Essays on Mainstream Media

Executive summary

The smart home integrated energy efficiency product will come in packages of silver, bronze, and gold to target consumers and homeowners in the United States of America. Bronze packaged products will be marketed to consumers of lower income bracket while energy efficiency products that are packaged in silver and gold will be marketed to high-income homeowners. This product is fabricated to ensure that it reduces the amount of energy consumed by electric appliances and in effect reduce the electric bills that are paid by consumers. Due to the complexity of this product market representatives will be used to visit ...

Executive summary

Drone technology has been in used for quite some time now in many western nations for military operations. More recently, this technology is being applied to manufacture inexpensive technology and in the filming technology. Unmanned systems commonly referred to as drones continue to be made available to different consumers globally for their private means. The use of drones in the film making industry has helped to improve the quality of films produced. Further, it has increased efficiency and grown the film industry as film directors are able to capture moments that were nearly impossible to obtain some few years ...

Executive summary

This product is centered on virtual reality technology. As a matter of fact, this product is designed for law enforcement officers. By simulating the dangerous conditions and circumstances that police officers have to work under on a periodical basis, the software will help law enforcement officers, make better decisions in a short period. Some of the decisions that it will help a law enforcement officer make are when to discharge a weapon when to engage a suspect and how to ascertain whether a situation has a potential of being volatile. What is more is that this software not only ...

In this paper, we will explore the psychological impacts of two human-made disasters. One that happened during the First World War, and the other one is a recent terrorist attack in Paris, in 2015. The Lusitania Disaster was an attack from the German army to a British ship liner coming from New York to Liverpool, UK. The terrorist attack in Paris however was not a war attack, so people were not expecting anything as such. However, it can be argued that we are on a war today, that begun by several attacks of radical Islamic groups against the West. ...

Thesis: Social media is increasingly becoming a fundamental tool for fostering political awareness and action in Saudi Arabia.

Introduction Saudi Arabia has one of the most repressive media regulations in the world with a score of 83/100 in the most recent survey by the Freedom House, where 0 represents the best score while 100 represents the worst score. The authorities mugged the freedom of the media, further, in 2014 with the passage of the antiterrorism legislation and a series of arrests that silenced some of the most vocal critics (Freedom House). The fragile environment from which journalist operate from has led to a high level of suspicion on the mainstream media which is controlled by powerful government ...

Discussions about LGBT rights, civil liberties have been ongoing since the dawn of the 20th century. From the initial period where LGBT people were looked down upon or shunned from regular life and activities, to today, where there is more awareness and recognition about civil liberty and LGBT rights; the nation has come a long way. As time progressed and with the end of WW II, there was more awareness and sensitivity towards homosexuals and discussions and policies to provide fair treatment and employment began to emerge. These discussions, as we notice from the NYT articles are still holding ...

Introduction

The representation of women in the popular culture remains to be stereotyped by the naïve, sentimental, and domesticated women. It is through the media, which this issue continues to be propagated. There are several individuals and places focused on research on feminism publicizing both the positive and the negative gender disparities that are encountered daily. The resilient applauses me, hard working ladies who have undertaken significant influences through history to offer women the opportunities enjoyed in the contemporary society. Though many social revolutions have occurred, women still bear among them motifs rather than of individuals, still derided instead ...

Imperial, Dominant, and Hegemonic Feminism

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Introduction

The term feminism emerged in the contemporary socio-political discourse as an important movement encompassing ideological frameworks that seeks to establish and define a common goal to achieve equal footing in the political, personal, and economic sector. Since the emergence of the feminist movement, several notions of feminism was developed to create a greater understanding of its role in establishing equal rights and opportunities of women. In this discussion, the different notions of feminism will be explored by highlighting the concepts of each theoretical model. The discussion includes definitions of imperial, ...

An art movement is a specific period characterized by artists who are driven towards a common goal. The fashion industry has made numerous attempts over the years to associate itself with visual arts and popular artists (The Art Story Foundation, 2016). The collaboration between artists and fashion is mutually beneficial for both parties. Fashion applies art more than most practices in the world to reach a wider and a more popular audience. These collaborations have seen the fashion design industry evolve, innovate and provoke its numerous designs and collections (Blechman, 2013). These collaborations have further been encouraged by common ...

