Taking sides : clashing views on controversial issues in mass media and society

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = i
• Introduction : Ways of Thinking About Mass Media and Society = xiv
• PART 1 MASS MEDIA'S ROLE IN SOCIETY = 1
• ISSUE 1. Are American Values Shaped by the Mass Media? = 2
• YES : Neil Postman, from Amusing Ourselves to Death = 4
• NO : Jon Katz, from Virtuous Reality = 9
• ISSUE 2. Is Television Harmful for Children? = 20
• YES : Marie Winn, from Unplugging the Plug-In Drug = 22
• NO : Milton Chen, from The Smart Parent's Guide to Kids' TV = 29
• ISSUE 3. Do Media Drive Foreign Policy? = 36
• YES : Patrick O'Heffernan, from "Sobering Thoughts on Sound Bites Seen 'Round the World," in Bradley S. Greenberg and Walter Gantz, eds., Desert Storm and the Mass Media = 38
• NO : Warren P. Strobel, from "The CNN Effect, "American Journalism Review = 46
• ISSUE 4. Is Emphasis on Body Image in the Media Harmful to Females Only? = 56
• YES : Mary C. Martin and James W. Gentry, from "Stuck in the Model Trap : The Effects of Beautiful Models in Ads on Female Pre-Adolescents and Adolescents," Journal of Advertising = 58
• NO : Michelle Cottle, from "Turning Boys into Girls," The Washington Monthly = 67
• ISSUE 5. Are Newspapers Insensitive to Minorities? = 76
• YES : Ruth Shalit, from "Race in the Newsroom, "The New Republic = 78
• NO : Leonard Downie, Jr., and Donald Graham, from "Race in the Newsroom : An Exchange, "The New Republic = 85
• PART 2 MEDIA ETHICS = 93
• ISSUE 6. Should the Names of Rape Victims Be Reported? = 94
• YES : Michael Gartner, from "Naming the Victim, "Columbia Journalism Review = 96
• NO : Katha Pollitt, from "Naming and Blaming : Media Goes Wilding in Palm Beach, "The Nation = 99
• ISSUE 7. Should Tobacco Advertising Be Restricted? = 110
• YES : Joseph R. DiFranza et al., from "RJR Nabisco's Cartoon Camel Promotes Camel Cigarettes to Children," Journal of the American Medical Association = 112
• NO : George J. Annas, from "Cowboys, Camels, and the First Amendment-The FDA's Restrictions on Tobacco Advertising," The New England Journal of Medicine = 119
• ISSUE 8. Does Media Coverage of Criminal Trials Undermine the Legal Process? = 128
• YES : Barry Scheck, from "Feeding the Ravenous Appetite of the Press," Media Studies Journal = 130
• NO : Bruce W. Sanford, from "No Contest," Media Studies Journal = 136
• ISSUE 9. Has Coverage of Political Campaigns Improved? = 144
• YES : Kathleen Hall Jamieson, from Packaging the Presidency : A History and Criticism of Presidential Campaign Advertising, 3rd ed. = 146
• NO : S. Robert Lichter and Richard E. Noyes, from Good Intentions Make Bad News : Why Americans Hate Campaign Journalism = 155
• ISSUE 10. Is Advertising Ethical? = 166
• YES : John E. Calfee, from "How Advertising Informs to Our Benefit," Consumers' Research = 168
• NO : Russ Baker, from "The Squeeze," Columbia Journalism Review = 178
• ISSUE 11. Do Paparazzi Threaten Privacy and First Amendment Rights? = 188
• YES : Jacqueline Sharkey, from "The Diana Aftermath," American Journalism Review = 190
• NO : Philip Jones Griffiths, from "No Di, No Pix," Index on Censorship = 201
• PART 3 REGULATION = 207
• ISSUE 12. Should Children Be Protected from Internet Pornography? = 208
• YES : Philip Elmer-Dewitt, from "On a Screen Near You : Cyberporn," Time = 210
• NO : Julia Wilkins, from "Protecting Our Children from Internet Smut : Moral Duty or Moral Panic?" The Humanist = 217
• ISSUE 13. Are V-Chips and Content Ratings Necessary? = 226
• YES : Joseph Lieberman, from "Why Parents Hate TV" Policy Review = 228
• NO : Jon Katz, from Virtuous Reality = 236
• PART 4 MEDIA BUSINESS = 249
• ISSUE 14. Media Monopolies : Does Concentration of Ownership Jeopardize Media Content? = 250
• YES : Ben H. Bagdikian, from "The Media Monopoly," Television Quarterly = 252
• NO : Eli M. Noam and Robert N. Freeman, from "The Media Monopoly and Other Myths," Television Quarterly = 261
• ISSUE 15. Will Traditional Advertising Survive the New Technology Revolution? = 268
• YES : Amy Waldman, from "Lonely Hearts, Classy Dreams, Empty Wallets : How Home Shopping Channels Prey on the Hunger for Class and Companionship," The Washington Monthly = 270
• NO : Roland T. Rust and Richard W. Oliver, from " The Death of Advertising," Journal of Advertising = 278
• PART 5 THE INFORMATION SOCIETY = 287
• ISSUE 16. Do Media Technologies Increase Citizen PART icipation? = 288
• YES : Ted Becker, from "Teledemocracy : Gathering Momentum in State and Local Governance," Spectrum : The Journal of State Governments 290
• NO : Christopher Georges, from "Perot and Con," The Washington Monthly = 295
• ISSUE 17. Does the Globalization of Media Industries "Homogenize" Media Content? = 304
• YES : Robert W. McChesney, from Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy = 306
• NO : Georgette Wang, from "Beyond Media Globalization : A Look at Cultural Integrity from a Policy Perspective," Telematics and Informatics = 312
• ISSUE 18. Do New Media Have an Immediate Effect on Our Behaviors and Attitudes? = 322
• YES : Sherry Turkle, from "Session With the Cybershrink : An Interview With Sherry Turkle," Technology Review = 324
• NO : Douglas Rushkoff, from Media Virus! Hidden Agendas in Popular Culture = 333
• Contributors = 340
• Index = 346