, notes at that there has been a "paucity of studies" on the effectiveness of video in teaching culture through foreign-language programs. Herron investigated whether students retain more ("little c") cultural "practices" or ("big C") cultural "produ Continue Reading...
), [he knows] that media companies are responsive to pressure when it is sustained, sophisticated and well executed," he fails to offer any concrete examples of this kind of pressure or how it might actually be applied (Schechter, 2003, p. 242). He d Continue Reading...
Mass Communication Bryant, J. (2008). Media Effects. New York: Routledge Press. This book is able to aptly examine some of the more pervasive impacts of mass media, while discussing the bulk of the effects arena, offering up more focused commentar Continue Reading...
Facebook: Developing a Code of Ethics1. Hook/Sales PitchDigital footprints are everywhere today, and the challenge we all face is how to apply our ethical compass, so that our traces of steps are safe, our direction moral. The proposition before you Continue Reading...
Business Course Retrospective Comment on how journaling activities helped you recognize the real or potential impact of stakeholder biases as well as your own biases. How do biases or differing perspectives influence the media, public opinion, and d Continue Reading...
Theatrical claims and manifestations do well when selling a manufactured good or service, as long as they continue to credible (Lights, Camera, Action: Creating Effective TV Commercials, n.d.). The main idea of both of these advertising mediums is Continue Reading...
Also, viewers may perceive the negative advertising as an infringement upon their right to decide for themselves. Such a perception may result in reactance, a boomerang effect in which the individual reacts in a manner opposite to the persuader's in Continue Reading...
Premature Sexualisation Public hysteria or "sex panic" involving the "sexualisation" of children may be getting a decent outing in Australia at the present moment, but it is certainly nothing new: fifty years ago it was Elvis Presley's hips that po Continue Reading...
She not only became a model for young people into what sporting is about, but also took a stance and a leadership role in issues that she believed in. Over the years, tennis has been the main promoter of women in sports as team sports have not been Continue Reading...
demand: A Change in News Consumer Demand in Britain Pfanner, Eric. (28 Feb 2005) "British Papers Stem Losses, but the reader grows fickle." International Herald Tribune. From The New York Times. World Business News Retrieved 28 Feb 200528 Feb 2005 Continue Reading...
90s American Popular Culture and Self-Identity Formation Popular culture is the main force in America; it reaches our classrooms, cars and, even homes and influences what people think, watch, listen to, wear, and buy. Popular culture can be quite ad Continue Reading...
RESEARCH QUESTIONS Research questions asked in this present study include the following stated questions: (1) What role does Internet technology (Web 2.0) play in the international student's development and maintenance of a sense of belonging in Continue Reading...
TV & Internet Mass media technology has become omnipresent in our society. It is not uncommon for children to now be raised with personal electronics, constant television and an overall barrage of sensory stimulus. Moreover, electronic devices a Continue Reading...
In a study entitled Lost on the Web: Does Web Distribution Stimulate or Depress Television Viewing?, it was found out that Web distribution of TV programs positively influenced the overall viewing of TV network programming (Waldfogel, 2007). A joint Continue Reading...
Longitudinal Effects of Violent Media Usage on Aggressive Behavior -- The Significance of Empathy by Mossle, T., Kliem, S. & Rehbein, F. This research work by Kliem, Rehbein, and Mossle (2014) was aimed at scrutinizing, in detail, the associati Continue Reading...
The Impact of Socially Responsible Marketing on TV Viewership and Household Conflicts: A Theoretical Descriptive StudyAbstractMarketing is used by business organizations to promote the beneficial attributes of their product and services. The increase Continue Reading...
Asian media, specifically anime and animated movies like "Spirited Away," impact Saudi youth? Argument Anime or what some may consider, Japanese animation, is one of the main aspects of Japanese media. It has reached millions of people worldwide a Continue Reading...
