...PHSE 206: Sociology of sport Essay 2B: Media representation of sport and its connection on societal power. Sean Masters 9066415 DUE: Friday 3rd October, 2014. WORD COUNT: 1508 Society comes in many different forms. Individuals of society attempt to be seen as being more successful, powerful and dominant over others. This is closely followed with how sport is perceived, played and based around. A competitive nature to out think your opponent to attain glory as an individual, as a team or as a country. The popularity of the sporting culture and the impact it has on our lives, gives responsibility for the new sporting era with experiencing and filtering sport through media. Giving another whole diverse range of how we perceive not only sport but athletes and teams competing. Modern era sporting and recreational activities are important in the New Zealand sporting society. As young adolescents grow up building the basic fundamentals associated with sport and continue to do this as they get older. In the active New Zealand survey, key findings released that in 2007/2008 79% of New Zealanders once per week were physically active (NZ, 2008). New Zealand have always had a high abundance in individuals participating in sport, that can contribute to the significant creation of the media- sports complex in New Zealand (Falcous, 2005). For example, back in the 1970’S technology in media sport was just beginning but already a crucial component in broadcasting...
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...to brainstorming sessions and issues demanding creative solutions. Businesses should strive for diverse groups and teams. When individuals are able to work with others whom are different from each other it challenges people’s preconceived notions about how the world works and it forces people to step outside their comfort zones and consider new thought processes. By opening people up to new ways of thinking, the result is often new ideas, new processes, new services and new products (Fritz, 2012). Smart managers strive for diversity by balancing the individuals they select based upon differing internal factors such as age, race, and gender, and external factors, including differing backgrounds, educational experiences, and political ideologies. Managers seek open discussions...
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...David Coccoli Ms. White English 2 CP 12 January 2013 Dear Student, Have you ever been unprepared for a big test? From personal experience I can tell you that it is not something you want to experience yourself. I have encountered this a few times throughout school. I can tell you a few things I was able to do to prepare, the reasons I did not get to prepare as much as I wanted, taking the test, and things that happened after I completed the test. Hopefully you will learn from my mistakes. Some of the things I was able to do to prepare was go over it in class, make a foldable, and look over my notes right before I took the test. Just by going over the material in class, I was not fully paying attention. When I made my foldable, I copied off of someone’s so I could finish mine. Right before the test I just glanced over my notes. Those three preparation techniques are not recommended. The reasons I did not get to prepare as well as I wanted were because I was out of school with the flu. Therefore one of my friends William let me barrow his foldable, so I just copied it. While taking the test, I soon found out how unprepared I really was. Another thing that I found out was study only the night before a test isn’t a good idea. The reason for that is that you will not remember everything you tried to cram in your brain the night before. Whenever I got my test I completely froze up and couldn’t remember a thing on it. I would say I learned the hard way. After taking that...
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...INTRODUCTION - Any text can be read and interpreted differently depending of its different readers, since everyone has a different way of seeing and understanding things depending on our ideologies, context etc. * Overview of the short story. * Explanation of the main audience; feminists given the strong feminist ideology. * Description of the two readers; feminists (II) and non-feminists (III). II – FEMINISTS * Description of feminism * Explanation of the feminist’s interpretation of the short story. * How certain actions in the story can be interpreted specifically. * Effect of the story on feminist readers. III – NON-FEMINISTS * Description of non-feminists and what do they support. * Explanation of the non-feminist’s interpretation of the short story. * Meaning of the short story for this reader. IV – CONCLUSION – Any text can be interpreted differently and there are no rules when you read. Not everyone thinks alike and there are different opinions. We can’t judge a story or even a person given our own ideology, we could only give our opinion and respects others’ Any text can be read and interpreted differently depending of its different readers, since everyone has a different way of seeing and understanding things depending on our ideologies, context etc. A great example where we can presence this difference of interpretation is in Stone Mattress short story written by Margaret Atwood. It...
