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Big Business in the Media, 2007.
A discussion of the merit of the portrayal of big business in the mass media.
2,078 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 13 sources, MLA, AU$ 81.95
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This paper discusses the portrayal of big business in the mass media. It discusses why films and books about big business are gaining widespread attention, when they appear to have less entertainment value than traditional films and novels. The paper argues that popular media that attack big businesses are making a valid point and serving a useful purpose as globalization spreads.
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"Unfortunately, another aspect of all this is that many fast food companies actively promote unhealthy eating habits, despite the fact that there is a growing obesity epidemic in North America. This was highlighted by another movie that enjoyed widespread viewing, Super Size Me. This film made the point that McDonald's penchant for encouraging us to super size our meals is contributing to gluttony, and to an epidemic of obesity and ill health - but it is making McDonald's shareholders very, very wealthy. Independent US filmmaker Morgan Spurlock proved the point by eating nothing but McDonald's food for thirty days. The film records how his health deteriorated under this regime - he put on 25 pounds of fat, he became moody and sexually inadequate, and he almost destroyed his liver. This film performs a very valuable function in highlighting the selfish greed of corporations such as McDonald's, which makes its money by aggressively encouraging people to become unhealthy."
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The Female Beauty Myth, 2007.
This paper explores the motives behind the way women are portrayed in the popular media.
2,492 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 94.95
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The paper discusses the views of Naomi Wolf in her book "The Beauty Myth" that the enforced version of female beauty helps to maintain male economic and political power. The paper also discusses Noam Chomsky's argument that the powerful elite of our society deliberately manipulate the media they control in order to maintain the current status quo. The paper examines current popular media, especially television and film, to investigate whether these allegations appear to be valid. The paper concludes that the beauty ideal is indeed a myth that the elite of our society convey to us via the popular media in order to keep women in their inferior place.
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"In her book The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf argues that the ideal of female beauty that is projected in modern mass media is simply the latest method of keeping women in a subservient role within the patriarchal system. Wolf sees the aggressive pushing of a particular form of beauty as an important part of a backlash against the successes that have been achieved by the feminist movement. She believes that this enforced version of female beauty helps to maintain male economic and political power, by keeping women busy with diet and exercise, or keeping them so consumed by anxiety that they are unable to act effectively in the worlds of business and politics. Wolf argues this point with reference to many aspects of the popular media, noting that they all send the message that it is vitally important for women to be beautiful; and that in order to beautiful, women must be thin (and preferably also young, white and blonde). In considering these allegations, we also need to keep in mind that theorists such as Noam Chomsky have argued persuasively that the media is controlled by the powerful elite of our society, who deliberately manipulate the media they control in order to maintain the current status quo."
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Radio and American Culture, 2007.
This paper explores the radio's impact upon American popular culture from the 1920s through the 1950s.
2,525 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 9 sources, MLA, AU$ 95.95
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The paper shows how radio advertising created a demand for certain modes of dress, entertainment and music at the same time as it worked to produce a society more pliant to powerful interest groups. The paper discusses how the radio also served to perpetuate stereotypes that marginalized some groups while elevating others. The paper concludes that American popular culture - even to this very day - owes at least part of its nature to the old-fashioned radio.
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"One of the most significant things that radio did for American popular culture was to make the siren call of that culture more pervasive than ever before. That is to say, before the advent of the radio, people could really only be exposed to the newest fad, fashion or technological product by venturing outdoors, by permitting a door-to-door salesman into the house or by purchasing a subscription to the local newspaper. However, because radio did not require anyone to leave the home in order to be inundated with advertising promos, did not require that someone admit a stranger into their residence or did not even require that someone be able to read the printed word, radio became an extraordinarily effective means of "commodifying" popular culture even more than it already was."
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Maintaining A Healthy Relationship, 2007.
This paper looks at what a healthy relationship involves.
