow a newspaper to buy a TV station in the same market (historically against FCC rules) may actually increase journalistic standards in the TV newsroom and help create news casts that earn a higher degree of trust and integrity ... the public. To recap the spark which started this conflagration, the February 2002 Court of Appeals ruling struck down an FCC rule that prevented any one company from owning a television station and a cable syste...

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... father that sparked his interest for journalism as it only took the rising star 10 years to land his first radio show. Mr. Jennings first position was for a Canadian radio station in which he anchored a Saturday morning radio show entitled Peter's Program2. This was just the beginning in a long line of success to follow Jennings. Although the young Jennings was quite ... degrees from Trinity College, Carleton Univ and Rider College2. His big break came when he was able to report the breaking news of a train wreck while working for a small radio station in Brockton Ontario. This gained t...

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... a nearly 30-year-old ban on newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership. The law, which was passed in 1975, prohibited a company that owned a newspaper in a local community from owning a radio or television station within the same market2. Although it seems like a very cut and dry topic, it has actually brought up a great deal of controversy between those with altering points of view on ... nearly impossible to consolidate all of the power. I feel that for this reason, it is unfair and unjust to disallow large media companies to own both a newspaper and radio/television station in any given mar...

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... : "If you give a mouse a cookie, it will want a glass of milk." This problem is only a problem because it was allowed to be. If you give a media giant a radio station, he"ll want a television station, a newspaper, etc. Had there been more regulations at the on sight of such trouble, McChesney would not have had to write a long drawn out book about these problems ... ...

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... we get the best media outputs right? Well, not so fast. Supporters of the deregulation argue that loosening certain rules such as that which would allow a newspaper to buy a TV station in the same market (historically against FCC rules) may actually increase journalistic standards in the TV newsroom and help create news casts that earn a higher degree of trust and integrity ... the public. To recap the spark which started this conflagration, the February 2002 Court of Appeals ruling struck down an FCC rule that prevented any one company from owning a television station and a cable syste...

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... of the reactions from the public. Self-censorship in the media does not only mean that one single person is not publishing their work. A newspaper, an online newspaper, or a news station can choose what they want to publish, regardless of what the reporters want. If a reporter self-censors their own work from being published, they just won't give it to the ... ...

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... a greater influence in our lives than our parents and teachers do. The broadcasters are now the ones who have the power over us. What they decide to air on their station is what is now used to influence our everyday lives. Whether it is our fashion style to who we want to vote for, they help to influence it. The broadcasters ... ...

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... issues that surround eating disorders, issues that are not affected by advertisements in magazines or television. Cable channels today, such as the E! Channel, or The Entertainment Network, and its sister station, the Style Channel, only support the reasoning that Americans have a fascination with models, even if they do not promote a realistic body image. Researcher Deanne Jade, for the Nation Center For ... ...

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... to decline. To be sure, some of this reality does emerge in some media outlets, particularly the print media, but it's not being emphasized. The answer is obvious. If a TV station or a newspaper gets thousands of advertising dollars from corporations and does lots of stories about the failures and frauds of capitalism, it's quite likely that the advertising revenue would quickly ... ...

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... communication from televisions, newspapers, and magazines, which are often called the "print media," and radio and television, that are often called the "electronic" or "broadcast" media. Everyday on every news station, there would be highlights on the hurricane and where it would hit and do the most damage. They were not sure exactly it would hit or if it's going to ... ...

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... mass communication, entertainment, and knowledge, all of which are important to the way the society, as individual communities and as a whole global community, functions. Amy Dickinson, who worked for a network station and also claims to be an avid television watcher, says that television must be taken in moderation and should be done as a family activity. She states that media can be ... ...

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... the working world. I am currently a studnet leader and my involvement include serving as the sports editor for the campus newspaper and as an on-air personality for the campus radio station. This can help me in the future, with conducting interview with athletes and coaches (as a sports writer in the future). Right now I am larning how to let go and when ... ...

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... of the television industry. The structure of the television came soon after the radio and now filling the homes of communities were the four early T.V. stations: CBS, NBC, ABC, and a station called DuMont which was a smaller T.V. network and went out of business in 1956. In the 1950's the introduction of color television took place and people also got to see the ... ...

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