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...1. Identify three to four (3-4) ideological differences between America’s two (2) major political parties. Political ideology is known to be a certain set of ethical ideals, principles, myths, doctrines, or symbols of a social movement, institution, class, etc that explains how society should work and offers their political and cultural blueprint for a certain order. In America, we have various parties including two major political parties known as Democrat and Republican. Both parties both agree and have and ideas on how to run the country and what’s acceptable and not acceptable. Like any other party, both Democrats and Republicans may have some similar views but also have different views or beliefs that separate them. • One ideological difference between the Democrat and Republican parties is their view on personal security. The Democrat party believe that governments should not only secure the U.S. borders but to also advance on personal security. This belief has been translated into policies that extend health care access to as many citizens as possible, raising the minimum wage and expanding unemployment insurance as a result. Republicans on the other hand, vigorously opposes this use of government, insisting that we should not be compelled to our brothers’ keeper. It is known that of the 13 states that have refused the offer of the federal government to pay 100 percent of the costs to expand health care coverage, 12 of them are Republican controlled. Republicans see...
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...Introduction Dating and courtship is a foundation for having a happy and successful marriage. Countless millions of shattered families began with wrong dating habits. These habits made proper courtship impossible. And the results have been tragic. The almost universal effects of modern dating demonstrate widespread ignorance, even on the most basic points of right dating (Eagar, 2002). Almost no one understands the real purpose of dating or of the courtship that can ensue. The next step, achieving a happy marriage, then also becomes impossible. This research paper will try to tackle some points regarding the courtship, dating and marriage to help people achieve a happy home. Dating, followed by courtship, is supposed to lead to a happy marriage. But marriage cannot be happy if it is not built on the right foundation. Most couples have no idea that the foundation of a successful marriage begins long before the wedding day. In addition, a direct by-product of the wrong foundation is that most people have no idea how to select the right mate. “Like a triangle it has three sides, if one side is taken away it would no longer be a triangle. Also in marriage there must be three elements to complete the sacred union.”(Burell, 2000, p. 105-106). Like a triangle, God has to be at the top, and at the foundation it is you and the other significant person at either side. To be close together is to be closer to God. Many have been closer together only to be hurt because God was left...
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...1. Since all of our tests are open book/open note, the better organized your notes are, the better. If you get a study guide from the instructor, it's a good idea to make a flash card for each topic. On the card, highlight the topic, not the chapter page in the book where you can find the information, then put the relevant information on the card as well. This will not only give you a good study tool, it will also give you a great test taking aid. 2. Since you are taking the test at home, you should definitely take it under the same conditions you study under. For example, if you have the TV or music on while you study, don't try to go totally silent when you test. If you listen to specific music while studying, listening to the same music while you test can help you recall information more easily and more quickly. Have a quick snack/drink on hand with your notes so that you can stay focused. 3. Before you even open the test, take 2-3 deep breaths and tell yourself that you KNOW this stuff! You have it in your head, in your notes, and in your text. 4. Once you start testing, read each question carefully. Often when doing this, we get an idea of what the answer should be, then it's just a matter of picking the right option. 5. For multiple choice questions, there are a couple of strategies you can employ: * Read carefully through all of the options. Usually you will be able to eliminate at least two of them right away, leaving you with only two options...
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...that religion is created and promoted by the Ruling Class in order to pass on their dominant ideology to the working class, using it as an “instrument”. Althusser argues that the ruling class do this through physical control such as the police and the justice system (Repressive State Apparatus), they also control the working class through the Ideological state Apparatus, which via religion, prevents the working class from becoming deviant and rebelling. A clear demonstration of this is in Christian teaching. They’re taught that Jesus himself had a day job as a carpenter – which is a manual labour, working class job. This idea of Jesus being like us civilians appeals to the working class as their attitude would be that if someone of such major influence can have that job, I can too because I will be repaid in the afterlife. Another supporting piece of evidence to the Marxist theory of religion is in the Jewish Torah (Old Testament – 34:12) God says “Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest, in eanring time and in harvesting, thou shalt rest”. This also influences the working class not to question why we have to work for 6 days, because when we make our earnings we can rest on the seventh day, whilst the ruling class impose this religious idea to the working class. Karl Marx would call this False Class Consciousness. Marx explains that passing the dominant ideology from the ruling class to the working class isn’t all of the job, they have to then maintain...
