Essays on Discourses

Fundamentally, Foucault defines discourse as the approach of constituting know-how, together with social behaviors, forms of subjectivity, and power relations. He recounts that discourse is a culturally created presentation of reality. In his study of sexuality, he notes that tight controls were placed on discourse about sex in the emergence of the bourgeoisie in the 17th century, which led to the control of sex at speech level (Foucault 17). He associates sex and discourse in the sense that new discourse of sexuality had transformed the way people think, desire, and their inner self. Primarily, he recounts that discourses about ...

Introduction

In their attempt to identify appropriate research approaches in politics, feminists have often criticized traditional social science methodologies. In her article on women and democracy and the patriarchal welfare state, Carole Pateman raises the issue of the highly patriarchal political scene. She indicates that the positive and social democratic perspective is that a welfare state provides social meaning and equal worth to the political and juridical rights of all citizens. A second, more pessimistic, view on the welfare state, according to Pateman (1987) is that it provides the government with new approaches to exercising power over and governing the ...

Justice is something which underlies our own society – without it, indeed, some people posit that there can be no such thing as society. While many people state that justice is the same thing as the law, with Plato being the most visible proponent of this theory, others, such as Socrates, hold the two to be very different things. As we shall see below, while Socrates and Plato disagree on whether or not justice and law are the same, they both agree when it comes to addressing the role that justice takes in internal adherence to the values of the ...

Discussion Board Posts

Main post starting a thread: The Intersection of Poverty Discourses by Debra Henderson and Anne Tickamayer. Honest and open discussions on how racism, stereotyping and other forms of prejudice impact the lives of the poor are necessary in order to overcome the society’s resistance in assisting the categories of poor people labeled as ‘undeserving’, and in order to create more opportunities for these people to secure jobs, complete their education and to become self-sufficient. In their article, “The Intersection of Poverty Discourses”, Debra Henderson and Anne Tickmayer discuss the notions of deserving and undeserving poor. The undeserving poor, ...

Abstract

It is well-known fact that people in the US are watched, listened and even recorded against their notice and surely, will. It is also known, that all these undemocratic actions are performed in the name of security. The United States of America is not always related to an advanced technology, high-quality of education and excellent art venues, and Hollywood, sadly, the term “police state” often pop-ups and is being closely affiliated with the America. George J Bush introduced and implemented Patriotic act shortly after September terrorist attacks (2001), however, Barack Obama kept his legacy and Edward Snowdens’ famous leaks ...

Summary of the Content

The book that is the subject of this paper is entitled Debt: The First 5,000 Years. This book was published in 2011 by book author and anthropologist David Graeber. As the name implies, much of the content was focused on debt. It, however, tackled the said topic in relation to other social institutions and practices such as marriage, friendship, barter, law, religion, slavery, economics, and government management. By putting the topic in line with the very factors that make up human life and society, he basically showed that he considers debt has played an important part in it. ...

CHAPTER THREE: MAN AND ARAB MASCULINITY

As Carabí and Armengol (2014) show in their study, Arab masculinity is a hybrid concept entailing adherence to traditional patriarchal values held for centuries in the Arabic world and supported by the religious component of Islam; however, it also “allows liberal values” which might contradict this traditional patterns. Cultural and societal representation of Arab masculinity is thereby rather complex and might emerge in a variety of contexts including family and society on the larger scale. In these representations, stereotypical images of man in traditional Arab context might enclose controversies and correlations between liberal-secular masculinity and conservative masculinity image entrenched ...

Communication Essay

In the current times, there are several implications for democracy brought about by the growth and development of the New Media. The last few decades have seen an increased tension between the perceived performance and the ideals of democratic institutions. Even though there might be an absence of ‘crisis of democracy’, a lot of people believe that all is not well. For instance, in the USA there has been reports of widespread cynicism about political leaders and institution, increasing fears about civic disengagement. The common view of politics in our society is that the public will without a doubt ...

Introduction

Within the last 10 years increased attention has been given to the LGBT community and their civil rights. The issues of gender are now being debated in schools and impacting educational communities. The term transgender has undoubtedly been a popular term in recent times. The idea of being transgender seeks to break down cultural norms of gender and categorizing. In this literature review the focus takes on different implications of how the LGBT community has impacted the way in which children are socializing. Schools are experiencing a SSA (Same Sex Attracted) phenomenon where young people are receiving a lot ...