2,734 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 101.95
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The paper discusses the components detrimental to the growth and maintenance of a healthy relationship. The paper explores intimate relationships and friendships. The paper shows that, to have a healthy relationship, two individuals have to "plant" seeds of love and commit to regularly "weed" out negatives, while at the same time nurture the positive points of their relationship. The paper includes true/false questions and plenty of resource material.
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"Even though these true/false questions appear to be relatively shallow, news headlines portraying an epidemic crop of unhealthy relationships, alongside the myriad of contemporary divorce rates, reflect that in regard to maintaining healthy relationships, many individuals repeatedly fail the "true/false" test. Perhaps, part of the reason so many fail at maintaining healthy relationships stems from the fact, as Levine, Aune, & Park note: "Love means different things to different people . . ." This research paper purports, albeit, contrary to the concept contributing to this contention: To maintain, a healthy relationship, it must be rooted in a common definition of love. In a healthy relationship, "Keeping love alive requires work. . . . to maintain a healthy relationship requires effort, time and energy,." Mosier (2003) argue. Most individuals do not know, however, what having a healthy relationship involves."
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"In Seeing Voices", 2007.
A review of the subject of deafness as depicted in Oliver Sacks' book, "In Seeing Voices".
866 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 38.95
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This paper analyzes the book, "In Seeing Voices," written by Oliver Sacks. The paper describes the author's main objective of bringing every reader's attention to the subject of deafness and how the book effectively depicts a minority fighting for their recognition and respect. Additionally, the paper discusses the concepts that the author describes and how he presents them in his book.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Analysis of the Book
Conclusion
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"In part II of the book, he used his professional knowledge in a sensitive and compassionate examination of latest research on the relationship between language and the organization of brain and mind that finally made him join the Gallaudet University community for the exciting week in 1988 that concluded in the appointment of the institution's first deaf president (Ed. Robert, 2004). He also opined that sign is not just a language but it is a very important medium of deaf culture. It remains at the center of the exceptional social and political movement for deaf rights, which obtained international attention with the uprising of deaf students at Gallaudet University in March 1988 (Ed. Robert, 2004). Further, he reflected on the association between the scholarly movement that verified that sign is a real language and the political movement that blocked control of that 124-year-old university for the deaf (Ed. Robert, 2004)."
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Feed The Children, Inc., 2007.
This paper analyzes the mission statement for an organization called Feed The Children, Inc.
1,055 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, AU$ 46.95
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This paper explains that Feed the Children organization is an internationally acclaimed outreach program that attempts to bring food to starving or underfed children around the world. The author points out that their mission statement is powerful, concise and well written, and provides an outline for the organization's goals without putting in so much information that it creates confusion. The paper suggests that, if one wanted to improve the Feed the Children mission statement, it could be expanded to provide more general information such as how the cost of transportation services is reduced by using the organization's own trucks.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Feed the Children Mission Statement
Strengths and Weaknesses
Core Competency Utilization
Improvements
Analysis of Mission Statement
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"If Feed the Children wanted to get much more complicated they could use the mission statement to discuss the fact that they deliver almost 200 million pounds of food on an annual basis to 65 nations including the United States. While this would put a lot of information and punch into the mission statement. it would go against expert advice that dictates the mission statement not be used to brag about a business or organization's accomplishments."
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Augmentative and Alternative Communications Systems, 2007.
This paper discusses the benefits of augmentative and alternative communications (AAC) systems.
1,337 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 55.95
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The paper discusses how augmentative and alternative communications systems have dramatically impacted and enhanced the ability of impaired individuals to function and communicate. The paper describes how these systems replace or augment speech by use of gesture and body language, manual signs, handwriting and communication aids. The paper relates the history and development of AAC systems and focuses on the ways they help those children who cannot verbally communicate.
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"Although the majority of individuals take their ability to verbally communicate for granted, this is a disability that millions of individuals suffer from. Individuals with severe communication disorders do not have the luxury of being able to clearly and succinctly communicate with others through speech. This problem has been a persistent one within society and that has only recently been greatly helped by the creation of tools for those with communication disorders."
