...1. Communication Age- An age in which communication, technology, and media converge and deeply permeate daily life. (Convergence- the ways in which the many forms of technologically mediated and face-to-face communication overlap and intersect in our daily lives.) 2. Digital Natives- People for whom digital technologies already existed before they were born. 3. Digital Immigrants- People who have adopted and learned digital technologies later in life. 4. Communication- The collaborative process of using messages to create and participate in social reality. (Individual identities, relationships, organizations, communities, cultures, and ideas.) a) Process a) Collaborative b) Involves Messages c) Creative d) Participatory 5. Contexts of Communication- Each context or situation has unique characteristics or features that influences how messages are used and how meanings are constructed. 6. Face-to-Face Communication- Refers to situations in which the participants who are physically or bodily present speak to one another during the interaction. 7. Mediated Communication- Refers to communication or messages that are transmitted through some type of medium. 8. Interpersonal Communication- Refers to communication with or between persons. 9. Small Group Communication- Refers to the communication among the members of a small group of people working together to achieve a common goal or purpose. 10. Public Communication- Refers...
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...Perception is everything Brain Games created by Jerry Kolber (The Producer) and Bill Margol (The Director) The human brain is a remarkable structure it consists of four major lobes- Frontal, Parietal, Temporal and Occipital which give our perception of the world with the help of our five senses. These five sense organs are well known as sight, taste, smell, touch and hearing. These senses help bring our perception into reality even when eluded with illusions. Illusions allow us to see what is there in an obsolete way. Although the human brain is a very complex organ in the body, it's the only non-physical entity that provides all humans with the distinct gift, called individualized personalities. As philosopher Deepak Chopra states "The mind influences the key activity of the brain, which than influences everything; perception, cognition, thought and feelings, personal relationships; they're all a projection of you" (Chopra, Deepak. "Deepak Chopra Quote." BrainyQuote. Xplore, 17 Sept. 2010. Web. 08 May 2015.). Starting with one of the four major lobes of the brain, the frontal. The frontal lobe of the brain plays a part in planning, judgment, language, memory, motor function, problem solving, sexual behavior, socialization and spontaneity. This part of the brain is used in everyday life. The Frontal lobe is also where the...
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...and Rejected Knowledge”, he argues that “people living with disability remains a form of rejected knowledge” (273) and the politics involved in post-screening decisions are framed by the dominant hearing community (276). He would state that it is morally impermissible to prevent disability after screening. Contrary, in “Disability, Prenatal Testing, and Selective Abortion”, Steinbock argues that respecting the rights of women to respond to the results of prenatal testing is not inferring that they are not devaluing the lives of the disabled (26). She would...
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...Communication Everything we do at work environment involves communication. Communication is about the transferring of information that leads to an understanding. Communication in organisation occurs in many forms, face to face communication or written communication. Communication in organisation can be seen from two perspectives. Interpersonal communication and organisational communication. (Robbin and Coulter 2013) Interpersonal communication This involves communication between two or more people. Interpersonal communication is an interactive process of sending and receiving verbal and non-verbal messages that eventually results in understanding of meanings. (Robbin and Coulter 2013) Communication process Communication involves the following elements: sender, message, encoding, channel, receiver, decoding, feedback and noise. Before communication can take place, a purpose, expressed as a message to be conveyed, is needed. It pass message by encoding a thought. The message is then encoded and passed by way of some medium to the receiver. Message is the actual physical product from the source encoding. When we speak, the speech is the message. When we write, the writing is the message. When we gesture, the movements of our arms and expressions on surfaces are message. Encoding the message means convert to a symbolic form by senders. The skills, attitudes and the knowledge of the sender influence the encoding of message. The channel is the medium...
