...Nudity and art: what's our problem? We snigger when artists like Marina Abramović expose themselves in performance. But shouldn't we be cheering their bravery instead? Bare necessities ... a visitor to the Marina Abramović retrospective passes between two naked actors. Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP "So what kind of art is that?" asked a Radio 5 Live presenter on Friday evening, with a giggle. He was responding to the news that some members of the audience had been ejected from the Marina Abramović retrospective, The Artist Is Present, at New York's Moma for touching the naked performers. The piece in question is a recreation of Abramović's 1977 piece Imponderabilla, created with her then-partner, the German artist Ulay, in which the pair stood nude and very close together in a doorway, so that those passing through had to directly confront the artists' gaze and, of course, their nakedness. Even before the incident at Moma, the nature of Abramović's practice, which stretches back 40 years to the 1970s, and which has frequently involved her body (a 1974 performance asked audiences to select one of 72 objects, including a gun, and use them on her body in whatever way they wanted), has been the subject of casual derision in some quarters; and of course the latest story has caused plenty of sniggering. When will we stop laughing and start cheering the bravery of these artists? As Abramović herself observed when security concerns were first raised about the amount of naked flesh...
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...younger generation like Students and these are their secondary audience. Blackberry is becoming increasingly popular with students even more so than their primary audience. This is the opposite for Blackberry’s and RIM’s competition who are iPhones by Apple. As their primary target audience are students and their secondary audience are Business people. The Blackberry Smartphone has a target market of students between the ages of 16 - 25 as this is becoming increasingly popular with this generation, as it’s more current and up to date. The audience profile that I have created for the target audience is a student of either gender and they are attending college or university so between the ages of 16 – 25. They travel by bus to their classes and live in a large city that is very urban like London and Birmingham. The media proposal that I think suits the target audience of students and will help promote the Blackberry further is Facebook. Facebook was in fact targeted at students attending universities as the founder “Mark Zuckerberg, 23, attended Harvard University who had already developed a number of social-networking websites for fellow students”. Facebook or ‘The Facebook’ as it was originally known was created in February 2004, solely for students and in 2006 it went further to anyone with an e-mail address. Using Facebook as my chosen element of the social media landscape to communicate to students about the benefits and features of the Blackberry will help increase and promote...
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...The three public bodies responsible for television and radio throughout Britain are: • The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which broadcasts television and radio programmes; • The Independent Television Commission (ITC), which licences and regulates commercial television service including cable, satellite and independent teletext services; • The Radio Authority, which licences and regulates commercial radio services, including cable and satellite. Television (Telly) People in Britain watch on average 25 hours of TV every week. (Find out about our other leisure activities) Television viewing is Britain's most popular leisure pastime. About 96 per cent of the population of Britain have television in their homes. In 1999, 13% of households had satellite television and 9% cable television. It is estimated that about 10 per cent of household have two or more sets. The average viewing time per person is over 25 hours a week. There are five main channels in Britain: • two national commercial-free BBC networks, BBC1 and BBC2, • commercial ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 services. The BBC channels are commercial free while the other three have commercials. All the channels offer a mixture of drama, light entertainment, films, sport, educational, children’s and religious programmes, news and current affairs, and documentaries. The BBC has been providing regular television broadcasts since 1936. BBC television productions come from main studios at the Television...
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...Product, Pricing, and Channels MKT/421 August 24, 2015 Product, Pricing, and Channels The target group for Apple Music (Beats 1 radio) is any consumer that uses iTunes and is willing to purchase legal music ("Appadvice.com",2015). There has been a decline in music downloads and sales through iTunes, so this is Apple’s way to revamp a product they already have. Apple Music could be appealing to college students, teenagers, businesspersons, and families. These customers are always on the go and if music is something that is essential to their lifestyle this new Apple music will be very beneficial for them. Apple Music allows users to mix and match their playlist with streaming music from the Internet ("Imore.com",2015). So this means that the user can have an endless music supply at their fingertips. The App can find music that matches what the customer may already have on their device and create a custom music playlist for them. This feature creates a wide variety of music that the member may not have heard yet and can introduce them to a new artist. With a paid Apple Music subscription, members will have access to a variety of interactive features such as: unlimited skips, utilization of the "like" function, commenting abilities, play and save function, connect content function, access to entire Apple Music catalog, add songs to personal library function, listen to music offline, and have all music on device uploaded to iCloud ("Imore.com", 2015). After the three-month...
