Essays on Instagram

GRIT 791 – Seminar in Instructional and Communication Technology

The effectiveness of social media in assisting the student in the understanding of classroom content as well as other relevant research work is one phenomenon that is gaining a lot of interest with the onset of time (Tess, 2013). Because of the changing trends in technological and social life progress, learning is undergoing a number of evolutions. Students tend to be obsessed with technology, especially Instagram as opposed to the previous use of books for gathering any relevant information (Tess, 2013). Social media applications in the academic sector include computer software typically design to help learners gather and analyze ...

I. Company Overview The apparel industry is a highly competitive and almost exclusively based on image. As fashion becomes "fast", i.e. designing and selling apparel becomes more for masses as opposed to a conventional haute couture model, established and emerging players alike are competing over an increasingly powerful market segment, namely Millennials, who continue to shape business across different industries. Forever 21 is one notable example of apparel companies competing, primarily, over Millennial customers. Forever 21, operating in seven countries in addition to Europe, is a notable example of an established apparel player adapting to continuous changes in apparel ...

Proposal for Independent Study: The Effect of Social Media on the Behavior of College Students in their Twenties

Abstract A lot of teenagers and youth in their twenties are not only social media users but confirmed addicts. Although lauded as great steps towards achieving global integration, social media platforms such as Facebook, Whatsapp, YouTube and Instagram do have both positive as well as detrimental effects on the users. This intended research study will thus seek to establish such positive as well as detrimental effects of social media on college students in their twenties. The sample size for the intended research study will include 50 students who will be randomly picked within the university. The research study will ...

old-fashioned camera with new functions Fujifilm Instax Mini 90 NEO-ClASSIC Instant Film Camera is a new product developed by the company Fujifilm whose emergence in the twenty first century might seem odd, since in the era of Instagram where millions of quickly made pictures are posted every day, paper based photos are not probably the best marketing solution. However, the statics shows quite the opposite. According to Bing Liem, Fujifilm’s VP of sales, “[Instax has] become wildly popular in a lot of the Asian markets and it's a very, very important product to Fujifilm worldwide” (Byford). It is ...

Nowadays, social media has been the most trending platform to promote the brand. The endless social media outlets and apps provide audiences with numerous photos, videos, and trends, let fans connect and get into the brand. The social media not only benefits audiences with more information about the brand, but also reinforces brand sales by these online advertisements. While some retailers are still paying attention on browsing in store sales, free people, an American lifestyle brand already engages in using social media to integrate business both in store and online as well as in consumers’ wallets via their smartphones. ...

EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE MARKETING STRATEGIES IN SMALL AND MEDIUM FIRMS. THE CASE OF GUERRILLA MARKETING APPROACH.

I: Introduction

The changes in the contemporary business landscape are driven by a variety of factors. External environment places more and more challenges for the companies, as they grow international, internationalize their chains and adopt new technology in thi relashionships with suppliers and customers globally. The external environment of a company is comprised of political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal factors. Each of them has the significant impact on the ways modern companies conduct their business and build their ...

Yves Saint Laurent is a French fashion designer renowned for making ready to wear clothing. Recently Yves Saint Laurent has changed the brand name to Saint Laurent Paris. The change in brand name to Saint Laurent Paris was introduced by the director Hedi Slimane. “Unfortunately, Hedi Slimane is no longer with the company (Phelps, 2016)” and the director is now” Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent Paris (Milnes, 2016)”. In the fashion world things are subject to change which is good in some ways. It depends on the timing of the change in the industry. To make sure the name ...

Integrated marketing communications

INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS Introduction Nestle is well known in the food industries of India due to its brand known as Maggi noodles. Maggi is a well-known brand for noodles, soup, sensing and was established around 1947 in Switzerland (Sahoo, Mishra and Sahoo, 2016). In 2015, the Maggi noodles faced a crisis when the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India recalled 9 modifications of the brand in the market around the country (Desai, 2016). The claim was that the product contained some traces of lead and glutamate that are considered unsafe for human consumption (Soni and Harnawale, 2015). Due ...