Introduction – The Media:

The mainstream media had been used as a tool for propaganda for centuries, the ruler and governments over a period of time, have been using the media in different forms to primarily communicate the messages, with the intention to influence and control the masses. In an era of technological advancement, a digitized world has taken shape, the influence of media in different shapes and forms has increased significantly, and the advent and phenomenal success of the social media channels, the influence of public behaviour has become more controlled since, swaying public opinion is being utilized by people in control ...

The second chapter “The Lockdown” has its focus on historical evaluation relating to war on drugs as perceived on how laws changed with time (Alexander, 37-59). In as much as Alexander named several other disturbing elements associated with the drug war, my concern remains the fact that holistic investment by the highest governmental levels in this menace requires substantial attention alongside established policies and laws that would make good such an investment. The article “Vanishing Son” focuses on stereotypes of Asian-Americans as seen in the American society. This stereotyping has been clearly manifested in the society’s theater, literature, ...

Rock music has evolved over the ages and can be traced back to the years of the 1940s. Rock music emerged after fusion of different music genres like country music, jazz, blues western swing, rhythm and blues amongst other (Covach 3). The early rock musicians are like Little Richard, Bill Haley, and Chuck Berry. They are credited with the popularization of rock music in the world as they presented unique fashion styles, dance moves and even integrated pop culture in their music. Though this genre of music was in existence in early 1940, it came to acquire its name ...

Stimuli-response method

This model is based on the theory of stimuli and response; where the stimuli elicit the desired response in the consumer. In this case, the marketer must figure out which items the consumer needs and do their best to figure out how to provide the product and make it attractive enough for the consumer to desire and buy it. This model starts with the marketer rather than the consumer; it assumes that the consumer does not know what he or she needs and has to be stimulated using a product or an appropriate marketing strategy (Kotler and Armstrong, 207). ...

There are many manners in which to be a hero; not all of them include donning a cape and fighting evildoers. Some heroes are more intellectual in nature, and all they need to change society’s wrongs is words, be it through pen and paper or by talking. The latter kind is usually not as well-known as the former, yet they have also influenced history in very important ways. One way of bringing society’s ills to light is through satire, of which there have been many master’s throughout the years. This genre ridicules the subject, using irony, ...

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Digital Marketin Campaingn Plan Formed in 1887, Wycombe Wanderers (WWFC) is the biggest football club in High Wycombe. After spending a few years in the lower levels of English football, the 90’s saw the club promoted into the top-flight football. It currently plays in the third tier of English football, commonly referred to as the league 2. The club plays at the Adams Park, which has a capacity of close to 10,000 spectators. In an average day, however, the club’s stadium is usually half-full, with the number going lower if the weather is not conducive for ...

Introduction

Erin Brockovich is a legal clerk in America, who is also an environmental activist, who got the public’s attention when she aided in the building of a case against a firm called Pacific Gas and Electric, despite her limited knowledge in the legal field. A movie was created based on her life story under her name “Erin Brockovich” and was released in 2000. The single mother was depicted by Julia Roberts in the film portraying her defiance as she struggled to bring down the power company for polluting the water system in the city. This paper seeks to ...

A construction project manager is an individual who oversees a construction project to ensure that the project is completed within a particular duration and within the allocated budget. This is a very significant role in any construction project and can only be achieved by an individual with the following skills: a good planner, time conscious, a good manager of resources, possessing the ability to manage both finances and budgets, excellent communication skills, delegation skills, motivated and knowledgeable in the construction industry . This paper will discuss the plans and strategies that will be applied to ensure that the job is ...

Watching the videos says so much about North Korea that not many people are aware about. The mainstream media seems to characterize the country as an isolated state where the way of life is highly controlled by the government. However, the videos showed another side of a country that is suffering internally because of its apparent isolation from the rest of the world. Before, I have known North Korea as a socialist States where the head of the government assumes absolute power over the entire country. However, the video titled Secret State of North Korea showed a more profound ...

Americans do not trust the news. Surveys show that most Americans think the various outlets of the news media are biased toward one side or another and that unlike other periods in American history the rich and powerful have an undue impact on what it supports. This is supposed to be bad because voters in a democracy cannot make good informed decisions without good information. It quotes a right-wing media watchdog group of accusing the news media of “rigging this election and taking sides in order to pre-determine the outcome” with its “out of control” and “deliberate and unmistakable ...

