...your write up, you should identify the dates and networks of your media sources. First, you should report: 1. The percentage of stories dealing with crime 2. The proportion of different categories of crime presented (violent vs. non-violent, street crime vs. white-collar, et cetera) 3. Pertinent demographic characteristics of the offender(s) and victim(s) Next, you should assess and critically reflect on the representation of crime in the media: 1. Do the media present an accurate picture of the overall crime rate? 2. Do the media tend to focus on a particular type of crime? If so, why might this be the case? 3. Do the media present an accurate picture of offenders? Of victims? What notable differences exist between media representations and official data for these two groups? 4. What are the possible implications of media (mis)representations of crime in society? You may choose to review official statistics on crime here: http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook. This is a resource to be used in writing your response, at your discretion. It is not required. GRADING Your project will be graded on the strength and clarity with which you communicate your analysis of the data. This will be broken down the following ways: · Use of course material · Organization of ideas · Formatting of paper · Quality of conceptual points · Quality of supporting evidence Ethan Salley Sociology 215 Media Project The media has been a source of controversy and speculation in a variety of social...
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...Show me your papers For the past two years, the state of Arizona has been causing a huge controversy that arose due to the enactment of the Senate Bill 1070, known as the Arizona law. This arguable state law gives the right to police officers to attain immigrants and take them into custody during lawful contact if they are found to not be carrying legal documents to prove that they are rightful immigrants of the United States. The Arizona law has caused a stir, as immigrants feel that they are not being treated fairly as other citizens and harshly targeted. Despite this, the Arizona law is a privilege to the state, for it gives a hand to the federal government when dealing with crimes affiliated with illegal immigration. Many senators and representatives of the state of Arizona support this law in order to guard citizens and lawful residents against vicious crimes that could be committed by illegal immigrants. According to John C. Eastman the state of Arizona has been challenged by crucial illegal immigration problems even before the passing of SB1070. These problems include the increased rate of drug usage, human-smuggling, unlawful transportation of those aliens, and huge numbers of illegal immigrants being captured at the Arizona-Mexico border. CBS news reported that “Forty-five percent of all immigrant arrests by U.S. Customs and Border Protection are made in Arizona, and smugglers use Phoenix as a hub for moving illegal immigrants across the country.” Further, Governor...
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...has been called ‘arguably the greatest intellectual alive' (Fox, 1998) by the New York Times as he not only is a very outspoken professor, he is also an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, historian, political critic and activist. The information in this essay was obtained from his video called: Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. Manufacturing Consent is the control of distribution of ideas and stories by media to purposely be in charge of the results and beliefs held by the masses of people that watch and consume those stories. Chomsky believes decisions regarding investment, production and distribution etc. are controlled by a relatively concentrated network of major corporations and conglomerates and investment firms. Chomsky also stated that the major companies are also the ones who employ executives in government and media supporting their campaigns thus motivating and manipulating control in society. Manufacturing Consent is the opposite of a democratic society because the government and media believe the public isn’t up to dealing with media or government. Manufacturing Consent was a method designed to keep the ordinary person on course. There are two groups whose consent is being manufacturer they include; Political Class which makes up 20% of the population, they are fairly educated and somewhat articulate. Their consent is crucial as they are well read and pay attention to what is...
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...They do this by providing policy makers, the general public, and the media with information about immigration and immigration reform’s effect on U.S. society. The IPC staff is a well-educated group of individuals all with previous experience dealing with immigration through various organizations; also many of them have a legal background. FAIR is a national, nonprofit, public-interest, membership organization of citizens that aim to improve border security, to stop illegal immigration, and to promote immigration levels coinciding with the national interests. Nationally FAIR has around 250,000 supporters nationwide. Their mission is to provide information on immigration related issues and advocate policies that best support American environmental, societal, and economic interests. FAIR’s staff is larger and has more people focusing on the representation, communication, and media aspects of the organization. They are still very qualified in terms of policy and legal background as well as devoted researchers. OCPP is a smaller more focused group than either IPC or FAIR as their goal is to use research and analysis to advance policies and practices that improve the economic and social opportunities of all Oregonians. They aim to help all Oregonians but the focus is on the low income individuals and all their decisions consider everyone affected by their work. I would say I used the content and discourse analysis method to gather information as I was looking at text and visuals to...
