When a specific story is reported widely on television, online, and in newspapers, this is called persuasive techniques. media literacy. mass media coverage. public opinion.

Mass media coverage

Mass media coverage is when a story is reported throughout all types of media and many different news outlets. The word mass means to have something on a large scale. This story would be covered on National news and Local news. Persuasive techniques are ways a particular opinion is communicated in order to convince the audience to believe a certain way. Media literacy is the ability to navigate and understand the various forms of media. Public opinion is the public's opinion on a topic.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”