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Noureldien Al Masri INTRODUCTION: There is no doubt that Riva is one of the famous brands that operate in a number of countries. The company has to develop and expand on its operations because there are a lot of competitors in the market and the company should keep up with the latest updates in the fashion market around the world. The collections that are presented by Riva allow a mix of Western and Eastern inspirations to present a unique look with a special appeal. The outstanding collections are out of extensive creativity. The collections allow every woman to express ...

One of the most popular means of communication and spreading information around the globe is by means of social media. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and many other social media applications have overtaken the means by which people have communicated in the past such as the television, radio, and telephonic conversations. Not that these are not used to the present day, but they have been replaced by the kind of trending communication present only on social media applications. People tend to communicate in short, terse phrases, selective jargon and use different methods to convey a message, which then trends on ...

Modern society is known for its advancements in technology and for being a 24/7 environment, but how does this impact parenting? Parenting is both a joyful and at times a difficult task. Parents throughout the centuries have struggled with issues specific to their time, and the 21st century is no different. The rise of social media, globalization, and changing demographics are unique to our age. Children are maturing earlier and suffering more from diseases that only affected adults in the past such as obesity. There is more expected of children in today’s world. They are tested earlier and ...

Discussion question

Impacts of Digital Revolution Digital revolution is causing changes in the landscape of marketing on the basis of how consumers get to know of the products and services they need. The social media websites such as Facebook, Instagram among others have helped come up with a community of similar people sharing a common interest, ideas, needs and experiences. These technologies have ensured easier interaction between the marketers and the consumers. This is because of the smartphones and other mediums of communication which enhance conversation and negotiation about the product or service. Integrated marketing communication has helped the marketers deliver ...

Facebook has emerged to be one to the most influential and widely used social media platform. The usage of Facebook has tremendously expanded throughout times utilizing innovate strategies to sustain its lead. In this document, strategic analysis of the case study of Facebook is conducted. By the case study, the information has been assessed to determine strategies Facebook adopted till 2014. For analysis, strategic models PEST and SWOT model is used to assess the external and internal environment. It concludes with the identification of strategic actions and implementation steps Facebook has taken to address the problems and issues. 1. ...

Here is the analytical report that you requested on the effectiveness of social media in making advertisements.

With the current contemporary society of modern technology of internet and email and receiving devices like phones and television, social media has become the order of the day. The majority of people both the youths and adults like to interact with and exchange ideas on the platform. Due to a large number of individuals visiting this social network at any given time, therefore, it is a critical platform for business advertisement. Moreover, the primary objective of any business is to make a profit, raising awareness for a business and promoting in a very busy social networks such as Facebook, ...

7. Objectives Product/Service: Bring the menu up to 4.8 score in the next three months.

Pricing: Formulate a plan to make portion sizes proportionate to price without comprising on quality. Pricing: Review the current list of ingredients that are regularly used and identify means to reduce cost. This should be done in the next 60 days. Place: With the help of an interior fit-out firm, review the layout of the restaurant and determine whether an open kitchen/grill/mini-prep station can be installed in a place where patrons can see the cooks in action. Set up meeting in the next 14 ...

Social Media Marketing

The emergence of social media technology has made it possible for an individual to communicate with a large number of people related to products and companies that offer them. It indicates the positive impact of consumer to consumer marketing in the diversified market. Social media is considered a hybrid tool for promotional activities. The main reason is that in the context of traditional advertising, it enables the companies to communicate with their customers and in the context to non-traditional advertising it enables customers to communicate with each other directly (Mangold & Faulds, 2009). Various companies use social media as the ...

Abstract

The growth of social media and Internet technologies have changed the way businesses and people interact with each other on a daily basis. Not only does social media make communication much easier for people around the world, it provides a number of ways for people to pass the time interacting with each other in a digital medium. However, there are also privacy concerns associated with social media and social networking technologies. Social media and social networking do not provide privacy protections for people the way that they used to, and the amount of information available to the general public ...