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Language Preceding Thought, 2007.
An in-depth look at human language.
2,573 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 16 sources, MLA, AU$ 96.95
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This paper reviews and discusses human language. According to the paper, human language as an ability is a very intricate competence that cannot be defined within a confined dynamic because it can modify into numerous structures and can be both recorded,signed and articulated. The paper reports that one of the most efficient and simplest ways to cover the dynamics of a language is by recognizing and defining its indispensable elements.
Outline:
Introduction
The Cognitive Approach
LRH: Summary
Thought Determines Language
Studies of Development
The Interdependence of Language and Thought
Summary
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"Numerous subsequent studies, over the years, have backed this notion. The group of studies now being mentioned mainly studies the relation of the recognitions of concepts with the application of language. Tomasello and Farrar (1986) in their study focused on the understanding of the relational terms such as 'gone', 'down' and 'up' while analyzing the growth of the idea of an entity's solidity. They concluded that the changes that occurred while the object was visible were more quickly observed as opposed to when the object was not visible. Sinclair-de-Zwart (1969) in her study mainly concentrated on the child's ability to save or store info that if and when an object modifies its shape, it does not, in affect, modify its volume or mass. She observed that if the children understood the terminologies related to the change then they were able to store the info and not otherwise. She also observed that the children if did not understand the meaning of the words, teaching them the use of the words was inconsequent. Hence, all these studies support the understanding of thoughts and concepts for the effective use of language."
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The Art of Negotiation, 2007.
This paper examines the theory and processes of negotiation.
1,874 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 74.95
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The paper discusses how the tool of negotiation can be used in many situations for many important decisions. The writer explores the different types of common negotiation styles, explains their elements and provides examples of their use.
Outline:
Introduction
Negotiation
Negotiation Styles
The Advocate Style
Structural Analysis
Strategic Analysis
Process Analysis
Integrative Analysis
Conclusion
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"The art of negotiation is a valuable tool. It is one that has prevented wars, strikes, work stoppage and homicide. In addition it has provided needed discussion for athlete trading, business building, idea exploration and conflict resolution. Negotiation is a tool that can be used in all walks of life for many important decision making processes(Leonardelli, 2004). Conversely the inability to understand and negotiate successfully can mean the difference between life and death, success and failure, support and opponents. Negotiation has been used worldwide since the beginning of civilization to help form nations, governments, companies, sports teams and peace talks."
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Dealing with Parental Participation, 2007.
An analysis of the importance, for students, of close communication between parents and teachers.
2,795 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 41 sources, MLA, AU$ 104.95
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This paper discusses the importance of close communication and interaction between a school and its parents. It looks at issues of diversity and how these affect parental participation and discusses how the school administration can combat any problems that arise. The paper suggests that apart from the obvious academic improvement amongst students that will be achieved from healthy associations between teachers and parents, students will also experience personal enhancements, cooperation, respect for adult intervention and enthusiasm for community work.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Significance of Parental Participation
Problems of Parental Participation
Problems faced by School Administrators
Strategies for Parental Participation
Conclusion
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"Being a school administrator in an urban school setting, the study that had been conducted by Nistler and Angela (2000) was extremely helpful to me. Its main goal was to design an effective parent-student program while keeping in mind the urban low-income earners. The researchers took into consideration the first graders from two different schools and separate years and designed a four-staged program. In each phase, both the student and parent had a designated task: in the first phase, both read aloud poems; in the second, both read and sang the alphabet song; in the third, both got involved individually and collectively in numerous literacy and math courses; and in the last phase, there was a parent-teacher meeting. Almost 1/3 of the parents did not have a high school degree. In the first year 96.5% of the students had the support of their parents present while this dropped by 2% in year two. The researchers concluded that the removal of peripheral responsibilities like babysitting and transportation led to higher cooperation from the parents. The end result was increased and enthusiastic participation of the parents even if they did not have precise knowledge of the matter being presented in class. The interest of the parents encouraged the students to develop interest as well."