Company Profile

Emirates group was introduced on the market in 1985, and since then it has remained competitive and relevant in the market. The company is worth US $12,000 after rebasing, and it has over 40,000 employees (Wilson, 2009, p. 8). The government solely owns the company, though it does not engage or make any dealing for the company. The company flies close to a hundred destinations and has increased its effort of increasing its fleet to meet the rising demands of the market. Emirates has its headquarters in Dubai with subsidiaries spread globally. Due to competition, the company has ...

OBAMA CARE

Introduction The term Obama care is more or less a derogatory term coined by the critics of the affordable care act put in place by president Barack Obama. The literal meaning of the term Obama care is quite disturbing to say the least. This is because it refers to the type of care that is more inclined towards president Barack Obama as opposed to the entire nation. The question thus arises as to the true nature of this Obama care and whether or not it favors the greater good of the nation or it is a desperate plan by president ...

Disney Princesses

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Little Mermaid

Late eighties was a decade of immense transformations. This chunk of the time was a period during which the roles and perception of women in the mainstream society went through sheer changes (Buckland 178). The same mainstream thought of the society is reflected in the role of the princess depicted in Walt Disney’s animated musical fantasy film, “The Little Mermaid”. The character of the princess in the aforesaid fantasy film was played by Ariel, who is a young sixteen years old mermaid. Dissatisfied with her life in the water, she became much curious ...

Introduction

The media has had an amazing impact on the society around it. Newspapers, television, internet, and the radio are some of the forms of media that are in use, in Canada. Unfortunately, the media has managed to influence people’s perceptions and behavior in a negative manner. Stereotyping is one way through which the media can create negative perceptions by pointing out certain characteristics about a certain group of people. It is no wonder the Canadian media have been involved in issues of ethnic stereotyping of certain groups in Canada. The Canadian blacks have been the worst affected with the rampant ...

The great impact of social networks on nowadays society is unquestionable, as everyone can observe by himself or herself how all the current events are quickly dispersed and distributed through all over the world by the common people using their PCs and/or smartphones. Everyone has become a news agency nowadays with the development of the social networks, as the information you post on your profile can be available for everyone, can be discussed and argued. However, the information content in the social network is completely various including fake information, which purpose is to draw the viewer`s attention, shock him ...

Joel Pollak, who is republican representative, believes that Nancy Keenan conveyed false information over the media by accusing Ryan as an extremist regarding the anti-abortion laws. Pollak wants the American people to understand that the republicans are not against women rights but believe that infants have a right to live. He concisely states that Ryan opposes abortion as an act except when both the baby and the mother’s life are in danger. This stipulates that Ryan is not against women’s rights but is concerned by the fact that the government supports abortion rights. In addition, Pollak sets the ...

Introduction

There is nothing called objective viewpoint. Media which plays a big role in giving information on the world often is accused of showing bias towards a particular ideology or a particular social group or a particular party. Though a journalist tries to be objective in his viewpoint by following two methods, 1) showing fairness to those associated with the news and 2) a professional approach to gathering information that seeks completeness, accuracy and fairness, he often fails to reach the ethical heights just like anyone involved in the profession of politics (The Rhetorica Network). Since reporting of news is influenced by different parameters like the ...

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History as we know it is always written in the bird’s eye view. It is always in the perspective of the victors. Those who subjugated lands and people that include Christopher Columbus wrote heroic actions of expedition to save the wretch from damnation or to civilize the savages. Spain, Portugal and other conquistadores in the 13th to 18th century used Christianity in their search for gold, slaves and glory. Howard Zinn’s book entitled, “History is a Weapon” mentioned that the conquests of Spain and other powerful countries during the colonial era was written in history in a way ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Marketing is an integral part of a company’s operations. Thus being a tool for creating service or product awareness, it is essential that an organization invests in effective marketing techniques and tools (McDonald & Keegan, 2002). From this analysis of G Spot corporations, marketing plays an imperative role within its organizational operation facet. The marketing plan will provide a situational analysis of the business environment and establish proper approaches towards the achievement of a profitable outcome (Westwood, 2002). It will also offer an insightful look at the various market segments that G Spot corporation targets with its product Beana. The marketing plan seeks ...

The media plays a vital role in the dissemination of information within the society. The relaying of information plays a critical role for social movements that are keen on spreading their ideologies and objectives. This illustrates why the activists within the US National labor union adopted mass protests as a core way of attracting the media’s attention. Since time immemorial protests have been the most effective kind of ways of attaining both social and media attention. Through protests televised or reported on the media, the US National Labor activities managed to be highlight their issues to a greater audience that often than ...