How to Successfully Market a Business Online

Introduction Marketing is the heart of business, and most of the aspects of businesses depend on successful marketing. For the success of business, it is essential that buyers or consumers of the product or service know it. The success of the business is dependent upon the recognition of the brand and marketing plays an important role in building positive reputation of the business. Over the past twenty years, the internet has entirely changed the way businesses market themselves. For companies, it is easy to access customers through online marketing. Companies through successful online marketing enhance their customer base and ...

INTRODUCTION

One of the technological platforms regularly visited by college students each and every day is social media. There are many youths who participate in all social media, like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, as if it is an important factor of their lives, something that is essential and necessary. Social media places youths in place where there every posted action and opinion is free to agreeable responses, positive accolades and “likes,” but they are also facing negative comments, hurtful insults and, in some case, even threats. E.A. Vogel, as well as other authors, in the 2014 article for Psychology of ...

Nowadays, it is impossible to imagine life without social networking sites. Every person, from teenagers to adults reaching middle-age, is or has been registered on one or more web platforms used for communication. Recently, socialization process has shifted from face-to-face communication to chats and texting, as well as the exchange of visual data. Originally created as an application for sharing visual content, Instagram has become the most powerful social network in terms of its influence on society. The permanent flow of photos of various people, places, food and clothes is shaping the modern understanding of the standards of beauty, ...

Problems facing Starbucks

Despite being a leading innovator in the coffee industry. These innovations present the largest weakness for the giant. Innovations are risky and present the highest vulnerability for the chain. It has a reputation for creativity and new development which may decline if any of its innovations failed. It may also reduce its current standing if any other coffee chain had a better or a new innovation before the chain’s research and development team developed it. The coffee chain endeavors to create new innovations and offers its stores all over the world. It creates innovation based on the local ...

Instagram Marketing Case Study: Starbucks

Introduction The internet has entered people’s lives in tremendous numbers. More people use the internet today than even a decade ago. It has become the way to engage with friends, family, community and even businesses. As internet has become ubiquitous, so have its applications. Business to business e-commerce and business to customer e-commerce have steadily grown and is expected to become $20 trillion industry by 2020 . Increasingly social media has become the new avenue for marketing efforts by both traditional companies and e-commerce companies . From the biggest brands to the smallest companies are all onboard social media to ...

Research Skills

2016 Introduction The use of social media has mainstreamed the marketing platforms for most companies today. This practice has been so common due to the introduction of digital technologies that connect the entire world. Therefore, information dissemination and realization of connectivity is highly manifested on the social media platform than any other marketing precepts. On the other hand, there has been a massive transition from traditional marketing concepts, even as most companies embrace this new marketing portfolio (Wollan, Smith, & Zhou, 2010). Jingle Clothing Limited Company is not exempt to this massive migration since it needs to catch up with ...

(Technology in the Fashion industry)

Introduction

The fashion industry has been subject to change over time. Companies in the industry have continually advanced in the development of quality and highly attractive fashions. Information and practicality of their ideas have seen the companies advance to extensive heights and embrace the average growth of the fashion industry. It has become highly competitive to engage in the fashion business as new ideas are being developed every day. The changes would mean advancement in business and enhancement of the quality that the companies manufacture. The fashion industry has been a major beneficiary of the ...

“There is only one thing that people agree about technology – it is important” (Kline 215). Indeed, it is hard to underestimate the role technologies play in our lives and the level of their integration into our everyday activities. In the age of technological progress, we do not wonder the new technologies that appear almost every couple of months and humbly accept and use those of them that become radical. Like other people, I use various technologies regularly and for different reasons, from calling my Mom and friends to entertainment and studying. However, it has not always been the same. ...

