to the knowledge base are partial and, indeed, erroneous. Design/methodology/approach – The articles that constitute this special issue form the launching-pad for this discussion, with the ideas presented here combined with previous research and commentaries on the issues raised. Research limitations/implications – In The Life of Reason, Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. Managers looking for the “next big thing”, without being able to incorporate it effectively
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Using Facebook to Teach Rhetorical Analysis Jane Mathison Fife The attraction of Facebook is a puzzle to many people over the age of thirtyfive, and that includes most college faculty. Yet students confess to spending significant amounts of time on Facebook, sometimes hours a day. If you teach in a computer classroom, you have probably observed students using Facebook when you walk in the room. Literacy practices that fall outside the realm of traditional academic writing, like Facebook, can
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at Crowne Plaza, Velankani Park, Electronic City, Bangalore. The Festival was fusion of folk performances, celebrating 100 years of cinema in India, workshop from many renowned speakers and literates -talking about the blend of culture, Classical music and much more. BLF gave the opportunity to mingle with the finest minds of India from inspirational master like Gulzar, Prasoon Joshi to hearth throbbing Farhan Akthar. The Festival endeavors to become an annual flagship event in the Indian and international
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1930s caused a shift, 4 trends allowed the rise of modern media research propaganda research- war efforts public opinion- mseaures public attitudes citizen surveys for insights on social behavior and differences ex: deep water drilling poll pseudo calls (online, call in) to address the question of th day social psychology studies- measures the behavior and cognition of individuals Payne Fund studies: Marketing research- surveys on consumer buying habits * connecting cocooning: happy
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What about Violence in Movies? Manabu Ozawa from Japan |[pic] | | |PHOTO BY THOMAS PETERS | | |"Action movies with violence take heat from adults who blame | | |them for real life violence because they are closer to reality | | |than other movies." | | "The question whether movie violence should be regulated or not is a difficult and complicated
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SAGE India website gets a makeover! Global Products Enhanced Succinct Intuitive THE Improved Interactive Smart Layout User-friendly Easy Eye-catching LEADING WORld’s LEADING Independent Professional Stay tuned in to upcoming Events and Conferences Search Navigation Feature-rich Get to know our Authors and Editors Why Publish with SAGE ? World’s LEADING Publisher and home and editors Societies authors Professional Academic LEADING Publisher Natural World’s Societies THE and LEADING
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ARE MEGA BRANDS TRYING TO ESCAPE THERE OWN BRANDS? I. Table of Content 1. Introduction 2. MEGA BRANDS TRYING TO ESCAPE THERE OWN BRANDS? 3. Conclusion II. References 1. Introduction Brands is the name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers. A concept brand is a brand that is associated with an abstract concept, like breast cancer awareness rather than a specific
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Revista Mexicana de Estudios Canadienses (nueva época) Asociación Mexicana de Estudios sobre Canadá, A.C. erika@amec.com.mx ISSN (Versión impresa): 1405-8251 MÉXICO 2007 Will Straw GLOBAL METRO: THE RISE OF THE FREE COMMUTER NEWSPAPER Revista Mexicana de Estudios Canadienses (nueva época), primavera-verano, número 013 Asociación Mexicana de Estudios sobre Canadá, A.C. Culiacán, México pp. 45-53 Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal Universidad
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Minds on Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 More than one-third of the world’s population is under 20. There are over 30 million people today qualified to enter a university who have no place to go. During the next decade, this 30 million will grow to 100 million. To meet this staggering demand, a major university needs to be created each week. —Sir John Daniel, 1996 T By John seely Brown and Richard P. adler he world has become increasingly “flat,” as Tom Friedman has shown
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Observational Learning Where individuals observe and imitate the behaviour of others. Many argue that watching television can teach viewers violent behaviour/draw their attention to behaviours they wouldn’t have previously considered. Bandura (1983) used his Social Learning Theory to explain this. Watching violent role models may increase violent behaviour in those who are already motivated to behave aggressively. TV may also teach viewers the positive and negative consequences of behaving aggressively.
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