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...(First lecture) – 9/10 * Substance use vs. abuse * Use * The legal enjoyment of your property within socially acceptable norms * i.e. you don’t drive under the influence – that’s not socially acceptable * Consumption of any psychoactive substance * More neutral * Includes * Social drinking * 1-2 drinks on any one social occasion * Abuse * Any use of illegal drugs * Ex. Any use of crack cocaine – never legal * Used both objectively and pejoratively with the intention to vilify consumption of illicit drugs * Use that is harmful and puts the user at risk * Have been used interchangeably by the media * Alcohol use in that context * Social drinking * 1-2 drinks in a day, in any one social occasion * Problem drinking * 3-4 drinks a day * Alcohol abuse * 6-24 drinks a day * What is a drug?: Defining the term * 3 categories: Illegality, Medical utility, Psychoactivity * Medical utility * Used to treat or heal the mind or body * Medicalization: prescription of currently illegal substances for medical purposes * Marijuana in 14 states * Heroin in some countries * Not all substances have medical utility * Categorization by government * Schedule I: no medical utility ...
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...Business Analysis of Walt Disney Company MGT/521 April 30, 2012 Business Analysis of Walt Disney Company In the era of the 21st century, when globalization has expanded drastically and rooted its success across the globe, the task of the managers in the company is getting challenging and competitive day by day. Firms have grown rapidly and the job of the fund manager has also increased to take advantageous decisions for their corporations. As a mutual fund manager, this paper will discuss the SWOT analysis of Walt Disney Company. SWOT analysis is a key component of a business analysis. It identifies a company’s internal strengths and weaknesses, and external opportunities and threats in order to obtain knowledge about the organization and whether or not the company is a worthy investment. “By conducting a SWOT analysis, an organization may improve its effectiveness through strengthening its current status, grabbing opportunities, and reducing weaknesses, and protecting business from threats” (Hitt, Ireland, & Hoskisson, 2009, p. vii). The Walt Disney Company is an American multinational diversified mass media company headquartered in Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, California, United States. It is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action...
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...1. Introduction Extensive research has been conducted on the topic of how media circulation affects political accountability and government policy. Theory predicts that for a higher share of media receivers, political accountability and hence government expenditures increase. Besley & Burgess (2002) give additional insight into this topic by analyzing the impact of media circulation on government responsiveness to falls in food production and crop flood damage in Indian states. The authors use the extent of public food distribution and calamity relief as proxies for government responsiveness. In addition to media factors, political and economic factors are introduced as potential determinants of policies. The predictions of the theory are underlined by the results of the paper: Government responsiveness increases with a higher amount of media users within a state. Further, political factors are also relevant determinants, whereas, economic factors are of low importance. In the following, the paper will be critically assessed within these sections. First, the theory, the propositions as well as the empirical strategy are introduced and compared to discussions in class. Second, the results of the paper are outlined. Third, the empirical strategy as well as the results will be analyzed and compared to prior research and theory. Finally, a short conclusion and outlook will be given. 2. Theory, Propositions and Empirical Strategy The theoretical two-period model of Besley & Burgess...
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...The Effects of Media, Video Games, or Internet- Based Social Media on Teen Behavior Name Institution Introduction Behaviors are influenced by the concepts of learning and conditioning. Learning is a natural process that occurs passively. Everyone gets new ideas that are indicative of the process of learning. The study of the relationship between learning and behavior is significant. This is because we need to understand how behaviors are leaned before changing them. The concepts of behavior and learning are essential for parenting. The three common learning styles include auditory (where learning is achieved through the sense of hearing), visual (where a learner grasps knowledge through seeing the learning materials) and the kinesthetic style where learners learn by interacting with materials of study by hand. Conditioning is the process of pairing a certain stimulus with an existing one. In relation to the concepts of conditioning and learning, I shall discuss the effects of media, video games and internet-based social media on teen behavior (Wade, 2010). Aggression There are various effects of media, video games or internet-based social media on the behavior of teens. One of the behaviors induced by the above named vices is aggression. Media (TV) violence can induce aggression. This can be attributed to the movies that contain violent acts such as fighting, gangster behaviors, bank robbery, rape and drug dealing. Some music clips and lyrics...