With the science, information and technological boom in the past few decades, the internet has become the ubiquitous resource when it comes to acquiring information and knowledge. However increased use of search engines and other websites to acquire information has also given rise to questions about its effect on intelligence and behavior, especially in the case of children and adolescents. Children and adolescents are more likely to be affected as they are in their formative years and are highly susceptible. Access to information that is just a click away and this can lead to a mistaken belief and illusion ...

Abstract

Jihad groups have made the internet a channel for their war, called Cyber Jihad. The Jihadists send messages, raise money, recruit members and spread propaganda via the internet and other social media. Through the use of Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, jihadists communicate with one another and recruit new members. Cyber jihad, no only consists of communicating and radicalizing over the internet, jihadist groups use the internet to raise money to fund their fight. In addition, jihadist groups also publish online magazines for communication, recruitment and radicalizing. The use of the internet has allowed jihadist groups to gain global support ...

INTRODUCTION ANDBACKGROUND/HISTORY OF THE BUSINESS

Qatar Cultural Creativity Center was established in 2005 following the decision of the President of General Authority of youth no. (2) for year 2005. The board of directors was constituted in 2012 following the decision of Minister of Culture, Arts, and heritage no (116) for year 2012. The Cultural and Creativity Center is a Not for Profit Organization. The Cultural Creativity Center targets the youth and aims at equipping them with both hard and soft skills that fosters the discovery of personal abilities (Ame Info). The Center teaches skills such as how to write and publish a book, how ...

Introduction

Value refers to the utility, the worth or the desirability of a good or service. For a business, value refers to the primary sources of revenue. Value is located in the object (inherent value), in the experience (value in use), and in perception (value as a social construct). Inherent value resides in an object. This value can be observed from the market price of the object. The forces of demand and supply determine the market price of an object. Values in use arise when a customer enjoys an intangible service such as a hotel room and they are prepared ...

Social media has now become the medium for connecting to friends, family and even people from the workplace; this has become more so now that access to social media is increasingly mobile. Statistics show that 76% of internet users are on social media and 70% logon to Facebook at least once a day . People between the ages of 18-40 use social media more than others. But why do people spend so much time on social media? What does excessive involvement in virtual social networking mean for the actual social lives of people? This essay will argue that while social ...

Cyberbullying is the act of bullying and harassing a person with the use of electronic technology. These electronic technological devices include the use of the internet, and gadgets like cell phones, computers and laptops and tablets, etc. Over the internet, cyber bullying takes place through social media websites, emails, online chat rooms, text messages and various other websites. Cyberbullying can take place in the form of stalking someone over a period of time, harassing them through text messages and emails, spreading rumors about them and posting inappropriate and personal information about a person on social media websites. The reason ...

The proliferation of the internet and the ubiquity of the smartphone have resulted in people being able to access the internet anytime and anywhere. Today most public places like shopping malls provide Wi-Fi services for customers to access the internet. Most cellular services now come with data services as well. In fact, most people now prefer to use their smartphone for internet access instead of investing in computers and broadband connection . From banking transactions to reading newspapers, everything is now done online. Another phenomenon that has been growing steadily over the years is the use of social media over ...

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Critically Explore Baudrillard's Concept Of ‘The Finest Consumer Object' Concerning Relevant Media And Cultural Examples.

Introduction Jean Baudrillard is the French culturalist theorist who has majorly contributed in the fields of sociology and philosophy. According to Baudrillard, modern consumption concept has been seen in the most of the parts of western societies. Consumption is said to be a global response that justifies world's cultural system. As per Baudrillard's assumption, the word consumption has replaced the concept of satisfaction with product differentiation. Today, consumer market is more actuated to buy those products which have brought uniqueness and differentiation to them. ...

Introduction

Social media applications such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram have become a staple in our everyday lives. Because social media has become so prevalent within our society, it is easy to come to the conclusion that social media has a direct impact on our lives. Social media has both positive, and negative benefits that both work together to form our lived experience of the modern day technological revolution. The consequences revolving around of the misuse of social media have reported to have devastating long term effects on the individual. While, the positive benefits of social media could ...

