...Alston-Fletcher 6-26-2014 Critical Analysis # 3 This video talks about the process that immigrants endure when crossing the border in the United States. This video is based on the part one process that immigrant community has to complete to stay in the U.S. for thirty days. Looking at the outcomes of immigrants crossing the border is overwhelming and overcrowding many detention centers. This process that these immigrants are enduring, it’s for women with their children. This gives family a little hope and freedom until meeting with a judge. The evidence that’s shown within this video breaks down the relationship, using statistics on generational immigrants in the United States. This video looks at immigrant within their socioeconomic status to fit them into a certain demographic. The video focuses on immigrants in the United States to establish citizenship and a chance of a new life for these families. This video research looks in-depth into the impact and outcomes with immigrant’s families that are seeking citizenship once crossing the border with their children. The video develops data to breaks down women and their children immigrant to figure the different step that theses immigrant families have to endure before gaining full citizenship in the U.S. With the reporters breaks the down the selection bias which is a cause and effect method that manipulate the citizenship within the immigrant culture. With this result that was established in the video tell that immigrants entering...
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...integration and development. Major types of film are home video, which develop, until now, from what is formerly known as cinema or stage play/drama. As part of mass media, home videos play the important roles of informing, educating, entertaining and transmitting social heritage. Through their educational role, however, home videos concern themselves with evolving a better society by exposing societal ill and wrongs. Since the emergence of home videos, at the turn of the twenty-first century the films industries, and both male and female actors in Nigeria, Nollywood, have considerably influenced the habits, belief systems, style of dressing and other behavioural idiosyncrasies on many Nigerian youths. Thus, one can say, however, that the emergence of home videos have helped to promote the Nigerian cultural heritage; aside this, it has awaken in many youths the Nigerian culture that was once lost during the colonial period. There are also negative effects of home videos on audiences. However, there have been cases where home videos are criticized to the cause for some societal ills. Social critics, who believes in this school of thought says that some antisocial behaviours like violence and extravagant life that many films portrays in their content perceptibly affect the behavior of the audience. Nonetheless, all these sum up to mean that home videos have both positive and negative influences on youth morality, that is home videos positively or negatively affect the generally accepted...
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...She is the founder of Feminist Frequency, a website that hosts videos and commentary analyzing portrayals of women in popular culture. She has received particular attention for her video series Tropes vs. Women in Video Games, which examines tropes in the depiction of female video game characters. In 2012, Sarkeesian was targeted by an online harassment campaign following her launch of a Kickstarter project to fund the Tropes vs. Women in Video Games series. At the same time, supporters donated almost $160,000 to the project, far beyond the $6,000 she had sought. The situation was covered extensively in the media, placing Sarkeesian at the center of...
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...Introduction One of the most prevalent paradoxes of modern culture is how the online personas of friends, family, businesses and organizations flood social networks with images of warmth, consideration, kindness and altruism yet in reality their behavior and priorities are seemingly different. It is well-known that Facebook and Instagram were primarily designed for sharing images, not text. These social networking platforms and others like them flood accounts with powerful images, often carefully orchestrated to create a very specific effect. In the case of airlines, the differences could not be starker between perception and reality. The intent of this analysis is to evaluate how pervasive the power of images are in our culture, and how airlines use these images to portray a reality they intend to project yet don’t support with systems and policies internally. Analysis of the Power of Images – Racial Equality in the Skies On a recent United Airlines flight, the myriad of images showing overt racial equality in passenger selection in safety videos, stewardess and steward selection, and racial equality in passenger service was blatant. It has become obvious that all airlines are trying to be so inclusive that the images are nearly becoming stereotypical in their own right. The image from the United Airlines site today shows an African-American male as steward, while another African-American man sits in business class. This image suggests an airline that sees itself...