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...A belief system is a set of mutually supportive beliefs. Many sociologists see science as a product of the process of rationalisation that began with the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century and its success has spread to a widespread ‘faith in science’. Whereas ideology is a belief system by definition - a worldview or a set of ideas and values. Science has had a huge impact on society in the last few centuries with medicines curing fatal diseases and advances in communication and technology. Science and technology has revolutionised economic productivity and raised standards of living. This success has led to a widespread belief in science; believing science can ‘deliver the goods’. However, this faith has been dimmed by science causing problems. For example pollution, weapons and global warming are products of science. While science protects us from natural dangers, it creates its own manufactured risks. However the good and bad effects of science show features distinguishing it from other belief systems – known as its cognitive power. It enables us to explain, predict and control the world in a way that non-scientific or pre-scientific belief systems cannot do. According to Popper, science has been so successful in explaining and controlling the world because it is an ‘open’ belief system. This means that every scientist’s theories are open to scrutiny, criticism and testing by others. As a result, science is governed by the principle of falsification - scientists...
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...History of Politics A Research Paper Presented to The class of Miss Rhoda Mae R. Navasquez Southern Cotabato Academy, Inc. In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Subject English IV by Jeison L. Omandam December 01, 2011 INTRODUCTION Political history is the description and analysis of significant political occasions, movements, thoughts, and leaders. Typically it is developed around the nation states. It is distinguished from but relevant to other areas of history such as economic history, social history, and military history. Usually, political history discusses events pertaining to nation-states and the political process in particular. As per Hegelian doctrine, Political History ‘is a perception of the state with a guiding force beyond the material benefits of its subjects: it meant that the state was the root factor of historical change’. This differs with one, for example, social history, which predominantly discusses the events and lifestyles of common folks, or people’s history, that is historical account from the view point of a lay person. A study of political history typically centers on a single nation and its political change and aggrandizement. A few historians highlight the ever increasing drift toward confined specialization in political history over the course of recent decades: ‘wherein a college professor in the 1940s resorted to identify himself as a “historian”, by the 1950s “American historian” was the designation.’ Political...
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...ThreeMajorPoints of Contents | 1. Creating passion and identify opportunity. There are various factors that concern the possibility of starting an enterprise. From most successful entrepreneurs, it is important for one to has passion to start a business that relevant to the business. This passion will enable one to have something to yearn for, to strive for which can eventually become the very good idea that change everything. However, having a passion should be met with the right opportunity. To see a right opportunity and take advantage of it is much more challenging. It is the matter of doing the right thing at the same time and at the right place. 2. Spread idea and make it into opportunity. Idea alone cannot do anything. It must be tested, out fielded and thereby can be determined the feasibility. After this phase, the idea is spread to more than 1 person. This idea will have importance and ideas of multiple people. From one simple idea, the idea has become larger, more varied and more innovative than ever. Because of that, it has become a serious thought to be concerned with. However, whether it is possible remain a question. As such, it must be refined so that it can be realistic and thereby applicable. 3. Opportunity or notAfter careful evaluation, there will be a lot of loophole in your plan. How will you deal with it? What can go wrong? Should you go forward with the plan? No matter what, the fact that you evaluate the plan carefully has given you good insight...