Introduction

The development of social media has affected social interactions and studies to a great extent. For instance, the advancement of technology has enabled students to use their mobile gadgets like computers, mobile phones, and tablets in numerous ways to communicate. It is possible for individuals to use the gadgets to access the social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for communication purposes. Clearly, social media has both positive and negative effects towards student’s interactions and work ethics in institutions of learning. An article by Emma Reves (2015) depicted that one in four people consumes more time in ...

Social media is a form of communication that achieved through the use of an information technology know a social network. A social network is an internet website that allows users to create a personal or organizational profile that other users can interact with or that can be used by the creator to interact with other users. User interaction is generally achieved by either posting content in text, image, video or audio format to one’s profile or commenting on the content that has been posted by other users. In addition, to allowing people to communicate with others, social media ...

Objectifying Song: Drake- “Hotline Bling”

Drake’s 2015 song “Hotline Bling” contains sexist lyrics that objectify women and effectively imply the technique of slut shaming and male dependence. The overlying theme of these song is the idea that this woman has lost all of her self-respect because her boyfriend has left her, showcasing the objectifying idea that men are responsible for the identity of females. When he sings this song, he is implying that men are dominant in romantic relationships and women make decisions about their morality and their respectability based on whether they are single or not, out of respect to their boyfriends. ...

Throughout the years, the world has advanced more through the usage of technology and the benefits it brings. In the beginning, there were only desktop computers that could do a limited amount of work, and now they have been transformed in portable tablets, laptops, and even phones. With this much portability on technology, it was certain that certain websites dedicated to keeping in touch with people were invented. The first successful social media website that was around during the early days of the internet was Myspace. Just like the social media websites today, a person could update their page ...

The business will be a direct marketing and online retail entity and will be known as ‘Fudgelicious’ and the slogan will be, ‘Tantalizing the Sweet Spot with Fudgelicious’.

Marketing Mix

Product The product quality will be the key, i.e. taste and flavors and the presentation of the homemade fudge. Being a home based production for the products; it will be showcased as treats to be tasted individually, or for parties and events. The packaging used will be transparent that will show the products shape and colors to the target market to create a need by a visual temptation. The launch will ...

Impact on Relationships

The advent of social networking has introduced a new dynamic to how people relate to one another in society. Where once only a broad circle of individuals might be known to a single person, now through social networking a single user can be connected to dozens if not hundreds of other people in a matter of minutes. From Facebook to Twitter to LinkedIn and several others, social networking has managed to connect the world in a way it has never known before. For all this however there is a very real and noticeable disconnect between individuals in terms of ...

Introduction

Facebook is one of the most popular social media websites created chiefly for entertainment purposes. The basic need for the creation of Facebook was to give the people the power to share and communicate with one another freely. Facebook is a platform which allows every person to use its facilities for any purpose they wish to employ. It allows people to express themselves freely and share their opinions and ideas. Therefore, it opens to the people as a portal to share what they feel, connect with as many people as they want. Facebook allows the ability to make friends ...

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Abstract

The importance of social media effects on families and communities has been determined by the research findings based on the investigation of existing literature. The principal objective of the study is to examine the influence of social media on our everyday life. Besides, another investigative goal is to identify possible consequences that social media may bring. Therefore, this study implies the utilization of both secondary research and primary research approaches. The expected ...

Snapchat is a particularly new application that has been worked out for the smartphones. This application is based on a short-term storage of photographs-snaps. It is considered to be a kind of the social network of this year for many people as they have an opportunity to exchange the information there, share photos, and make many other interesting things offered by the smart application. The basic idea of this application is very simple (maybe this simplicity made this application so popular). However, it is not so simple as we could suggest at the first glance. Today millions of people ...

What is Social Networks or Social Media?

