Bibliography....so far

Bibliography

Sashca Coward, “Homosexuality in the media: is the press good?” Sunday March 26 2006, the Gay Youth Center
http://www.thegyc.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=825

This article is useful because it gives quick and straight to the point answers to whether homosexuality in the media is a good. It doesn’t drag on, and it mentions well known programs such as: Sex and the City, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Coronation Street. It gives one an insightful view on homosexuality and the media, it’s points are solid and justified.

Adam Shapiro, Megan Schultz, Christina Roush, Cassandra Shofar, Emily Shilling, Tawnia Simpson, and Natalie Sampiller, “Portrayal of Homosexuality in the Media”
http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/tcom/faculty/ha/tcom103fall2004/gp16/gp16.pdf

This essay gives one a long and extensive over-view of homosexuality in the media. It includes its references so it allows one to make further research.

“Gays and Lesbians in the News”, Media Awareness Program,
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/gays_and_lesbians/ gay_news.cfm

This article is interesting because it sheds a new light on the news coverage. It gives on an insightful view on how the news covers homosexuality. It gives strong points and reasons. The article is efficient in it's views and allows the reader to understand the topic simply.


Rowan Hooper, “Pope misuses science to attack homosexuality”, Short Sharp Science, December, 23^rd 2008
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2008/12/pope-shows-his-ignorance-of-ec.html

A short quirky article from an online science blog by “New Science” is as dull as it is sharp. It gives interesting and satisfying information, but seems to be a little too short overall. Although it does have quite a few interesting quotes from the Pope.

Tony Heryla, “Wal-Mart amends anti-discrimination employment policy for GLBT’s”, The Penn, 7/14/2003

http://media.www.thepenn.org/media/storage/paper930/news/2003/07/14/News/WalMart.Amends.AntiDiscrimination.Employment.Policy.For.Glbts-2228270.shtml

The Penn is a college online newspaper that covers many issues. It has a broad focus, and it was interesting to see that it had covered this topic. The article included a lot of information, and wasn’t a bias perspective. It allowed the reader to just read the article without feeling pressured in choosing side.

Sarah Kershaw, “Wal-Mart Sets a New Policy That Protects Gay Workers”, New York Times, July, 2^nd, 2003

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407E5DB133AF931A35754C0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all

This article had basically the same information as the Penn article; however since it was included in the New York Time it seemed to be a good idea to read it and compare the details. The New York Times included a few more in depth details that further progressed research.

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, Wikipedia,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_ask,_don't_tell

Wikipedia provided quick and extensive information on the policy “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”.