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Assertiveness in Communication, 2007.
Examines how assertiveness can help us in our communication tactics.
1,525 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 68.95
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Assertiveness is an important communication skill that involves standing up for one's rights while respecting the rights of others. It enables us to express our feelings, opinions, beliefs and needs directly, openly and honestly. It also gives us confidence, increases our self-esteem and enhances our self-control in everyday situations. As a result, assertiveness improves our decision-making ability and increases our chances of getting what we really want from our lives. This paper explores various aspects of assertiveness including the difference between non-assertive (passive), aggressive and assertive behavior, describes different types of assertion, and discusses the gender and cultural differences in assertive communication.
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Abstract
The Difference Between Assertive, Aggressive, and Passive Behavior
Types of Assertion
Gender and Culture Differences in Assertive Communication
Conclusion
Works Cited
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"Apart from the gender, a person's cultural background also influences the way in which he or she uses assertive language. In "collectivist" cultures such as that of Asian countries such as China, Japan or Korea, for example, individual rights are often considered to be subordinate to those of the group and values of humility, tolerance or subservience are considered as virtues; hence "assertive" behavior may not even be appropriate or desired in such cultures. In some cultures, it is particularly important to show respect and obedience to elders and parents; show of asserive behavior in front of elders would be considered to be particularly distasteful. On the other hand in countries where individualism is prized, assertiveness and standing up for one's rights are considered to be desirable behaviors."
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Media Agenda Setting, 2007.
A look at the theory behind media agenda setting.
2,280 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 9 sources, MLA, AU$ 94.95
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This paper examines how media agenda setting can have wide implications for public discourse and public policy. It looks at how television news programs and cable television news networks can powerfully influence the way the public views the debate (even determining for the viewing public the players in that debate) just by controllling who and what gets on the air.
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"For a commentator on the Right, like Bill O'Reilly, or for a commentator on the Left like Keith Olbermann, telling a story might mean cutting out, or shrinking down into insignificance those "facts" that due not intend to enhance a particular mindset. Similarly, there can be an added focus on minor details hat tend to skew the reportage toward a specific worldview. Facts perceived of as "dangerous" to the success of some government policy may be excluded from public view altogether, as in the case of war coverage. Ever since the notion became established that the Vietnam War was lost because the public saw too much of the brutal side of battle, the media has been extremely careful not to show much blood and gore. "
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Social Presence Theory, 2007.
A discussion on the social presence theory of communication.
1,525 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 68.95
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This paper begins with an introduction and explanation of the social presence theory, which determines the implications modern technology has on the communication and social development process. The paper also offers a summary of literature on the topic. Additionally, the author provides a critical evaluation and conclusion on computer mediated communication.
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Introduction Social Presence Theory
Summary of Literature
Critical Evaluation
Conclusions
References
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"Many modern theorists have agreed with early theorists who interpret CMC as a form of communication that provides limited social cues or context for users to enhance interpersonal communication. This does not suggest however, that CMC is bereft of social context cues. Rather, CMC may be viewed in much the same way as traditional forms of communication, enhancing person to person interactions and engaging participants or end users in interactive and interesting ways by stimulating the process of communication in general. Multiple theorists have attempted to describe and analyze the implications social presence theory has on interactions and interpersonal relations."
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Television and Study, 2007.
A discussion on the negative effects of television on students' studying habits.
1,471 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 65.95
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This paper examines the effects of television violence and sexual messages on the attitudes of college students in the 18 to 24-year-old age range. The researcher uses students who answer questionnaire and rate the violent and sexual content of television programs. In addition, they are asked to describe the effect that television programs have on their study habits.The effects of these television images on college students are examined . The researcher also endeavors to determine how television and its many contradictory messages, affect students' ability to concentrate on their academic studies.
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Introduction
Methodology
Results
Conclusion
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"An evaluation of the participants' responses to the study questionnaires revealed a viewing pattern similar to that reported by previous studies. Both male and female students watched prime time sitcoms, reality shows, and programs such as American Idol. Both sexes watched soap operas during the day, in between classes, with women watching only slightly more than men. Sports viewership was also quite high, especially on weekends, and especially for men. The average amount of television viewing was in the range of two to three hours a day, thus keeping with the findings that college students, in this age group, watch less television than other adults. Most likely, this is owing to the greater amount of group social interaction. All participants reported at least one incidence of violence or sex in each program viewed. These images of violence and sex, or "sexual messages" varied rather considerably. Violence ranged from verbally abusive comments to physical violence of strictly criminal nature, as in a murder occurring as part of a story, or physical violence resulting in injury, as in the case of a football game. Likewise sexual messages were conveyed by means of verbal innuendo, nudity and semi-nudity, flirting, and references to sexual activity, dating, body parts, etc."
