IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 19, Issue 1, Ver. X (Feb. 2014), PP 01-08 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. www.iosrjournals.org Home Video Films and Grassroots’ Relevance in Nigerian Political Process 1 1,2 Alawode, Sunday Olayinka (Ph.D), 2Sunday, Uduakobong AdebolaAdegunwaSchool of Communication, Lagos State University, 21 Olufemi Street, Off Nathan St, Surulere - Lagos Abstract: The Nigerian home video films have been used to address a myriad of existing
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Shamarkia Minor EN 0103-05 Mrs. Forsythe 19 September 2013 Misrepresentation of Black America Many African-American men and women get bad reputations due to today’s media. Whether it is from music, movies, or television shows. These stereotypes affect the African-American society very much, especially when they go search for jobs or even when they just go out in public. When people outside of the Black community see how actors and entertainers act on television shows, movies, and videos, they
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MTV NETWORK MTV's entertainment, effective promotions, and messages persuade and influence many types of viewers, giving them a outstanding sense of group identity. In 1981, MTV became one of the first stations to appeal to such a populous audience as the twelve to twenty-four year old age group. The chief operating officer of Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment Company felt that there was "a body of young people being ignored," hence the company designed MTV. Although at first success was hard
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preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy…In 1984, Huxley added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World they are controlled by inflicting pleasure” (vii). With entertainment and technology surrounding the population everyday is it possible the world is passively floating along, unaware of a hostile takeover that is anything but hostile? It could be considered important to point out the definition of technology according
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| University of Phoenix Material Effects of Mass Media Worksheet Write brief 250-to 300-word answers to each of the following: |Questions |Answers | |What were the major developments in the |The major developments in the evolution of mass media during the 20th century are radio, | |evolution of mass media during the 20th |cinema, television, Internet, books, newspaper
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parenting. Violence is the expression of physical or verbal force against self or other. It is also a form of control that includes emotional abuse (Oxford Dictionary). Violence goes back to ancient times. In Roman times a popular form of entertainment was gladiatorial combats. Gladiators fought either to the death, or to first blood, with different weapons. They also used animals, where they combined them with gladiatorial combat. Video games first came about in the 1970s, but it was during
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help them reach this goal. The media is the main contributor to self-image and how the majority thinks they should look. Today’s society has become too attached to this idea of self-image, and the media has become a crutch on people’s outlook on beauty. This single image of beauty created by the media comes with a great deal of problems for society. Mass media has been able to shape popular culture and influence public opinion, and when abused, the power of the media can harm the general population
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system for my home use By XXX Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to recommend an appropriate computer system for home use. It first identify three main uses of the new computer system, which are studying, communication and entertainment, then relevant technical requirements with three price level are researched to satisfy these uses. It is found that most of the low price level components are out-of-date and with less compatibility due to the fast development of computer industry;
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University of Phoenix Material Effects of Mass Media Worksheet Write brief 250-to 300-word answers to each of the following: |Questions |Answers | |What were the major developments in the |The major developments of the 20th century were mobile phones, color printers, social | |evolution of mass media during the 20th |media websites, and the internet. Society has come a long
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Motives and their influence on consumer’s online behaviors INTRODUCTION In this research the focus of study is to examine what are the behaviors of consumers and what factors influence them to behave in such way. The study basically revolves around social media usage. The growing trend of using technology has changed the behaviors of people and they are now spending more time on social media. The consumer behaviors may have significant effects on company’s sales and performances. Consumers are taking
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