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  Kids Talk Back to the News

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  Renee Hobbs Media Education Lab, University of Rhode Island, Harrington School of Communication and Media

  April 17, 2013

  1 comment

  watch the video, consider: What did children learn from completing this activity? What knowledge and ... expressed their opinions. Should these children have learned about the economic, political, historical and ... feature of the learning experience? How was the message likely to be understood by media professionals? ...
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  History Repeats Itself?: How Wrestling Regards Its Performers

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  Bryan Alvarez Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Weekly

  August 20, 2010

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  last 100 years, one that stands out, particularly over the last two decades, is an inability to learn ... mid-30s, or even mid-40s.  This is not learning from history, but at least it's an example that ...
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  The World in Action

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  Mark Gallagher University of Nottingham

  August 11, 2010

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  Europa Corp. have stoked the screen popularity of parkour and free-running styles. Europe continues to ...
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  The Surprising History of Terrifying Violence

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  Shawn Powers Georgia State University

  September 29, 2015

  mind and soul are not taken care of…this is when we start to hate.” Learning from the mistakes of the ...
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  Public Safety

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  Morgan Bassichis Community United Against Violence (CUAV)

  May 05, 2010

  connect, learn, heal, and share under the banner of safety. Despite the over-determined and co-opting ...
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  Luke Spencer: General Hospital’s Repentant Rapist

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  Elana Levine

  March 19, 2008

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  Luke Spencer: General Hospital’s Repentant Rapist patriarchy gender rape masculinity masochism soap operas 1970s General Hospital violence guilt Curator's Note As the 1970s drew to a close, the most popular character on US daytime television soap ope ...
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  A History of Violence: politics, profits, and the changing face of the WWE

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  David Ray Carter Film Critic

  August 16, 2010

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  A History of Violence: politics, profits, and the changing face of the WWE WWE violence professional wrestling Curator's Note In 2005, the WWE held the “Judgment Day” pay-per-view, of which the main event between John Cena and JBL is considered one o ...
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  The Yellow Peril rises from the grave... to get your White women! Orientalist themes in zombie stories

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  Eric Hamako Shoreline Community College

  September 28, 2009

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  The Yellow Peril rises from the grave... to get your White women! Orientalist themes in zombie stories race rape Orientalism Asian racism violence zombie horde Taken Resident Evil, Yellow Peril Arab Muslim sexual assault gang rape Curator's Note   In ...