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...Deloitte Table of Contents ABSTRACT …………………………………………………………………… 03 INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………………… 03 Company Background …………………………………………………………… 03 Service/ Objective …………………………………………………………………… 04 Division/Scope ……………………………………………………………………….. 04 WHAT IS ETIQUETTE? …………………………………………………………… 06 Trust …………………………………………………………… 08 Emotional trust …………………………………………………………… 08 Logical trust ………………………………………………………… 08 Survey …………………………………………………………… 08 Summary …………………………………………………………………… 09 Conflict of interest …………………………………………………………… 10 Conflict of Interest at the Individual level …………………………………………… 10 Conflict of Interest or Intellectual Bias ………………………………………… 11 Summary …………………………………………………………………… 11 Information access …………………………………………………………… 12 First Aspect of Definition …………………………………………………………… 12 Summary …………………………………………………………………… 13 Forgery …………………………………………………………… 14 First Aspect of Definition …………………………………………………………… 14 Hitler diaries ………………………………………………………… ………………14 Summary ……………………………………………………………………………15 Fraud Supplementation of Salary ………………………………………………………….16 False Statement …………………………………………………………………………16 Misuse of Government Property ………………………………………………………..17 CONCLUSIONS (CRITICAL THINKING) …………………………………………18 REFERENCES …………………………………………………………………..19 abstract Deloitte is one of the Big Four Accounting Firms. Deloitte...
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...Table of contents Table of contents 2 1.0 Proposed Research Question: 2 1.1 Rationale for study 3 1.2 Research aims or objectives 3 2.0 Introduction 4 3.0 Industry Context 5 4.0 Proposed literary review 6 4.1 The current DFB arrangements for dealing with flooding 7 4.2 Business Continuity Management 7 4.3 Business Impact Analysis: 8 4.4 Enhancing Organisational Response Capacity 9 4.5 Building resilient communities 11 4.6 New Dimensions Programme 11 4.7 2007 Flooding & HVP’s 12 4.7.1 Qualitative assessment of HVPs in 2007 flooding: 12 4.7.2 Quantitative assessment of HVPs in 2007 flooding 13 5.0 Research Design and Methodology 13 6.0 Time Scale 14 7.0 Potential problems 14 8.0 Intended Outcomes 15 9.0 Bibliography 15 Appendix A. Letter to the Office of the Chief Fire Officer. 17 1.0 Proposed Research Question: A review of the current arrangements for dealing with major flooding incidents in Dublin, and suggested improvements that enhance both organisational response capacity and community resilience for such events. 1.1 Rationale for study Recent events have exposed vulnerabilities around the Dublin Fire Brigade’s (DFB’s) ability to maintain business continuity whilst conducting major flooding incident operations. Enhanced preparedness, better public and community engagement, and specialised asset acquisition will be examined as methods of increasing organisational resilience, whilst keeping the most vulnerable people within the...
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...Biasness in Scientific Knowledge | Social Sciences | Jalil Ahmed Siddiqui | Table of Contents Introduction: 3 Some Major Terms: 3 Methodology: 3 Why am I doing this? 4 What is Biasness? 4 Types of Biasness: 5 Why is there Biasness? 6 Am I Biased? and My Justification 7 Why is Scientific Research Done? 7 Effects of Science on Our Society 8 Can Science be Biased? 8 How can Science Effect Us by being biased? 9 Biasness In Scientific Knowledge-Due to Religion 9 1 : Islam and Science Religious orthodoxy battle rationality By Pervaiz Hoodbhoy 10 Conclusion 13 References 14 Biasness In Scientific Knowledge Introduction: Biasness in scientific knowledge is the topic of hot discussion. if we can find out the extent up to which scientific knowledge is biased then we can find out the reliability of scientific knowledge. The biasness in it tells us the authenticity of scientific knowledge and clears out the fact that whether a scientific theory or law or any other scientific paper is actually the facts which science claims itself to consist of or they are just some scientists opinion aimed , not to clear and find out facts, but to publish and transfer his own thoughts in to the society. Some Major Terms: 1-What is Science - * Origin from Old French, from Latin scientia, from scire 'know'. [1] * According to Oxford Dictionary word science means "The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure...
