Introduction [excerpt] The framing of stereotypical images on television news not only harms the viewers in the short term by having a false understanding of the world they live [sic], but, in the long term, it also has the ability for all races of people to further employ hatred, resentment and violence towards other groups of people, including police officers. Furthermore, it also has the capability to create a more sustainable problem from generation to generation. Thus, this...

Introduction [excerpts] The last time domestic violence in the military made major headlines in the United States was in the summer of 2002 when four soldiers stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, killed their wives in a six-week period. What was not in the headlines, however, is the fact that domestic violence is a problem in the military every day of the year.... While the issue of civilian spouse abuse has been examined by the media since the mid-nineteen seventies, the only time that domestic...

Introduction [excerpt] The current research proposes to investigate what southern Monmouth County residents think about low-income housing and the media's influences on those attitudes. There, affluent, predominantly white communities opposed Mount Laurel housing throughout the last quarter of the 20th century and into the first half of the 21st. Although local media regularly covered Mount Laurel housing issues, they failed to investigate Mount Laurel opposition as racial discrimination; instead, they offered...

Introduction [excerpt] News editors, producers, directors and reporters determine which news items will be packaged and presented to their audience. News professionals also choose which and how these points of view will be represented. By using specific word phrasing, camera angles, story lengths, and sources, news professionals develop and influence the communication atmosphere of their audience. Understanding the methods by which news professionals choose news stories and how these stories are...

Abstract The following study reveals Benoit's image repair strategies used by Penn State University during the Jerry Sandusky sex scandal. Communication strategies from the Board of Trustees are analyzed. The second part of this study examines media pick up from a nationally accredited newspaper to determine the effectiveness of the communication strategies used by Penn State. The findings show that the press release using both corrective action and mortification was found to have a "more...