utopian and dystopian society. In the reading by Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media, McLuhan makes the argument that humans participate in “hot” and “cold” media, which are described as scale measuring the extent that people interact with media, with “hot” requiring less participation compared to “cold” which requires more effort and participation on the part of the consumer. I believe that “hot and
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I am always interested in knowing about our ancient societies and how they survived under different political and cultural circumstances. After reading the preface of this book, I was very glad that there is one book intended mainly for students and lay persons to provide an understanding of how our ancestors transformed their societies and moved through periods of crisis. I found this book very readable and thought provoking, especially for readers like me, who don’t have an anthropological background
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and Tigris rivers. While the Akkadians created an empire in Mesopotamia, another ancient civilization developed along the banks of the Nile River. The Egyptians created an empire based, not on conquest, but upon the development of a highly unified society that would come to be dominated by the pharaoh. His magnificence and divinity were reflected in massive public buildings such as the Great Pyramids at Giza. An extremely confident people, the Egyptians created a worldview based on the cyclical nature
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over 40 representatives from local governments Toplica, representatives of civil society, business and media, the Swiss Ambassador to Serbia HE. E. Ervin H. Hofer said that back in 2001. Switzerland recognized the importance of implementing changes at local levels. ‘The citizens of Switzerland firstly identify with their municipality, and only then with their country, because local governments serve them and their families. Citizens must feel that the municipality is working for their welfare, and that
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constitutive elements such as the constitutional civil liberties the access at public information the existence of a free, plural, and independent media system not under the state control make the private sphere indeed peculiar. Also the existence of civil societies which organize and promote the citizen agenda makes the public sphere dissimilar. In order to make a clear distinction between what makes the public sphere distinct from the private sphere I will have a close look at how the principle developed
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one of the most important and influential inventions since the beginning of time was designed in the shape of a circle: the wheel. However, unlike in earlier times, the evolution of technology in the past 60 years has been growing so rapidly that society has scarcely been able to keep up with it on a global scale. And due to this accelerated development of technology, accurate assessment and critical reflection on our dependency of these new technologies has been greatly hindered. So if one were
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Recently the terms "governance" and "good governance" are being increasingly used in development literature. Bad governance is being increasingly regarded as one of the root causes of all evil within our societies. Major donors and international financial institutions are increasingly basing their aid and loans on the condition that reforms that ensure "good governance" are undertaken. The concept of "governance" is not new. It is as old as human civilization. Simply put "governance" means: the
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composed by the theme of family, society, and isolation. With this in mind, tragedy, murder, and despair occur simply because of lack of connection. People ask why the monster seeks revenge on his creator. At first it is nothing but joy and happiness because Victor creates a monster brining him from the dead. However, the monster begins to feel emotions and begins to have desires of his own. With this in mind, the novel's theme of how revenge can affect someone and his or her family creates and paints
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“Life and Misery of Gypsies in Lahore Date: 24th November 2010 SUMMARY Gypsies are a social group of nomads that mostly suffer discrimination from the rest of the society. These gypsy communities in Lahore are living in great misery. They don’t have even the basic facilities of life such as electricity, health, education and clean water for drinking instead there are masses of rubbish and pools of filthy water all around. The children of gypsies run here and there, naked and
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‘Community engagement’ shows us the ways of how ethical communication can encourage individuals and groups participate and involve in political debates (Demetrious, 2012). It gives individuals in the society has the right and freedom to speak, to challenge, to provoke awareness through participation in public debate. ‘Democracy’ is the conceptual provenance of ‘community engagement’ (Demetrious, 2012). In other words, community engagement plays an important role in our democracy system. As Birch
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