Media Essays

In the journey towards a successful venture, it is likely that one may face multiple unsuccessful attempts before discovering a winning combination that produces desired outcomes. Although these failed attempts are unavoidable, they are not necessarily negative. Instead, they can be seen as a valuable learning experience that helps individuals identify areas in their methods […]

The media is often equated with the communication of truth (Thiroux, 2007, p. 389). The evolution of technology has resulted in a large expansion of the media resources, whether it be written or electronic sources. This has increased the ability of the media to influence the perceptions of certain events by the general public (Thiroux, […]

Women often feel pressured to alter their physical appearance due to the media’s portrayal of the “ideal” beauty standards. Fashion and beauty magazines endorse these standards through ads, promoting unrealistic ideals such as “eat like a pigeon to be light as a feather.” While some women may feel vulnerable, others appear more resilient to these […]

In this imaging De Eastern world, people only consider the fantasies and pretend that no harsh reality ex SST there, sometimes associating happiness with materialistic things: money, love, and p reporter. In Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby the main character, Jay Gatsby, believes he must win back his former lover, Daisy, with money to achieve […]

An article, ‘The Sunny Side of Smut’, which was written by Melinda Wenner Moyer is an argumentative text. The writer is criticizing about people’s perception that pornography can brings harm to users and the others by stimulating the users to be more aggressive, sexism or harm relationship. Instead the writer is trying to defend them […]

The text under the title “Dangerous Corner” was written by British journalist, novelist, playwright, and essayist – John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984). Priestley’s output was vast and varied – he wrote over one hundred novels, plays, and essay. The text under the study is a play. The society of several men and women sitting in a […]

Introduction Its roots are in print journalism, but Tribune Company has branched beyond the written word to embrace virtually every aspect of modern media. Tribune Interactive (TI) operates in more than 50 websites, attracting a combined 7 million unique visitors per month. It ranks among the top 20 online news and information networks in the […]

The novel chosen for this research exercise is The Submission by Amy Waldman. Waldman has had a successful career with the New York Times before embarking on this debut novel. Given her background, the subject of her work of fiction reflects her work as a journalist, centered on one of the most pressing topical issues […]

I do not remember exactly when this dream appeared and changed my previous dream. But the fact is, this is the most powerful dream that I have. A lot of questions that asked me why someone like me want to be a reporter. In addition, I am a graduated from vocational high school which focus […]

“The modern press system is the gift of no one nation. It is only the current stage in the evolution of communication efforts, spanning all continents and at least 10000 years. ” (Emery et al. 2004) but penny press played a vital role in the development of mass media to the present stage. The Penny […]

James Thurber (1894-1961), one of the country’s premiere humorists, was born in Columbus, Ohio and educated at Ohio State University, where he wrote for the school newspaper. After working as a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch and later a Parisbased correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, in 1927 he joined the staff of the New Yorker, […]

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842; assumed to have died sometime after December 26, 1913) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and compiled a satirical lexicon The Devil’s Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic, his motto “Nothing matters”, […]

Carmen Guerrero Nakpil (b. July 19, 1922) is a Filipino journalist, author, historian and public servant. She was born in Ermita, Manila, into the Guerrero clan of that town, who were painters and poets, as well as scientists and doctors. Her paternal grandfather was Leon Maria Guerrero (b. January 21, 1853), pharmacist, botanist, member of […]

Bella “Bel” Kaufman (born May 10, 1911) is a Russian-American professor and author, best known for writing the 1965 best-seller Up the Down Staircase. Kaufman was born in Berlin, Germany, where her father was studying medicine. Although born in Germany, her native language was Russian. She was raised in Odessa. She emigrated to the United […]

Paper Absence of Malice is a movie about Megan, a news reporter who writes an article on a business-owner named Gallagher. Megan conducts a secret investigation of his life and is soon convinced that Gallagher is involved with a murder of a local union leader. The article contained evidence against Gallagher. When Gallagher confronts Megan […]

Framing analysis generally used to look how media construct the facts. Historically, the concept of framing’ first suggested by Peterson in 1955, defined as a conceptual structure or a set of beliefs to organize our point of views of politics, policy and discourse and provides standard categories to appreciate reality. Then in 1974, Irving Coffman […]

Kusche refuted the notion that the Triangle had a broad and substantial influence on multiple occurrences. In order to investigate, he analyzed period newspapers to discover dates of reported incidents. He discovered additional events such as peculiar weather conditions that were not included in disappearances’ accounts. Kusche’s investigation resulted in his conclusion that the proportion […]

Introduction The Yearly Plan of PR Activities Aimed at the Improvement of the Industrial Performance of the Chemwest, Chemical Company Located in the Midwest. Any company from any industry is always at risk of facing negative consequences if the media decides to target it with excessive scrutiny. The so-called “journalists”, “reporters”, or interviewers armed with […]

This article, published in the New York Times on July 9, 2012 and written by Thomas E. Ricks, begins with a quote from Gen.Stanley A. McChrystal, the former commander of international forces in Afghanistan.Gen.McChrystal highlights the fact that when a country sends its soldiers to war, all citizens back home are at risk and have […]

The film ‘Let him have it’ tells the story of Derek Bentley,who was hanged as a result of a miscarriage of justice.The story involves mainly Bentley and Christopher Craig who led Bentley to do the robbery on the roof of Barlow & Parker warehouse.Bentleys mum,dad,sister Iris and little brother Dennis are some of the other […]

In my opinion the concept ‘angel of the house’ was still very much intact in 1882, although perhaps not quite to the extent that it was in earlier times. Source F written by Caroline Norton goes against the view that women are the angels of the house. Caroline Norton went against her husband’s wishes, and […]

(b)Using all the sources and your own knowledge, asses the view that popular unrest was the main cause of the fall of the monarchy in August 1792There is evidence that does support the view that the main cause of the fall of the monarchy in August 1792. Source B describes the manner in which the […]