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...Empire through fear 3. Hebrew view of Man, view of God View of God a. One b. Sovereign c. Transcendent d. Good View of Man e. Created by God f. A rule or ethical system g. A choice or moral freedom h. Dignity and autonomy of human beings 4. Persian Wars – who fought, why, who won, how, significance i. Who Fought? i. Persians vs. Greeks j. Why? ii. Fundamental differences, East vs. West iii. Disputed territory in Asia Minor iv. Greece as a stepping-stone to Europe k. Who Won? v. The Greeks l. How? vi. Superior Military Skill m. So What? vii. Persians locked out of Europe forever viii. Athenian Imperialism ix. Delian League – Greek alliance between city states to prevent future attacks from Persia x. Launches them into Athenian Golden Age 5. Sparta –description, major contributions, contrast with Athens * Formed Delian league to fight against Athens * Experienced Land Military while Athens had an Experienced Navy * Athens was focused on cultural expansion while Sparta loved war 6. Cosmologists – role in origins of Greek philosophy, methods, examples, significance Methods n. Physical Matter o. Mathematical Order – Pythagoras p. Logical Proof – Mataphysics q. Mechanical Structure Impact r. Critical Analysis s. Systemized...
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...that desensitize and glamorize the use of drugs, sex, alcohol, and discrimination for at least two hours a day. Then, in addition to listening to music, teens watch explicit music videos, read incriminating articles, and see scandalous stories on the news that further amplify this negative influence....
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...MASCULINITY: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF A VISUAL ARTIFACT Visual Culture Essay 2 Module 2 Wessel Viljoen 090029 Genieve Eloff Thursday 14h00 Word Count = 860 TABLE OF CONTENT Pages LIST OF FIGURES…………….....……………………………………………iii 1. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………..1 1.1 What is Musculinism…………………………..………………………..1 1.2 Branded Masculinity…………………………………………………….1 2. MASCULINISM AND ADVERTISING………………………………………...2 3. CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………..3 4. BIBLIOGRAPHY………………………………………………………………...4 LIST OF FIGURES Page Fig 1 Old Spice, The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, 2010. ………………….2 INTRODUCTION 1.1 What is masculinism? Masculinity is a word that describes an idea generated by the media of what it entails to be a man. According to Cohen(2001:5) “a gender is formed by shared beliefs or models of gender that majority of society accepts as appropriate”. Gender ideals are socially constructed in specific historical and cultural context and changes over time and location. As identified by Brannon (1976) being a hegemonic masculine male entails four main themes: (i) No Sissy Stuff: men must never resemble women or display stereotypical characteristics of a woman. Kimmel (2001:35) suggests that “Homophobia is a centralised principle of our cultural definition of manhood.” (ii) The Big Wheel: the ability of real men to obtain wealth, fame, success and status. Typically determined by occupation. (iii) The Sturdy Oak: manliness...
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...aggression they become aggressive which is called social learning accounts * Bandura argued (1980) children come into the world who are innocent and their learning from parents, siblings, television and they conducted the BoBo doll experiment sat them behind the window watching an adult bashing this doll and playing and some adults were very violent and others were gentle and the children were then allowed to do whatever they wanted with the doll the children who saw the adults aggressive with the doll mimicked such * Greitemeyer and mugged (2014) meta analysis of 98 studies of 37,000 people, found significant, positive relationship between violent video games and aggressive behaviour Social learning problems * Doesn’t explain the origins of human violence * Why have humans behaved aggressively throughout history and across cultures? * Why are humans attracted to violence, even though they fear it * Is human aggression learned (social learning) or instinctive or both? “instinctive” accounts * Aggression as instinct: * Darwin-aggression functions to assert power and dominance * Threat and appeasement displays Freud and Lorenz * Freud the ‘death’ instinct hurt people they love * Lorenz- “on aggression” proposed a “fighting instinct” * Aggression is a healthy, adaptive instinct but needs appropriate channelling * Catharsis- purifying discharge, gets rid of aggressive ‘energies’ Instinct theories: problems...