Visitors’ Perception on Westminster London as a Sustainable, Responsible, and Environmental Friendly Destination

Referencesp.41 List of Figures Figure 1. Findings from the questionnaires Figure 2. Finding for three sections of sustainability, responsibility and environmental friendliness Figure 1.1. Sustainability Figure 1.2. Responsibility Figure 1.3. Environmental friendliness Abstract Sustainable tourism is one of the rising trends in the tourism industry. More and more stakeholder groups are starting to realize the importance of their assets. One of the best ways to preserve tourist destinations (i.e. the assets) is to promote sustainable, responsible, and environmental friendly tourism management. Unfortunately, engaging in those kinds of practices and operations can be costly. Most tourism industry firms are still ...

People have recognized that the modern technological advances that we experience up until now have come with grave implications on environmental issues. Policy makers, debates, and public deliberations on environmental issues are now geared to solving these problems. However, the awareness from the public is not entirely borne out of first hand experiences. After all, we are all not scientists here. The mass media is, in part, responsible for steering public attention towards the myriad environmental issues. Mass media, from its print era to the digital age era of internet and smartphones have always been responsible in both creating ...

The Deeper Meaning and Effects of Gender Roles in Religion

Both males and females according to the story of creation are were created in the same likeness and image, but the bitter truth is that they share so many differences in the same way they do things, even in religious aspects. Religious roles are divided based on gender. The kind of gender separation in religious duties as well as the control over gender roles has in great extent led to a deeper meaning and understanding of societal power and their reputation, as well as their consequences in religion. In Jewish for example, male and females differ in so many ...

Morality is interwoven in all aspects of teachings, right from school culture to the curriculum and teachers behaviors. In essence, working with moral values is an inherent part of the teaching profession. Educating students to become responsible persons in the society requires them to learn and appreciate how moral values are embedded in people’s thinking, how they themselves can develop moral-based attitudes, and what different cultural traditions, religious doctrines and philosophical theories say about moral development and education. Inevitably, it is the role of the teacher to educate and impart moral knowledge into students. This way, teachers act ...

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Peter Eisenman explains that modernism “‘changed the relationship between man and object away from an object whose primary purpose was to speak about man to one which was concerned with its own objecthood’” (qtd. in Eisenman 234). In addition, Eisenman indicates that the building, influenced by the principles of architecture, is able to communicate about its “‘objecthood’” through a system of symbols (qtd. in Eisenman 234). Hence, based on a critical assessment of the writings of Eisenman and Mario Gandelsonas it can be said that the idea of perceiving edifices as being similar to textual ...

How the State and Its Institutions Perpetuate the Systemic Exclusion and Subsequent Punishment of Radicalized, Sexed, or Gendered Groups

According to Brown, institutional racism is common in the societies we live in today, and sadly the situation my not change soon because the practice is perpetuated by the state and its institutions (2009). In essence, the practice is getting worse, as the world embracing capitalism and moral decay is almost at its peak. The minority groups face loads of injustice from the state and in the communities; they live in (Brown 2009). These individuals also need protection, but instead, the society uses their vulnerability for the greater harm. These individuals often suffer in silence because they have no ...

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Abstract Multiculturalism is a concept discussed today in the scientific circles as well as among the public. In Canada, this topic generates heated clashes between the experts and community. As the analysis shows, it is a heated dispute where people are divided into two camps, those who advocate for diversity and their opponents emphasizing the need to revive the core Canadian culture. Both sides of the conflict agree that Canada has become one of the most multicultural countries in the world due to its politics of inclusion and loyalty to all cultures. The historical facts imply that multiculturalism in ...

In their research paper, Bobkowski and Pearce analyze data to discuss how people share their religious beliefs on social networks. The data was gathered from 2007, when MySpace was still a popular social network and a lot of young adults and adolescents were a part of it, but data gathered from Facebook has the most significance because Facebook is currently the most popular social network in the world. The study also measured the quantity of self-disclosure online, and one of the hypotheses stated that people who have stronger religious beliefs and practice will engage in more religious disclosure online. Other hypotheses suggested ...

As explicitly stated, the purpose of this letter is to document my progress throughout the course by arguing for the grade I believe I deserve; to aptly describe my writing process and development as a writer; to effectively provide evidence to support my argument; and to set goals for my continued writing success. Therefore, I honestly believe that I deserve a grade of A+ for the reasons that I would present in the succeeding portions.