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The Effects of Television, 2007.
A discussion on the effects of television watching on study habits.
1,320 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 59.95
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The study investigates the effects of television watching on students' study habits. The author hypothesizes that television viewing would have a negative impact on studying habits. The results of the study suggest that males are less likely than females to view television in a negative light. The results of the study further suggest that most students view television viewing in a positive light, despite research suggesting that television viewing may have negative consequences, including inspiring more aggressive emotions among younger viewers.
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Introduction
Purpose/Hypothesis
Methodology
Results
Additional Comments about TV affects
Discussion
Conclusions
References
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"Gunter & Mcaleer (1997) suggest that children approach television in various ways, hence television may affect children differently. Their examinations suggest that gifted students are more likely to enjoy educational programs compared with traditional students. Further the authors find that television may have a direct effect on children's ability to develop basic skills including reading and writing in part because television affects their attention and may impact their motivation specifically for learning (Gunter 7 Mcaleer, 1997)."
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Latinos on TV, 2007.
A discussion on the lack of Latino representation on prime-time television.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 13 sources, MLA, AU$ 77.95
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This paper contends that even though Latinos continue to compete and in some cases, dominate the music charts and air waves, they remain underserved and underrepresented in Hollywood and on prime-time television.
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Introduction
Latino Talent Working on Prime-Time Television With Male and Female Percentage
Percentage Difference When Compared to Prime-Time Television of the Past
Comparison of Roles Offered to Latinos in the Past and Present
Percentage of Latinos Watching Prime-Time Television
Latinos Faring as Consumer Buyers
Reason for Small Increase of Latino Talent on Prime-Time Television Programming in Comparison to Black and White Talent
Are Latinos Any Better Off Today than in the Past
Expected of Latino Talent on Prime-Time Television in the Next 5 Years
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"The representation of Latino regular characters on network prime-time television has progressively gone down in the last three years. Latino regular characters feature in just one among the eight series set in the Los Angeles County, an area that has 45% of Latino population. Latino full-time characters represent just 8% of the full-time characters in the 16 series set in the New York City where the percentage of Latino population is 27%. 50% of the Latino full-time characters feature on ABC programs. Talking about the figures, in the Latino Regular Characters -- LRC, out of the Total Prime-Time Regular Character reveal a steady decline from 4.2% in 2002 to 4% in 2004, the absolute numbers being 27 in 2002 and 26 in 2004 respectively. "
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Effective Communication, 2007.
This paper discusses the importance of communication in a business organization.
1,417 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 63.95
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In this paper, the author discusses the importance of communication from the management level to the employee level in a corporate environment. The paper cites how the approach to communication has changed over years within businesses. Also described are the types of communication within an organization. This includes approaches to communication and actual technologies, such as the Internet. The author also notes that effective communication helps to keep employees motivated and involved.
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"Communication is a major problem in many organizations as employees feel they do not know what exactly is happening within the firm. Especially in today's corporate environment where 'change' is the only predictable factor, it is extremely important to have an internal communication strategy in order to ensure smooth flow of relevant information within the firm. When changes are being planned, the importance of communication is heightened. The employers should take the staff into confidence and explain clearly why improvement measures are being implemented. Internal communication is important because various surveys and studies reveal that employees are seriously concerned about lack of access to relevant information. However the type of information they need may differ from person to person. "
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The Telecommunications Industry, 2007.
An analysis of the telecommunications industry and the leading telecommunication companies.
1,445 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 63.95
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The paper discusses how the telecommunications business industry has emerged in recent years as the fastest growing industry of the 21st century. The paper examines different leaders in the telecommunications industry from a business standpoint, including phone, satellite radio, television and Internet companies. The paper also examines the telecommunications industry as a whole using Michael Porter's five forces model. The paper shows how the intensity of rivalry between competitors in the telecommunications industry is at an all-time high. The paper discusses how a company's success largely depends on its business plan, revenue models, core competencies and competitive advantage.
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"Three of the most popular phone companies are Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, and their business models are similar. For example, Verizon has built its business on a simple, powerful premise; the more people connected to a network, the more valuable the network is to those who use it (Verizon 2006, at pp.1). T-Mobile has focused on servicing the customer, and ranks higher than the industry average on customer service. All three phone companies offer phones that feature a host of applications that offer simple solutions for organizing hectic work and personal life schedules. The new AT&T is the largest telecommunication company in the United States and one of the largest in the world (AT&T 2006, at pp.1)."
