Media Archives – Page 8 of 9

Homophobic Friends?

Karl Thompson / January 26, 2018

It’s almost 15 years (!) since the hit T.V. show ‘Friends’ went off the air. The show has been voted […]

Karl Thompson / December 22, 2017

Reverend Billy and The church of stop shopping are critical of our addiction to shopping – especially at Christmas. They

Karl Thompson / September 3, 2017

Below are some links to the main social media sites I use. If you like this sort of sociology thang,

Agenda-setting is where the media only ask a limited range of questions about a topic, thus limiting the number of

Snee (2013) was interested in how representations of cultural difference were portrayed in ‘gap year’ narratives. She sought out blogs

News values are criteria journalists used to decide whether an event is newsworthy.

Is there a right-wing bias in the British media? Here I explore some of the sociological evidence which suggests that

Identifying media bias through content analysis is a key skill in sociology. The American media is often accused of having

The evidence below criticizes the hypodermic syringe model of audience effects. The Independent recently published this article on how people

Karl Thompson / February 8, 2017

Mobile phones seem to be having a profound impact on the way we interact with each other and on how