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Traces the process whereby sexual violence against women goes from being a serious threat to being trivialised by the media.
Since the 11 September attacks, and throughout the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, the mainstream media in the US have presented a restricted range of views, largely confined to the opinions of political elites...
An illustrated lecture by Professor Stuart Hall of the Open University on the on the concept of representation, explaining many of the central ideas in cultural studies, including the centrality of culture...
George Gerbner summarises his 40-year study of the effects of television and the media on society. Drawing on the research of the Cultural Indicators Project at the University of Pennsylvania, he presents an...
Writing teacher Peter Elbow talks to students about the process of writing. He guides his audience from the initial stages of free writing to the final stages of the revising process, with detailed...
Exposes the insidious ways in which the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry uses, manipulates, and in some instances creates illness for capital gain. American media scholars and health...
University lecturer Jean Kilbourne and advertising manager Richard Pollay reveal the tactics, including free cigarettes and deceptive advertisements, that tobacco companies use in advertising their products...
A study of the sexism and homphobia that pervade US media coverage of female athletes. Sports media scholars examine the disparity between the success of female athletes and sports journalism’s often...
In a lecture Professor Michael Eric Dyson blends critical theory with an appreciation of popular culture, rap lyrics with classical poetry, and anecdotes of personal history with sweeping geopolitical...
An illustrated discussion with George Gerbner analysing the use and effects of violence in films and television, based on the results of a 20-year on-going study, The Cultural Indicators Project, headed by...
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