Media Ethics Goes to the Movies:

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Certain films seem to encapsulate perfectly the often abstract ethical situations that confront the media, from truth-telling and sensationalism to corporate control and social responsibility. Using these movies--including Ace in the Hole, All the President's Men, Network, and Twelve Angry Men--as texts, authors Howard Good and Michael Dillon demonstrate that, when properly framed and contextualized, movies can be a powerful lens through which to examine media practices. Moreover, cinema can present human moral conduct for evaluation and analysis more effectively than a traditional case study can. By presenting ethical dilemmas and theories within a dramatic framework, Media Ethics Goes to the Movies offers a unique perspective on what it means for media professionals to be both technically competent and morally informed.

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Media Ethics Goes to the Movies
Michael J. Dillon Howard Good
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORS1S2

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In the twenty-first century, why do we keep talking about the Fifties and the Sixties? The stark contrast between these decades, their concurrence with the childhood and youth of the baby boomers, and the emergence of television and rock and roll help to explain their symbolic power. In Happy Days and Wonder Years, Daniel Marcus reveals how interpretations of these decades have figured in the cultural politics of the United States since 1970.

From Ronald Reagan's image as a Fifties Cold Warrior to Bill Clinton's fandom for Elvis Presley and John F. Kennedy, politicians have invoked the Fifties and the Sixties to connect to their public. Marcus shows how films, television, music, and memoirs have responded to the political nostalgia of today, and why our entertainment remains immersed in reruns, revivals, and references to earlier times. This book offers a new understanding of how politics and popular culture have influenced our notions of the past, and how events from long ago continue to shape our understanding of the present day.

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popular culture as a tool to construct politcal memory.......2004-09-06

This is a fascinating account of the use of popular culture in constructing nostalgia and with it collectively shared political-cultural narratives of the nation's history. It is particularly apropos during an election centered, to a strange degree, on events 30 to 40 years ago.

The book focuses on two iconic public figures, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, who each successfully constructed alternative interpretations of the 1950s and 1960s and rode them to the White House. In some sense Reagan's was the simpler task, using his personal charisma to frame a nostalgia evoking American dominance and stability, "a chronology of 1950s normality, 1960s deviance and trauma, 1970s hangover and stagnation, and a 1980s return to health and glory," aimed at a largely white and male core political constituency for whom such a narrative did not do tremendous violence to their personal interests.

Clinton's task was harder-as Marcus observes, "American imaginations find it difficult to hold onto the image of an antimilitaristic, psychedelicized, left-wing white southerner." But Clinton managed to turn the trick, reaching back to JFK and Elvis as his touchstones. Indeed, Marcus argues that the death of George Bush's southern guitar-picking political advisor Lee Atwater deprived him of the one political hand who might have had the cultural instincts to fashion a successful counter to Elvis as Policy Wonk, and with an assist from Ross Perot, Clinton went on to win in 1992.

Reading this well-written book one wonders what Marcus would have made of the media's hagiographic treatment of Reagan at the time of his death, or the weirdly backward looking focus of the current presidential election campaign. But it is precisely that backward gaze which demonstrates the contemporary relevance of this book.

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Think hard, but on several different tracks

Give your brain a workout

The Amazing 1000 Puzzle Challenge: A Fantastic Treasury of Mind Bending Puzzles, Games, and Experiments for All the Family

Manufacturer: Firefly Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Book of Puzzles & Brain Teasers

ASIN: 1552978575

Book Description

Test your brain power -- or that of your friends, co-workers, and family members. From the simple to the extremely challenging, The Amazing 1000 Puzzle Challenge offers page after page of fun for all ages.

This book is filled with a mixed bag of all types of puzzles:

Mazes
Word puzzles
Number puzzles
Crosswords
Logic puzzles
Lateral thinking puzzles
Visual puzzles
Spatial problems
Codes and ciphers

The solutions are sometimes deceptive in their simplicity or just wickedly difficult to figure out. In all cases, the answer to each puzzle is provided at the back of the book.

This big, colorful book will provide hours of fun for the whole family. It's the perfect companion for rainy afternoons, long trips, and active minds.

