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Preface
Correlation guide
Topic guide
Introduction
Unit 1: Media And Social Issues:
Are family values shaped by the mass media?:
Yes: Reality TV and the American family / Leigh H Edwards
No: Hollywood doesn't threaten family values / Karen Sternheimer
Do media unite the population in times of crisis?:
Yes: America under attack: Pearl Harbor, 9/11, and history in the media / Marcia Landy
No: Unnatural disasters: race and poverty / Michael Eric Dyson
Do media distort representations of Islam and Arab cultures?:
Yes: Fear Inc: the roots of the Islamophobia network in America / Wajahat Ali, Eli Clifton, Matthew Duss, Lee Fang, Scott Keyes, and Faiz Shakir
Unit 2: Question Of Content:
Do media cause individuals to develop negative body images?:
Yes: What kinds of subjects and objects? / Shari L Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs
No: Everybody knows that mass media are/are not (pick one) a cause of eating disorders: a critical review of evidence for a causal link between media, negative body image, and disordered eating in females / Michael P Levine and Sarah K Murnen
Do video games encourage violent behavior?:
Yes: FAQs on violent video games and other media violence / Craig A Anderson
No: Reality bytes: eight myths about video games debunked / Henry Jenkins
Is advertising good for society?:
Yes: How advertising informs to our benefit / John E Calfee
No: How the ad industry pins us down / Dinyar Godrej
Unit 3: News And Politics:
Does fake news mislead the public?:
Yes: No joke: a comparison of substance in the Daily Show with Jon Stewart and broadcast network television coverage of the 2004 presidential election campaign / Julia R Fox, Glory Koloen, and Volkan Sahin
No: Late-night learning: do entertainment programs increase political campaign knowledge for young viewers? / Barry A Hollander
Will evolving forms of journalism be an improvement?:
Yes: People formerly known as the audience / The Economist
No: Iron core / Alex Jones
Do social media encourage revolution?:
Yes: Political power of social media / Clay Shirky
No: Small change: why the revolution will not be tweeted / Malcolm Gladwell
Unit 4: Law And Policy:
Is hate speech in the media directly affecting our culture?:
Yes: Living in a culture of cruelty: democracy as spectacle / Henry A Giroux
No: Content analysis of persuasion techniques used on white supremacist websites / Georgie Ann Weatherby and Brian Scoggins
Does online communication compromise the rights of an individual when information is anonymous?:
Yes: Inside the mind of the anonymous online poster / Neil Swidey
No: Privacy, anonymity and the internet / Ian Lloyd
Do copyright laws protect ownership of intellectual property?:
Yes: Copyright jungle / Siva Vaidhyanathan
No: MySpace and YouTube meet the copyright cops / Stephanie C Ardito
Unit 5: Media Business:
Did consolidation of the music industry hurt music distribution?:
Yes: Ripped: how the wired generation revolutionized music / Greg Kot
No: Rethinking music: the future of making money as a performing musician / Panos Panay
Should newspapers shut down their presses?:
Yes: Newspapers and thinking the unthinkable / Clay Shirky
No: Bright future for newspapers / Paul Farhi
Do new business models result in greater consumer choice of products and ideas?:
Yes: Long tail: how technology is turning mass markets into millions of niches / Chris Anderson
No: Social marketing in the New Millennium / Kathryn C Montgomery
Unit 6: Life In The Digital Age:
Are youth indifferent to news and politics?:
Yes: Journalism and citizenship: making the connection / David T Z Mindich
No: Internet and civic engagement / Pew Internet & American Life Project
Are online services responsible for an increase in bullying and harassment?:
Yes: Stalking made easy: how information and communication technologies are influencing the way people monitor and harass one another / Penny A Leisring
No: Cyberbullying and online teens / Amanda Lenhart
Are people better informed in the information society?:
Yes: Does home internet use influence the academic performance of low-income children? / Linda A Jackson, Alexander von Eye, Frank A Biocca, Gretchen Barbatsis, Yon Zhao, and Hiram E Fitzgerald
No: Dumbest generation: how the digital age stupefies young Americans and jeopardizes our future / Mark Bauerlein
Contributors.