In this article, the author describes the technological, demographic, and market forces shaping this new digital media culture and the rich array of Web sites being created for children and teens. Many nonprofit organizations, museums, educational i Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Strategic Implications of Disney's Acquisition of 21st Century Fox: A New Era of Entertainment: This essay will explore the strategic reasons behind Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox and how the merger positions Continue Reading...
Cultural beliefs transmitted by media include such notions as police officers are heroes. In reality, the media works in strengthening and affirming the cultural notions present in a society. It holds true particularly for the messages about the et Continue Reading...
Moral and Social Issue of Recent Media Debate Why Censorship of Sexuality Cannot Exist in the Modern, American Media With the rather sentimental reminiscing about the end of the ten-year-old television show "Friends," it is easy to forget some of Continue Reading...
Introduction Television has become an integral part of our daily lives, providing entertainment, information, and a means of escapism from the realities of the world. However, there is a growing concern about the impact of television on our society, Continue Reading...
Internet Ethics and the consumer's private existence in an unstable regulatory environment -- untapped economic waters in a wild, wild west of identity theft and chronic consumption When it comes to Internet ethics, even in the absence of legal requ Continue Reading...
Syndication The Cultural and Financial Implications of Syndication -- for actors, television audiences, and the industry as a whole The most recent hit television show to come to an end was the popular NBC sitcom "Friends." The show was one of the Continue Reading...
Music and Society Music has a profound influence on society. As with other forms of art, music has the ability to communicate messages that are both complex and oblique -- the message need not be specific, but may convey an emotion or ethos, externa Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. Social Learning Theory: Explore how Albert Bandura's Social Learning Theory has influenced modern psychology, focusing on the mechanisms of observational learning, modeling, and the role of reinforceme Continue Reading...
Does Technology Make Us More Alone?IntroductionWhile the new development technology is often celebrated as the turning point for progressive societies, there is sometimes the failure to consider the negative social repercussions that new technologies Continue Reading...
The Hidden Persuaders ends on a very negative note, stressing how the commercial media has even co-opted teenage rebellion. However, new uses social media do not have to be negative -- anti-smoking and AIDS awareness are examples of campaigns that Continue Reading...
Apologetics for Generation ZTable of ContentsIntroduction 3Who is Generation Z? 3Understanding the Problem 8Background to the Humanities 10The Sources That Will Help 13Walker Percys Moviegoer 14The Disease That Haunts Man 18Flannery OConnor 21Pluck O Continue Reading...
Re-Imagining the Self through PhotographyIntroductionAll photographs captured or maintained by an individual are a form of self-portrait or mirror of memories that reflects instances and individuals sufficiently special to forever be preserved in tim Continue Reading...
234). Culturally, trainers may simply be paying more attention to girls' injuries due to our culture's tendency to protect females more than males (Tierney, et al., 2005, p. 278) and/or boys may simply under-report concussions due to "macho" tendenc Continue Reading...
The chairman effectively uses Howard's schtick against him, cleverly manipulating the setting of their conversation (which the film augments with its particular editing choices) to the point that Howard actually believes him to be a god. As the chai Continue Reading...
Technology and children's attention spans I decided to select the topic of the impact of technology on children's attention spans because it was of great personal interest to me. Like many young people, I have heard adults complain that my generati Continue Reading...
Technology Both Kelly (2008) and Seabrook (2008) talk about the ways technology has radically transformed the ways people communicate and perceive the world. "We are headed towards screen ubiquity," claims Kelly (2008) in "Becoming Screen Literate." Continue Reading...
Netflix Raises Prices, Lowers Investor Confidence Netflix has reached a new low as it broke its 52-week low, erasing 12 months of considerable growth. This news happening after massive losses of users after Netflix announced in July that it was rais Continue Reading...
Latinx Women Reclaiming Their Bodies and Self-LoveAccording to Stokes, Clemens, & Rios (2016), historically Latinx women have been assumed to embrace a more positive body shape and image than their Caucasian counterparts. Much like African American c Continue Reading...