First and foremost, I truly acknowledged that I have learned a lot in terms of discerning the differences in styles, forms, contents and techniques of writing one ...

Alexandra Alter, in her article entitled “Your E-Book Is Reading You” and published in The Wall Street Journal proffered pertinent issues pertaining to e-book promoters being supportive of actively collecting information regarding the consumers’ reading behavior. Alter’s purpose was to expound that e-books are tools for soliciting information on the behavior of consumers, in terms of reading patterns: kinds of books purchased and read; how long are these books read; and factors that contribute to intensity of interest or losing interests in reading. These information were indicated to be remotely impossible to be gathered and known of ...

Discourse as defined by Gee refers to the distinctive ways of speaking, acting, and writing. It is often coupled with the manner of interacting, dressing, mental thought, among other day to day activities. Discourses, in other words, refers to the cultural influences that contribute into the identity of an individual granted from the social setup in which he or she is exposed to. Therefore, Discourses are unique for particular groups of people depending on their cultural practises. It is essential to note that discourse is not static and easily changes from one way to another as people are exposed ...

As an essential milestone not merely in the Ancient Philosophy’s history, however correspondingly for the determining of the theory of western politics, contemporary principles, distinctiveness and responsiveness, the Apology by Plato has been for several years a rudimentary book in the prospectus of conformists, historians and academics. As this paper goes to demonstrate, the Apology ought to be observed as an indispensible manuscript for those who target having an Ancient Greek knowledge of philological and philosophy Within the preceding years, a few moralistic methodologies and primers to Plato’s discourses for the usage of Philosophy as well as Classical ...

Part A – Question 3

Given what we now know about the religious and intellectual foundations of colonialism, what might be some of the characteristics of ‘post-colonial’ thought and do you think that we are there yet? When thinking about post-colonial thought, it is absolutely necessary that we understand the various attributes of colonial thought in the first place. Colonial thought is best represented by figures like Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who wrote about “The Noble Savage,” and created these inherent intellectual foundations for colonialism (Rousseau 20). These perspectives, in which peoples from less developed and Westernized civilizations were patronizingly referred to as ‘noble,’ while ...

Same Sex Marriage and Crime

Introduction Throughout history, homosexual and homoerotic love has existed because of the sheer fact that men have matched with men and ladies have combined with women looking for fraternity, bolster and adoration – regularly physical affection (Smith, 2014, p. 1). Renowned Yale University law professor William Eskridge, in his cogent monograph, “The Case for Same-Sex Marriage”, refers to recorded histories of same-sex couples dating back to Biblical times. He takes note of that Same-Sex links between men were standard in antiquated Greece; truth be told, the Roman Ruler Nero even had a formal wedding function with his male beau Sporus. ...

Discursively framed as “living death,” solitary confinement is considered to be the worst punishment for criminal offenders, as medical experts have noted that such an isolating experiences causes derangement of personhood on a grand scale. Indeed, one’s sense of concrete and tangible personhood depends on embodied relations to other human beings within the matrices of a shared universe in which meaningful experiences through relationships I s of paramount importance. As s result, solitary confinement has time and again been scrutinized in the western world because it is a practice that, human rights activists and lawyers argue, that is abusive in intangible ...

Professional

Question 1 With reference to both of the articles by Bannerji and Kelly, show how the sexual stereotypes and the hypersexualization of women and women of color mark the harassment of women in the workplace and on university campuses?

Response 1

According to Bannerji and Kelly, women suffered from harassment in public areas such as workplace and school campus. The harassers are known men and just strangers, and not a single case of harassment is reported to the police authority . The harassment is influenced by the sexual stereotypes and hyper-sexualization of women of different race or women of color. The discrimination ...

The Miniskirt

The origin of the miniskirt lies in the heart of the so called Swinging London of the 1960s. Mary Quant, a dressmaker who sold her own fashionable, and desired, designs from a store in the London district of Chelsea can be regarded as the creator of the (twentieth- century) miniskirt. Because of her privileged spot within the London fashion district and her grasp of how to connect to a mass audience (instead of relying on the ‘old’ trickle-down effect), her creation – that started out as simple street fashion – turned out to be an international fasion style. It was picked up by famous ...