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...Weather Radio Distribution and Education Project On July 2nd of 1997, severe storms and tornadoes tore through Wayne County Michigan. Throughout the course of the storm 90 people were injured and there was a damage cost of $90 million. Based on the repercussion of this storm alone, the county felt a mitigation system was needed to help protect its 2 million residents. To help reduce the effects of storms the county chose to start a weather radio distribution and education project in 1998. This weather radio mitigation project installed national oceanic and atmospheric administration weather radios in every school, hospital, and nursing care facility in the county. This totaled 860 radios throughout these facilities. Included in the mitigation process was an education/training program. Employees of these facilities learned how to plan and prepare for severe weather. This day of education/training was video taped to share with other county facilities and to be used as a state wide example. Also, the mitigation process was funded by the HMGP and the local community. The total cost of installing radios and the education/training day was $21,000. This mitigation program is great to help our children, the sick, and elderly during severe storms. The radio system will give schools, hospitals, nursing care facilities a better warning system for severe storms. This warning system will increase warning time and give employees adequate time to follow through with their severe...
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...Fairness doctrine changes talk radio and cable news? Fairness Doctrine was started in 1949 by FCC right after World War II. Because lawmaker realized, the very powerful tool, TV, could be controlled by very few people, so congress wanted to prevent. The year 1949 was the age of a couple of commercial TV networks generally relying on the telephone company for live program distribution to affiliates across the network. There were no satellites or videotape, and no other programming sources were available other than locally originated live or film content. (SosemanNed, 2013) It required Broadcaster license holders to give time to issues public importance and provide political balance. It was challenged 1969, it was uphill by the Supreme Court. But, in 1987: President Ronald Reagan simply abolished it. It freed talk radio to provide ONLY the programing listeners were willing to support. Soon afterward, the very next year, Rush Limbaugh who are in Right Wing amount of charge, launched his own radio talk show. It had tremendous success. Rush Limbaugh is a conservative American radio talk show host and political commentator. In his book and show, what he regards as Liberal policies as well as what he perceives Liberal bias in major U.S. media. He had an issue because he said “hope Obama fails” Around 20 million or 15 million listeners, and those are large numbers, so why Limbaugh is taken seriously and is believed to be influential. Now, democrats in control, they Consider Reviving...
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...Australian Broadcasting Corporation A look Into One of The Nations Leading Newscasting Corporations INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC MEDIA The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is one of the nations leading global media corporations throughout Australia, Asia, and the Pacific. The ABC strives “to be a trusted and innovative media organization, enriching the lives of all Australians and presenting Australian perspectives to the world” (Our Strategic Plan). Focusing on four specific values in which its foundation and principles of the manner in which their work should be executed; Integrity, “we act with trustworthiness, honesty, and fairness” (Our Strategic Plan). Respect, “we treat our audiences and each other with consideration and dignity” (Our Strategic Plan). Collegiality, “we work together willingly” (Our Strategic Plan). Innovation, “we foster creativity and distinctiveness. We encourage new thinking and strive to achieve quality in all that we do” (Our Strategic Plan). In this analysis I will be discussing the different aspects in which the ABC operates and how they contribute to a growing globalizing society. The Commonwealth of Australia is the owner of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The federal government funds this organization through triennial funding arrangements, meaning that the ABC receives money every three years from the government. Data in relation to ABC funding is easily accessible on the Parliament of Australia government ...
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...similar to what is mentioned in books on entering the industry: ‘…being able to perform for the camera is an essential part of TV presenting. This includes being natural, relaxed and confident, with a warm, open face, an easy voice, good posture, clear diction and good communication skills...” (Wolfe, 2010, p.17). The final part of the day consisted of writing our own short TV show which involved devising an ‘introduction’ and 2 main keys such as what exciting things are coming next on the programme. I paired with a young male my age so that we could make our show fresh and funky and tailored to a particular target audience. This part of the day was very enjoyable and I gained skills in working as if it was going live, and really felt at that moment in time we were live to viewers. As the majority were wanting a show reel, we...
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...Changes In Safety Protocols After The Sinking Of The Titanic 60 minutes was the delay between the collision and the first titanic lifeboats launching (Fowler). The foundering of the Titanic was a devastating event, which pushed North America to create new safety protocols. Foremost, the first version of SOLAS was passed in 1914 in response to the sinking of the RMS Titanic (European). It stated that ships would carry enough lifeboats for those aboard, mandated lifeboat drills would be implemented, and lifeboat inspections would be conducted (Changes). Furthermore, the government passed the radio act of 1912. This stated that radio communication on passenger ships would be operated 24 hours, along with a secondary power supply so distress calls...