Media portrayals of the elderly

Old age is one of the realities of life that most people dread to accept. Generally family, friends and society give upon elder citizens counting them as frail and unproductive population. This adversely affects the physical and mental wellbeing of even the positive and upbeat older lot. A lot of older people face indifference of all sorts and suffer in silence. Attitudes towards old age are as important as getting old. According to Hatch (2005) “people absorb impressions, ideas, images, dominant values and sounds that reflect society’s attitudes toward aging from media. In addition, media reflect dominant values ...

The topic is on the perception of the Trayvon Martin and that of Michael Brown as perceived by mainstream media. However, you tend to limit yourself to the online articles that may not be part of the mainstream media. The mainstream media is broad and is not limited to the online articles. It is expected that you use different modes of presenting news of the mainstream media. For example, the news bulleting, live interviews as well as the print media. Such shall ensure that the versatility of the news reporting is covered. Remember that online articles are mainly opinions ...

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Introduction You all have seen the degrading photos. You remember how you felt the shame, seeing what looked like electrical-shock wires attached to human flesh, whose head was covered by a black cone-shaped hooded cloak. Perfidious sensory deprivation ensued. Someone once conveyed the following words of misery: “Only by experience can anyone realize how deep, and dark, and foul is that pit of abominations.” These words were written by Harriet Jacobs, a black woman in American history whose first-hand account recorded the atrocities of her captivity and cruelty of slavery (“Harriet Jacobs Fugitive Slave”). The tortures she suffered are unspeakable. ...

Assignment #4: Media coverage and the Social Movement of US National Labor Union

Media has always been a powerful tool of information distribution within the society. Information plays crucial role for the organized protests in order to spread its main ideas and aims. That is why protesters that took part in the social movement of US national labor union used multiple mass protests in order to attract the attention of mass media. Protests are the most effective kind of tactics to gain great media and social attention. It is easier to communicate with the audience and to attract its attention by separating it to three main groups: activists, authorities and bystanders, and media ...

History:

Music is a very important art form that has been a characteristic of the human beings. This form of art involves the manipulation of sound. It has been greatly used as form of entertainment and expression for people and has had great importance in people’s lives. Music has undergone great changes throughout history attributed to changes in social, political and economic factors. Development of new musical instruments has also led to the advancement in music over time. Interaction between different cultures has resulted to the sharing of ideas as far as music is concerned and thus resulted to evolution of ...

Communication

When do the PR personnel of a Hollywood star needs to consider rebuilding reputation and image? Entertainment headlines in the news often depict Hollywood stars getting involved in one or two controversies ranging from DUI offense to drugs and marital breakups. The role of PR personnel seriously damaging reputation is to minimize the subsequent effect effects of the controversies. News about Mel Gibson hurling racist and rather sexist remarks on his ex-girlfriend Oksana, or David Hasselhoff’s hospitalization due to alcoholism are just a few of the issues that PR personnel are trying to mitigate to preserve the public image ...

Management

McDonalds in Asia - Introduction McDonald’s is easily among the most recognized brands in the world with branches stretched across seven continents and still expanding. However for a business such as McDonald’s, overseeing thousands of branches and the task of ensuring the efficiency of all the stores in closely adhering to quality standards is astronomical. The fast food giant has branches licensed to franchisees in China, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Japan, Thailand, and among others. The case study encompasses the crucial elements that that are directly attributed to the McDonald’s operations in Asia and ...

Criminal Trials in Drug Courts in Europe

Introduction According to Langbein, the modern European Trial is an investigation into the truth, but not a stage battle of partisans committed to distortion. This is true with regards to prosecution and rehabilitation of drug offender that is now revamped in European countries. The criminal justice system is critical in the formation of any civilized society; it is required that the criminal justice system should be robust and in a position to protect the interests and rights of the various groups within the society. It comprises of three distinct elements; these are the law enforcement officers, the courts, and the ...

The mainstream media (consisting of films, TV and print) shapes the manner in which people form their self-concept and interact with others. The media also helps to share the stories of people’s culture, and what people of other cultures can expect from them. However, many are the cases whereby the mainstream media helps to propagate some stereotypes. Stereotypes are unfounded beliefs, and the mainstream media helps to strengthen those beliefs through the use of characters performing stereotypical roles. A good case is the portrayal of Asian Americans in film and print media. The mainstream media still conveys the ...