Introduction

Human life is guided by principles, thoughts and considerations, which determine what activities, are right or wrong to undertake in any situation. The ability to reason and act out of a set of determined principles differentiates humans from animals. All activities conducted by humans, therefore find their basis in some ethic that makes them acceptable or not. Humanitarian effort finds its foundation in the willingness by other people to sacrifice some of their resources for the improvement of someone else’s life. The decision to participate in a humanitarian effort is voluntary and not guided by formal laws. Additionally, the choice ...

When Ruth Rogasaki wrote about the “hygienic modernity” in the republican era, her statements reveal that there was a local conception of the “weisheng” in China that can be closely linked to guarding life than the modern practices that are related to public health. In china, the term “weisheng” was translated to represent the English term “hygiene”. According to Rogasaki, Weisheng is about maintaining health and not guarding life as the term was locally conceived to mean. This paper explores the emergence of the term “weisheng” and outlining the special features in its discourse. In addition, the paper will ...

The book "Orgies of Feeling: Melodrama and the Politics of Freedom" is a book written by Elisabeth R. Anker, an Assistant Professor of American Studies and Political Science at George Washington University. The Orgies of Feeling is a book about melodrama in the U.S. politics and the way it influences the nation. In her book, Elisabeth R. Anker describes the history and paradigms of the contemporary melodramatic political discourses in the United States, South Korea, Latin America and other countries. This book focuses on different types of melodramatic political discourses including capitalism, communism, and neoliberalism. Also, there is a specific ...

Excessive alcohol consumption of alcohol is currently a public issue around the globe. The alcohol abuse accounts close to 7 percent in the developed nations. Alcohol is the causal of 50 medical conditions that result in long-term health issues (Hassan & Shiu, 2007). Alcohol consumption is most prevalent on the young adult population. Many students account for risky drinking behavior. Different journal issues generate interest on issues concerning binge drinking among the students. The facts and statistics question on the best way to educate the young people especially students to ensure they are within safe drinking limits. This paper will investigate ...

Introduction:

Muslim women and their stereotype have always been the topics of discussion, particularly in Western Media. The Western media has created a dark and negative image about entire Muslim community and Muslim women. They are treated either with sympathy or suspicion. In United States and other Western countries, a certain image has been created about Muslim women. This image is certainly not positive. The Muslim women are underestimated and people do not believe in their ability to change the world. I want to put before the readers some facts about Muslim women through which I want to refute such misconceptions. That ...

Ethics and virtue have long been an area where philosophy and religion often coincide. Often, philosophers live an academic life which in which their ideas are developed through abstract through and not practical application. It can be helpful to compare ethical theories to compose a paper, which clarifies ethical theories and puts different moral theories in the context of each other by applying them all to an identical character or moral situation. The 1966 film “A Man for All Seasons” is the story of Thomas More, a Roman Catholic bishop who lost his life for standing up to King Henry VIII ...

Communication

Compare and contrast Graham Murdock's framework for understanding citizenship as a complex ideal of modernity with Anna McCarthy's framework for understanding citizenship as a Cold War discourse for governing. Identify the central conceptual framework for each. Compare how each is concerned with neoliberalism. Identify one strength and one weakness in both frameworks. Graham Murdock’s purpose was to highlight how television fulfills the rights and representations of the citizens through his framework of modern citizenship (Murdock, 2010). Amongst the many rights that a citizen is entitled to, right to information, right to experience and right to participation should be fulfilled by ...

Anthropology

According to the various studies and observations observed in the contemporary world, the neuroscientists argue that the evolution of humankind had reached the satiation point. It is expected that the mental capabilities and capacities, organ functions and the shape of the body will most probably change into the worse for the coming years. As a result, many people, including Max More believes that technology and science are the fundamental aspects to save the human race. This is most apparent in the contemporary society where human biological bodies are replaced with mechanical or cloned bodies. According to Max, the whole ideology ...

Management

Introduction Extensive research has been carried out in the area of linking leadership qualities with that of business management and communication in the post-bureaucratic era. The main tenets of an excellent leader are those of charisma, decisive, heroic, inspirational and authoritative. The workplace language has a plethora of spoken interactions which helps in examining the manner in which leaders behave in face to face and virtual communication. At the same time, there have been extensive research in trying to determine a large variety of leadership styles and its relationship with communication.

Leadership in post-bureaucratic era

Leadership as explained by Clegg, Kornberger and Pitsis (2011, ...

