Essays on Airing

Abstract

The cognitive psychology postulates that the environment and the person influence the human behavior. As such, the exposure of the children to the TV shows encompasses the environment that influences the way they interact. Based on the result of the interview, the parents sampled confirm that they have noted behavior change among their children. Indeed, some of the children emulated the characters in the TV shows while others pressure their parents to keep up with the standards in the movies. Notably, the findings of this paper agree with the reviews of previous studies. Particularly, both confer that excess TV ...

Introduction

Globalization and the media industry are closely related in that both connect with each other in terms of information delivery and development. Globalization plays a significant role in preserving the culture of different societies. However, this may prove difficult as media content is playing a significant role in influencing social life of the viewers. With this being part of the press, it is gaining popularity all over the world such that even countries like China that have been strict in representing their culture in addition to creating competitiveness of their media content locally and globally having to restructure their ...

Social institutions help retain memory, for instance, about a genocide. Events that happen during genocides have a painful effect in humans, bringing about a lot of suffering. Destruction of property, losing the loved ones, rape and other painful things happen during the genocide. Such events and memories are recorded by a number of social institutions, and can often be retrieved in future for the purpose of making reference. The family institution, government, education, media and religion are some of the social institutions that retain memory about significant events that happen. The capacity of these institutions to retain such memory ...

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Introduction

The history of football may be traced back to China in second century B.C. The sport was introduced in England in 1170 and was banned a couple of times between the 1400s and 1600s because it was associated with peasants and was thought to promote violence and immorality (FIFA, 2000). However, the sport later re-emerged and transcended social divide to become England’s favourite sport. The English have been considered to be very influential in popularizing football across the world. In 1867, the first football match outside Europe was recorded; the idea was initiated by several ...

Introduction

The trial of OJ Simpson is one of the phenomenological trials in history. The case became the most publicized trial in the history of the US, and the longest ever tried in the state of California. There have been a nu8mber of reviews regarding the trial, some of which have involved the role of the media in covering the case, with some arguing that the media overstepped its ethical mandate in so doing. The purpose of this paper, therefore, shall be to analyze the background of events surrounding the case, and the role that the media played in airing the ...

Homosexuality is a current controversial issue that has hit the media. One cannot avoid the topic of homosexuality in the news, movies, books, social media, newspapers, and even in politics. Homosexuality has become a controversial issue around the globe today. After Uganda outlawed homosexuality in its country, the topic has been trending everywhere in the mainstream media, and the social media. Some nations like the US have legalized homosexuality, and this is why there has been uproar after the president of Uganda signed a bill in parliament outlawing homosexuality. The media has always been blamed of being bias while reporting on gay ...

The role of the media has continuously changed over the years following the introduction of media as a form of communication in the early centuries. This is due to the impact that the media industry has proved to have on the society by putting different messages across. It is well known that there has been a notable increase the amount of media houses that are well established in different countries. Despite providing a wide range of entertainment, the media industry has continuously had a shift in the role they play by providing information. This is witnessed in the role the media industry has ...

Question One

The labor laws outlaw employee discrimination of any nature. It is illegal to practice any form of workplace discrimination. The action by the employer would be deemed unlawful. It can be explained by the theory of affirmative action. The Act outlawed any form of discrimination against any employees and job applicants because of sex. The employers should therefore not make any employment decisions on stereotypical and assumptive attitude. Presuming the ability, personalities, or the productivity of potential employees, on account of their sex is illegal. The employer can be sued for violating the law. The principle of equality ...

The main objective of this paper is to answer two separate questions: What are the roles played by media in conflict resolution or exacerbating conflicts across the globe? And how the influences of the media did contributed or exacerbate the war on Iraq and ethnic violence in Kenya that took place in the year 2007 after the election. Considering researches conducted concerning the media and conflict resolution, media and peace and media a tool of information that is also presumed to be the source of power, it is possible to justify the fact that media is the most significant tool, ...

Communication

Communication

Introduction

Radio communication is one of the earliest forms of communication. It involves the transmission of information through electromagnetic waves, traveling at the speed of light. Radio communication has two main components: radio transmitter and radio receiver. A radio transmitter is an electronic device that initiates the communication process by generating radio waves containing information targeting a specific audience. A receiver refers to an electronic gadget that obtains the signals and converts them into an easily understandable format. It consists of the antenna, amplifier, tuner and detector (Lowe, n.d.). The antenna intercepts electromagnetic waves in the air and converts them ...