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...Laboratory Experiments A laboratory experiment takes place in an artificial and controlled setting, which is not natural to the participants of the study. There is an independent variable, which is purposefully manipulated by the researchers, and the dependent variable is measured, to see the effect of changing the IV on the DV. All other variables other than these are controlled to the best of the researchers’ ability, which are called extraneous variables, but sometimes other variables can affect the results – these are confounding variables. With laboratory experiments, cause and effect conclusions can be drawn * Careful controls mean they are replicable so can be tested for reliability – if carried out again and findings are similar, then it is likely to be reliable * Good controls mean there should be few confounding variables, so experiment is objective (e.g. there should be no subjectivity from the experimenter’s interventions and interpretations) and scientific * By isolating variables, the situation is not as in ‘real life’ so findings are not likely to be valid * Laboratory experiments usually lack validity of the task and therefore are not representative of true behaviour Milgram (1963) Study of Obedience Aim: To see whether people would obey and inflict harm on each another person using electric shocks, by following the orders of an authority figure. This was to see whether all individuals had the potential to cause harm like the Germans and the...
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...TITLE PAGE TRENDS OF NEGATIVE THEMES IN NIGERIAN HOME MOVIES (A STUDY OF FOUR HOME MOVIES) BY OGBONNIA CHINAZA. C MC/2006/118 A PROJECT PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION, CARITAS UNIVERSITY, AMORJI-NIKE, ENUGU. IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN MASS COMMUNICATION JULY, 201 DEDICATION I dedicate this work to God Almighty for his unfettered love. He is the only guide to my life and studies and he dispenses his grace freely. Also to my parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ogbodo Ogbonnia and my brothers Arinze, Nnamaka, Chukwunonyerum, I remain grateful for their moral and financial support. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I wish to acknowledge and appreciate all who fired the flame in one way or the other. First, I thank God, the almighty father who has given me life, knowledge, wisdom and strength to accomplish my work. My special gratitude goes to my head of Department, Damian. U. Agboeze who despite his crowded daily programme as the HOD would readily attend to his students and his fatherly advice. My immense gratitude also goes to my supervisor Justina Obi who devoted her time to supervise, correct and criticize this research work to make it a reality. I can never forget the service of my lecturer, Ferdinand Obasi, who made things...
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...acclaimed king of pop, Michael Jackson, remains one of the most revolutionary singles in the world. The song, released in 1982, was part of the award winning and revolutionary album titled “Thriller.” In fact, the song and album’s significance is evident by the fact that it remains the best-selling album in the United States of America 35 years after it was released. Statistics indicate that the album has sold between 80 and 100 million copies worldwide and is still tremendously popular today. Defining the monumental value of “Thriller” is not limited to the sales figure alone. The song motivated the creation of a music video that revolutionized the music video industry and set a benchmark for other music videos. Since its release, many artists have tried to emulate the video. “Thriller” not only made history as a song, but also helped to build bridges across different cultures and ethnicities. This term paper examines the attributes of the song that made it a distinguished piece of art; namely, its artist, genre, composition, videography, and influence. Artist Michael Jackson is the artist renowned for the “Thriller” song and album. The singer’s popularity as a musician was on the rise from the time he was part of “The Jackson 5,” a family run band that consisted of five brothers. Michael Jackson, born in 1958, was the youngest in this group, as well as the favorite because of his distinguished voice and stage performance despite his young age. For this reason, he was the lead singer...
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...“Bowling for Columbine” Film Analysis On April 20, 1999, many people’s lives drastically changed. An incident that occurred in Littleton, Colorado created a jaw dropping event that disrupted all of America. It also stopped Michael Moore right in his tracks. Not long after the incident, Michael Moore decided to make a documentary called “Bowling for Columbine,” a film that acknowledged many important points that are usually ignored and overlooked. This documentary focused on a school shooting that never should have happened. This tragic incident lead Moore to ponder many questions and create an extremely interesting documentary. Michael Moore has been in the film industry for quite some time. He’s created numerous documentaries that have received a large amount of public attention. He is also a filmmaker, author and political activist that not only knows how to work a camera, but also an audience (Deming). In his documentary “Bowling for Columbine”, Moore uses facts, interviews, and personal stories to really get the viewers undivided attention. He also uses multiple statistics to prove his points throughout the documentary. In 2002, Moore won an Oscar for the Best Documentary Film for “Bowling for Columbine” (Ecksel 1). This film not only touched the hearts of many Americans, but also created an argument for several businesses and associations that were involved. On April 20, 1999, the halls of Columbine High School changed forever. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris altered...
