TY - BOOK AU - Alexander,Alison AU - Hanson,Jarice TI - Taking sides AV - HN90.H251.T355 1993 PY - 1993/// CY - Guilford, Connecticut PB - Dushkin Pub. Group KW - Mass media KW - Social aspects KW - United States KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Influence N1 - 2; Are American values shaped by the mass media? / Neil Postman, Edwin Diamond --; Are positive images of African Americans increasing in the media? / J. Fred MacDonald, Ash Corea --; Is television harmful for children? / Marie Winn, Daniel R. Anderson --; Are media messages about women improving? / Diana M. Meehan, Susan Faludi --; Should the content of records be censored? / Parents Music Resource Center, Frank Zappa --; Should the names of rape victims be published? / Michael Gartner, Katha Pollitt --; Is objectivity still a criterion for journalism? / William E. Rowley, William V. Grimes, Theodore L. Glasser --; Is the public best served by a marketplace approach to regulation? / Mark S. Fowler ... [and others] -- Should pornography be protected as free speech? / Frank Easterbrook, James C. Dobson --; Do presidential TV ads manipulate voters? / Joe McGinniss, Thomas E. Patterson, Robert D. McClure --; Do speech codes suppress freedom of expression? / Nat Hentoff, Stanley Fish --; Are the results of polls misleading? / Christopher Hitchens, Philip Meyer --; Do ratings serve the viewing public's interest? / Hugh Malcolm Beville, Jr., Erik Larson --; Is advertising ethical? / Theodore Levitt, Douglas Kellner --; Media monopolies : does concentration of ownership jeopardize media content? / Ben H. Bagdikian, Benjamin M. Compaine --; Can network news survive? / Edwin Diamond, Jon Katz -- Does technology transfer by multinational firms benefit the development of Third World nations? / Eun Young Kim, Gerald J. Kruijer --; Can modern mass communication promote a better world? / Ithiel de Sola Pool, Jacques Ellul; 2 ER -