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...sports broadcasting has the intent of constructing larger audiences and markets to create higher revenues no matter the medium. In the long run, the only real loser in the sports broadcasting realm is the obsolete medium. As technology has evolved, the way in which sports have been presented has followed suit. “Over the course of the twentieth-century sport was transformed from a typically ad hoc unregulated amateur activity to one driven by professional standards and accountability at all levels.”2 This change came slowly at first, and has advanced rapidly over the past few decades. Now, due in part to advanced broadcasting techniques, watching live events and highlights of the day’s games can be brought to our fingertips with relative ease. Sports Coverage Before the Radio Before the broadcasting of sports on radio and television, “the only way of watching a sports contest was to go to the stadium.”3 If you worked during the day (when all games were played due to no lighting at stadiums at the time), your best bet of learning what happened came from reading the newspaper. The relationship between print media and baseball was so simple that there was actually no money involved....
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...approximately a quarter of the country’s resources were obliterated. The Soviets population also decreased significantly not just to combat but to starvation and many other issues. The war also left the United Kingdom in debt; they exhausted most of their capital on the war. The Russians, Japanese’s, and other countries also suffered immensely. American had also suffered but the war ended the great depression and created an environment for productive postwar alliances with the government and private businesses. The United States came out of the war as a superpower and it was time to rebuild. Patton’s 23rd infantry worked hard to save lives and end the war. Despite the fact that many lives were lost and tremendous amounts of suffering occurred, if the deception operation were not successful the war would have been prolonged. The porlonging would have cost many more lives this historical scheme helped to end a terrible war and gained favor for our Military and Intelligence community to use denial and deception techniques along with other intelligence gathering...
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...MANAGEMENT, FALL 2011, IBA From Radio Pakistan to Radio IBA: The Evolution of Radio Industry in Pakistan Assignment # 3 Submitted by: MUHAMMAD SAAD BHUTTA (BD/56-2009) 11/20/2011 Submitted to: Mr. JAMI MOIZ Table of Contents Definition 3 Birth of Radio 3 Radio as an advertising medium 3 Quick Facts 4 Modes of Radio Transmission 4 AM broadcasting 4 FM broadcasting 4 Comparison of AM & FM 5 Radio in Pakistan 5 Radio Pakistan 5 Events/ Major Dates (In chronological order) 6 Advent of FM Radio in Pakistan 9 History of FM Channels 9 Radio IBA 10 Radio on a surge 10 Radio in Disaster Management 11 Radio and Mobile Phones 11 Radio Advertisement 12 Current Scene 16 Conclusion 17 Reference 18 The most basic need of the human race is to communicate. The entire world will come to a halt or a complete standstill if we do not communicate. Most of the things we see in today's world are a means to satisfy this impulse or need of communication. (Ranjhan , n.d ) Definition Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space. Information is carried by systematically changing (modulating) some property of the radiated waves, such as amplitude, frequency, phase, or pulse width. When radio waves pass an electrical conductor...
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...Radio Advertising Advertisements come in many different shapes and sizes. They are seen on television as a person is watching their favorite show, on billboards as you drive into a major city, and online through social media and other websites. Another form of advertising that may not be thought about as much but is still a good way to promote would be through the radio. The radio is something that a variety of people use every day and they normally don’t have the option of skipping past the advertisements like they can on televisions. Also, there are many people that travel long distances in a car. Either for work, vacation, or just to visit old friends. These people will usually listen to the radio for their car ride and will listen through the ads as they go. For these reasons, radio ads are a good thing to consider. Radio Stations near Me I live in Castle Rock, Colorado. It is about 15 minutes away from the outskirts/suburbs of Denver, Colorado. For this reason, the only radio station that is actually in Castle Rock is a Spanish radio station. For this reason, I went ahead and looked at radio stations that were within listening range of Castle Rock instead. According to radio-locator (2015), there are 59 stations that are close enough to be listened to in my city. Most of the actual stations are located in Denver and Pueblo with a few random ones in each of the surrounding cities. The style of music ranges vastly. The formats for these different radio stations are Classical...
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...signal over part or the entire communication path. Some monitoring devices, such as intrusion alarms, employ acoustic waves at frequencies above the range of human hearing; these are also sometimes classified as wireless. The wireless method of communication uses low-powered radio waves to transmit data between devices. High powered transmission sources usually require government licenses to broadcast on a specific wavelength. This platform has historically carried voice and has grown into a large industry, carrying many thousands of broadcasts around the world. Radio waves are now increasingly being used by unregulated computer users. Humans communicate in order to share knowledge and experiences. Common forms of human communication include sign language, speaking, writing, gestures, and broadcasting. Communication can be interactive, transitive, intentional, or unintentional; it can also be verbal or nonverbal. In addition, communication can be intrapersonal or interpersonal. The first wireless transmitters went on the air in the early 20th century using radiotelegraphy (Morse code). Later, as modulation made it possible to transmit voices and music via wireless, the medium came to be called "radio." With the advent of television, fax, data communication, and the effective use of a larger portion of the spectrum, the term "wireless" has been resurrected. Common examples of wireless equipment in use today * Cellular phones and pagers: provide connectivity for portable...
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