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Think hard, but on several different tracks.......2005-07-18

The 1000 puzzles in this book are some of the most challenging, entertaining and frustrating that you will ever find. Reading through the book is addictive, once you start on a puzzle, it is hard to put it down. I spent hours reading and trying to solve the puzzles, occasionally I would solve one, but most of the time I was forced to read the solution. Like all good puzzles, the answer is obvious once you know what it is. However, I must confess that I would never have solved many of them on my own. The solution was so far out of my circle of thought patterns that I never would have landed there. Nevertheless, I strongly recommend the book as a source of intellectual play, but only if you can tolerate an increase in your frustration level.

Give your brain a workout.......2003-12-21

This challenging oversized book is full of colorful illustrated brain-benders of all sorts that range from the simplistic to the mind numbing. It includes a good variety of spatial, visual, logic, word, lateral thinking, and number puzzles. The solutions sometimes involve a trick of some kind. The format would have been improved if it had a spiral binding so it could lie flat. It is difficult to work the puzzles in a book this thick without one.

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A must-have resource for every home, with over 200 games for the whole family; includes basic rules, easy-to-follow, detailed instructions, over 300 diagrams and illustrations, strategies, and tips. Learn how many players are needed, the game's level of difficulty, how long you can expect to play, and what equipment you'll need.

The big book of family games: The most complete treasury of fun-filled games and activities for family and friends

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The big book of family games: The most complete treasury of fun-filled games and activities for family and friends
Jerome Sydney Meyer
Manufacturer: Galahad Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 0883650495

Celebrations: A Uniques Treasury of Holiday Ideas Featuring Appetizing Recipes, Family Games, Gala Decorations, and Easy Craft Activities for over 25

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Celebrations: A Uniques Treasury of Holiday Ideas Featuring Appetizing Recipes, Family Games, Gala Decorations, and Easy Craft Activities for over 25
Becky Stevens Cordello
Manufacturer: New Win Pub
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Binding: Hardcover

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Games with gospel themes (Treasury of classroom, family and party fun)

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Games with gospel themes (Treasury of classroom, family and party fun)
Alma Heaton
Manufacturer: Bookcraft
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00070SBHW

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Kate Greenaway's Family Treasury

Manufacturer: Derrydale
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Binding: Board book

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ASIN: 0517293080
Release Date: 1988-12-12

Kate Greenaway's Family Treasury. Selections from A Applepie, Under the Win dow, Mother Goose, Book of Games & Marigold Garden.

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Kate Greenaway's Family Treasury. Selections from A Applepie, Under the Win dow, Mother Goose, Book of Games & Marigold Garden.
Kate Greenaway
Manufacturer: New York Derrydale Books 1979.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LQR2FE

The outdoor-indoor fun book;: A treasury of everyday games, family and group activities, party and holiday ideas for children from six to twelve

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The outdoor-indoor fun book;: A treasury of everyday games, family and group activities, party and holiday ideas for children from six to twelve
June Johnson
Manufacturer: Gramercy Pub. Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006BSVGS

Party Starters & Quiet Games: Treasury of Classroom Family and Party Fun Series #2

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Party Starters & Quiet Games: Treasury of Classroom Family and Party Fun Series #2
Alma Heaton
Manufacturer: Bookcraft
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NQ1I1G

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Old Time Crafts and Such
Two Thumbs Down!

A Treasury of Tips to Amuse a Child
June Johnson
Manufacturer: Gramercy
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 051706121X
Release Date: 2000-07-05

Book Description

A revival of 838 Ways to Amuse A Child, a big bestseller, now with a new cover and great price, and the same terrific information for projects dealing with science, sewing, cooking, carpentry, arts and crafts, and much more.

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Old Time Crafts and Such.......2001-08-08

This book, copyright 1960, contains descriptions of crafts, hobbies, and science projects with black and white sketches. Projects are usually old time crafts such as mobiles, dioramas, butterfly nets, collections, and how-tos for construction paper crafts. Contains nice ideas that are inexpensive and hail a simpler time.