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...Media Violence – Friend or Foe Denise Zurawski Ashford University Media Violence – Friend or Foe Psychologists are concerned regarding the amount of violent behavior that children and even adolescents watch in their own homes through TV programs, video and computer games, even the music that they listen to. Children as well as adolescents are susceptible to these acts of violence that they witness, believing that this is the way of the world. Too much violence in a show or movie may have them believing that such behavior is acceptable and even normal. Observing too much violence in any form can have children as well as adolescents believing that this is a precise interpretation of real life. The American Academy of Pediatrics notes that “American children between 2 and 18 years of age spend an average of 6 hours and 32 minutes each day using media (television, commercial or self-recorded video, movies, video games, print, radio, recorded music, computer, and the internet)” (Media Violence, 2001). A significant part of this media disclosure includes acts of violence, which if believed, could very well be acted out by our youths. Research has shown that when children watch media violence, especially if the characters (the bad guys) are portrayed as attractive and not held accountable for their actions, children may be adversely affected, and act out the aggressive behavior seen on TV. As stated in one article the authors note, For decades, researchers have studied...
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...View 2.5 AdWords and AdSense 2.6 Other Google brands 3 Portfolio analysis via matrices in the 21st century 3.1 Why portfolio analysis? 3.2 Portfolio analysis and Google 3.3 Companies like Google 4 Conclusion Reference List II 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 10 11 III I List of figures Figure 1: McKinsey / General Electric Matrix Figure 2: Google’s brands in a GE Matrix 2 7 II 1 Introduction According to the list FT Global 500 from the Financial Times, Google is worldwide on position 39 from the companies listed in the stock exchange (Financial Times, 2009). Google was founded in 1998 by the software engineers Larry Page and Sergei Brin. Nowadays, only 12 years later, it has grown to one of the greatest international companies which has a huge influence on the daily life in industrial nations. Furthermore with 66 billion US-Dollars Google is the most valuable brand in the world. They started with a search engine which has pushed the former competition like AltaVista out of business. Google Inc. had in 2008 a turnover of almost 22 billion US-Dollars and it is still growing (Google, 2010). At the beginning they had a positive press but nowadays there are more and more critical voices because of their high market share in the search engine sector of almost 90%. Critics say that Google has too much influence and it is possible that they manipulate data. Google has many current projects where people fear a lack of their own data protection (The Register, 2009; BBC, 2007a)...
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...Marie Jackson: Renfield Farms Revitalization By: Anthony J. Mayo & Heather Beckham Group D Latoya Reed & Alma Shaw MADM 701: Organizational Behavior Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Case Summary 3 Major Issues 3 Analysis of Issues 4 Action Alternatives 7 Analysis of Alternatives 8 Recommendations 11 Implementation of Issues 12 References 13 Executive Summary Case Summary Donald Franklin, a profound farmer and businessman, founded the organic and dairy Renfield Farms in Maine in 1964. Franklin was a passionate businessman, who developed a strong business culture that cultivated continuous innovation, healthy living, and producing nutritional and wholesome food products. Due to these stimulating values, Renfield Farms grew from a local to a nationwide dairy supplier, known for its strong brands and ideals. However, after Franklin retired in 2002, the company began facing many difficulties. Renfield Farms’ successors were not as inspiring as Franklin and could not measure up to his leadership skills. Renfield Farms was obviously in bad shape due to declining sales and consumers losing trust in the company’s product brands. Something had to be done. Marie Jackson was an external hire, who was appointed as the company’s new CEO in 2013 in order to revitalize Renfield Farms’ unsatisfactory performance. Though a strong leadership with a great vision for the company, Jackson faced many oppositions, predominately overcoming employees’ resistance to change...
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