Reading: Learning and the Importance of Knowing: Student Perspectives on Centralising Indigenous Knowledge in their Preparation as Teachers

Question: What is the importance of knowledge in understanding the indigenous perspectives on the social practices of racism, dominant cultures superiority, ignorance and the blame factor?

Reading: The Challenge to Deculturalisation: Discourses of Ethnicity in the Schooling of Indigenous Children in Australia and the USA

Ethnicity is a phenomenon that surfaces in different institutions worldwide. The education sector is among these institutions. In the United States and Australia, indigenous children are susceptible to ethnicity in their schooling. The discourses of this ethnicity are significant to the schooling of these children. Settler societies in Australia and the USA evoked differential opinions concerning indigenous populations and incoming populations. In most cases, these opinions and invasions disrupted the organizations and operations of ...

Questions

ARTICLE ANALYSIS Problematizing “Play-for-Health” Discourses Through Children’s Photo-Elicited Narratives Summary This research tackles the subject of children’s play in the light of the apparent declining opportunities for children to engage in active, unstructured, pleasurable and sheer purposeless play. A related concern in this declining play engagement among children is the problem of obesity spawned by a more sedentary lifestyle among children for lack of physical exercise that comes with play activities. Central to this research is the consideration of children’s play as those activities that promote physical health as much as the ...

Apparently, throughout the work of Patricia Bizzell, she employs the use of rhetorical questions. By definition, a rhetorical question is a question normally asked for effect, with no anticipation of an answer in regard to the same. In most of the parts where Bizzell incorporates the use of rhetorical questions, she does so essentially because the answer to it is too obvious, or it is provided immediately by the questioner. Firstly, Bizzell makes use of the rhetorical questions to engage the reader by offering him or her platform where he or she can assimilate ideas in relation to that of ...

Chapter One: What Kind of Equality Does Sharia Law Provide?

The Problem Gender Imbalances in the Saudi Arabian Workforce. The Saudi labour market currently presents a series of impressive economic prospects for Saudi Arabia. Moves to improve the Saudi economy through diversification have since earmarked the necessity to raise the value of the Saudi labour market mainly through the improvement of their skills. Mainly possessing a petroleum-based economy bearing the ubiquitous label of being among the largest producers of oil in the world, Saudi Arabia recognizes the need to sustain its economic growth and development through means apart from a highly valuable yet depleting resource. The fact that diversification necessitates the ...

Question: Carol Kaske states that Book I of Spenser’s The Faerie Queene ‘presents a mutually enriching amalgam of discourses’. Explain what these discourses are and critically explore the manner in which they relate to one another.

..if [a poet] wished to be counted respectable, and to separate himself from the crowd of foolish or licentious rimers, he must intend distinctly, not merely to interest, but to instruct, by his new and deep conceits. It was under the influence of this persuasion that Spenser laid down the plan of Faerie Queene. It was, so he proposed to himself, to be a work ...

Introduction

The Saudi labour market currently presents a series of impressive economic prospects for Saudi Arabia. Moves to improve the Saudi economy through diversification have since earmarked the necessity to raise the value of the Saudi labour market mainly through the improvement of their skills. Mainly possessing a petroleum-based economy bearing the ubiquitous label of being among the largest producers of oil in the world, Saudi Arabia recognizes the need to sustain its economic growth and development through means apart from a highly valuable yet depleting resource. The fact that diversification necessitates the departure from the usual skills involved in currently active industries ...

Viking Gylltur

Advertisements have a major influence on our daily lives. Be it by newspapers, the radio, on the internet, television or by billboards, it is everywhere. Whether they know it or not, advertisers are great masters of rhetoric approach in their work. Advertisements use discourses in persuading individuals to purchase their products. For instance, in Iceland the consumption and advertisement of alcohol is illegal. However, it is legal to advertise light alcohol or non-alcoholic counterpart labeled light beer. As a result, light beer ads have increased steadily over the years in magazines and newspapers (Birgir Gudmundsson, 2005). Sales of beer tend to ...

Question No. 5: Living Culture –

Gender, Sexuality, and Race Gender, sexuality, and race are less biological facts than the outcome of contextually specific discourses and discursive practices. Explain with reference to no more than two aspects of identity.