Introduction

The internet has affected many industries with the ease of access to information and the enhancement of communication channels. The media has also been affected by the internet. With the ease of getting information from the internet, the media content is becoming easy to get. One of the disadvantages that the internet has brought to the media industry is the piracy which has been made more profound with the use of this new technology. The internet has become a medium through which media content can be accessed and abused. This is becoming an issue to the content producers. The artists ...

Women in Media

The media is arguably the most powerful and pervasive influence on society’s perception of men and women. The media has a constant presence in the modern society through advertisements, news and programs that have become part of our daily lives. Media messages are ingrained in our consciousness where they influence our perception of many issues including gender roles and expectations. This paper postulates that the media is responsible for propagating unrealistic stereotypes about women. While men are also affected by these stereotypes, it is women who are underrepresented, overly sexualized and portrayed in traditional gender roles that are not ...

An excerpt from the main book Manufacturing Consent (Pantheon, 1988) indicates a recognition of the functions of the mass media to communicate messages and assist familiarize the populace with values and beliefs that will help integrate them into the society at large. This role, as pointed out in this excerpt, is not possible without ‘systemic propaganda’. Media is controlled monopolistically and censored for being politically incorrect whenever their reports are not in sync with the positions held by the elite, who are strategically positioned to decide how the society operates. In an interview with various interviewers in 1992, Noah ...

Introduction:

The media is an important source of information. The media has become very influential in modeling people’s lives through different decades. The society today thrives on the media a reliable source where they get informed. The coming of new media has become more influential in the recent days. Social media has become very influential and has been used by everyone across the board for business and recently politicians have turned to the social media as a way of furthering their agenda. Many of the elite groups of politicians have used the media to reach out and organize their supports. Many ...

Business Law Case Study

Debbie Gates is eventually laid off on account of her alleged heavy drinking, a fact she denies vehemently. She joins issues with the fact that her former employer, Prada, informs anyone who cares, the reasons (heavy drinking) for her dismissal, a fact she also learns from other employees and not directly from her former employer. Following her dismissal, Gates and her friend Zuckerberg team up to form a rival company to their former employer and name it, Prado ostensibly to deceive unsuspecting customers. Further, they poach the Chief Financial Officer of their former employer who helps them lure more customers and investors ...

Introduction

With the evolution of the new communication technologies, political campaigns have been revolutionized in a way that even after politicians win elections, they continue in a ‘campaign mode’ during their governance. The continuous campaigning is aimed at gaining a political advantage in the following election (Heclo, 1999). The leaders are now able to reach the public in more effective and extensive ways through the internet, broadcasting medium, as well as old fashion printouts. This situation has been referred to as the ‘permanent campaign’. The phenomenon is witnessed in most countries of the world, including the United States of America. Continuous political campaigns ...

Research in Mainstream Media

In the article “Giving the finger: This hurts me more than you,” Kluger (2009) reports a study that aimed to clarify how gestures can affect thoughts and feelings about others. Although the article is very informal and aims to entertain the audience in addition to providing them with interesting information, it is professional and all key points found in the original research paper by Chandler and Schwarz (2009) are included in the text, such as explaining the difference between learned and inborn gestures or the development and meaning of the “thumbs up” and “middle finger” gestures. The study by ...

International Media Policy

Abstract Aspects such as globalization, continuous technological breakthrough, the state of conflict, the visible separation between the West and the East, or Occidentalism and orientalism, which intensify the discussion about otherness and emphasize the racial hate speeches define the nowadays media context. Currently mass media negotiates its role in this environment, defined by the above-mentioned social coordinates. Because globalization entered the social normality, mass media followed the game imposed by this social movement and applied a globalized media discourse, sustained by the available technological innovations that allow for the rapid dissemination of media content throughout the world due to ...

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 ...

ABSTRACT

This paper examines some of the contemporary theory regarding rhetoric in the electronic age. It begins by considering the fate of English Departments faced with the much-vaunted ‘death of the book’, but quickly moves on to the weightier matters of the rhetoric of the visual and the consequent enfeeblement of rhetoric in the electronic age. It considers both the positive and negative impacts of digital media. It goes on to argue and eventually conclude that the deterioration of rhetoric (which it argues began before the digital revolution) and the homogeneity of the rhetoric of the visual is a deliberate policy ...

