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Men Dominate Olympics TV Coverage

by: Tom Jacobs, Thu Jul 31 14:33:00 -0700 2008

A new analysis of NBC’s prime-time Olympics coverage shows male athletes receive more air time than women,…

Team Colors Don’t Run in Reporting Squad

by: Lewis Beale, Tue Jul 22 08:30:00 -0700 2008

The racial chasm between professional athletes and the people who write about them feels like a historical anomaly.…

Oprah and the Downfall of American Society

by: Tom Jacobs, Mon Jul 14 09:15:00 -0700 2008

A journalism professor finds a straw woman on daytime TV and, in the name of scholarship, knocks her right down.

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"Barack" Befuddles, "W00t" Woos Webster

Written by: Michael Todd, Thursday 27 December 2007 - 21:36 PM 0 Comments

Whether it's flubbing or dubbing, here's a quick look at two recent media year-end lists that might have escaped your notice.

Violent Media Images Spark Aggressive Behavior

Written by: Tom Jacobs, Wednesday 26 December 2007 - 20:00 PM 0 Comments

The link between violent media imagery and aggressive behavior is only slightly less strong than the connection between cigarette smoking and lung cancer, according to one University of Michigan psychologist.

The Devil Made Me Do It: Video Games and Violence

Written by: Valerie Brown, Monday 17 December 2007 - 11:27 AM 0 Comments

Father and son researchers studying violence in video games find that the cumulative aggression seen in the current study reflects a low-grade social violence that's ultimately more indious than headline-grabbing meltdowns.