Abstract
This paper gives a history on photography and shows the affects of photography and journalism on American society during the Civil War. It provides an in-depth analysis of photographers such as Mathew Brady and his team, and their role in the Civil War. The paper also discusses the newspapers that published these horrific civil war images, and discusses the distribution of these papers to the masses. The paper gives society's reactions by quoting primary and secondary sources on the atrocities that the general public was exposed to.

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"Prior to photography, war was interpreted through words, or the eyes of an artist. The Civil War was the first war to be documented with real pictures. For the first time in American history, people could witness the carnage of war, by simply seeing a picture. In addition to this, newspapers began giving readers personal accounts of battles and this increased circulation. With the start of war photography and increase in journalism, the Civil War became a horrific reality to society, and the most publicized and recorded war that America had ever seen."

Tags:accounts, artist, brady, confederacy, death, drawing, harpers, image, mathew, newspaper, penny, photo, press, propaganda, realism, shiloh, union, weekly

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"Public Opinion is an elusive and highly changeable current that can veer abruptly. In the electronic republic, where decisions on major issues increasingly require direct public input and participation, the need to understand public opinion has become the central ingredient of politics. The United States is the only democracy that organizes its national election campaign around the television and news media. Once upon a time, the press occasionally played an important part in the nomination of presidential candidates. Now the news media do not entirely determine who will win the nomination, but no candidate can succeed without the press. The press is no longer asked only to keep an eye out for wrongdoing and to provide a conduit for candidates to convey their messages to the voters, but it is also expected to guide the voters' decisions. "

Tags:democracy, election, network, press, voters

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Although the reporting of facts and figures is often thought of as an objective science, quite frequently even business reporting is characterized by logical fallacies, including but not limited to, appeals to ignorance, hasty generalizations, and ad hominem attacks. This paper argues that these logical fallacies are particularly common and pernicious in business reporting because of the frequently technically complex nature of the subject matter in regards to facts and figures, combined with the emotional texture of business reporting that involves the fabric and texture of individual lives. The paper shows that reporters wish to attract attention and render complexities comprehensible, but frequently fall into logically fallacious traps to accomplish these objectives. The paper provides examples from business reports to elaborate on the ideas.

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"This is particularly important to remember when reading the business section about distasteful individuals, because it is tempting to assume, when hearing about past dirty dealings, to either discount all of the information brought up by the person, because of the past character of the potential economic criminal, or to assume that he or she knew everything about the dark corporate dealings at the company. Even the lack of evidence is made to sound dark in the above-cited article's rhetoric: "Considering that he was the driving force behind Enron's growth, the micromanaging former CEO did an amazing job of distancing himself from its decline. He stopped selling stock four months before Enron collapsed "and left the company entirely two months beforehand. He rarely used e-mail. His signature is conspicuously, and uncharacteristically, absent from the approval sheets for some of Fastow's most controversial deals." ("Who Will Fastow implicate"? January 19, 2004, Business Week Online retrieved on January 19, 2004 at http://www.aol.businessweek.com/bwdaily/index.html#top) The ad hominem attack is generally used as a kind of intellectual shorthand, equating man with message, rather than trying to understand the business at hand."

Tags:Martha, Stewart, economist, CEO

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"February 8, 1996 President Clinton signed into law the "Telecommunications Act of 1996", thereby putting in place the most significant changes in US telecommunications laws in over 60 years (Knauer, Lynch, Machtley 1). The reasoning behind the "Telecommunications Act of 1996" is that people want simplicity in everyday life and it is no different in the world of telecommunications. Telecommunications companies are beginning to provide it all to their customers, providing not just phone service, but services for every telecommunications need imaginable. This trend for telecommunication companies to become "total communication providers" is directly related to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which was enacted to foster competition in the local telephone market.(Buckley 1). This law opened the way for telecommunication providers everywhere to offer more to their customers."

Tags:1996, act, analysis, of, telecomm, the

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"Russell Baker's Growing Up should be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for both content and style. Baker has written a work which humanely and vividly portrays the coming-of-age of a young man at in an era crucial to the development of the United States as a modern nation---the era of the Great Depression and the Second World War. Baker's book is valuable for its entertainment value, its humor, its humanity, its poignancy, and for its masterful and seemingly effortless blending of the personal and the historical. We come to know not only this young man and his family, but also the spirit of the nation in this turbulent time.

Baker is a well-respected journalist who in this book looks back over his childhood and young manhood in order to honor that childhood, his family, and the courage and steadfastness of America between the two world wars. It covers not only the urban..."

Tags:BOOK, REVIEWS, NON-FICTION

Abstract
This paper will explore some of the images of women in the media. It will concentrate on the images of women as presented in print; particularly in magazines. The thesis is that, despite the many changes in the social, legal, and cultural status of women that have brought women more and more equity in relation to men, women are still portrayed in sexually objectified ways. The thesis will go into some detail as to the origin and meaning of such portrayals where women are reduced to what is considered sexually desirable. This occurs in a large number of advertisements in all types of magazines.

Abstract
This paper first suggests that the next generation will not even know what it is like to physically read from a printed book or newspaper but rather they will only use an electronic media. Next, the author contends that digital media is a better format for teaching, is a more efficient communicator and is ultimately more financial profitability. Today only nostalgia is preventing a complete reliance on electronic media. The paper underscores that the brand name of a print newspaper or magazine decides what is available to read; whereas, when using electronic media, the specific web-browsing interests of a reader drives what she will consume.