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PepsiCo and Communication, 2007.
This paper describes PepsiCo's successful communication strategy that resolved a crisis.
1,122 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 51.95
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The paper discusses how in the early 1990s PepsiCo was blamed, in multiple claims, for selling cans of Diet Pepsi with foreign objects inside. The issue first arose as only a local problem but soon escalated into a widespread, national news story and became a crisis for PepsiCo. The paper describes how in dealing with this issue, PepsiCo used both internal and external communications smoothly to manage the crisis. The paper shows how because PepsiCo created a crisis communications plan that involved several departments and focused on four key principles, it was able to resolve the crisis while defending its position and upholding its reputation.
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"The first case of a foreign object found in an unopened can of Diet Pepsi was reported on June 9, 1993 in Tacoma, Washington. Washington residents reported finding a used syringe in a half-empty Diet Pepsi can. Only one local television station reported on this story. The following day, another claim was made in Washington, and in the course of one week, more than 50 incidents of foreign objects, including sewing needles, screws and a bullet, being found in Diet Pepsi cans were reported in 24 states. The issue was now on the national level, and news media all over the country were reporting on the widespread claims (Miller and Glick 1993). Adding to this obstacle was the pattern of claims, some of which were fatal, regarding product tampering. Pepsi could not see any rational reason for the reported incidents and decided against recalling the product."
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KMS Success Model, 2007.
This paper focuses on the research article by M. Jennex and L. Olfman, "A Knowledge Management Success Model: An Extension of DeLone and McLean's IS Success Model".
1,572 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 10 sources, APA, AU$ 69.95
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This well organized paper reviews a research article by Jennex and Olfman entitled "A Knowledge Management Success Model: An Extension of DeLone and McLean's IS Success Model." First, the paper defines knowledge management and it's role in the corporate world. The paper also describes existing systems that have been used. The author concludes that overall, the research article presented a comprehensive examination of a viable model for testing knowledge management systems (KMS). With future research, based on this study, the KMS success model could be shown to be one of the most effective measurements of KMS systems today.
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"Knowledge management, according to Jennex and Olfman, can be thought of as the process by which members of an organization pass knowledge to one another (2003). This "knowledge" is tacit and explicit, which, according to Polanyi (1967) and Nonaka (1994), is understood to mean the cognitive and technical knowledge an individual possesses and understands, and the technical components of that knowledge that can be expressed through knowledge representation. These cognitive components are those mental models used by the individual that cannot necessarily be expressed in terms of data, while the technical components can be expressed (Jennex and Olfman, 2003). So, when discussing knowledge management, one can think of the process as the way in which individuals within a group pass concrete and non-concrete information amongst themselves."
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"Hearing Lips and Seeing Voices", 2007.
An overview of this study on speech communication.
985 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 46.95
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This paper presents an overview of the journal article "Hearing Lips and Seeing Voices" by Harry McGurk and John MacDonald which was published in 1976. This was a groundbreaking study in the subject of verbal communication, that examined the ways in which verbal communication relies on not only auditory input, but visual input as well. The paper shows that this went against the common belief that verbal communication uses sound alone.
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Presentation
Discussion Questions
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"One of the most interesting things revealed about verbal communication during this study is related to the different error rates among the different age groups. During the audio-only portion, preschool children had the highest error percentage, reporting the incorrect syllable nine percent of the time, while older children and adults were correct almost all of the time. However, when presented with conflicting auditory and visual input, the preschool children and school-age children had a much lower error rate than the adults."
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Impact of the Telephone, 2007.
This paper examines the impact of the telephone on how we communicate and function in society.
1,500 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 8 sources, APA, AU$ 66.95
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This paper describes the invention of the telephone and its impact on modern society. The discussion investigates three ways in which the widespread adoption of the telephone changed society. The author examines the changes in the mode of communication and government regulations, commerce and automation, and the Internet. A brief history of life before the telephone is presented. The author concludes that the widespread adoption of the telephone paved the way for the advent of the most comprehensive source for information, business and entertainment that the world has ever known--the Internet.
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"Before the telephone was invented the telegraph was one of the ways that people communicated. People also sent letters to one another. However, Alexander Graham Bell's was able to invent a device that allowed the human voice to travel over distances via an electric current. According to McMaster (2002) the telephone was presented to the public at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876."
