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ASHFORD COM 340 Week 1 DQ 1 (Old)
ASHFORD COM 340 Entire Course 
ASHFORD COM 340 Week 1 Individual Assignment Mass
Media Worksheet (Old) ASHFORD COM 340 Week 1 DQ 1
(Old) ASHFORD COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2 (Old) ASHFORD
COM 340 Week 1 DQ 3 (Old) ASHFORD COM 340 Week 2
Assignment Print Media Comparison (Old) ASHFORD
COM 340 Week 2 LT Assignment Web Excursion
(Old) ASHFORD COM 340 Week 2 DQ 1 (Old) ASHFORD
COM 340 Week 2 DQ 2 (Old) ASHFORD COM 340 Week 3
Individual Assignment Sex and Violence Paper (Old)
Have media had an impact in your life? In what
way or ways? In answering this question, consider
all of the media you use, including print media,
broadcast media, digital media, and entertainment
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ASHFORD COM 340 Week 1 DQ 3 (Old)
ASHFORD COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2 (Old)
Media conglomerates are getting bigger and
bigger, with more and more media companies
concentrating into fewer hands. Do you think this
is a positive or negative trend? Why?
In what ways does mass communication differ from
interpersonal communication? How is this
distinction likely to change in the future and
why?
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ASHFORD COM 340 Week 1 Individual Assignment Mass
Media Worksheet (Old)
ASHFORD COM 340 Week 2 Assignment Print Media
Comparison (Old)
Read and cite two news articles (NOT editorial or
op-ed columns) found in the University Library on
the same current event issue. One article should
come from an American newspaper and the other
from a magazine or journal. The key factor is
that they come from the University Library with
proper in-text APA citations provided for anyone
in the class to find the articles. You may also
use/cite information from assigned readings in
our textbook as support.
Complete the University Material Mass Media
Worksheet located in Week One of the COM340
Course Materials. Instructions and details of the
assignment are included.
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ASHFORD COM 340 Week 2 DQ 1 (Old)
ASHFORD COM 340 Week 2 DQ 2 (Old)
What events toward the end of the 19th century
enabled general interest magazines to become mass
circulation magazines? Next, explain why the
impact of images is such major controversy in the
magazine industry today. 
What are the major changes in form that books
have taken through time?  Currently, E-books are
proving to be the wave of the future.  What is
your opinion of them and personal preference?
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ASHFORD COM 340 Week 3 DQ 1 (Old)
ASHFORD COM 340 Week 2 LT Assignment Web
Excursion (Old)
How reliable is anecdotal evidence that movie
violence causes violence in real life?
ASHFORD COM 340 Week 2 LT Assignment Web
Excursion
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ASHFORD COM 340 Week 3 DQ 3 (Old)
ASHFORD COM 340 Week 3 DQ 2 (Old)
Commercial radio became the norm in the United
States, whereas many other countries adopted a
government-owned model used for education,
entertainment and culture. How would America be
different today if the U.S. government owned and
operated radio? 
Many early television programs came over directly
from radio. As these programs became visual, how
would the family viewing experience differ? What
kind of effects might this have had on family
life?
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ASHFORD COM 340 Week 3 Individual Assignment Sex
and Violence Paper (Old)
ASHFORD COM 340 Week 3 DQ 4 (Old)
Write a 1,200- to 1,500-word paper analyzing the
influence on young people under the age of 18 of
sex and violence portrayed in movies, television,
and video games. What is your opinion? What do
research experts say about the effects on young
people?
Should the Internet be regulated? If you were in
charge, how would you regulate it?
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ASHFORD COM 340 Week 4 DQ 1 (Old)
ASHFORD COM 340 Week 3 LT Assignment Team Paper
Outline and References (Old)
Researchers have shown that subliminal persuasion
doesnt work, yet some critics insist that the
constant barrage of regular advertising keeps
certain brand names in the consumers mind,
making it seem natural to subconsciously reach
for that brand on the store shelf. Do you agree
that this could be considered a form of
subliminal advertising? Why or why not?
ASHFORD COM 340 Week 3 LT Assignment Team Paper
Outline and References (Old)
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ASHFORD COM 340 Week 4 DQ 3 (Old)
ASHFORD COM 340 Week 4 DQ 2 (Old)
Which is the most essential news value the
audience interest, importance, or timeliness of
the story? Why?
What is your perception of PR professionals based
on your readings, current events, and personal
experiences? What are some of the public
relations tactics that critics consider to be of
questionable ethics?
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ASHFORD COM 340 Week 4 Individual Assignment
Advertising Press Release (Old)
ASHFORD COM 340 Week 4 DQ 4 (Old)
NOTE Please complete this assignment as one
paper with two sub-sections (one for the
advertisement and one for the press release),
rather than composing it as two separate
papers.1. Locate a recent electronic version of
a print advertisement. Write a 700- to 1,050-word
analysis that addresses the following
questions Who was the target audience? What was
the intended effect? Was the advertisement
misleading or notand how?
What are some of the advantages and disadvantages
of the various media for advertising? How do
advertisers influence the editorial content of
the media in which their ads appear?
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