Table of Contents:
Abstract
Introduction
Print Newspapers
What It Means for 'Print to Die'
Modern Semiotics
Traditional Media Loses to New Media
The Fifth State

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"Both in the social world and the business world the key to making online newspapers or magazines more appealing than their physical form is to meet the need of those who require the news at their fingertips in public arenas. If someone is at the train station or bus stop or taking their lunch break at the cafe are they able to access the internet sufficiently on their mobile phone? Will the online news be easy to roam through as it is with the print newspaper/magazine? If using a phone or blackberry is more convenient than turning the pages of a newspaper or magazine then indeed print media is dead in the public arena."

Tags:nostalgia, profitability, downloads, convenient, advertising

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This paper discusses the ways in which the Internet has changed the way in which people use the media. It looks at the development of the Internet in terms of the media and how it has affected society. It analyzes the different ways that the Internet has affected the use of media and looks at the advantages and disadvantages of these changes.

Table of Contents:
Networking
Blogs
IGN
Information, Fast and Dependable
Website News
Video games Via Web
Convergence with Television
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Manuel Castells in his book The Rise Of The Network Society, describes our era as the time for the "Information Technology Revolution" . He speaks of many different ways in which the Internet has so far changed our lives and how it will affect our lives in the future. He argues that the most obvious changes can be found when exploring the relationships between society, the state and the overall economy. The most important of these changes that he suggests, is the increased dependency of networking within our culture and business practices. Interestingly, Castells makes a point in arguing that the Internet plays a key role in globalisation , in that people all over the world feel far less isolated because there is this technology, which has allowed for decreased space between all parts of the world. He suggests that time itself for all people, will be changed. Everything can be done incredibly faster. Keeping in contact with friends (all over the world), dating people from one's own city without having met them in the real world, adoption of children, divorcing of spouses - the list goes on. The most important of these changes however, is the process of information. It can now be done in real-time, as things happen. This was possible with radio and television, but with a key difference. The Internet allows for anyone to report information. The information does not have to be pre-prepared as a package, but (once again) as it happens - live - from a considerable amount of viewpoints. By having so many viewpoints of any particular event (professional and non-professional), the Internet essentially breaks down the authoritative nature of news in general."

Tags:networking blogs entertainment information news video games television, Convergence

Abstract
In this case analysis, the current business situation of the TV Guide Corporation is investigated. This analysis is done from a marketing perspective, and assesses and applies marketing concepts to a real-life situation at TV Guide magazine. In this case study, a situational analysis, which reviews TV Guide corporation, and its main product, TV Guide, along with additional offerings is shown. A brief history of TV Guide is given; the corporation's current business situation is assessed. A comprehensive SWOT analysis is given. This analysis lists the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) that are faced by TV Guide. A comprehensive recommendation for the marketing strategy is given for TV Guide. Finally, a conclusion summarizes the important information given in the other sections.

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"Interestingly, TV Guide corporation is much more than its most well known product, the TV Guide. Since the publication of McDonald's article TV Guide has become much more diversified, and global. It operates four main business units. These are: TV Guide Television Group, TV Guide Interactive Group, TV Guide Magazine Group, and United Video Group. TV Guide markets and distributes products to over 100 million cable and satellite homes each and every week.
Perhaps the biggest news in the TV Guide area is the formation of Gemstar-TV Guide international on July 12, 2000. This company formed when Gemstar International Group merged with the TV Guide Company. Gemstar-TV Guide International now has television listing products licensed to over 180 companies, in industries like cable, satellite, Internet, personal computers and consumer electronics."

Tags:iGUIDE, Prevue, Networks

Abstract
This paper analyzes the differences found between online journals or magazines and hard copy examples. The paper explores the similarities and differences between two magazine publications - "Hyper" (an Australian video gaming print magazine) and the "Imagine Games Network" (IGN.COM, an American video gaming online magazine). The paper concludes that both styles of magazine have their strengths and weaknesses - both are popular and both are profitable.

From the Paper
"As of the September issue 2003, Hyper has been in monthly print for exactly a decade in Australia. This makes it the longest running video gaming magazine in the country - obviously due to its success. Hyper's publisher Next Media publishing sells approximately two million magazines a month and is ranked in the top ten of Australia's media publishers (Fish: 2003, Hyper Issue 112 pg6). Looking through the various articles, pictures and even advertisements in the magazine one can gather that it is targeted at a predominantly male readership. Subtle sexual innuendos aimed at teenage boys are scattered throughout each issue. The wording of each article is written in a casual fashion and never talks down to the reader. The magazine never takes itself too seriously either, perhaps in a knowing attempt to allow their readership to escape their hectic lives for a while (much like videogames do). An example of this can be found in Issue 97, which shows a preview for a game by the name of 'Conker's Bad Fur Day'. A picture showcasing the visuals of the game depicts a squirrel character standing over a female dinosaur character with a giant bone in his hand. The caption states: 'oooh, looks like she's about to get boned dude!' (Shea: 2003, Hyper Issue 97 pg68). Although it is clear the screenshot itself is not intended sexually, the journalists of the magazine know their audience and are fully willing to use some sexual humour to spark up some interest."

Tags:IGN, online, publications, journals