Essays on Media

Term Paper

Our respiratory system is composed of the air passages provided by 1) nose, 2) pharynx, 3) larynx and 4) the respiratory surfaces of the lungs. The primary function of this system is ventilation and gas exchange. However, there are certain secondary roles played by this system viz. olfaction, phonation, and stabilization of the thorax during the mechanical exertion and certain other biochemical functions.
Anatomy and physiology of the larynx: Larynx (commonly known as Voice Box) is a part of lower respiratory tract and is the organ for phonation (generation of sounds). Basically, Larynx is an air passage and has Continue reading...

Introduction

The Arab Spring occurs as one of the widely discussed topics in history. This can be attributed to the fact that the Arab Spring evolved into a significant global event in history. The Arab Spring can be traced to the beginning of the early twentieth century when revolts to topple over authoritarian regimes in the Middle East became the most adequate solution to dictatorship, which had defied global trends aligned with liberalisation of the populations. Worth noting is the fact that social media played a comprehensive role in enhancing the success of the Arab Spring. Precisely, social media platforms Continue reading...

Introduction

The cheetah ( Acinonyx jubatus) is the fastest land animal with a widely quoted speed of 71 miles per hour or 32ms-1 however time trials under controlled circumstances show that the top speed is somewhere around 29ms-1 or 64 miles per hour (Sharpp, 1997). The Cheetah is uniquely adapted for speed and very few other land mammals can boast of such physiological specializations. Cheetah is a member of the group Felidae and they are unique in many ways. To start with, the African cheetah is the only species in the genus Acinonyx. Out of the 37 species in the cat Continue reading...

The media has and continues to play a comprehensive role in offering crucial information to the public. This has led to the emergence of notions that the media is perhaps a branch of government that advocates for the needs of the public. Even so, it is essential to note that the recent past has experienced cases whereby the media has disregarded its role of informing the public. This is evident by the persistent rise in the airing of violent and immoral content across various media platforms. This has led to the development of notions as to whether the government Continue reading...

The story by Don DeLillo is about two teenage girls appearing on a kids’ television channel. The setting is in a minimum-security prison in Dubai, where criminals charged with financial crimes are rehabilitated. One of the criminals happens to be the father of the teenage girls who are presenting the market news and reports. Issues of financial market and financial reports that the girls are reporting on are too advanced for them. Observing the very first show they present, we understand that they have no understanding of what they are presenting; they have been given scripts with the reports, Continue reading...

Introduction

The recent technological innovation brought many changes in the society over the past century. The twentieth century is a period of technological change; almost everything is not permanent and constantly evolving in order to make the society a better place to live. In the earlier days, man has only known few methods of communication; however, in the modern era, man had already explored the universe bringing forth the latest gadgets to support their needs. In addition, the invention of the World Wide Web is in fact the most helpful tool to search for countless of online information from around Continue reading...

Technology: Does Internet Really Threaten Human’s Intelligence?

How lucky it is to live in the era of electronic media and witness all these fast changes. Electronic media has changed people's lives enormously. However, these changes cannot all be described as either good or bad. Although electronic media has improved the quality of human's lives, it has also created some problems and anxieties. For instance, knowledge and education today benefit and suffer simultaneously from these technologies. Moreover, some people have expressed reservations that technological media has some negative effects on the human brain. Although electronic media can produce a culture of distraction, which hinders the process of Continue reading...

There are controversial definitions of the use of Facebook. Different people cannot understand how the most famous social media operates and why it remains the most significant social media. Facebook Company has recently recorded exclusive meaning to the public following the ability to connect the world through an equal platform. The social media is exclusively influential to different areas that highly rely on communication as an element that is extensively fundamental in defining their success. It would be wise to consider how the information that may be referred to as private by subscribers leaks to other companies.
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DO WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF MEDIA INFOTAINMENT AND MELODRAMATIC REPORTAGE?

Introduction
For the past 4 decades, the role of the media has been in the process of transforming. Traditionally, the role of the media has been purely on performing an informative role concerning various events taking place across the globe. This phenomena is commonly known as the provision of hard news where the reporter presents the facts to the viewers they way they occurred. However, this is no longer the case, as the media is increasingly indulging in the provision of information as well as entertaining the society. The media houses have been shifting from the traditional methods of Continue reading...

Management Practices at Web media

Management Practices at Web media
Planning, leading, organizing, staffing and controlling are widely accepted functions of management; effective implementation of these management practices helps managers in better decision making and problem solving. In fact, principles of management have, at times, been, synonymized with P-O-L-C framework that includes planning, organizing, leading and controlling.
This paper exemplifies the application of these management practices at Web media, a website design and development organization. It will provide a holistic understanding to readers about the implementation of management practices at workplace.

As Web media is a startup, managers have planned to create brand awareness Continue reading...

