...Jonathan Escalier Introduction to Mass Communication Reaction paper 1 A) How do we in contemporary society make use of mass media: transmission of culture selective exposure, source of information, entertainment, etc.? Contemporary society makes use of Mass Media in many ways. One example is the exposure of favored information through beliefs, attitudes, and decisions. Twitter a social networking site has brought many towards opinions of from many races on todays world event and celebrities. Twitter starts with a tweet and is then re-tweeted to several people to expose the trend. It also allows for a communication with celebrities and who is following whom in order to be a part of his or her’s opinions and be up to date with their daily activities. Another way that the contemporary society uses Mass Media is through commercials. Commercials are a great way of being able to influence what he or she is thinking and lead to a decision based on the commercial. For example, In sport games there will be a big amount of pizza commercials that allow the person if he has a group of friends over his house to order a pizza in hope that he does not miss a minute of the game. Lastly a good commercial on microwable foods will feature an emphasis on quality and how fast it is prepared. Stouffers lasagna is a popular dinner that feeds a family of 3-4. Companies like Red bull pay people to drink their energy drink in hopes to get an opinion of a new taste that they are testing such as Coca...
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...Media Reaction Paper The way modern technology and the advancements made in communication this have influenced the American people. In the last decade the effects that media plays has helped with opinions that people make has escalated. With the invention of television and the Internet has allowed the news to travel throughout the world in lightning speed. The sources of this information in some instances can report the facts only the media believes that people should hear. Right or wrong and in some cases bad information in some cases is spread over the airways via internet, radio, and television. The media will continue running a story over and over the replaying of a story helps to reinforce this information in people’s minds thus helping to shape their opinion on different subject. This paper will discuss media’s reaction regarding the Arab and Muslim Americans since September 11 attacks. This paper will address the historic framework as well as the political content on this issue. My own opinion will be given on certain messages the media was attempting to portray was this coverage a biased or unbiased as well as was this issue sensationalized or objectively portrayed. For this assignment comes a story from the Detroit news titled Always Suspect: Local Arabs and Immigration. After September 11, 2001 became a turning point in the lives of people in America and around the world. Many Americans lost and gave their lives as well as being injured this had a huge effect on...
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...Individual: Media Reaction SOC/315: Cultural Diversity University of Phoenix Abstract The views are many regarding the issue of immigrations and whether or not immigrants should be allowed within our borders illegally. Some politicians express that illegal immigrants should be sent back to their lands immediately; some say the illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay in this country, but pay back taxes. The religious groups express that the immigration issue is a human issue and the Bible has the answer as to how immigrants are to be dealt with. Although the views are different one thing remains the same immigrants are people looking for something better than where they are leaving and the United States seems to have what they are looking for. The Arizona Legislative Bill Number SB1070 was created as a way to legally deal with the influx of illegal immigrants that cross the borders daily. The rights of these individuals are very important and legislation must take that into consideration. The issue of immigration is not only a concern for the United States; it is an issue that affects the entire world. The historical framework of the illegal immigration issue began in the United States in the late 1800’s. The current issue began in 1882 when the industrialists began building the railroad that connected the United States and Mexico. The workers for the railroad consisted of undocumented immigrants that crossed the border just before the new train crossed the...
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...Media Reaction SOC/315 Abstract I am a firm believer that education should be available to anyone who wants to continue their education after High School. But there is one issue that I do have a problem with and that is the state of California offering Financial Aid to “Illegal” undocumented students who have come into the country to better themselves. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think that they should be banned from doing so; I just think there needs to be a line that has to be drawn. During this article I am going to write I will point out some of the drawbacks I see from the “California Dream Act” the way it has affected my family directly and how it has prevented them from continuing their education and get to where they want to be in life. I believe every one is entitled to their opinions on anything that is brought up regardless of what the topic is. Financial Aid for Undocumented Students The “California Dream Act” states “An undocumented high-school graduate or GED recipient would be eligible to adjust to conditional lawful permanent resident (LPR) status if they have been physically present in the United States for at least five years and were younger than 16 when they first entered the country. (Immigration Policy Center, Para 6, 2010) I am all for today’s youth receiving an education and moving forward with their lives, but I have a problem when them receiving their education and continuing their lives gets in the way of my family...