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...Client Issue Rogers Communications Inc. is a Canadian Telecommunications company operating in the fields of Wireless, Cable (Internet, Television and Phone), as well as Media services. Over the past few years, the competition in the Telecommunications industry in Canada has intensified. Not only have existing major competitors, the so called “Big Three” operators of Rogers, Bell and Telus, begun to clash more intensively, the market place is attracting many fast growing new entrants as well. To achieve its growth goals, Rogers need to determine an optimal set of corporate level strategy and business level guiding policies to maintain its market leader position in the long term. Rogers need to seek ways to leveraging its resource strength and improving upon its weaknesses to develop a long-term sustainable competitive advantage in this highly competitive industry. Evaluation Criteria With growth in mind, the strategic decision must take into account the following criteria: 1. Leads to sustainable long-term competitive advantage 2. Growth forecast (Industry and Segment conditions, Market Trends) 3. Competitive viability (Barriers to Entry, Substitutes) 4. Achieves competitive cost structure Strategic Recommendation: Integrated LTE (4G) Wireless Technology The advanced LTE network boasts higher efficiency, faster speeds, and broader bandwidth capabilities. As wireless devices continual to demand for better network performance, the upgrade to the more sophisticated...
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...Rhetorical Analysis Michael Moore’s documentary “Bowling for Columbine,” was an eye opening look at violence and the causes of it in America. Before watching this film I was already aware that there is a problem in America when it comes to gun related violence and watching it helped to reiterate this fact to me. However, because of the overall confrontational style of this film and all of the facetious undertones implied by Michael Moore, the message it carries with it could have more of a negative than positive effect on the viewer, as it did on me. To start, I would like to focus on what was positive about the film. As a whole, the film focused most on connecting with the audience on an emotional level, the “Pathos” side of things. The most heart-wrenching and pitiful examples are the interviews of victims and those most personally affected by each gun related tragedy. The level of emotion expressed by each victim was enough to make any viewer feel a lump grow in his throat, the most poignant include a realtor choking on his words mid- sentence at the very mention of the Columbine Shooting (:23), live footage of children running and screaming in a cafeteria while listening to distressed 911 calls (:30-:32), and interviews with individuals and victims involved with each of the tragic events focused on, one being the Columbine shooting (:34), the other being the incident in Flint involving the death of a six year old girl (1:23-1:25). Every one of these interviews included...
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...based on the results of a participatory problem identification process on the causes or reasons of farmers' non-adoption, or inappropriate practices, of a given recommended agricultural technology or innovation. The SEC technology transfer and application approach is needs-based, demand-driven, and has a problem-solving orientation. The Strategic Extension Campaign (SEC) is not an alternative to the conventional extension programme or activity. SEC is, and should be, an integral part of the programmes of an agricultural extension service. The effectiveness and efficiency of such a service could be increased due to SEC's emphasis on its problem-solving orientation, participatory planning approach, intensive extension personnel training, multi-media materials development, and extension manage meet, monitoring and evaluation procedures. Its activities should be carried out by extension personnel and to support the Ministry of Agriculture's policies, strategies and priority programmes. The strategic extension campaign is useful and important to an agricultural extension service due to the following: 1 | It Advocates a Participatory Planning Approach | 2 | It is Needs-Based and Demand-Driven Oriented | 3 | It Uses Strategic Planning and Integrated Systems Approach | 4 | It Considers the Human and Behavioural Dimensions | 5 | It has a Problem-Solving Orientation | 6 | It...
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...will have to serve based on them breaking a law by murder, burglary, rape, etc. Extralegal factors include race, ethnicity, gender, social class, and lifestyle. These are not legitimate reasons for a court decision to be based on. A judge should not decide sentencing based on their nationality, the community from which they reside, or the appearance of the individual when they show up for their hearing. This type of disparity is often viewed as discrimination and can be used to have cases overturned if proven someone was judged based on any of these factors. It has been noted that possible contributors to disparities in the justice system are the nature of offenses, differential policing policies and practices, sentencing laws, or racial bias. This leads to disproportionate minority contact, or DMC. DMC can occur at any point in the criminal justice system, from pre-arrest through reentry into the community or the return to custody. A majority of the individuals that fall victim to this repetitive cycle of events are African-Americans and...
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