Introduction

This research plan originated from a course focusing on research design proposals in political science. This proposal will summarize the existing information and find room for discovery and additional development of the dialogue surrounding women’s rights worldwide, specifically using Saudi Arabia as a focal lens. It will focus on the effect of the American media’s influence on Saudi Arabian people, and their consequent disposition towards gender equality. It draws upon data collected from numerous publications reporting on perception of America media and any changes that Saudis may have in opinion regarding women’s contributions and place in Continue reading...

Article name: Lead levels in drinking water spike when copper and lead pipes are joined

http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/23098.aspx
In this article written by Diana Lutz talks about the harmful effects of lead if present in drinking water and how the replacement of the lead pipes to copper pipes can increase the lead content in water. Lead pipes when mixed with copper pipes, this leads to the increased concentration of lead contamination due to galvanic corrosion which is the process of corrosion wherein the zinc coating of the pipes is oxidised. According to the US environmental protection agency, the lead concentration in drinking water could be to a maximum of 15 parts per million. But the level Continue reading...

Management

Over the last few years or so, media has been influential in the way companies conduct their businesses. The technological advancement and the emergence of social media have been a revelation in the world of marketing. The presence of the internet and the ever-increasing consumerism has meant that more people are becoming informed about markets and products thereby having an impact in their decisions. Clearly, the most intense impact has been the use of the media in designing marketing strategies by organizations. Outside marketing, the media also influences the way to conduct the management. Decision-making in the management has Continue reading...

Analysis

Media is a powerful and an effective tool to the society, and it`s aspects are particularly emphasized in modern days. Some of the factors explaining why media is important as shown in the media audit report include;

Media as an important element of recreation and entertainment

Through movies and music, one can experience entertainment and recreation, because the content in these forms of media is usually fascinating and exciting to watch or listen to. They are able to, relax the mind and change the mood of a person especially when exhausted due to work or other duties. Music is a frequent aspect of media that is developed Continue reading...

Following the American Psychological Association's Guidelines

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Lt. Governor Spencer J. Cox-Utah and Emergency Response
Lt. Go Cox, the Vice-president of a small telecommunications company, addressed some of the communications-related obstacles as well as problems with the management of volunteers, which needed to be overcome in Sanpete County after the fire at Woodhallow. He was able to help open communications lines for emergency responders. Furthermore, he pointed out the problem that community leaders and emergency responders have had with failing to use resources or "assets at their fingertips" without knowing who would incur a cost. He also mentioned social media's reach to the community-at-large, Continue reading...

INSTITUITON

There is nothing wrong with wanting to look presentable. People should go out in public with good personal hygiene habits and should want to wear cloths appropriate for the situation that they find themselves in. However, sometimes people can go to far to one end of an extreme and become obsessed with their physical appearance to the point that it negatively affects their life. As will be seen in this essay, young people are especially susceptible to carrying too much about their physical appearance. This can have negative effects on their health, their social lives, and the personal relationship Continue reading...

Introduction

A communication channel refers to the medium used in the exchange of information among different parties. For instance, print media is used to relay information from one person to another through writing. The term ‘channels’ is used to specifically refer to the physical means like wires, mails and sound used to convey information between different parties. However, there have been recent advancements in the field of communication.
These developments have led to shifts in the communication sector. Currently, mediums of transmitting information do not necessarily have to be tangible. There are electronic media that allow people to share information Continue reading...

Just as constitutional rights protect the normal citizens of a country from oppression, the individuals who compose, write and record music have rights to protect the acts of their creation. In the absence of these rights, those who have dreams of focusing their energies and talents into creating music would be economically unable to that. This outcome would inadvertently shrink the artistic expression that exists today as well as that of the future generations. This paper aims to look at the universe of music royalties and explore some of the financial and business related issues of this industry. It Continue reading...

Describe how NBC’s programming, economic incentives, business strategies, foreign and domestic distribution, and use of technology changed from 1980-2010.

Introduction – Boom of Television
The 1970’s was the era of exploration, but then in the 1980’s a boom of television began. The cable television gave replaced the limited amount of traditional channels and brought out more channels. The three channels were replaced with sixty and later two hundred channels. The rapid growth of the channels compelled the channel owners to think hard about what they were going to show to the people, as television was gaining immense attention of the audience on a daily basis . Their main purpose had to be to show something so engaging that Continue reading...

Introduction

For one to conduct a detailed analysis of a topic surrounding online education, it is better to be careful with the choice of sources to be used because some sources may give bias information regarding the same topic. Apart from that, the validity and credibility of the sources being consulted should be approved empirically and realistically to ensure that information collected from such sources is accurate.

Where the research was done and what sources were used

I considered conducting my research using online sources; categorically, from online media sources because these sources presented their information about online education in a clear and an informed way. The sources used are Continue reading...

