Media and the Civil Rights Movement: The Vehicle for Social Change by: Arron Nadler
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 00:15:21
Category: / Social Sciences / Communication Studies
Length: 11 pages (3151 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Communication Studies
Length: 11 pages (3151 words)
The media is arguably the most influential tool for creating, influencing and reflecting public opinion and consciousness. It has the ability to shape societal views and norms. In fact, since the advent of the media's existence it has widely been used to accomplish this very task. That the media can serve this purpose is especially evident if we examine the way it was used during the American civil rights movement. This movement took place between 1954 …
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