Journal of
Media and Communication Studies

  • Abbreviation: J. Media Commun. Stud.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2545
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMCS
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 232

Table of Content: July 2010; 2(6)

May 2010

The impact of African traditional dance: Orósùn example

  Orósùn in Ìdànrè, is observed to be a special traditional festival in Ondo State, Nigeria, which annually brings about positive changes in the lives of the people.The festival, which is richly endowed with dance and multifarious entertainment nuances largely, attracts people of various tones and shades because of its positive impact on them and the society at large on...

Author(s): Adesina Adegbite

July 2010

Impact of violent images in Chutti television

  The paper presents the impact of violent images in Chutti TV on children. Chutti TV is a Tamil channel which has wide viewership among children in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It examines the relationship between exposure to absorption of violent images and its understanding among children. It also concludes that, it is hard to find appropriate relationship between depiction of violent images and violent...

Author(s): S. Hemamalini, I. Arul Aram and Premalatha Rajan

July 2010

Religious identity and mass media: The situation of women in Iranian cinema following the Islamic revolution

  Mass media has had a significant role in today's Iranian society. The presence of active artists and their features is also very important in this era. Presently, the presence of women as actresses or film producers has been a significant factor in the Iranian cinema. Throughout the pre-revolution era, cinema had treated women more like objects or commodities and because of this, they disappeared from...

Author(s): Mehri Bahar