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Sports Glocalization Essay

Sport and Glocalization Two globally popular sports that have become glocalized are soccer (football) in the U.S. and basketball in the East (China). The glocalization of soccer in the U.S. shows the way in which a globally celebrated sport has been Continue Reading...

Drugs and Society Why Do Term Paper

Abusing illegal drugs can give rise to crime and violence, even if they are used in an allegedly positive way to 'open up' and 'free' the mind. Even overusing antibiotics, and insisting upon taking them even though one's disease is likely caused by Continue Reading...

Nietzsche While the Noble Man Term Paper

Nietzsche would easily note that in the decades since he wrote the Genealogy of Morals, moral codes have continued to evolve, propelled particularly by the will to power. The theme of resentment can be easily witnessed in the rabid state of internat Continue Reading...

Television During the Past Few Term Paper

Moreover, electronic communities provide a sense of common experience and involvement that seems lacking in much of modern society (Komito pp). Most of society today has no problem with the idea of "imagined community," where national solidarity is Continue Reading...

Protest Songs 70s Term Paper

The Sixties and the Seventies were a complicated era. On the one hand it was the height of the Cold War. On the other hand, it was the height of the peace and love movement. It was an era in which the culture of America was being shaped from that poi Continue Reading...

Terrorism Homeland Security Research Paper

Introduction The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arose from the ashes of the Twin Towers on 9/11 as the federal government’s response to the threat of terror. That threat has been represented in a number of incarnations: the Saudi hijacke Continue Reading...

Idealization of Love Essay

Problems Associated with the Idealization of Love Introduction As Berardo and Owens point out, “sociologists agree that love is one of the most complex and elusive concepts to deal with from a scientific point of view” (1696). Yet, love i Continue Reading...

Digital-Age-and-Television Corporate Writing

Strategy Document for TV Company Terrestrial Digital terrestrial television (DTT), which utilizes the analog infrastructure of traditional broadcast television to provide viewers with digital programming, is a land-based open platform with a strong Continue Reading...

South-Park-and-Mormon Essay

theater and particularly its musical performances, have changed dramatically over the years. Their tone and style have reflected historical and cultural changes as well as shifts in attitudes toward musical theater. Recent productions like Book of M Continue Reading...

L A Renaissance in the 1940s Essay

Black Way, Kinloch, and the Spirit of the Los Angeles Renaissance In Chapter One of the The Great Black Way: L.A. in the 1940s and the Lost African-American Renaissance, R. J. Smith describes John Kinloch, the up-and-coming young African-American e Continue Reading...

Deconstruct a Piece of Mass Media Essay

Mass Media A Deconstruct of the movie "Paris is Burning" as it relates to 6 Chapters in our textbook Paris Is Burning is a provocative and controversial documentary film released in the year 1990. The direction was done by Jennie Livingston who foc Continue Reading...

Risk Assessment Report Term Paper

Risk Assessment at the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Industry and company information Risk assessment System characterization Threat identification Vulnerability identification Control analysis Likelihood determination Impact analysis Risk determinat Continue Reading...

Los Angeles -- a City Essay

" Moreover, population groups "…pull up roots and seemingly go out of their way to avoid one another…" throughout Southern California, Worster writes (242). An example of the concept of "pulling up roots" is the community of Watts, which Continue Reading...