Even in the olden times, it’s the nature of humanity to communicate with one another. Back then, they use signs and then developed languages in order to understand each other. Just as the old saying goes, “No man is an island,” most people hate being alone or feeling alone. That is why the development of social media has left a huge impact on our daily lives. Nowadays, you can video call or chat with someone who is thousands of miles away from you with the power of social media. The most popular social networking sites are Facebook, Twitter, ...

In this paper we will be dealing with the important contemporary issue which consists in correlation between the social media activity and civil society as well as radical movements’ response to it. The accent will be put on such informational giants as Facebook and Twitter as well as concrete individuals, who use these resources in order to reach their own goals. We are aimed at answering the question what role of social media is. Additionally, social media will be looked through a prism of current political debates and primaries, threat of terrorism and certain other phenomena. The issue of ...

Executive Summary

Nike is the most reputed and celebrated brands globally, the tagline Just Do it and the swoosh logo is recognized by one and all, in this age of digital media Nike has been able to outrun its competitors on the social media by using engaging and interactive programs. The accounts of Nike as researched and repeatedly mentioned in the report connects with the consumers on a deeper emotional level and is spite of managing different departments, the company has been able to create a leading niche in the social media marketing programs amid the competition effectively. Nike needs to ...

Campus Violence and Policies of Primary and Secondary Schools in Michigan

It is pertinent to note that violence has evolved from just targeting students. It could sometimes involve school staff and even the school administration. The issue of violence and disciplines are often addressed as a unit, but there should be different ways of dealing with both cases because more often than not, violence often overtakes disciplines issues and needs further investigations and probing (School Safety and Violence, 2016). Acts of violence are often common, and they could occur repeatedly. Despite the severity of violence, school administrators often ignore them, in some cases, it often goes unreported, hence, increasing the ...

International marketing

Adana kebab is the new product (snack) that will be offered to the Turkish urban market. In most instances, the workers would prefer snacks during lunch hours since they save on time. Therefore, this forms the basis of product selection. With the increasing working population in Turkish towns, snacks have become one of the most looked after foods in Turkey. The product will in offered in sticks and packaged in light polythene packing papers. Adana Kebab, therefore, offers a new experience to the working Turkish population given its outstanding characteristics

Target Market

Marketing the new product in the market emphasis on ...

Seton Hall University

Abstract Introduction Politics has been a major driving force in the US economy and arguably all other economies in the world. It is therefore of little surprise that much of what is covered in the media and by journalists revolves around politics. The mainstream media has been the main means of communication between politicians and their supporters. For years on end, politicians have been using print, visual, and audio media to send messages and agendas to the people. These forms of media became instrumental especially during elections periods. They were the main means of reaching out to a large ...

Business Enterprise Plan

Business Enterprise Plan

The gift market is not limited to specific customers, as the trends changed in thebusiness world the way of doing businesses changed as well. The two major markets for “Smiles for Miles” can be the individual givers of gifts and the corporate sector clients. However, in KSA expecting gifts from strangers or people who are not close is considered embarrassing as gifts are more frequently accepted from close friends. Therefore, individual gift givers will be the primary market for the business. The secondary market of “Smiles for Miles” will be corporate clients. In Saudi Arabia, businesses ...

I. Introduction The purpose of this report is to review and analyze the usability of the social media application Snapchat. Snapchat is “image messaging application software” that provides social media functionality for smartphones and other mobile computing devices such as tablet compute (Speigel, 2012). As a social media app, Snapchat’s audience is anyone that enjoys, uses, or interested in social media. Accordingly, the Snapchat’s audience includes individuals, groups, organizations, and companies. However, unlike more traditional social media, Snapchat’s main attribute is, as mentioned, a reliance on image messaging rather than text messaging. Image messaging is a ...

Campaign Against Obesity

Obesity as a Contemporary Societal Issue According to World Health Organization (2014), around 2.8 million people die every year due to obesity. Obesity is a condition characterized by a weight that is more than the healthy range. This condition leads to many negative health conditions, such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, stoke, certain types of cancer, mental illnesses, and others. Currently, it is estimated that there are around 78 million obese U.S. adults (“Adult Obesity,” 2015). What makes the issue worst is the fact that adults are not the only ones who are at risk of ...