Channel Conflicts

Three categories of channel conflict exist and include horizontal, multichannel, and vertical channel conflict. Vertical denotes conflict among different members in the channel, that is, wholesaler, retailer, and manufacturer (Laudon & Traver, 2013). Horizontal channel conflict takes place among members of the same level in a channel (Laudon & Traver, 2013). Multichannel conflict occurs if two or many different channels of marketing destructively out-do one another when selling within the same market (Laudon & Traver, 2013). Ethical considerations within channel relations may include situations firms are free to engage in competition. Nonetheless, ethical issues may emerge in the employment of exclusivity within ...

Introduction

The new developments in social and mainstream media have made a great contribution in the transnational cultural order as Kevin Robins puts it in his popular research work regarding the media and cultural practices in the Turkish Diaspora in Britain. Such developments have been largely witnessed in the areas of satellites, television, cable and the internet. This has, therefore, enabled the Turkish communities in the diaspora to get in touch with what is happening in their homeland on a daily basis. They can watch the news on TV, read newspapers or even get quick information on social media due to the ...

Reality shows have been known to tap into the deep seated cultural anxieties that usually are related to the fundamental issues of individual autonomy, privacy, security and survival. The behavioral pattern among individuals has changed due to the reality shows that they have watched. It has brought culture to its viewers and has been known to be a great insight into the human normal pattern of behavior practices. A collective mindset has greatly affected everyone who watches it more than they even realize it. The context below focuses on two-reality show. They are named as real world and Big brother. ...

Protests have over the years been used as a means of people expressing their disapproval of certain issues within societies. The protestors undertake to organizing demonstrations in a bid to enable them show their dissatisfaction through objecting to events that are of a particular nature of which they find different from the ones they are comfortable with (Denver, 42-67). Protests do take place at different levels and in different places. These include places like social organizations, schools and even the general population that might undertake to demonstrate against the elected authority. This paper looks at the concept of protest with an aim ...

In the war against the Iraqi insurgents, the Pentagon introduced the new policy of journalist embedding amongst the American soldiers. This, they claimed, was an effort to get rid of the past tendency of mishandling and mistreatment of media personnel and to provide the direct footage of what really happens in the battle field. The role of media is thereby seen as largely to shape and influence the public opinion or perception of the war, or the international community’s view of the humaneness of the war. The pentagon claimed it was in order to show the factual happenings ...

“REAL men don't just not eat quiche quiche n.A rich unsweetened custard pie, often containing ingredients such as vegetables, cheese, or seafood. [French, from German dialectal Küche, diminutive of German Kuchen, cake they also don't send birthday cards, they believe women should not get drunk and they want to win at all costs. They are never sad and never, ever, cry.” (Dobson) For generations, dating, perhaps, back to the cave men it has been a widely held belief that men must be macho, that this is what separates them from women. In this train of thought it has ...

Analysis

- Marianne Barner, Business Area Manager for Carpets for IKEA, is currently concerned with the accusation of the exploitation of child labour, while sourcing carpets from India. IKEA representative was invited to speak on child labour during the airing of the program, concerning this issue. In respect of the invitation Marianne got from a German producer she can either accept or reject it. To my mind, she should accept it. According to the facts of the study, IKEA’s vision lies in the fact that company is taking responsibility for social and environmental issues across the globe. Rejecting the invitation ...

SEX ON THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE

With this generation being at the boom of information technology, the media is buzzing with sexual content that has tantamount effects on the society in general. Teenagers remain the most affected group by indecent exposure of sexual activity in mainstream media (Huston, Wartella & Donnerstein, 1998; American Academy of Pediatrics, 1995). Nevertheless, some scholars and researchers have argued that display of educative sexual content on media may have immense benefits on enlightening the society; however the pertinent question arises as to whether mainstream media is displaying sexual content that is beneficial or harmful to the society. This paper will talk ...

I. Executive Summary The present memorandum details an analysis and suggested response strategy to the recently disclosed American military activities within the Abu Ghraib detention center in Iraq. In forming the analysis, I provide a discussion of the major causative factors of the situation and an overview of the authorizing environment in place. The recommended response strategy details a five-step program to address the crisis in a way that acknowledges the issues and provides concrete actions to remedy the damage. Finally, this memorandum closes with a review of the lessons to be taken forward from this situation with the ultimate goal of ...

The “Vagina Monologues” is one of the best episodic plays released in the 20th century. Authored by Even Ensler, and premiered at the Off Broadway Westside Theatre after being aired at HERE Arts Center around 1996, this play has been generally welcomed by women, feminists, and other sectors of the society, except the patriarchs. The first time I heard the title of the play, I was immediately occupied by the impression that this would be a totally offensive one and that the airing of this show would spark up controversies and even debates, because of the sensitivity of the topic ...

