Newspapers are important sources of information about current and on-going
world issues. However, they are not necessarily good or reliable providers
of information. A reliable newspaper must have some useful and necessary
characteristics. I found seven characteristics that are useful
The front page of a newspaper provides a great deal of information on
various subjects.
Most newspapers include a weather forecast, an index or
brief description of articles inside the paper, and a small sports scorecard
to accompany the local and national news. Newspapers also concentrate on how
As this seventeen page paper contends, the discussion of the media’s
influence on public opinion is a complicated one. It is explained how the
ways in which the media talks about subjects and the spin that they project
on the subjects often changes the way the public views certain issues.
According to the writer, more and more people are becoming highly dependent
on the media for information about issues like war; this, along with the
weakening of the publics ability to rationalize and form independent
opinions outside from the media, has caused the media to have more control
over the publics opinion as time goes on.
2. Subliminal Messages in Advertising (info) 98.
9%
This six page essay discusses subliminal messages and their impact in
advertising. Subliminal advertising is defined as embedding material in
print, audio, or video messages so faintly that they are not consciously
perceived. In reality, the author finds that this type of advertising is
rarely used, even though a large number of the population feels that it is.
However, subliminal self-help products are said to be consumed by the public
in very high numbers. The writer concludes that education is the key to the
public’s understanding of advertising techniques.