Two Thumbs Down!.......2000-12-21

This book is so outdated, it made me wince! I wish I had been able to skim it before I bought it. As a Girl Scout leader and a mom, I thought this book would come in handy. Wrong! After going through it cover to cover with my daughter, we only found a handful of activities that we half-heartedly thought we'd try. Poor percentage for a book that was originally titled "838 Ways to Amuse a Child." I have yet to use the book for any activities. Definitely a waste of my money.

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Operators and functions
Debugging and error handling
Menu commands
Forms and reports
Jet databases
DAO object model

Save money by learning to use VBA to customize your databases instead of paying someone else to do it for you!

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If you use Microsoft Access in your every day business life but haven't learned to fully exploit the program, now's your chance. Automating Microsoft Access with VBA is a thorough introduction to programming Microsoft Accessing using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). With this book, you will gain a working knowledge of VBA and be able to customize your Microsoft Access databases. You will cover topics that include: * Operators and functions * Debugging and error handling * Menu commands * Forms and reports * Jet databases * DAO object model Save money by learning to use VBA to customize your databases instead of paying someone else to do it for you!

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Very poor book.......2007-04-05

This book was very boring, and after reading a few chapters, I still only know the same things I knew before reading this book (which is basically nothing). My husband and I were very disappointed that we lost our money on such a retarded book.

My Favorite VBA Book So Far.......2006-11-10

This book has become my favorite VBA reference book so far. It's great for those with an intermediate knowledge of Access and little-to-no knowledge of VBA. It includes practical examples of how to use the code provided in each lesson and concise explanations of why/how the code works.

The sections on SQL Structure and Syntax and If/For...Else Statements are very informative, and easy to understand.

I've also bought the "Forms, Reports and Queries" book of this series, and would highly recommend them both.

Information at the Expense of Instruction.......2006-05-31

As far as I can tell, this text is full of useful programming information for working with Access but I have not used much of it. It presumed more knowledge on my part than I actually have. I was able to read over it and get the basic concepts for a fair amount but the actual ability to use the information has not developed. I got the information at the expense of instruction.

The biggest problem is the lack of a disk with the examples. Supposedly, you can get the examples over the web but I most often do this type of stuff on the laptop from motel rooms in out of the way places with no or very limited access to the net. For me, that was an unworkable solution.

Even if it had included a disk, I don't think I would have liked this text too much because of the explanations. As I mentioned before, they seem to assume a level of knowledge on my part that I do not yet possess. It almost seemed as if I needed to know how to program in VBA before I could learn to program in VBA.

On the plus side, the screen shots are not generous in either quantity or size but they are definitely readable. This far surpasses the norm for most computer instruction books in my experience.

Others with more experience may well get more out of this book than I did. I plan on keeping it around in the hope that I may grow into it but, as yet, its usefulness has been minimal.

The right book.......2005-07-20

This book worths my money. All I need to do is to learn the syntax for Access VBA. I already has novice level of general programming. This book has clear and simple explanation of Access VBA syntax through its practical examples.

If you want to learn practical and useful syntax for VBA this is the right book for you.

Table of Contents.......2005-03-06

"Here's the TOC I got from another site in case it helps."

Automating Microsoft Access with VBA
By Susan Sales Harkins, Mike Gunderloy

Publisher : Que
Pub Date : September 14, 2004
ISBN : 0-7897-3244-0
Pages : 408

Copyright
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
We Want to Hear from You!
Introduction
Who This Book Is For
What's in This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
The Sample Code for This Book
Contacting the Authors

Part I: Laying the Foundation
Chapter 1. Why Access? Why VBA?
Understanding the Place of Access in Office
Understanding Access Programming Choices

Chapter 2. Getting Around in the Visual Basic Editor
Your First Glance at the Visual Basic Editor
Introducing the VBA Modules
Entering and Running VBA Code
Getting Help on Code
Establishing Good Habits in Coding

Chapter 3. Using Variables, Constants, and Data Types
Declaring Variables and Constants
VBA Data Types
Referencing Syntax

Chapter 4. Using Procedures
Understanding Procedure Types
Declaring Procedures as Public or Private
Passing Arguments
Giving a Function a Data Type
Implementing Error Handling
Debugging Code