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...Media Reaction Sarah Hickman SOC 315: Cultural Diversity January 25, 2014 Nancy Cupp, Facilitator Week Three Individual Assignment I choose the article “Immigration: Asylum some member states have more work to do than other.” This article is about immigrants seeking asylum in other states in Europe and not getting the same results as Greece. In addition, Greece has received support financially more than the other states between 2007 and 2011. According to the courts in Europe, the human rights are not respected, as a result the Commission is monitoring human dignity. The treatments of the immigrants have been awful so as a result they have closed the worst camps. Incidents have shown that supervisors are let go due to their behaviors towards migrants. The Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party has also showed racism attacks towards the migrants. Migrants are still applying for asylum in Europe because of the Syria crisis. It shows that there have been 332,000 requests for asylum in Greece in 2012, which is higher than last year (European Social Policy, 2013). In the overview, it first started by simply informing its readers what the definition of immigrants actually is. According to the overview, immigrants are individuals who have left their country or area of origin to settle in another country or territory. It also told us what immigrant really was. When dealing with immigrants and immigration, there are two main categories for the reasons of their migration...
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...Running Head: Media Reaction Paper Media Reaction Paper By Camilla Gibbs University of Phoenix This paper will be around diversity in television. Once upon a time, television was primarily dominated by just one race. Civil-rights groups seeking greater ethnic diversity in the TV industry stated that the major broadcast networks, FOX, ABC, CBS and NBC are making improvements more progress is needed. ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox have begun to initiate subtle changes both onscreen and off. Black and White television is a thing of the past. FOX television has developed the following strategic plan to incorporate diversity into their every day business. • Creative: To increase diverse employment within the writing, directing, producing and casting of all FOX productions. • Communications Plan: Consistently and comprehensively demonstrate FOX's commitment to diversity both internally and to the general public • Recruitment, Succession Planning & Internship: To increase representation of diverse talent at FOX through executive succession plans, recruitment and internship activities. • Minority Procurement: To increase opportunities for and procurement from minority and women-owned vendors and professional service providers. • Executive Component: To increase opportunities for people of color in key creative management and senior management positions at each of the FOX business units. “We believe our future rests in our collective ability...
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...Topic: Can immigration reform pass in 2014? Much thought has been given to this question not only by me, but by many politicians, who have the ability to influence the resolution of this issue. Therefore, in the context of this paper, I will attempt to answer this question based upon my understanding of the facts related to this issue. What is the historical framework of this issue? For many years, people from all over the world migrated to the United States for various reasons: a fresh start, a better living, and a quality education. In addition, they also wanted to escape oppression or to experience “The American Dream.” According to website, “The American Dream is an idea that suggests that anyone in the US can succeed through hard work and has the potential to lead a happy, successful life.” ((McMahon & Joseph, 2014) From 1776 to 1875, the United States had an open- door policy toward immigration. The law was so open-door, that Congress passed a law in 1864 to encourage immigration to the United States Devine (2008.). Due to the influx of immigrants the law has been modified many times. President Bill Clinton signed the Illegal Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996. This act addressed the problem of illegal immigrants. He wanted a firm but reasonable approach to address the issue. He desired strong boarder control, ensurance that American jobs were made available for legal works along with a policy that was pro-family. This plan would...