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The Pragmatic Aspect of Advertisements, 2007.
Compares the differences between the language of advertisements in newspapers in the United States and newspapers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
5,221 words (approx. 20.9 pages), 24 sources, MLA, AU$ 163.95
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This paper examines the differences between the language used in advertisements in the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It uses examples of English-language advertisements in both countries. It compares the same type of advertisements to determine what has changed in the use of language in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia print advertisements in mainstream newspapers in recent years. The paper then selects and analyzes advertisement content found in two representative newspapers in each country.
Table of Contents:
Abstract
Chapter 1: Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Significance of the Study
Purpose of Study
Importance of Study
Rationale of Study
Chapter 2: Review of Related Literature
Background and Overview
Print Media in the U.S. and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Current Trends and Influences
Pragmatics and Content Analyses of Print Material
Research Questions
Chapter 3: Methodology
Theoretical Framework
Limitations of the Study
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"Therefore, the importance assigned to pragmatic meaning of various textual elements does not end the primacy of their semantic meaning (Cook, 1992). Nevertheless, words have a wide range of influential factors involved for their user besides their denotation, which supposedly persists across different contexts, and its pragmatic function, which supposedly varies systematically across contexts. In this regard, Cook adds that, "These aspects of a word are so many and so vast that knowledge of them will vary considerably from user to user" (1992, p. 99). Consequently, all readers will bring some unique qualities to the interpretation of newspaper advertisements that will likely affect their decision whether to purchase a given product or service, but content analysis remains a subjective realm that requires the careful selection of relevant themes and how the results are interpreted to ensure that these factors are taken into account."
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Business Communications, 2007.
This paper discusses the use of persuasion in business communications.
1,340 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 56.95
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This paper explains that the ability to communicate persuasively is an important managerial tool. The author points out that business communication is basically a competitive and rhetorical activity where writers and speakers try to gain advantage over competition that vies for the same audience's attention. The paper describes four steps in persuasive communication: (1) put the audience in a receptive mood by creating goodwill; (2) create the factual background; ( 3) provide proof either by showing the benefits or by appealing to self-interests; and (4) present the or strongest argument last. The paper contains a long quotation.
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"Just as important, in this day and age of continuous change and competition, it is essential that ethics be part of the consideration for persuasive communication. It is very possible, with the wrong intent, to persuade individuals for the wrong reasons or to something that is not to their benefit. In "Ethics and Excellence", Solomon (1992) writes about the basic Aristotelian virtues of fairness, honesty, and trust and develops a basis for ethics that emphasizes personal character and virtue in a business context."
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Watching TV, 2007.
This paper argues that the negative effects of television viewing, especially in children, far outweigh the benefits.
941 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 41.95
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In this article, the writer notes that statistics on television viewing in the United States indicate that an average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day. The writer points out that it is obvious that an activity carried on for such long periods would have a profound influence on the person's life and on the society in which he lives. Whether the effect of television viewing is predominantly negative or positive has been a subject of intense debate for a long time and valid arguments can be found on both sides of the fence. The writer concludes that there is an urgent need for parents in particular to establish healthy television viewing habits in their homes, so that excessive TV watching does not replace other important healthy activities necessary for the balanced development of their children.