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...senses and * Perceptions of the world around you as well as memories, beliefs and attitudes Consciousness is also described to be: * Personal - it is subjective and your own perception of your internal world and the external world * Selective - you are able to limit and restrict your attention and channel your focus onto whatever * Continuous - there is never a break in your consciousness or a time where it is empty * Changing - your thoughts are constantly changing as they are easily influenced by external stimuli RENE DESCARTES - MIND & BODY ARE SEPARATE BUT INTERCONNECTED The mind-body problem debates whether the mind and body can interact, and how, or if there is even a ‘mind’ or ‘body’. Rene Descartes dualism theory states the two substances are distinct, as one is physical and one is non-physical. He believes they are able to interact through the pineal gland, which is the center of the brain (it was later discovered that’s actually where hormones are) and that the two substances can affect each other. He defined consciousness as ‘encompassing everything we are aware of, including our own existence’. It exists in the mind or ‘soul’, but also in our body because the soul does not occupy space. His quote ‘I think, there I am’ supplies as evidence of the existence of our consciousness. However his understanding of the brain was limited, but his contributions had brought the mind and body closer that others had not considered. WILLIAM JAMES - STREAMS...
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...lack personal responsibility in the classroom. Personal responsibility in the classroom starts with the individual. This lack of personal responsibility has been going on for years to the point where it is even shown through our textbooks. Personal responsibility in the classroom ends with communication between the teacher and the student. Today we have more ways to communicate then we would have ever imagined fifty years ago but with these advances in communication it seems even harder to reach someone. Without personal responsibility our classrooms will continue to digress. As students progress into high school and college, personal responsibility through communication is extremely critical as most teenagers and adults suffer from selective hearing. Teaching good study habits or ways to study based on a particular learning style can assist the teacher in ensuring the student is retaining the information taught. Compared to primary and secondary school, college classrooms tend to have many more students. Students are packed into lecture halls like cattle. These places put restraints on the teachers; the ability to communicate one on one with a student is nearly impossible. Students need to do a little research prior to choosing a college or university. Not all schools have large classrooms. The type of student that requires more communication with the teacher may perform better at a smaller private college or university. A student that is active duty in the military or constantly...
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...Gendercide and Genocide article is that gendercide- what he defines as gender-selective mass killing that is frequent/defining feature of human rights- has attracted virtually no attention at the level of both scholarship and public policy. He stresses that it has become one of the great “taboo” subjects of the contemporary age. Jones does not concentrate on either the gendercide of men or women, but he delves into both. He begins his argument by starting with the gendercide of men. Jones states that “the frequency across cultures and conflict types marks make gendercide as possibly a definitional element of contemporary warfare, state terrorism, mob violence, and paramilitary brigandage”( Jones,189). I cannot help but to agree with Jones on this stance. With evidence from the Congo, India, Colombia, Rwanda, Sri-Lanka, and even Peru it is clear that male gendercide is clearly a cross-cultural phenomenon. Jones goes on to state that “The most vulnerable and consistently targeted population group, through time an around the world today are non-combatant men of ‘battle age’”. He defines non-combatant men as men that have no way of defending themselves, and can be both detained and exterminated by the thousands or millions. Jones mentions that he views that mass murder of prisoners of war as an act of gendercide of men that obviously have no means of protecting themselves. When talking about the worst gender-selective slaughter in human history he mentions what he calls the liquidation of...
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...George as he must look after Lennie seeing as he has a mental dis-order. George Milton & Lennie Small being the two ranch workers who always find themselves fleeing from town to town, ranch to ranch; never being able to settle down they find themselves moving up northwest after Lennie gets himself into a bit of trouble back in their previous location Weed. As of after he winds up in a situation where he saw a red dress of a nice fabric that he had liked and decided to grab, this frightening the woman and resulting in her screaming rape and leaving Lennie and George with no other option but to run away as he too would have faced the death penalty as being an accomplice of Lennie. Steinbeck describes George as the more complex character(Quote) for the reader to get to know, he is given the description of quite a streetwise and aware character from Steinbeck’s definition using the phrases "small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp strong features” suggesting he is like a mouse and lets us in on some visual imagery early on in the story as he tells us “Every part of him was defined: small, strong hands, slender arms, a thin and...