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...The media reaction to immigration problem in the United Sates is as diverse ad the cultures and peoples it impacts. While there does exist some common public and political views there is also facts information which could alter those positions. The media piece, discussed here, found on YouTube under the title AP Gov. Immigration 2011, posted by dmcb324, a variety of media clips providing information from numerous news sources both local and international are given. This paper will use this media format to address the questions on the media reaction toward immigration. What is the historical framework of this issue? The framework presented in this media presentation covers a current and present time frame beginning with the elections of 2010 through the months of 2011. So the information seen and heard is very up-to-date and thereby relevant in today’s societal issues. What is the political context of this issue? The piece presents all sides of the political spectrum. It utilizes news clips and media information from both liberals and conservatives and well as members of the Democratic and Republican parties. This unique combining of views and information provides for a very thought-provoking and unbiased look at some of the issues around immigration today. By presenting only the information, alongside the human elemnts impacted without slanting it does not lead the viewer to any conclusion and presents hwo truly complicated the issue is. What message does the...
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...Media Reaction Paper Jennifer Dockery SOC/315 9/5/2011 Shannon Burke, MA Media Reaction Paper Hispanic immigrants are handy scapegoats for the problems in local communities, from crime to overcrowded schools. Even legal immigrants are victims of this mindset, in spite of immigration not being the root cause or even a major factor in any of the issues. Immigration has always been an issue. Those making up the majority of the population are all immigrants from other nations, having descended from those who immigrated here over the course of the last 400 years. Some of the areas in which Hispanic immigrants are most numerous were at one point the property of the Hispanic nation of Mexico. Immigrants built this country, and certain segments of the immigrants have always been accused of ruining this country. Recently, Arizona passed a law, SB 1070, which requires the police to question the legal status of those they suspect are undocumented immigrants. Additionally, it sets the official immigration police as ‘attrition through enforcement’, stating that they intend to be so harsh that immigrants flee in fear. (Martinez, 2011). Currently, the law is on hold due to challenges by the US Department of Justice for usurping federal jurisdiction on immigration. However, the law has set a horrid precedent, one that has resulted in boycotts that are costing Arizona more than $330 million dollars over the next two to three years. (Martinez, 2011)...
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...forever been an indispensable component of human nature. Whether we move back to the hard times of the Great Depression or come to the modern day’s society, we find a strong reflection of racialism everywhere. These aspects have been well reflected in the movie ‘Crash’. The movie ‘Crash’, released in 2005 was directed by Paul Haggis and written by Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco and won three Academy awards. The movie revolves mainly around the overlapping or interlocking events in the life of whites and blacks, rich and poor, cops and criminals, Iranians, Koreans and Latinos - everything defined ultimately by racism. The idea is that “moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other”. It is based on everyday racial reactions in the human society. How we react to situations adds hue to our perceptions of living life itself. All the people involved are guilty of the discrimination but sometimes through indifference, they rise above these. Assuming something about the person before us is rather a dominant feature in Crash. Crash describes a number of people with almost equal importance and shows the psychological inhibitions each of them has based on these narrowness of discrimination. The movie contains coldness, cruelty and pain, but finally unfolds to generate sympathy from general audience and an expectation that people would learn to share similar hopes and fears. As far as Crash is concerned, the symbolism revolves around that of the idea of a traffic crash...
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...Reaction Paper Regarding the Flow of Influence and Social Meaning Across Social Media Networks Mahalia Miller Daniel Wiesenthal October 6, 2010 1 Introduction One topic of current interest is how language and sentiments are transmitted in the blogosphere and how individuals affect the sentiments of those in their online sphere of influence. Therefore, the focus of this reaction paper is threefold: (1) to summarize four journal papers related to sentiments and influence, (2) to critique the methods and scope of the journal papers and (3) to brainstorm directions for the term project. 2 2.1 Literature review Java et al. 2006 Java et al. (2006) explore models that determine the blogs with the most influence on the Blogosphere. The paper defines influence as a link from blog a to blog b implies that a influences blog b. They further create an influence graph that weights edges by a function of the amount of links. This paper evaluates various heuristics, such as Pagerank, indegree, and greedy algorithm, to determine which blogs have the most influence on the Blogosphere. The analysis shows that PageRank is rather efficient and converges quickly. The paper also analyzes the effect of splogs, i.e. spam blogs. The results indicate that not removing splogs greatly impacts the accuracy of the influence models. As such, the paper uses some algorithms to identify splogs, and then, and only then, do the heuristics converge to within 70% agreement on the predicted number of influenced...
