Social Comparison Lamer (2012) titled ‘’within Gender and Between Gender Upward Social Comparison” in her article argues that issues related to an individual’s body image and self-esteem are related irrespective of one’s age, ethnicity, and gender. Her vindications are reinforced by the press report of 2010 by National Organization of Women which highlights that 49% of girls between 3 to 6 years are worried of being fat. There are numerous campaigns against insecurities emanating from body images
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In the articles, "Are These Stories True? (Nope)" written by Kristen Lewis and "The Story That Got Away" written by Debby Waldman, they give reasons as to why fake news can sometimes be appealing. For example, in the article "Are These Stories True? (Nope)" written by Kristen Lewis, it explains how fake news sellers use big headlines and click bait to attract users to their website. The articles states that websites "put out made-up stories with sensational headlines to lure people into clicking
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Today, with technologies like iPods, laptops, and cell phones customized with libraries of digital music, most Americans have constant access to music through more devices and outlets than ever before. One of popular music's advantages has always been it's catchy hooks, rhythmic hits, and exciting, memorable lyrics. Often times people are so caught up in what's popular they don’t realize the meaning behind the music they are listening to. Most of the music that society listens to, especially rap
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In chapter one of Media Career Guide, Sheryl Hope Culver writes about trends and opportunities in media and communications that will affect the marketplace in the upcoming year. The trend that will most affect me and my media pursuits is the first trend, media convergence, or the distribution of content across platforms because it forces me to be comfortable with multiple platforms. Content is moving away from the TV to a wide variety of screens. Culver provides statistics that prove most viewers
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The local media has always been the platform where the society gets their information from, it has always been deemed a credible source to get such information. The media in this era especially in recent years has taken a back bench to social media. Social media sites go everywhere with everybody on their smartphones, as such this is how persons get their news; this is why fake news have taken precedence over the facts that would have been presented on the local media. Local media journalist has
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This generation has seen less of verbal bullying: although, more reports on cyberbullying has come to attention. Too many people spend their whole day on social media causing them to have less social skills because they aren’t having any interactions verbally with anyone beside a screen. Then the children start to criticize others harshly not know the difference because they have no idea what words or phrases hurt
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I wouldn’t say the last nail has been driven into the coffin on the George-Anne’s recent move to reduce publishing one edition each week, but the coffin is right outside in the hallway. Being a part time student for the last six years I have seen several changes in the paper that seem to indicate the paper is in a downward spiral. It used to be I would encounter enthusiastic students handing out the paper at the stadium bus stop Tuesdays and Thursdays, now there are stacks of bound up papers that
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Detecting Media Bias Do you believe everything you read? While we may like to believe all articles are fairminded and presented in a manner where all viewpoints are relevant, unbiased and unprejudiced, this may not always be the case (Paul & Elder, 2012). Inaccurate articles may also be the result of the elements of irrationality which may find their foundation in human egocentrism and sociocentrism. In cases of human egocentrism, people view everything in relation to themselves. In regards to
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Bias in the Media Bias in the media still exists today and many sources have them. You might not catch the fake news but it is still out there. Many sources take each article differently whether it is bias or true. The information is key to these articles to spot the bias in them. We must be careful on what sources you choose to hear from because you might just be completely lied to. I brought up one topic that took many bias turns. Trump declaring Jerusalem as Israel's article is very bias in
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When we think about conventional commercials we think of big companies trying to sell us something, trying to convince the viewer that their product is superior to their competitors or as can be seen in the countless political ads during election years attempting to sway your stance or opinion on any given topic. However in the “Zeitgeist 2011: Year In Review” (created by Google) commercial we see that the it is trying to refresh our memories of how far we have progressed and the many tragedies that
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