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...The Journalists' Right to Protect News Sources Jessica L. Graham JRN 410 Journalism Law Michael Angelo May 18, 2014 The Journalists' Right to Protect News Sources The Bill of Rights, written by James Madison, was established because the America people, from the beginning, demanded assurances that their inherent freedoms would be protected. Yet, the American people have consistently disputed the extent to which the First Amendment applies. Does the freedom to report the news also include the freedom to gather it and protect the source of their information? Laws will consistently attempt a compromise to initiate equilibrium but it is absurd to assume any law will give 100 percent protection. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances,” − The First Amendment to the United States Constitution (Bill of Rights Transcript Text, n.d.). The Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics states sources should be identified whenever possible and it is very important his or her motives are clarified before publication of the material. A journalist should also confirm and attribute the information of the source before relying on the information (Society of Professional Journalists, 1996-2010). Confidential sources should only be used as...
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...Raven Kennedy Professor Borton World Lit. II 11/11/15 Claude Simon Claude Simon was a profound French author; his works touched and influenced many author of today. He was born to middle –classed parents he was the son of Louis and Suzanne in Tananarive, Madagascar on October 10th 1913. He was the only child to his parents he grew up in Perpignan in the middle of the wine district of Roussillon. Simon’s father died in First World War August 27, 1914 in the line of duty when Claude was less than a year old. He was a Captain in the regiment of colonial infantry. His mother was from a respected catholic family who was established in a town south-west of France and raised him with a catholic upbringing. Soon after his mother died of an agonizing illness while he was still a young boy. He lived with his mother’s family until he was orphaned by the age of eleven, he was later sent a boarding school in Paris but often spent has breaks with family. Simon had a happy and content childhood growing up even though he had to live in orphanage. He had the love of his cousins and uncles and other close family members that showed him love throughout his childhood which made it easier for him to cope with the loss of his parents at his young age. (Duncan, 102) Simon attended Stanislas College, which is actually a grammar school in Paris. His mother was very pious and had wanted him to obtain a religious education. With him going to this institution eventually Simon becomes an atheist...
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...Hegemony, Cultural Hegemony, and The Americanization of Imported Media Kerry Manderbach University of Missouri @ St. Louis COMM 6700 Dr. Alice Hall April 10th, 2012 Abstract Media product from the United States has found its way across the four corners of the Earth beginning early in the last century. Films, television programs, music, and printed materials depicting and reinforcing the American way of life have been the predominant form of mass communication and have in turn influenced people from around the world in political, religious and cultural matters. When this effect becomes pronounced due to American media product dominating the local mass communications industry of another nation, it is called cultural hegemony. However, the same effect is not felt in the importation of international media into the U.S. market. Here, most foreign cultural and political meanings are replaced with “Americanized” thought through audio soundtrack dubbing and other methods. This is most often done for commercial purposes rather than any nefarious plot to keep Americans from learning about other cultures. But the effect ends up the same. Here I present some examples from the past and present… Hegemony is defined in our classroom handouts as, “…a means of convincing the audience to accept the existing power structure” (Hall 2012). Antonio Gramsci, an Italian Marxist, developed the modern concepts of hegemony and its variant, cultural hegemony. Jim Glassman (2012) said, “Gramsci’s...
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...Communication Or Lack There Of: Between Two Educational Organizations MGMT 591 April 15,2014 Communication Or Lack There Of 1 Communication or Lack Thereof: Between Two Educational Organizations I. Introduction: In 1973, Dr. Robert Wolfe started a program where students can be a part of a workplace-learning program. This is where students will receive classroom instruction, be placed at a job site out into the community where they will receive occupational skills by professionals in the field. Merced County Office of Education serves the needs of more than 70,000 PreK-12 students and prepares them to be career and college ready. The mission of Merced County Office of Education, as the educational leader of the Central Valley and trusted community partner, is to transform education and inspire personal, social, and academic achievement of students through collaborative partnerships, accountable leader-ship and innovative, high quality programs and services. (Quevedo 2013, p.20) Holly Newlon is the Assistant Superintendent for the Department of Career and Alternative Education. The Career and Alternative Education (CAE) Department provides a wide range of quality programs and exemplary services to our districts in the areas of Career Education, Career Technical Education Programs, Alternative Education Programs, Charter School Options and Outdoor Education. Merced County ROP serves all comprehensive, continuation, and community high schools in Merced...
