CML : Media&Values

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Media and the Earth:
Challenging the Consumer Culture

Issue #51
Summer 1990

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: Catch the Real Earth Day Fever
•	Where Does it Come From? Where Does it Go?
•	Envrionment News: No More Business as Usual
•	How We Connect with the Earth
•	CHILDREN: Finding Green Lessons in Fast Food
Reflection / Action
•	Brands R Us: How Advertising Works
•	MINORITIES: Ecological Reporters Awaken to Ethnicity

News for the '90s:
A Question of Values

Issue #50
Spring 1990

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: Is the News Selling You Short?
•	Re-Touching Reality: Can Pictures Lie?
•	A Short History of News
•	Whatever Happened to the News?
•	The Birth of the Sound Bite
•	Can a Woman Deliver the News?
•	Study Debunks Myths About Newspaper Religion Beat
Reflection / Action
•	News: Balance Bias with Critical Questions
•	News: Beyond the Myth of Objectivity
•	CHILDREN: Parents Can Help Defuse Bad News

Gender in the Media / Part Two:
Redesigning Women

Issue #49
Winter 1990

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: Discover the many faces of women in media.
•	Beauty...and the Beast of Advertising
•	Real Issues in a Reel World
•	Worlds Apart: Women, Men and Technology
•	Ads Pose Dilemma for Black Women
•	GLOBAL: War Against Media Sexism is Global
•	When Women Talk to Women, HerStory is Finally Told
•	No News Is Women's News
Reflection / Action
•	PASTORING: Eve's Legacy: Burden of Blame
•	How to Evaluate Media Images of Women
•	CHILDREN: Questions Help Challenge False Images
•	Sexist Advertisements: How to see through the soft sell
•	How to Conduct a Gender Survey of Your Local Newspaper

Gender in the Media / Part One:
Men, Myth and Media

Issue #48
Fall 1989

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: Real Men Don’t Fall for Media Myths
•	Home, Home on the Remote: Why Do Men Control "the Clicker"?
•	Dads Through the Decades: Thirty Years of TV Fathers
•	Gendered Technology
•	YOUTH: Media Models Say Muscles Make Men
•	CHILDREN: Helping Children Challenge Male Stereotypes
•	Images of Men in Advertising
•	Study Shows White Male Experts Dominate News
Reflection / Action
•	How do Media Images of Men Affect Our Lives?
•	PASTORING: What Gender is God?
•	Boys Toys: What Does Technology Cost?

Media and Money:
How the Bottom Line Affects What We See and Hear

Issue #47
Summer 1989

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: From Wall Street to Your Street
•	The Culture of Capitalism
•	The Empire Strikes: Mergers in the Media World
•	When I Grow Up: Children and the Work-World of Television
Reflection / Action
•	CHILDREN: Economic Lessons for Young Viewers
•	Get Down to Business News
•	CHILDREN: Just Say ‘No’ To Garfield
•	Can TV Characters Pay Their Bills?

The Birds, the Bees.and Broadcasting:
What Media Teach Our Kids about Sex

Issue #46
Spring 1989

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: Turning the tables on TV sex
•	Sex on TV: Do All Kids See the Same Show?
•	Sex and Consequences: Reflections of a TV Writer
•	Who's in the Dollhouse? Research reveals surprising role models
Reflection / Action
•	Tuning in to TV Sex: How to Use Media to Dialogue with your Children
•	Pastoring: Healthy Sexual Ethic Starts With Adults
•	MINORITIES: Hollywood Sour on Interracial Romance

Coming of Age:
Media and the Mature Audience

Issue #45
Winter 1989

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: It's not the same old story.
•	Lifeline or Leisure?
•	Video Visits Help Families Say 'I Love You'
•	Studies Analyze Elderly Use of Television
•	Producer's Lament: Bottom Line Still Tops
•	How does Hollywood Handle Ageism?
•	Going for the Gold: The Golden Girls are a Hit!
•	Attacking Ageism in Advertising
•	TVs Dark Vision Can Be Frightening to Elders
Reflection / Action
•	How to Watch Television with Your Grandchildren
•	CHILDREN: Media Help Fill Grandparent Gap
•	PASTORING: Senior Productions Raise Self-Esteem
•	ADVOCACY: TV Still Sidesteps Real Life Struggles
•	FAMILY: Oral Histories Harvest Family Heritage
•	WOMEN: Evaluating the Portrayal of Older Women Characters

Elections:
Image or Issues?

Issue #44
Summer/Fall 1988

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: Whatever Happened to Potholders?
•	One Journalist's View: Informed Voters Must Reach Beyond Images
•	Power Politics: Reporting the Real Issues
•	Democracy Requires Access to Media Alternatives
•	Tony Schwartz: The Man Who Invented Political Spots
•	Press Conferences: Linking People With Their President
•	Packaging Politics: Truth or Consequences
Reflection / Action
•	CHILDREN: TV Tool Teaches Election Basics
•	YOUTH: Training Creates Media Wise Voters
•	PASTORING: Faith Can Counter Campaign Cynicism
•	MINORITIES: TV Images Reflect Changing America
•	FAMILY: Questions to Analyze Political Media
•	How to Decode Political Images
•	Bill Moyers on Political Ads
•	The Selling of the President: 1984

Ethnic Diversity:
Challenging the Media

Issue #43
Spring 1988

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: We all come from somewhere
•	Covering Conflict: How the News Media Handles Ethnic Controversy
•	A Century of Abuse: Ethnic Images on Screen
•	Does TV Shape Ethnic Images?
Reflection / Action
•	Hollywood’s Arab: Still Stuck in the Desert
•	PASTORING: Stereotypes Back? It's No Joke
•	FAMILY: 'Tossed Salad' Culture Honors Diversity

Home Video:
The Revolution is Choice

Issue #42
Winter 1988

Exploring the Theme
•	STARTING POINT: It was bound to happen.
•	Video is Here to Stay
•	Undercutting “Slashers”: Evaluating Video Violence
•	China's Challenge: Modernize, not Westernize
Reflection / Action
•	The VCR: Questions for Family Reflection

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