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"Another disturbing and well-researched negative effect of television viewing is the link between violence in television content and aggressive behavior. Research shows that two-thirds of all television programming contains violence, an average hour of TV viewing contains four to five acts of violence, and children's programming , such as cartoons, average 20 to 25 violent acts every hour. If we add all these violent acts together, it would indicate that the average American child has seen 100,000 acts of violence and about 8000 murders on television by the time they leave elementary school. What is worse, many TV shows glamorize violence with violent acts being depicted as a fun and effective way to get what one wants and without consequences. Since most children imitate what they see, watching violent TV programs teaches children that violence is an acceptable way to solve problems in real life. The effect of TV violence does not remain restricted to children: for example, a study that tracked about 700 boys and girls for 17 years also revealed that aggressive behavior induced by watching TV violence at an early age persists well into adulthood. Moreover, repeated and constant exposure to TV violence makes children desensitized to real world violence and the human suffering it causes. It can also traumatize young children as they cannot fully distinguish between fantasy and reality and can come to view the world as a mean and scary place."
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Carative Nursing, 2007.
This paper discuses Jean Watson's theory of carative nursing.
910 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 40.95
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This paper explains that Jean Watson's carative theory allows nurses to practice the art of caring with the purpose of easing patients' and families' suffering, promote the healing and dignity of the patients, and expand the nurse's own actualization. The author points out that her theory contrasts carative forces with the conventional medicine's curative forces. The paper relates that Watson stresses the spiritual side of nursing by creating an environment of energy and consciousness based on wholeness, beauty, comfort, dignity and peace.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Carative Forces
Transpersonal Caring Relationship
Caring Occasion/ Caring Moment
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"According to Jean Watson, a caring occasion is the moment or stage when the nurse and another person come together in such a way that an occasion for human caring is created. Both, the patient and the nurse struggle to develop the possibility of coming together through human-to-human transaction, with their unique phenomenal fields.
According to Watson, the phenomenal field is in correspondence with the person's frame of reference or the totality of human experience. The human experience is based on feelings, bodily sensations, thoughts, spiritual beliefs, goals, expectations, environmental considerations, and meanings of one's perceptions."
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Prosecuting Politicians in the Media, 2007.
An in-depth examination of the challenges of prosecuting politicians through the media.
25,796 words (approx. 103.2 pages), 78 sources, MLA, AU$ 311.95
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The paper examines the conditions that allow politicians to misrepresent the truth in the media. The paper explores how they get away with such misrepresentations and how they can be held accountable for their actions through the vehicle of a "media court." The paper focuses on American president, George W. Bush and his administration.
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Abstract
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
The Purposes of Prosecution
Methodology
Obstacles to Prosecution
Conclusion
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"Politicians frequently lie or spread misinformation in order to achieve ends that are not in the public interest. Historically, they have appealed to the worse interests of human nature and the nastier sides of national character to create public sentiments that are conducive to their agendas. Often they appeal to noble national mythologies and universal truths, distorting them to enlist public support for wars of aggression, and oppressive schemes of global political, military, and economic dominance. These statements are typically made publicly in the media, and are commonly reported with little comment, or background investigation."
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Highly Attractive Models in Advertising, 2007.
A look at the negative effects associated with using highly attractive models for advertising beauty products.
3,083 words (approx. 12.3 pages), 31 sources, MLA, AU$ 113.95
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This paper explores the use of highly attractive models (HAMS) for advertising beauty products and attempts to settle the question that has plagued the advertising industry and their clients of whether HAMS may actually have a negative impact on the viewer rather than a positive one. The paper sets the research objectives and explores the theoretical basis for the proposal. It also applies the theories to advertising in both the print and television media and examines the research model including key constructs and relationships.
Outline:
Background
Significance
Research Objectives
Theoretical Background
Research Model
Conclusion
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"Several theories can be used to explain how people view models in both television and magazine ads. The most well-known is Festinger's social comparison theory, which is the foundation of modern advertising theory. Festinger (1954) introduced the theory that humans possess an innate drive to evaluate their opinions and abilities by comparing them to the opinions and abilities of others. According to this theory, people only evaluate themselves against others that are similar to themselves. If the model is viewed as too different, then they will not use them for social comparison. Stuart Hall introduced the idea that the audience could attribute several possible meanings to the message conveyed by the media and that this message is influenced by the context and cultural background of the receiver (Tomlinson, 1991). "
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