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Aspects of Advertising, 2007.
An explanation of the positive and negative aspects of various advertisements.
910 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 43.95
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This paper discusses three positive and three major negative effects of advertising, using various advertising mediums. It then gives two examples of these effects - one of an advertisement with arguably more positive aspects and another of an advertisement with arguably more negative aspects. The paper explains the positive and negative aspects as seen by the writer.
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"A current popular Ford Motor Company ad, shown often on late-night television and talk shows, of a red Ford Mustang twirling round and round inside what looks like the inside of an automobile show room (but with no visible walls or other boundaries). This commercial then cuts, near the end, to a simple view of the open road, and, implicitly, the Mustang driver's-eye-view of it. The road is ready for the Mustang: the road is open and free; the big powerful red car is ready to take command of it! Message: the Ford Mustang (and by association, its owner/driver) is the center of attention; its owner will have no boundaries to worry about; he or she (probably he) will be able to go anywhere; occupy any space; "own" the road."
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Nashe and Lyly, 2007.
A comparison of the literary techniques of John Lyly in "Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit" and Thomas Nashe in "The Unfortunate Traveller."
2,381 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 98.95
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The paper discusses how writers attempt to evoke the mental forms and processes of their characters to portray the character's inner states and manifest them to the reader. The paper shows how two works from the same era address this issue; John Lyly's "Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit" and Thomas Nashe's "The Unfortunate Traveller." The paper demonstrates how the inner life of the main characters is addressed in a different way in these works. The paper explains that these approaches would be models for later works in terms of how to depict characters, whether observed from outside or represented in their own words.
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"John Lyly's Euphues actually has two parts, the first of which is The Anatomy of Wit. The man character is Euphues, and this character like the main character in the Nashe work is a traveler, in this case an Englishman arriving in Naples after a largely misspent youth. He falls in love with the governor's daughter, Lucilla, which creates a triangle with his friend Philautus. Lucilla finds another lover so that the two friends make up. Euphues then travels to Athens to be a student, and he writes a series of treatises on different subjects. The latter portion of the book is epistolary, meaning it unfolds in a series of letters between Euphues and his friends."
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Helping Deaf Students, 2007.
This paper explores the interpreter's role in deaf and hearing education.
1,028 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 49.95
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The paper discusses how deaf students face particular challenges in the classroom, challenges often met and addressed by interpreters. The paper examines the misconceptions that exist with respect to the interpreter's role. The paper explains that the primary role of the interpreter is as translator, providing objective and factual information to deaf students in a manner that doesn't interfere with the student's ability to participate actively in the classroom. The paper concludes that it is vital that teachers, hearing and deaf students understand the role of the interpreter to maximize deaf students' opportunities for shared communication and success in the mainstream classroom.
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"Many assume the interpreter's role in the classroom is limited to providing interpretive services to deaf students. Realistically speaking however the interpreter's role in the classroom is much more complex and involved. Frasu (2003), an interpreter, notes that it is vital to educate hearing consumers regarding the interpreter's role in the classroom, but that this is also one of the more difficult aspects of an interpreter's position. Further as an interpreter the author notes that no matter one's skill level it is often difficult to interpret information for those that aren't knowledgeable of the role and significance of interpreting services (Frasu, 2003)."
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The Statistical Lie, 2007.
This paper explores how statistics can often be misleading and delusional.
1,065 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 50.95
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The paper relates that one of man's greatest fears is that of the power of numbers. The paper demonstrates how statistics are used to misrepresent, under-represent or over-represent an event, occurrence, situation or phenomenon. The paper defines statistics as a set of numeric values obtained by way of a measurement process. This process can be either one of observation or direct testing. The paper reveals that the most widely used means whereby researchers lie is with statistics, usually for increased profits and sensationalism. The paper illustrates how companies can use a self-selecting population for survey results, or they use obscure definitions and data sets that mislead consumers.
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"For most people numbers are nothing more than a hodgepodge of digits that are bewildering and oftentimes meaningless. As a result individuals often prefer to judge events, occurrences, phenomena, and situations from a traditionalist point of view wherein reason, conclusion, and inferences are made on the basis of past experiences rather than on best practices policies. Justification for historical acceptance is usually based on a fear of numbers and a lack of willingness to extract meaningful information from them. For those accepting of the alternatives, statistical tools have been devised wherein it is possible to extract meaningful information from data and interpret whatever the data holds as its' secret."
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