Psychology

Sexuality in the Movies: No Strings Attached (2011)

Introduction

Sexual behavior raises several questions about a person’s personality. Every person may express similarities or variation of sexual behaviors depending on their personal preferences and that of their partner. Sexuality encompasses a particular behavior. However, sexual behaviors are nevertheless highly influenced by factors such as the mainstream media. In this regard, sexuality in the media will be discussed to explore the portrayal of sexuality and analyze the actions depicted by the characters in the movie. For this discussion, the 2011 movie entitled “ No Strings Attached” will be the subject of analysis determining ...

Introduction

Public Relations is the premeditated, planned and continued effort to establish and maintain mutual understanding between an organization and its public subjects. Vogue being a highly profitable global brand has got its presence in nearly all the major cities of the world. While being a global brand is highly profitable to the firm, it is also highly fragile due to the sheer scale of the cultures it transverses. Fashion is highly hinged on prestige and customers therefore like to associate with brands that are most reputable. Being such a fragile industry, competition does not only rest at the product quality or pricing, ...

Main Argument of the Readings

Silvia Federici, Chandra Mohanty and Alicia Muszynski discussed in their respective articles the sociological facet of the inferiority perceived upon women. “Insatiable sexuality”, in the case of Federici, socioeconomic differences for Mohanty and race-gender stratification noted by Muszynski all point to reasons why women, under different classifications, receive unfair treatment. The three articles stand united in explaining that women received discrimination because of their biological sex and that it is a demeaning factor when added with other condescending characteristics such as socioeconomic conditions and race.

Personal Argument on the Readings

On a personal note, I perceive the connection between the three articles as highly characteristic of ...

Directed, produced and written by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, 'Miss Representation' is an American Documentary film that brings out the farcical reality of women empowerment with only 17% women as elected officials in Congress and 7% as directors in Hollywood movies. The mainstream media projects women as a showpiece who needs to fit into certain parameters to look beautiful and sexy and the image of women thus created breeds an overpowering notion in the minds of young women and men that the value and power of a woman lay in her sensuality, youth and beauty and not in her ability to be a ...

Review of the truthaboutnursing.org Website

The website, www.truthaboutnursing.org, provides useful insights into how the nursing profession is portrayed in mainstream media. It cites specific instances whereby the character, roles, knowledge base, and nurse-physician relationships are depicted in an adverse light in television ads, newspaper articles, you-tube videos, and medical drama episodes and series. Such publicity creates inaccurate perceptions of the nursing profession and its practitioners amongst the general public. The articles in the website highlight numerous incidences whereby the character of nurses is ridiculed and greatly misrepresented by the media. In some commercials and videos, nurses are depicted as sexual objects dressed in ...

Is technology now threatening the nature and perhaps the very existence of the live performing arts and how those arts should respond to the changes being brought about by technology? The fast pace development of technology is often cited as the reason why live performing arts are no longer as popular as it was before. The ticket sales for new motion pictures and 3D movies are way higher than theater shows and other similar productions’. Indeed, it is tempting to generalize that technological advancements have made the nature of live arts an obsolete and non-profitable one. However, there ...

Book review: In search of respect by Philippe Bourgois

About the author

Philippe Bourgois is an experienced writer and researcher. He is also a professor and the chairman in the anthropology, history and social medicine department at the University of California. He mainly focuses his research on political mobilization of the ethnic communities in central and north America, political violence, labour relations in this region and the general life of the marginalized communities within America and especially the street families in the inner city dwellings of North America. He has also done research about the violence and the HIV prevalence in such dwellings, bringing out the suffering that is ...

In the United States of America, the links between journalism and public reaction easily trace back to 1788 when the Independent Journal and The New York Packet published the original essays for the Federalist Papers serially, giving free rein to public commentary on the issues that were later to become The Bill of Rights. . The technology of the day that made that possible was the moving type printing press and improved delivery systems that brought the papers out to the public on a regular basis. Radio brought the news every day into peoples’ homes. However, public reaction to news changed ...

Introduction

The late nineteenth century and the beginning twentieth century were marked by the great expansions and development in the society. The same was also evident in music which is part of an art that was in a revolution stage resulting to various movements. This paper will analyse two twentieth century movements which are pop and punk music. Works done by artists in the different genres will also be analysed to bring out the difference.

Pop Music

According to Hubbard, pop music is a music genre that is associated with rock and roll music and intended to appeal to the youth market (3). In ...