Archive for International Media Images

A Myth and Ideological Analysis of the News

Few phrases cut quite as deeply as “where’s your common sense?” Not only does it attack self-confidence but also seems to imply that your missing something. Normally in this situation the last thing we think of is what is common sense? The answer to this last question is really the important part and is explained [...]

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Media Formats and Television News Coverage

When events take place in foreign countries information has the capability of traveling toward us at horrendous speeds. Not only is it fast, it is also amazingly convenient and often equally convincing. As we view this feed in our living-rooms or at our desks, seldom do we have a single thought about it being produced [...]

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Minds and Culture

In the creation of media there is often a disconnection between the event or issue and the individual or team reporting it. To make that connection reporters rely on their experiences or frame of reference, elements which are culturally driven into our minds, to discern how best to present the material. •    The Seattle Times [...]

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