Videos - Media Effects / Representation

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  Male Body Image - Images of metrosexuals and steroid-inflated guys reflect a growing market for male products—and male anxiety.

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  Myth and the Media - An analysis of the myths that created the Marlboro Man and the President.

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  Racism and Local TV News - The local TV news crime block, starring African Americans and other minorities, reinforces stereotypes and racist attitudes in mainstream white America.

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  Fair and Balanced News? - How balance, in the name of objectivity, can skew the story and move us away from the truth.

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  High-Calorie Advertising - A comparison of fast food advertising to tobacco commercials, which were forced off public airwaves a generation ago.