Correlation guide
Topic guide
Introduction
Unit 1: Media And Social Issues:
Are family values shaped by the mass media?:
Yes: Reality TV and the American family / Leigh H Edwards
No: Hollywood doesn't threaten family values / Karen Sternheimer
Do media unite the population in times of crisis?:
Yes: America under attack: Pearl Harbor, 9/11, and history in the media / Marcia Landy
No: Unnatural disasters: race and poverty / Michael Eric Dyson
Do media distort representations of Islam and Arab cultures?:
Yes: Fear Inc: the roots of the Islamophobia network in America / Wajahat Ali, Eli Clifton, Matthew Duss, Lee Fang, Scott Keyes, and Faiz Shakir
Unit 2: Question Of Content:
Do media cause individuals to develop negative body images?:
Yes: What kinds of subjects and objects? / Shari L Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs
No: Everybody knows that mass media are/are not (pick one) a cause of eating disorders: a critical review of evidence for a causal link between media, negative body image, and disordered eating in females / Michael P Levine and Sarah K Murnen
Do video games encourage violent behavior?:
Yes: FAQs on violent video games and other media violence / Craig A Anderson
No: Reality bytes: eight myths about video games debunked / Henry Jenkins
Is advertising good for society?:
Yes: How advertising informs to our benefit / John E Calfee
No: How the ad industry pins us down / Dinyar Godrej
Unit 3: News And Politics:
Does fake news mislead the public?:
Yes: No joke: a comparison of substance in the Daily Show with Jon Stewart and broadcast network television coverage of the 2004 presidential election campaign / Julia R Fox, Glory Koloen, and Volkan Sahin
No: Late-night learning: do entertainment programs increase political campaign knowledge for young viewers? / Barry A Hollander
Will evolving forms of journalism be an improvement?:
Yes: People formerly known as the audience / The Economist
No: Iron core / Alex Jones
Do social media encourage revolution?:
Yes: Political power of social media / Clay Shirky
No: Small change: why the revolution will not be tweeted / Malcolm Gladwell
Unit 4: Law And Policy:
Is hate speech in the media directly affecting our culture?:
Yes: Living in a culture of cruelty: democracy as spectacle / Henry A Giroux
No: Content analysis of persuasion techniques used on white supremacist websites / Georgie Ann Weatherby and Brian Scoggins
Does online communication compromise the rights of an individual when information is anonymous?:
Yes: Inside the mind of the anonymous online poster / Neil Swidey
No: Privacy, anonymity and the internet / Ian Lloyd
Do copyright laws protect ownership of intellectual property?:
Yes: Copyright jungle / Siva Vaidhyanathan
No: MySpace and YouTube meet the copyright cops / Stephanie C Ardito
Unit 5: Media Business:
Did consolidation of the music industry hurt music distribution?:
Yes: Ripped: how the wired generation revolutionized music / Greg Kot
No: Rethinking music: the future of making money as a performing musician / Panos Panay
Should newspapers shut down their presses?:
Yes: Newspapers and thinking the unthinkable / Clay Shirky
No: Bright future for newspapers / Paul Farhi
Do new business models result in greater consumer choice of products and ideas?:
Yes: Long tail: how technology is turning mass markets into millions of niches / Chris Anderson
No: Social marketing in the New Millennium / Kathryn C Montgomery
Unit 6: Life In The Digital Age:
Are youth indifferent to news and politics?:
Yes: Journalism and citizenship: making the connection / David T Z Mindich
No: Internet and civic engagement / Pew Internet & American Life Project
Are online services responsible for an increase in bullying and harassment?:
Yes: Stalking made easy: how information and communication technologies are influencing the way people monitor and harass one another / Penny A Leisring
No: Cyberbullying and online teens / Amanda Lenhart
Are people better informed in the information society?:
Yes: Does home internet use influence the academic performance of low-income children? / Linda A Jackson, Alexander von Eye, Frank A Biocca, Gretchen Barbatsis, Yon Zhao, and Hiram E Fitzgerald
No: Dumbest generation: how the digital age stupefies young Americans and jeopardizes our future / Mark Bauerlein
Contributors.