CML : Media&Values

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Tuning in to Television:
How the Magic Box Shapes Our Views, Vision and Culture

Issue #40-41
Summer/Fall 1987

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: Life Before Television?
•	Escape From Gilligan's Island
•	We Are What We Watch: We Watch What We Are
•	Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More, But the White Rabbit Does
•	J.R. in Hell: Sin and Salvation on the Small Screen
•	Second Decade Marks Move to Wider Arena
•	Dawn of a New Decade
•	YOUTH: Wise Dating Is No Game
•	Media&Values: More than a Magazine
Reflection / Action
•	Outside From the Inside: Television in Jail
•	How Well Does Television Handle Social Issues?
•	MINORITIES: TV Stereotypes Ignore Dramas Of Life
•	Video Values: Questions for the Reflective Viewer
•	PASTORING: ‘Cosby’ Preaches Loving Lessons
•	CHILDREN: Learning to Decipher TV Culture
•	Use TV to Exercise Values

Militarism:
The Media Connection

Issue #39
Spring 1987

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: The images still haunt me
•	Marketing the Military: Should Soldiering Be Sold Like Soap?
•	Stereotypes Mask Feelings of Fear
•	War is Hell... Pass the Popcorn
•	Toying With War
•	FAMILY: Working Together Gives Peace a Chance
Reflection / Action
•	YOUTH: War Is What? Media Confuses Teen Viewers
•	WOMEN: War Zone Still Seen as Men's World
•	MINORITIES: Racism Still Implicit In Patriotic Come-Ons
•	PASTORING: Religion Must Rethink Military Metaphors
•	GLOBAL: One-Sided Images Feed Cold War Mystique
•	Questions Help Evaluate War Films

Cracking the Color Code:
Minorities in Media

Issue #38
Winter 1987

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: How do you spell "minority?"
•	A Long Way to Go: Minorities and the Media
•	The Wrong Background: Issues of Newsroom Employment
•	"...And the Company President Is a Black Woman"
•	For 200 Years: Alternative Press Voices Dissident Views
Reflection / Action
•	How to Monitor the News
•	Minority Media: Hearing the Other Side
•	WOMEN: TV's Ethnic Sensitivity Only Skin Deep
•	FAMILY: Learning to Live In Interracial World
•	CHILDREN:: Vigilant Parents Fill Media's Gaps
•	Beware: Video Classics
•	GLOBAL: World's Airwaves Echo Racist Attitudes

Selling the Dream:
Advertising and the Consumer Economy

Issue #37
Fall 1986

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: My Father was a Salesman
•	Advertising: Hit or Myth?
•	Idols of the Marketplace
•	Cloning the Consumer Culture
•	When Creativity Isn't Enough
Reflection / Action
•	YOUTH: Material World Puts Price Tag on Values
•	WOMEN: Using Female Bodies For Sales and Profit
•	ADVOCACY: Marketing Justice Without Selling Out
•	MINORITIES: Ads Still Portray All-White Society
•	GLOBAL: Global Consumers Gain New Self-Awareness
•	How to Analyze an Advertisement

Wide World of Media Sports

Issue #36
Summer 1986

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: More than a Game
•	It's a Whole New Ball Game
•	The Man Who Invented TV Sports...
•	Reflections of a Fading Fan
•	Play Ball/Pay Ball
•	No Two Countries See the Same Olympics
•	Here She Comes...Miss America(n Sportswoman)
•	Sports Reporting Reflects Each Passing Era
Reflection / Action
•	WOMEN: Sexism, Hype Spoil Pleasure of Sport
•	PASTORING: Holy Arenas! A Look at Sport As Ritual
•	FAMILY: The Family That Plays Together...
•	Win, Lose or Draw: Sports Jargon in our Lives
•	A Good Example: Sports Figures as Role Models

Making the Media Work for You

Issue #35
Spring 1986

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: Dare to be Aware
•	Mapping A Geography of Media
•	Television Exerts Powerful Draw
•	Blueprint for Response-Ability
•	Framework for Social Analysis
•	Creating Cosby: The Power of Television
•	What are You Worth? Audience for Sale
Reflection / Action
•	WOMEN: Female Roles Still Distort Reality
•	Making the Media Work for You: Action Ideas for Families
•	PASTORING: Preaching Is Pastoral Prime Time
•	CHILDREN: Media's Message Can Fool Kids
•	FAMILY: Modeling the Medium: A Parent's Role
•	MINORITIES: Insinuating Images Influence Perceptions
•	GLOBAL: U.S. System Not Only Model

Rock and its Role

Issue #34
Winter 1986

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: Beyond Lyrics to the Meaning of Music
•	Lost Listeners Anoint Musical Messiahs
•	Rock Concerts Unite Body and Soul
•	How Hits Are Made: Radio's Rating Game
Reflection / Action
•	FAMILY: Shared Music Listening Opens Dialogue
•	YOUTH: Music Choices Shape Life Skills
•	WOMEN: Madonna: Siren or Symbol?
•	GLOBAL: It's a Small World For Pop Conglomerates
•	MINORITIES: Ethnic Music: Dial 'G' for Ghetto
•	ADVOCACY: Lyrics – Are They Singing Something Important?
•	Remember the Power of Music: A Questionnaire

Violence and Sexual Violence in the Media

Issue #33
Fall 1985

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: Sexual Violence in the Media
Exploring the Theme
•	Media’s New Mood: Sexual Violence
•	How Would You Rate this Film?
•	YOUTH: Teens Need Better Rites of Passage
•	WOMEN: Enough is Enough! Why Sexual Violence in the Media?
•	PASTORING: Media Mirrors Heart of Darkness
•	Networks Voice Views On Violence Research
•	Testimony Reveals Complexity of Sexual Violence Issue
Reflection / Action
•	MINORITIES: Who Commits Screen Sexual Violence?
•	ADVOCACY: Violence Against Women Tests Limits of the Law

Cultures Under Siege

Issue #32
Summer 1985

Exploring the Theme
•	Decoding 'Dallas' Overseas
•	Muktuk and Mass Media
•	Pirating the Caribbean: Are New Media a New Colonialism?
•	Television in Trinidad
•	Endangered Species of the Media World
•	Reagan’s ‘Image-Makers’ Redefined the Presidency

Your Media and You

Issue #31
Spring 1985

Exploring the Theme
•	Mourning the Late Great Book

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