Living Culture –

Gender and Race Introduction Gender, sexuality, and race are less biological facts of how human identity develops than the outcome of contextually specific discourses and discursive practices connected to ethnicity and cultural interchanges. The following scholastic exercise defines how social science prods the ethnic and cultural interchanges of humans in their discourse and discursive practices. In turn, the following describes how this affects ...

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Introduction

The state of Germany, as well as its educational system, was in complete shambles following the World War II. There was a clear division as the Cold War proceeded to divide the entire country into two strongly opposing blocs on the basis of ideology and physical strength . Germany was cleanly divided for a period of forty years (1949 – 1989) into a democratic country with a capitalist economy in the West and communist economic system in the East . A unique chapter in world history began as the two sections of the same nation varied extensively and this was strongly reinforced ...

For History Class

- What do thinkers see as enlightenment? What makes it possible? What hinders it? Enlightenment is the emancipation of the human minds from the baleful clutches of blind faith and dependence. It brings human race on the verge of embarking upon a new path which would be guided by knowledge and reasoning. Thus, the mind would be freed from the prejudices and rituals to bring in the new era of advancement. The societal institutions, which have for long influenced the lives of innumerable people, stand in opposition to the emancipation of human mind and independence. - What do ...

African American History

Introduction Discursive formations an explanation of the human behavior attempts to undermine the archeological historical analysis. In the discursive formations analysis, human beings are not the center analysis to avoid problems associated with anthropological approaches used earlier. This discursive formation analysis can be used in explaining the revolutionary discourses that constantly undermined the history of Europe towards the end of the nineteenth century. At the end of the middle ages, there was an increased power struggle and increased women's participation in social and political activities. The same period experienced the first wave of feminism when women's emancipation movements ...

Childhood obesity

For my brief analysis I chose to focus on the articles on childhood obesity. It is the condition where young children gain excess amount of body fat, usually due to a caloric imbalance, which subsequently affects the health and well-being of said child (Hodgson, 2013). A variety of genetic, behavioral and environmental factors also contributed to the development of the disease. It is diagnosed by calculating the amount of fat that a child has, via the BMI measurement. The term obesity for children is often viewed as nugatory and stigmatizing so the word over weight is commonly used. Over the past ...

Introduction

Freud engages in human liberalism through the development of his theory of the mind. He makes an analysis and implication of the unconscious mind. At first, he thought psychoanalysis is a technique used clinically for the treatment of hysteria in the late 19th century. Freud believes that there are three fundamentals tenets to psychoanalysis. His rejection of the Kantian notion of the mind that, the mind grasps its essence fully and completely through critical self-reflection is an important engagement in criticizing human liberalism. He presents his idea that the object (human being) is not aware of the mind. This unawareness ...

A brief review of its use and effectiveness

The word ‘war’ for any nation signifies the danger or uncertain situation imposed upon it by another nation or army. Acknowledging that the nation is in war, calls upon its citizens to do all they can individually and collectively to help the country fight the war. For the citizens, war and war threat situations have been seen to induce a sense of patriotism and unity, in the face of the common enemy. This is exactly what the politicians and law enforcement people seek to leverage by raising war rhetoric in crime prevention. War rhetoric is increasingly resorted to as a means ...

Introduction

For many years, scholars have strived to develop analytical modalities, which identify and engineer analytical thoughts, aimed to compare racial formations in relation to race scholarship. Unlike racial formation construct that identifies and groups communities based on prior modalities, race scholarship approach focuses on the universality and historical similarities of different communities in the world. In essence, racial scholarship approach holds the view that there exist commonalities among communities of color across different cultures; that is premised on racial and ethnic solidarity coupled with homogeneity and historical similarity of the people. Although prior modalities provide an insight of the ...

Paper I (s1)

Teo, P. (2000). Racism in the News: A Critical Discourse Analysis of News Reporting in Two Australian Newspapers. London: Sage Publications. Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 7-49.

RESEARCH TOPIC

Racism in the news: a Critical Discourse Analysis of news reporting in two Australian newspapers. RESEARCH QUESTION(S) - What is the probe for ideological construction of racism imbricated within the structure of newspaper reporting? - Is there evidence of systematic ‘othering and stereotyping of ethnic community by the white majority?

METHODOLOGY

Data: News reports and articles, political interviews - The newspaper headlines were used to express a high form of ...