Introduction

Television holds a very important purpose in the lives of every viewer. The perception of whether this particular purpose is a bad one or a good one is entirely dependent on the viewer. An article written by Steven Johnson and titled Watching TV Makes You Smarter appeared in the New York Times in the year 2005. This particular article has generated a lot of debate on whether television makes the viewer more intelligent or dumber. In the article, Johnson blatantly suggests and asserts that watching television actually makes us, the viewers smarter. He begins his article with a statement that says that television watching ...

Introduction

In 1996 Phoenix Television started as a medium broadcast channel. Born in Hong Kong, where entertainment is the main focus, the network found it difficult to compete with local media conglomerates such as TVB and PEAR; these channels had already gained the most of the market share in Hong Kong. Thus, Phoenix switched their focus and redirected the target audience to Mainland China. While Phoenix corporate owner’s Murdoch centers their broadcast focus on entertainment, Liu ChangLe centered its broadcast focus on the broadcast news, which can be seen as a high risk. A survey conducted by the television station, ...

Orwell Rolls in His grave is a documentary directed by Robert Kane Pappas. This film criticizes the fourth estate after the support of American democracy. This documentary explores and covers what the media avoids disclosing about itself. It also reveals different forums in which the media avoids airing. In addition, Orwell goes through the list of stories and questions that are never reported nor answered by the media because it is controlled (Orwell). Furthermore, this documentary also reveals how several Americans are uninformed and electronically lobotomized by the forth estate. In this documentary, Orwell shows how the fourth estate ...

Classic English Literature

Television is a very powerful medium of video communication. The television programs have a large audience as they are telecasted across geographical borders and help in making complex and rich and diasporas and hybrid recognitions. Television hence serves to be a powerful source of entertainment, education as well as business opportunity. However there is a severe debate ranging on the supposedly positive and negative effects of television. Television is an important source of entertainment to its viewers. The entertainment may be provided in the form of documentary soaps, make-over and lifestyle programs and CCTV footage. Other than these there has been an ...

Outline I. Air on commercial airline cabins is a combination of circulated and outside air. 1. Low humidity, 2. The requirement for cabin pressurization, 3. Possible exposure to ordinary biological and chemical contaminants B. Perform a careful scientific survey to make sure that rules governing the quality of air in business aircraft cabins are sufficient to care for public health 1. Formulate a system that regularly checks the air in the cabin to ensure it is safe for the travelers. II. Number of air travelers has almost quadrupled in the last 3 decades.

A. Number of young and old passengers has risen

1. People ...

New York Times Company’s internal financial analysis and appraisal

Established in 1851, The New York is one of the newspapers in the United States that hashave consistently and continuously provided news and information to the United States citizens for many decades, consequently receiving affirmation from various camps across the world. One of the company’s strongest points that have made it successful in its media coverage is the fact that it operates both physically and has an online site as well, and this makes it possible for the company tom access the most customers possible (Kotler & Armstrong, 2008).

The supply chain tools that The New York Times ...

Abstract

The Tea Party Movement is a movement marred with a mix of rejoinders and ideologies. Coming from a long history dating back in mid to late 18th century, the movement has stuck its roots deep into the American society. Various writers have taken a keen interest in the Tea Party Movement and trying to grasp its fundamental belief pattern. However, sad to say is, the fact that, with such a complex setting, it is imperative that different factions of the movement hold divergent beliefs that tend to create relative confusion. While one faction believes that the tax burden is overwhelming, others take such opportunities ...

Question 1

Oppositional readings are a strategy being adopted by individuals who feel the media sometimes provides them with what they do not require. This is usually revealed through criticism of some authors and even movies ‘fans take found footage from television texts and edit them to construct their own videos which comment sometimes with irony’ (Jenkins, 1989, pg 550). Authors and directors who form part of oppositional analysts go a head to write books and even shoot movies to discourage the audience against such literature. A clear example is the movie titled I hate vampires. The movie is a production of people who ...

Congressional decision making

It is important first to know what the United States (U.S) Congress is, when it was formed, and how it works before embarking on any decision making process as a member of the congress. The U.S congress can be said to be a very powerful legislative arm of the U.S government. It is perhaps the most powerful among all legislative body in the whole entire world (Patterson, 2007). The members of the U.S congress act as the voices of their representatives in various states. They ensure that the wishes of the general population are made known to the federal government ...