Chapter 5. Choosing the Right VBA Function
Introducing VBA's Built-in Functions
Converting Data Types with VBA Functions
Working with Date Functions
Using Mathematical and Financial Functions
Using String Functions
Using the Format Function
Using the Is Functions for Flawless Processing
Interacting Functions

Chapter 6. Using Flow-of-Control Statements
Branching and Looping
Using If...Then...Else
Using Select Case
Using For...Next
Using Do Loops
Using GoTo

Chapter 7. Working with Arrays
Introducing Array Variables
Declaring an Array Variable
Understanding the Array's Index
Working with Array Elements
Arrays with Multiple Dimensions
Expanding to Dynamic Arrays

Chapter 8. Understanding Objects
Introducing Objects
Reading and Setting Properties
Invoking Methods
Working with Collections
Working with an Object Model
Creating Your Own Objects
Working with Events

Chapter 9. Understanding Scope and Lifetime
What's Scope?
Measuring the Lifetime of a Variable or Constant
Using Static Variables

Part II: Working with the Access User Interface

Chapter 10. Working with Forms
Opening and Closing Forms
The Form Module and Event Handling
Performing Common Tasks
Handling Errors at the Form Level
Working with Multiple Form Instances

Chapter 11. Analyzing the Access Event Model
Responding to Events
The Event Sequence for Controls
Data Events
The Event Sequence for Forms
The Event Sequence for Reports
Canceling Events

Chapter 12. Working with List and Combo Boxes
Populating a List Control
Adding to the List-or Not
Working with Multiselect Controls
Considering Callback Functions

Chapter 13. Working with Other Controls
Working with Text Boxes
Using Controls in Option Groups
Working with Subforms
Working with the Tag Property

Chapter 14. Working with Reports
Introducing the Report Module and Events
Opening and Closing Reports
Passing Arguments Using OpenArgs
Populating the Report
Handling Report-Level Errors
Using VBA to Determine Group Properties

Chapter 15. Working with the Application Collections
Investigating the Application Collections
Retrieving Lists of Objects
Working with Object Properties
Programmatically Determining Dependencies

Part III: Working with Access Data

Chapter 16. Retrieving Data with ADO
What's ADO and Why Do You Need It?
Using the ADO Connection Object
Working with Command Objects
Understanding the Different Types of Recordsets
Creating and Opening a Recordset
Filtering Recordsets
Using the Recordset Property

Chapter 17. Manipulating Data with ADO
Moving Through a Recordset
Finding Data in a Recordset
Adding Data Using a Recordset
Deleting Data in a Recordset
Updating Data in a Recordset
Using Transactions to Commit Groups of Records-or Not

Chapter 18. Creating Objects with ADOX
What Is ADOX?
Creating Tables
Securing Objects

Chapter 19. Performing Advanced Data Operations
Coding for Concurrency
Retrieving a User Recordset
Using Other Schema Recordsets

Part IV: Using Advanced VBA Techniques in Access

Chapter 20. Working with Data Files
Understanding File I/O
Opening Files
Reading from Files
Writing to Files
Printing to Files

Chapter 21. Automating Other Applications
Understanding Automation
Setting Object References
Creating Objects in an Automation Server
Talking to Excel from Access
Talking to Word from Access

Chapter 22. Working with XML Files
An Introduction to XML
Using ExportXML
Using ImportXML

Chapter 23. Using the Windows API
Declaring API Calls
Using API Calls
API Calls That You Can Use From Access
Knowing When to Use the Windows API

Part V: Appendix
Appendix A. Review of Access SQL
An Introduction to SQL
SQL Structure and Syntax
Retrieving with SQL SELECT
Modifying with SQL UPDATE
Deleting with SQL DELETE
Appending With SQL INSERT INTO
Making Tables With SQL SELECT INTO
Creating a Crosstab Query with SQL TRANSFORM
Index

AUTOMATING MICROSOFT ACCESS WITH VBA. FROM THE SERIES, BUSINESS SOLUTIONS.

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AUTOMATING MICROSOFT ACCESS WITH VBA. FROM THE SERIES, BUSINESS SOLUTIONS.
Susan Sales; and Mike Gunderloy Harkins
Manufacturer: QUE Indianapolis, IN
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000IX2K7A

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