MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION

 

 ADVERTISING

THE BILL OF RIGHTS IN ACTION: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
VCR No. 2562-H, 1986, 23 mins.

The First Amendment states that Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of the press. This film questions whether a reporter has the legal right to refuse to cooperate in a criminal investigation in order to protect the name of his source for a news story.

 

CONGRESS: WE THE PEOPLE - ASSESSING CONGRESSIONAL BEHAVIOR
VCR No. 2130-H, 1983, 60 mins.
Part of a series

This program provides an inside look at how Congress works. It deals with the relationship between Congress and the media and Congressional ethics.

 

THE CONSTITUTION: THAT DELICATE BALANCE
VCRs No. 1910-H, 1983, 60 mins.

CAMPAIGN SPENDING: MONEY AND THE MEDIA (VCR No. 1910- H)
One of a series of programs that pose hypothetical situations to examine real life applications of the Constitution. This program focuses on campaign spending, money and the media.

   

THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN OVERSIGHT
VCR No. 2409-H, 1984, 15 mins.

"How well do the media do their job of overseeing the Legislative and Executive branches?" "About as well as Congress does, which is to say not very well." So says Newsweek's Henry Hubbard, who leads a discussion with Kenneth Bacon and Austin Ranney.

 

SHE SAYS: WOMEN IN THE NEWS

VCR No. 4179, 2001, 60 mins.

This program explores the impact of having more women in decision-making roles in journalism on the news, the news room culture and the society. Since the early days of the Women's Movement, the number of women in both print and electronic journalism has increased by more than 25%. This documentary features 10 women in positions of power in journalism who are changing the agenda of news, and by changing the story, are changing the world.

 

ADVERTISING

 

THE CLIO AWARDS AND THE ART OF CREATIVE ADVERTISING
Worldnet, December 13, 1994
VCR No. 3811-H, 1994, 60 mins.

The 1994 Clio Awards ceremony was held in San Francisco on June 11, 1994. More than 9,000 entries from 52 countries competed for honors in the world's most recognized forum for advertising. CLIO Executive Director James M. Smyth and CLIO International Vice- President Michael A. Demetriades join colleagues in Tel Aviv, Brazzaville, and Amman for a dialogue on the Awards and the many aspects of advertising, including current trends, production techniques, political campaigning, cultural effectiveness, forms of media, and the psychology of advertising. Israeli Panelists: Avi Nir (Director of Advertising, Keshet Company and Lecturer/Researcher, Management College, Tel Aviv University) and Shoney Rivnay (Co-Creative Director, Baumann Ber Rivnay Advertising Company).

 

 

 

 

Updated: February 2008