Transnationalism is defined as a phenomenon where there is high interconnectivity among people, which in turn undermines the economic and social significance of physical boundaries. Transnationalism happens in various ways such as economic, political and cultural boundaries. This paper focuses on the socio-cultural concept of transnationalism. Socio-cultural transnationalism widely covers cultural exchange of ideas and meanings. Such socio-cultural exchanges happen when people visit other countries. Sometimes non-immigrants visit their friends and family living in the receiving country. There are, however, increasing correspondence of other agents such as emails, telephone calls, text messaging, and online chat sessions. According to Iris-Aya ( ...

Social media is an awesome way to market any business online. There are various social media methods and instruments that one can choose. They include Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and twitter. There are many reasons why using social media as a marketing platform is a great idea. First, one gets to know their target group up close and personal. Interacting with the customer base on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter helps a company know its target group. Reading the potential customers posts on Facebook and tweets helps the company strategize on ways to attract such potential customer. Secondly, a company can ...

While tobacco use among adolescents has reduced dramatically over the past four decades, its prevalence remains worryingly high. Nearly 90% of all smokers tried out cigarettes in adolescence and 99% first started by the age of 26. An estimated 3,800 youths aged 18 years or younger try out their first cigarette, and a further 2,100 young adults become daily smokers. In 2015, one in three high school seniors reported having smoked a cigarette, while 1 in 15 12th graders (or 7%) reported smoking regularly and on a daily basis. This translates to nearly 450,000 12- to ...

For this project I chose to tour the Sensia Studio Day Spa, in Houston Texas. The Sensia Studio Day Spa is a hair salon and Japanese spa that is open for business 7 days a week. The Spa is owned and operated by make-up artist, Johnathan Luke. The spa promises a relaxing, and rejuvenating experience. The marketing of the spa first starts with their website. The website www.sensiastudio.com, features a lot of information about the spa, its services, and a blog with posts relating to beauty treatments. The home page features a background rolling photo widget that displays images ...

Introduction

Miley Cyrus was born and raised in Franklin, Tennessee on November 23, 1992. She is an America singer, a songwriter and an actress. Her birth name is Destiny Hope, derived from her parents Letitia and Billy Cyrus. She was later given a nickname “Smiley” later shortened to “Miley” since she always smiled as an infant. Miley was a Christian; she attended Southern Baptist church, in which she was then baptized in the year 2005. She also attended Heritage Elementary school. When she was eight years old, her family moved to Toronto, Canada in the year 2001. Miley realized her ...

ISSUE: WHO IS TRACKING YOU?

After turning on location services on my IPhone, I found that it is tracking every move I make. I can see all my locations on the map during the day. Moreover, I can see the exact time when I visit each place on the map. According to my phone, I spend a lot of time at my university and home. Additionally, there are a couple of places marked on the map like a grocery store and cafés. However, I have been to only a few of them. Even though, the Apple is not using my information about locations ...

A Campaign Against Obesity

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Obesity as a Contemporary Societal Issue

People are getting bigger and bigger every single day. According to World Health Organization (2014), around 2.8 million people die every year due to obesity. Obesity is a condition characterized by a weight that is more than the healthy range. This condition leads to many negative health conditions, such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, stoke, certain types of cancer, mental illnesses, and others. What makes the issue worst is the fact that adults are not the only ones who are at risk of premature death. Each year, more and more children are weighing more ...

A Case Study in General Electric

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Introduction

The rise of social media in the last decade has been quite phenomenal. Smith (2009) pointed that with more internet penetration across the world, social media platforms have the potential to occupy a dominant position as a medium of information exchange. Social media have now acquired a status where the news can spread at rapid fire and can either elevate or cause damage to any company’s reputation. Wright & Hinson (2008) pointed out that a world wide web has the power of enhancing the value of a brand instantaneously when the idea takes off. Hence, there is ...