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...Core ideology, core purpose, envisioned future – these are the essentials that constantly reminds us of who we are and where we’re going. Having read the article “Building Your Company’s Vision” by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras makes me want to think of doing things that contribute to the general welfare rather than doing things because I just have to. It gives me purpose and something that keeps me going. It gives me reasons to love what I do and to pursue excellence in order that I may fulfill my purpose and satisfy my personal needs that goes beyond the salary, needs that seek deeper than what it looks on the outside. It defines mine and the organization’s being linked together. The companies that have been mentioned have long been recognized successful and famous in their own industry and this article explains why they are where they are now. Such motivational stories would be of great help to those organizations who seek improvement and development in their structure as a whole. Keeping up with this dynamic world isn’t easy and every organization needs something to hold on so they won’t lose their balance and just fall off from the cliff where they stand. One wrong move and everything will be messed up. This gives them the core that is unchanging, the core that is permanent and lives within the organization, the people, and everything is geared because of that certain thing. This article stresses the importance of having core ideology and core purpose...
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...living because it is a set of “national tenets” that teaches us the right norms of behaviour. There are two types of dimensions of relationship involved wherever there is human interaction. These two relationships are relationship among fellow human beings and relationship with god. Both of these two dimensions of relationships are recognised by all religions and all profess doing the right things in life. The principles of Rukun Negara ideologise the level the level of authority that control and guide us from the level of god down to the state level, institutions level and finally the self level. The entire background of the ideology and the purpose for creating it must be clearly understood by an individual to internalise the spirits of Rukun Negara. Ideology means a scheme of ideas at the basic of a system. When we say that Rukun Negara is a national ideology it refers to the principles of “living policies” to be used as the peoples guide and actions. In other words Rukun Negara contains values in nationhood as well as social norms covering all aspects of life. It also is an arrangement of ways (principles) for group living. BACKGROUND The Rukun Negara was officially proclaimed by Yang diPertuan Agong on 31 august 1971....
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...Ideology Note: these are ‘generalizations’ and are not ‘all inclusive’… An ideology is a collection of ideas, typically containing ideas on what it considers to be the best form of government (democracy, theocracy, etc), & the best economic system (capitalism, socialism, etc). Sometimes the same word is used to identify both an ideology & one of its main ideas, e.g., "socialism" may refer to an economic system, or to an ideology which supports that economic system. - Political ideologies generally have two dimensions: Goals: (how society should work or be arranged) and Methods: (the most appropriate ways to achieve the ideal arrangement). - Ideology is basically constant, & we generally use a straight line ‘left is liberal & right is conservative’ approach to identify their position on the political spectrum, then we superimpose political parties on top of this political spectrum…to change political party affiliation is relatively easy, it requires much more to change your ideology. Ideology is more like ‘political culture’: who you ‘really are’, enduring values & beliefs that do not routinely change easily, although special circumstances such as wars, economic depressions or natural disasters can help hasten changes. Liberals & Conservatives: these labels have changed over time and ‘ideology’ is not necessarily a good way to define political preference. Currently, members of the Democratic Party are generally considered Liberals (or favoring liberal ideology) and...
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...Assess sociological explanations for science and ideology as a belief system (33) Hannah-Mae Neve 13D Science has had an enormous impact on society over the last few centuries. The achievements in medicines have eradicated many fatal diseases; through which people have developed a large faith in science and so has become a strong belief system. However, it has been recognised that although science resolves many issues, it also creates problems. This contentious nature brought about a dimmed faith as science has created its own risks that increasingly threaten the planet such as global warming and nuclear weapons. Ideology is a worldview or a set of ideas and values. The main issues surround ideology as a belief system is that every set of beliefs is very one-sided. Each person only believes in their ideologies and is likely to be unwelcoming to any others. Consequently, friction and tension is built within society. According to Sir Karl Popper, science is an ‘open’ belief system. An open belief system is where every scientist’s theories are open to scrutiny, criticism and testing by others. For example everyone has access to scientific information and none is kept away from the public or other scientists. Popper believes that science is governed by the principle of falsificationism whereby scientists seek to falsify existing theories by deliberate experiments that might produce information which would contradict the current theories. In Popper’s views, the growth of our understanding...
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