Alternative perspective on management

In management and organizational studies, there is seemingly one way used to analyze aspects of management. However due to the scientific nature of management and organizational studies, there are alternative critical approaches used to analyze various aspect of management. Looking at the definition of management and organization, one can easily say that both concepts are as old as the history of human beings. In the historical period, there were various forms of organizations including armies and states which experienced management and organizational challenges. These challenges highlighted on areas such as human resource management, resource and financial management, branding and ...

A summary of chapter eight

Chapter eight, authoring ourselves, presents ideas on Bakhtin’s concepts of self-fashioning. The concepts allow an individual to verbalize alternative visions within ourselves especially in the context of our inner dialogues where we are ever forming new identities. The central organizing principle called dialogism that expresses our inner dialogues in attempts to respond to the stimuli from our natural environments. The chapter puts it that language is not only an abstract semiotic system but also an ideology and a perspective that has been lived on the world. Of importance is the sentiment that in creating meaning out of what we ...

Introduction: Explaining Nationalism

Nationalism provides for an underlying concept explaining the organization of humanity. Normally, nationalism bases its definition on the importance of a shared system of beliefs and heritage that characterize different forms of identities. As the world itself is diverse in geography and living conditions, it is inevitable for people across the globe to coalesce with one another based on the sameness and coherence of their consciousness and experiences. Along the way, they develop a closer sense of identity the more they find themselves affected by a certain event, particularly those whose landmark effects have enabled a ...

Introduction

The complex nature of human government has been in existence since the classical period. In addition, the human government continued to employ titanic resources, which made it further complex. Consequently, political philosophers tried to create an understanding and influence various stakeholders with respect to human government. Such political philosophers have attempted to provide intricacies as well as paradoxes revolving around the political system that controls and manages humanity. Amongst the political philosophers who have provided the intricacies and paradoxes on human government include Niccolo Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes. Machiavelli and Hobbes have provided similar and divergent views on purpose ...

In her article “Framing Cultural Difference: Immigrant Women and Discourses of Tradition,” Volpp portrays how immigrant culture can confine the lives of immigrants to a troubling conflict regarding whether they should remain traditional or become modern. To support her central argument, she elucidates the case of Tina Isa, a 16-year old immigrant Palestinian girl who was murdered in the U.S. by her own parents. Volpp argues that specific important facts become indecipherable because of the conflict of remaining traditional or becoming modern, where the powerful context within which violence against women takes place is ignored or not adequately emphasized. Volpp argues ...

- Situations in practice that can lead to grief/ bereavement Bereavement refers to a period of grief after one has lost a loved one. It also refers to “the entire experience of friends and family members in the anticipation of the death of a loved one and the subsequent adjustment to living after the death of a loved one (Care, 2006 ).” On the other hand, grief refers to “the emotional affective reaction to the loss of a loved one.” It has both psychological and physical manifestations (Care, 2006 ). Bereavement can be complex and can affect individuals on many levels including emotionally, cognitively, ...

Gender Discrimination and Prejudice in Education

Introduction

Gender discrimination and prejudice is a prevailing problem in our society in general and in our education system in particular. It exists on all levels and in all areas of education and with schools fostering the physical, psychological, and emotional development of children, it can have long-term effects on children.

In this regard, this paper aims to discuss how children and students from both developing and developed countries are being affected by gender discrimination and prejudice and how it affects both the male and the female students. In addition, this paper discusses how the problem affects students even after ...

Throughout my formative years in elementary, middle school, and high school; Galileo Galilei’s name became known in both history and science books as the man who developed the telescope. At first, I thought his invention of the telescope earned him the title “Father of Modern Astronomy” due to the telescope’s capacity to augment celestial bodies without any visual strain to the user. While my conviction to Galileo Galilei’s expertise remained firm as I entered tertiary years, the Dan Brown novel entitled “Angels and Demons” challenged my ideas over the Italian scientist. In the movie, Galileo was a ...

Examining and understanding linguistics in criminal and domestic setting involve language evidence. The language evidence exists in trademark area disputes, question authorship and product liability. Heffer, 2005 asserts that some forensic language view language analysis to be the only content in the discipline. Language analysis adheres to the definition of discipline in which the language derives its foundation. I, therefore, determined the conception of forensic linguistic, which is the intersection of law and language. After reading Heffer, 2005, I established the aim of the intersection, and I realized the bases that support the language. I realized that language differs ...