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...PAGE 1. GUIDE CARD 1 2. RATIONALE 2 3. TEST RESULT 3 4. LEAST LEARNED COMPETENCIES 4 5. COMPARATIVE RESULT 5 6. REQUEST LETTER 6 7. CERTIFICATION 7 8. ANSWER KEY 8 Welcome to another fun-filled adventure as we take a new journey to the world of Science. This time, we will be investigating and describe the particle nature of matter and have fun to the different activities prepared for you. Matter is made up of tiny particles which are invisible to the naked eye, but can be detected by other senses. Though we do not see a certain substance we can tell it’s presence by its unique characteristics. Similarly, though people may not see you, they will know you had been there by your… ______________________________________ * Matter is anything that occupies space and has weight. * There are three states of matter with specific composition and has its own characteristics. * Matter is undergoing different...
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...3802 DWR 25 Jul 15 Talking Paper For use by Motor Transportation Platoon Commander SUBJECT: Guidance for Change in Mission of Motor Transportation Platoon PURPOSE: To provide recommendations in prioritizing and sourcing guidance ggggggggggfor change in MT Platoon’s mission on the upcoming deployment. ISSUES: (1) Issue 1 Background: a. With the change of mission from logistical resupplies to security, patrolling and reaction force preservation, proper training requirements need to be identified IOT for the platoon to be mission capable and prepared for the upcoming deployment. Talking Points a. Make liaison with the Operations officer for the unit we will be supporting. This will give us an understanding on what kind of missions we can train for, along with the mission essential task. Using the Infantry Training and Readiness Manual 3500.44 as a training standard will also help prepare the Marines for the new mission. Also using the above references will provide training techniques in which the platoon will need to be proficient in. (2) Issue 2 Background: a. What kind of maintenance capabilities will we have now that we won’t be part of the MLG? What certifications will the Marines need? What equipment and modifications will be required for the vehicles? Talking...
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...bodies such as the legs , calf muscles and building up our core strength, one example is that we did something called “plank and roll” this was fun but difficult when holding into the plank but I felt this got me warmed up and got me very fit, therefore I explored various warm ups and exercises that will help me in the future. Within this session I had explored a lot about the methods and elements of dance the task was on one of the methods of dance which is “Action and Reaction, from previously using action and reaction In acting sessions i had a bit of a clue in what it could be and it was basically reacting to one another by giving one person an action for them to react to. The second part of the task was to get into pairs and we did this with the second year dancers who we didn’t know that well but this gave us a chance to communicate and get to know each other as well as working together. Once we was in pairs we then got asked to name each other A or B , in this task A was action and B was reaction. Marie showed an example of what she wanted us to do in pairs, she got poppy one of the second year students to stand still and Marie would tap one part of her body and poppy would react she did this by moving the arm fluently , or move her head slowly around or bend the knee. B then became A and we did the same thing. After this we then did the same thing but...
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...University of Phoenix Material What Is Life? Summer Pigg BIO/101 9/28/2015 Brandy Mcfadden Read each statement. Write a 100-word summary explaining how that media piece supports that statement and include APA formatted references for each media piece. 1. Find a media piece—article, video, presentation, song, or other—related to the scientific method, creating hypotheses, or designing experiments. Include the reference citation for the piece and describe how it helped you better understand how the scientific method is used to create hypotheses and experiments. [pic] 2. Find a media piece—article, video, presentation, song, or other—that recognizes the fundamental concepts of chemistry in biology. Include the reference citation for the piece and describe how it helped you better understand how fundamental concepts of chemistry affect biology. [pic] 3. Find a media piece—article, video, presentation, song, or other—that describes the energy metabolism of cells. Include the reference citation for the piece and describe how it helped you better understand the energy metabolism of cells. [pic] 4. Find a media piece—article, video, presentation, song, or other—that compares structures and functions of different cell types. Include the reference citation for the piece and describe how it helped you better compare structures and functions of different cell...
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