Articles from the New York Times and CNN
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A comparison of two articles from the New York Times and CNN.com, with reference to style, content and intended readership. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: JLNYT.rtf

AUTHORITARIAN MEDIA IN RUSSIA
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This 5 page paper discusses the crackdown on the freedom of the media in the new Russia. Specific examples cited. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MBruspress.rtf

Broadcast News and Print News
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This 6 page paper considers the difference between broadcast news, including television and radio, and print news, and defines some of the underlying reasons why the concepts presented in these different forms shifts. This paper provides a comparison of stories presented in both film and the broadcast news as a means of supporting the thesis presented. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHMedTV.wps

Can the Reporting of Elections Lessen Symbolic Violence?
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This 3 page paper looks at the concept of symbolic violence as defined by Pierre Bourdieu and how this is reflected in the press and the way in which reporters may perpetuate or help to reduce the levels of symbolic violence. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEsymbviol.rtf

Cell Phones and Cancer: Examining Sources of Information
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A 6 page paper assessing 4 popular press reports and 4 scholarly source articles discussing the issue of whether cell phone radiation causes or contributes to the development of brain cancer. All of the articles reject the suspicion, but the scholarly sources are more circumspect in arriving at the negative conclusion. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KScomCellCan.rtf