Victims of Violence

Photographs portray deeper messages than written stories hence have over time become the major methods journalists use to ensure their stories stick. Pulitzer Prizes are given to journalists who have the most gruesome photographs. Readers ethically get repulsed by such images despite the fact that they really want to know what happened.
The immediate impact of these photos is that they spark emotional response. Photos have a greater impact in the transmission of the message than written words (Godwin 1983). Many people who are not addicted to reading or rather can’t read at all at least peruse the Continue reading...

Media Ethics

The integration of the electronic media has affected our daily life globally. Tools applying in the electronic media offer a mechanism to communicate effectively without the limitations of geographical distances. Electronic media enables interactions between different cultures worldwide. Web based forums such as YouTube enable users to interact online and share information. It is crucial to maintaining professional boundaries in the environment of electronic communication. The limitation of an effective framework in this environment is due to lack of clear and defined interaction as well as the rules of engagement. It is possible for people to violate professional Code Continue reading...

Executive Summary

Euronews can be considered as one of the most experimental news channels in Europe. As its new motto (‘going global’) suggests, it seeks to step into international broadcasting and reach out to a global audience. Euronews aims towards achieving a transnational perspective on news; it does not focus on European stories only. The channel has adopted a policy to transform itself into a public diplomacy tool. For this reason Euronews has taken on a strategy to practice public diplomacy by taking up non-European languages as means for targeting non- European audiences. The rationale behind changing the structure of Euronews Continue reading...

Summary

Islam is the dominant religion in most parts of Malaysia. Most people have managed to balance both physical and spiritual developments in this religion. This culture was recently marked during the previous celebrations of the inception of Islam Hadhari. According to the Prime Minister, it aimed at maintaining the set morals and ethics of the religion. However, media has a great role in achieving civilization to all in the Islam community, in the country.
However, tension still prevails between nationalism and globalization. Nationalism is bound to promote the modernity in every society while globalization encourages use of the recent Continue reading...

A strategy is an action or plan that is made to achieve an aim or goal. Overstock.com came to be in the year 1999. It is an online shopping company that serves a certain niche of clientele. Its brands are very affordable. The aim of the company is to become the premier company selling excess inventory through the internet. The company has grown to become an online shopping company that is a force to reckon with in the market. Though the company has received major competition from other online shopping companies like EBay and Amazon, it still remains the Continue reading...

Analysis of 10k of Dish Network and Direct TV

Executive Summary
Organizations have to work extremely hard to maintain their effectiveness in the market as it is something which induces them to work hard for the economic prosperity. Every company that worked under a specific industry always try to maximize its financial belongings and shareholder’s wealth, but is really important for them to mitigate the issues relating to it which certainly leads to higher economic prosperity.
Financial based competitiveness could be extremely important for the sake of an organization in particular. The main perspective of this assignment is to analyze the financial power of two different companies Continue reading...

Facebook acquired the mobile messaging service WhatsApp, a rapidly growing mobile messaging company for close to $19 billion.Facebook’s CEO Mack Zuckerberg stated that the mission of the acquisition was to “make the world more open and connected” (Malik 1). This they aim to do by building services that would enable the sharing of any type of content with any group of people they want. Zuckerberg further stated that WhatsApp would enable them achieve their goal through the continued developing of a service that people around the world would continue loving to use.This move would bring Facebook closer to Continue reading...

Abstract

Social media has become an important medium of communication for individuals as well as for the companies, government, news channels, and various other groups. Social media influence on people is continuously increasing. Social media provides a common platform to the people where they can share their ideas, likes, dislikes, important information, news, pictures, and various other information. This platform facilitates people not only communicate with known person, but also with unknown persons. The social media have various advantages and disadvantages. This paper presents a detailed analysis of social media, its usage, advantages, problems, and solutions to the problems. The Continue reading...

Recently, Governments have been blocking and banning some websites on the internet. Furthermore, some countries such as Bahrain and Kuwait are spying on some social networks, and there is a strong punishment for citizens who write or talk about sensitive subjects on those social network websites. Actually, those governments or countries believe that controlling internet censorship is the best way to protect the country from political and religious struggles between its citizens who have different religion and vision in life. Internet censorship results in the restriction of certain sites of the internet hence restricting information flow in the country. Continue reading...

A study of the Effects of Social Media on the Arab Spring; Syria case

The Arab Spring refers to the instance that characterized the North Africa and Eastern Europe. I this regard, the countries that border this region was characterized by repressions and war related instances that were targeting the respective governments in the specific countries. The counties covered in the Arab Spring include, Tunisia, Egypt and Sudan when it is related to Africa. On the other hand, the countries that comprise Eastern Europe are the likes of Tehran and Syria. It is referred to as the Arab spring because it center staged in the Arab world over a very short period (Wilson, Continue reading...

