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 •    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 •    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