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...the use of “Blue Tickets,” blue-tinted discharge papers, during World War II to expel soldiers with “undesirable habits and traits of character,” formalized the disqualification of homosexuals from duty. That distinction further developed the concept of homosexuality as not solely a behavior but a distinct group of people. The 1940s screenings of soldiers implemented by President Roosevelt allowed the military to bolster its influence on acceptable societal norms. These interrogations, under the pretense of mental health concerns, filtered homosexuals from the pool of applicants. The wartime-inspired patriotism that moved countless Americans to sign up for the draft meant the U.S. had enough willing soldiers that the government could be selective about who was in service, and the ideals pushed by U.S. propaganda regarding the ‘ideal American’ would be easily accepted as true by the nationalistic public. During and after World War II, as the community began to shift into the public eye, the increased attention on the LGBTQ+ community solidified their status as a threat to the newly emerging “American Dream.” The post-war economic and social boom created the ‘nuclear family,’ a mother, father, and two kids, due to the pressing wish for stability and normalcy amongst both the chaos abroad and the paranoia that characterized the Red Scare’s fear-mongering anti-communist policies. Psychiatrists, while relying on information about homosexuality that would later prove to be entirely false...
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...Child Exposure to a Batterer’s Violence: A Proposal for Research Melanie Dowling & Sandra van den Bosse University of Minnesota - Duluth Advanced Research, SW 8102 Dennis Falk July 17, 2007 Introduction Although child exposure to domestic violence is quite prevalent, a review of academic literature reveals few studies focused on the experiences of children living with a batterer’s violence. The search did not reveal any studies that focus on how children experienced an intervention by the child welfare community. Further research is needed to provide a voice for the victims and fill the information gap that currently exists. This research study will focus on the lived experiences of children exposed to domestic violence and the interventions, if any, they received. The intervention might have come from a child protection worker, a teacher, or a shelter program advocate. Uncovering this information will provide useful considerations for current and future interventions. Ultimately, it can lead to determining best practices. An intervention should be “just right” for each specific child and reduce any further trauma. Additionally, the intervention should allow the child to have a better understanding of domestic violence, provide more safety, encourage resiliency, and strengthen the bond with the non-offending parent, who is a victim as well. By interviewing adults who were exposed to a batterer’s violence as a child, but later decided to enter the child welfare ...
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...At IDEO, collaborative interaction is a core competitive advantage. To accomplish this, IDEO promotes a “democracy of ideas.” It discourages formal titles, does not have a dress code, and encourages employees to move around, especially during mental blocks. Stimulating interactions are encouraged by creating open work spaces and many opportunities for collaboration in the office. Designers are encouraged to talk to one another in whatever forum possible, and experts co-mingle in offices that look like “cacophonous kindergarten classrooms.” As described by Tom Peters, “Walk into the offices of IDEO design in Palo Alto, California, immediately you’ll be caught up in the energy, buzz, creative disarray and sheer lunacy of it all.” For IDEO, creative interaction and collaborative communication are keys to success. ------------------------------------------------- The Nature of Communication Workplaces are becoming increasingly collaborative, making communication more important than ever. New technologies, trends toward global real-time work, and a younger generation more comfortable with social connectivity are dramatically reshaping how companies and employees function. Social tools such as wikis and blogs are putting more communication power in the hands of employees and customers. Do companies worry that this will lead to confusion and loss of control? Not at Google, IBM, and Xerox, where collaborative communication processes are breaking down traditional corporate barriers...
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