Abstract

The investigator examines ESPN first take and their coverage of black athletes. The intent is to compare the representation of black athletes opposed to their white counterparts. Research on this issue and aspire to extend and expand my findings by focusing primarily on the coverage that is done specifically by ESPN first take and how they use social media as the court of public opinion. Some of the issues that I will share will be similar, and others will be dissimilar, as the goal is to make a correlation in the treatment. Research material will be varied.
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Research paper

Educational institution

Introduction

Globalization has made a significant contribution both socially and economically. Although, the focus was mainly on the socio-economic impacts of globalization, it is important to consider globalization from the cultural point of view. Since the 80’s in 20th century, Hollywood has been putting a lot of efforts in promoting strategies toward globalization, through which Hollywood movies have virtually reached each and every corner of the planet in an unprecedented speed and scale. Globalization in Hollywood films portray the inevitable result of globalization of world economy, where the “Chinese elements”, in particular, have become an epitome in Continue reading...

Critical thinking

Part 1: Huffington Post analysis
Traditional text-based reporting techniques, such as prints, outdoor, audio and slideshows still play a significant role in the media today. The traditional media is, however, blended with the rich media such as social media and videos. Both two types of the media included at Huffington Post to promote the social channels. The Huffington post, for example, uses video links, photos and text to bring a clear and brief presentation of the news. The post is also open to response and feedback through the Facebook, twitter and Google plus links. The video or the post Continue reading...

Article # 1 - How to Get More Visitors to Click, Buy or Promote on Your Site:

When we talk about perfection in a website, there is no such thing. In other words, it means that there is always a room for improvement and betterment. The point to ponder is how to improve one’s website. The first step is to determine the primary goal of website. What purpose does it serve to the target audience? Is the purpose of the page to promote it on social media, encourage people to call you, get chances to fill out a form or to generate online sales? Once a person understands what the goal is all about, the Continue reading...

Cliché seeks to be the market leader in clothing lines in our target market demographic. Through the implementation of a strategic marketing mix, we intend to reaches our target market through various efforts.
1. Product
Cliché products are designed to be unique, versatile and affordable. We employ trendy designs with quality fabric and manufacturing that produce an end-product similar to high-end clothing lines. Our primary marketing focus is on delivering an affordable product line to our target market.
Our product line includes: jeans, shorts, dresses, skirts, t-shirts, and polo shirts. Each item in our product line is clearly branded, Continue reading...

D Team

March9, 2014

JAPAN AND THE CREATION OF THE INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE 2
E. Defining the Internet
1. Cultural Context
The global spread of information technology has played a crucial role in the postmodern era of globalization as it is a majorly precondition for intensive worldwide interactions of people and exchanges of goods, information and capital. Information technocrats predict a final convergence of culturally different sectors into one world culture where a standardized information exchange is seamless. However, this is still an illusion as too many non-cultural factors and soft cultural hindrances exist as inhibitors for international association.
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- Working definition of lens
Mass media communication is the use of various media technologies with an objective to communicate to a large population. The media technologies include Television, radio, film and recorded music amongst others.
The communication phenomena that we understand is the role, impact and the significance of mass media and the best ways to utilize the sense of cultural phenomena in our lives.
Mass media heightens our awareness by informing us the things that happen in the society. It ensures that it validates particular social and cultural norms practiced in the society.
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Comparison and Contrast between Functionalism and Marxism

Evaluate how social factors (education, religion, family and media) affect society and individual
Social factors, such as education, religion, family, and media, affect society and individual in myriad ways. Starting with informal education in the family or foster home care, a child is being initiated, acculturated, socialized or taught social practices . Further, depending on the religious practices of the family or society, a child learns moral codes (that is, things he or she ought and not ought to do). From informal education, in today’s modern world, a child then receives formal schooling where he or she acquires Continue reading...

The information about policies that the public needs to know should be truthful and free of bias as much as possible as these information shape public opinion and even electoral decision. The presentation of the factual and unbiased information about policies is most of the time the responsibility of media as politicians are subject to their political beliefs and stand on the specific issue. The media, as the Fourth Estate, should present this information in such a way there could be clarity and understanding between the government officials and the constituents.
There has been a lot of information published Continue reading...

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- Oprah Winfrey
- The first point in Winfrey’s commencement address was that her message focuses on inspiration for anyone who has felt “inferior, disadvantaged, or screwed by life.” This point was explained when sharing her teenage years developing into a young adult in Tennessee. Based on those early years, she obviously felt inferior and screwed; yet she went on to do great things in life.
- The second point presented the success of her television show along with the ups and downs of raising the bar. She shared the importance of recalculating one’ Continue reading...