In his paper entitled Idolizing and Monetizing the Public: The Production of Celebrities and Fans, Representatives and Citizens in Reality TV, Yngvar Kjus explores audience participation theories and new media by analyzing both the Norwegian and American versions of Idol, a popular reality musical competition series. His exploration of the program via the analysis of collective participation, idolization, and production tactics ultimately unveil a well thought-out and persuasive spectacle that is
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311.01 (13471): The History of African-American Writing Fall 2015 Tuesday, Thursday 11:00-12:15 JR 244 Professor Nate Millsnathaniel.mills@csun.eduOffice hours: Tuesdays 1:00-3:30 and by appointmentSierra Tower 718 | Course Description / Objectives Through a historical survey of the work of major African-American writers from slavery to the present, this course will examine the defining features of African-American expression. The course is organized around
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PEOPLE Our People make Southwest Airlines one of the world’s most admired companies. As our greatest asset, our People create a FUN travel experience; respond with compassion when travel plans change; generate innovative ideas that enhance the Customer Experience; and donate their time and LUV to those who need it. At Southwest Airlines, we’re a Family dedicated to our Employees, our Customers, and the communities we serve. Our unique corporate Culture, commitment to giving back, and putting
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participation by the masses insures greater freedom. Mr. President, I believe you are familiar with Booker T. Washington. The brave intelligent man who started a college for African Americans after the civil war. He taught African Americans how to live successfully as free people. He also promoted education for African Americans all over the country, and gave instructions in subjects like taking initiative, buying or building houses, building a competitive business, budgeting, keeping a house, all kinds
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Racialism And Ethnicities in “Country Lovers” and “What it’s like to be a Black Girl” Racial background and ethnicities are represented in the short story “Country Lovers” and the poem “What It’s like to be a Black Girl”. Both this short story and this poem have a main character or protagonist black female. Both of these women deal with to some degree of discrimination because of their race. Racism is something that we see, hear, and experience in our everyday lives. It may be something that
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Selena Quintanilla is known as the “Queen of Tejano Music” a type of Mexican music that included other styles, such as country. Selena began performing as a child. Selena was a Latin recording artist. Selena Quintanilla made her recording introduction in the '80s, where she is going to develop into an award-winning recording artist in the Latin music scene with albums like Amor Prohibido and Selena Live. Selena was killed by Yolanda Saldivar the president of her fan club. Selena’s last album was
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Table of Contents I. Introduction: American Express 3 II. Overview of Organization: Background 3 III. Organizational Design 4 IV. Scope of Operation 5 Vision 5 Values 5 Operating principles 6 Board of directors 7 V. Current Operation State 8 VI. Desired State of American Express 10 VII. Developments 12 Risk and informational management 12 Strategic planning group 13 Human resources 13 Technology 13 VIII. Program Design and Development
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are many different cultures in Southwest Florida that one becomes immediately aware of as they enter the area. They include Native-American, African-American, Protestant, European, "Cracker", Hispanic-Latino, and Cuban. Because there are so many variations of these cultures choosing just three was difficult, but for my project I will be focusing on our African-American, Hispanic-Latino, and "Cracker" populations. During this project I will address the many and varied differences between these cultures
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Chapter1 Introduction Feminism is not one unitary concept; it is instead diverse and multifaceted grouping of ideas and indeed, action. The basis of all strands of the concept may be stated as that it concerns itself with women’s inferior position in society sand with the discrimination encountered by women because of their sex. “Feminism is a doctrine suggesting that women are systematically disadvantaged in the modern society and advocating equal opportunities for men and women.”(The Penguin
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shared piece: My name is Diann. I am African-American and I’m from a small southern town in Virginia named South Hill. Today I will tell you how chitterlings became a favorite dish amongst the African American people. Chitterlings are one of my favorite foods. They are also pronounced chitlins. Chitterlings are the small intestines of a pig. This dish is traditionally made during the holiday seasons. Chitterlings became a popular dish for the African-American people during the slavery era. The slave
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