Table of Contents
Preface v
Correlation Guide xviii
Introduction xx
Media and Social Issues 1
Are American Values Shaped by the Mass Media? 2
Yes: from The Mind Managers (Beacon Press, 1973) Herbert I. Schiller 4
No: from "Television as a Cultural Forum," Quarterly Review of Film Studies (Summer 1983) Horace Newcomb Paul M. Hirsch 13
Is Television Harmful for Children? 26
Yes: from On Media Violence (Sage Publications, 1999) W. James Potter 28
No: from The Case for Television Violence (Sage Publications, 1999) Jib Fowles 40
Are Representations of African-American Women in Media Accurate? 49
Yes: from "Shades of Black on Homicide: Life on the Street," Journal of Popular Film and Television (Summer 2005) Thomas A. Mascaro 51
No: from "Reflection and Distortion: Women of Color in Magazine Advertisements," in Ellen Cole and Jessica Henderson Daniel, eds., Featuring Females (American Psychological Association, 2005) Janis Sanchez-Hucles Patrick S. Hudgins Kimberly Gamble 62
A Question of Content 71
Do Video Games Encourage Violent Behavior? 72
Yes: from "Statement to the Committee on Commerce,Science, and Transportation," United States Senate (March 21, 2000) Craig A. Anderson 74
No: from "Chasing the Dream-Video Gaming," The Economist (August 6, 2005) Editorial 81
Do Copyright Laws Protect Ownership of Intellectual Property? 89
Yes: from "Copyright Jungle," Columbia Journalism Review (September/October 2006) Siva Vaidhyanathan 91
No: from "MySpace and YouTube Meet the Copyright Cops," Searcher (May 2007) Stephanie C. Ardito 100
Is Advertising Good for Society? 113
Yes: from "How Advertising Informs to Our Benefit," Consumers' Research (April 1998) John E. Calfee 115
No: from "How the Ad Industry Pins Us Down," New Internationalist (September 2006) Dinyar Godrej 125
News and Politics 133
Are Political/Military Leaders to Blame for Misinformation in Time of War? 134
Yes: from "Mind Games," Columbia Journalism Review (May/June 2006) Daniel Schulman 136
No: from "Mainstream News Media, an Objective Approach, and the March to War in Iraq," Journal of Mass Media Ethics (Vol. 21, No. 1, 2006) Michael Ryan 144
Is Negative Campaigning Bad for the American Political Process? 160
Yes: from "An Exploration of the Effects of Negative Political Advertising on Political Decision Making," Journal of Advertising (Spring 2002) Bruce E. Pinkleton Nam-Hyun Um Erica Weintraub Austin 162
No: from "Accentuating the Negative," USA Today Magazine (May 2004) Ruth Ann Weaver Lariscy Spencer F. Tinkham 177
Is Fake News Journalism? 182
Yes: from "No Joke: A Comparison of Substance in The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Broadcast Network Television Coverage of the 2004 Presidential Election Campaign," Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media (June 2007) Julia R. Fox Glory Koloen Volkan Sahin 184
No: from "Late-Night Learning: Do Entertainment Programs Increase Political Campaign Knowledge for Young Viewers?" Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media (December 2005) Barry A. Hollander 198
Regulation 213
Should the Public Support Freedom of the Press? 214
Yes: from "Natural Law and the Right to Know in a Democracy," Journal of Mass Media Ethics (vol. 21, no. 1, 2006) Jeffrey J. Maciejewski David T. Ozar 216
No: from "State of the First Amendment 2004" (2004)$dThe Center for Survey Research & Analysis at the University of Connecticut 230
Should Freedom of Speech Ever Be Restricted? 242
Yes: from "Freedom of Speech, Cyberspace, Harassment Law, and the Clinton," Law and Contemporary Problems (2000) Eugene Volokh 244
No: from "Indecency Survey," www.EdisonResearch.com (March 2004)$dEdison and Jacobs Media Research 254
Has Industry Regulation Controlled Indecent Media Content? 263
Yes: from "Children, Entertainment, and Marketing," Consumer Research (June 2002) Rhoda Rabkin 265
No: from "The Decency Police," Time (March 28, 2005) James Poniewozik 273
Is the Use of Video News Releases Bad Journalism? 282
Yes: from "Epidemic: Phony Medical News is on the Rise," Columbia Journalism Review (March/April 2007) Trudy Lieberman 284
No: from "Video News Releases: Comment of Public Relations Society of America to FCC," Response to Request for Comment, Federal Communications Commission (June 24, 2005)$dPublic Relations Society of America 292
Media Business 303
Can the Independent Musical Artist Thrive in Today's Music Business? 304
Yes: from "Way Behind the Music," Fast Company (February 2007) Chuck Salter 306
No: from "Pay for Play," Salon.com (March 14, 2001) Eric Boehlert 313
Can Present Technology Support Internet Growth? 322
Yes: from "Back from the Dead," Business Week (June 25, 2007) Spencer E. Ante 324
No: from "The Internet Is Broken," Technology Review (December 2005/January 2006) David Talbot 331
Does Big Media Control the FCC? 342
Yes: from "My Beef with Big Media: How Government Protects Big Media-and Shuts Out Upstarts Like Me," Washington Monthly (July/August 2004) Ted Turner 344
No: from "Yes, The FCC Should Relax Its Ownership Rules," Congressional Digest (October 2003) Michael K. Powell 353
Will Print Newspapers Survive in the Current Business Environment? 360
Yes: from "The Race," Columbia Journalism Review (March/April 2007) Robert Kuttner 362
No: from "Breaking the News," Mother Jones (March/April 2007) Eric Klinenberg 373
Life in the Digital Age 385
Can Privacy Be Protected in the Information Age? 386
Yes: from "Privacy and the New Technology," The Nation (February 28, 2000) Simson Garfinkel 388
No: from "The End of Privacy," Forbes (November 29, 1999) Adam L. Penenberg 396
Are People Better Informed in the Information Society? 403
Yes: from "The Internet Reborn," Technology Review (October 2003) Wade Roush 405
No: from "Party On, Dudes! Ignorance Is the Curse of the Information Age," The American Spectator (March/April 2002) Matthew Robinson 412
Contributors 422
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