Essays on Newspaper

The postmodern understanding of advertisement goes beyond the need to select what means of the platform to use. It encourages the use of all manner of methods through which consumers may be reached. Not that firm should be extravagant and use all methods at the same time economically, but that advertisers consider every outlet through which they can reach the consumer. This kind of advertising puts the consumer on the frontline so much so, advertisers will reach out through whatever method is most convenient for a specific market group. This means adverts will be put in print, on television, Continue reading...

- Identify the issue as a social problem
The market for mass media increases as the society keeps growing. Mass media plays a vital role in ensuring people understand the society they live exist. The newspaper was the first form of mass media to be introduced in 1440 in Germany. Since its invention, people have been relying on the newspaper for gathering information until other forms of media were made available (Barber). Since the introduction of television in 1970s, the demand for newspapers has gone down many people terming them as things of the past. The development of mass Continue reading...

In his session at Ted Talks, Eli Pariser discusses the way the internet is filtering information for us. The data that reaches us is not in our control. According to Eli Pariser, there are invisible algorithms that are sifting out data depending upon our previous history on the internet. This was initially the role of newspaper editors and journalists before technology came. The internet is focusing an individual’s direction according to its own interpretations about our likes and dislikes. This raises questions about the ethics guidelines followed by those regulating the web.
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The USA Today is a leading name in the newspaper industry of the United States. Its simple layout and colorful presentation are the most admired features of the newspaper. The creator, Gannett Company Inc., chose the newspaper industry to tap into the English reading population and make the life easier for the readers. USA Today has brought an evolution in the daily lives of the consumers through its innovative approach. It was launched in the early 1980s to fulfill tow significant needs of the consumers: first is the need for short spans and secondly the need to be informed ( Continue reading...

Why are newspapers not important in the 21st century?

Newspapers are the only source of information for all classes of people in our
Society. As we know newspapers first appeared in Europe in the 17th century they had an
evolution slowly and gradually from a similar type of publication to a single sheet of
paper that would respond to events which were unusual. Although newspapers currently
and those in the past were similar in many ways, newspapers and their content have
changed over time. The decline of sales in newspapers has been widely due to
ever increasing newsprint prices, decreasing advertisements sales, the loss of putting classified
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News keeps people in touch with what is happening around the world. It is disseminated through so many channels including the print media, radio, television and through the internet through many ways. News keep people in touch all over the world and it is important that people access them because news gives them insights to dynamics that form the dynamics around life. Technological advancements have propelled the delivery of news into new heights, and therefore, brought about a lot of change (Berry, 16). In the news world, several modes of delivering news have come up threatening the use of Continue reading...

I will not tell my new employer the technology secret used by my former employer. I feel it is not ethical to share the company’s secrets with outsiders. The decision is not an easy one based on the fact that I was fired by my previous employer. I feel that by sharing this information, I will avenge myself and the other fired employees. In addition, the success of my current employer’s project will get me a promotion and pay rise. It is very tempting to reveal the secret of my former employer.
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Office floor cleaning is held as a service offered by the UCC. Since the UCC article 2 & article 9 covers only sales and/or cleaning as a franchise service or as an added complementary action to a sale, Serviceco’s contract will not be enforceable under the Uniform Commercial Code. Therefore, we need to subject it to the common law.

For our analysis, let us first do the following

Step I: The conditions of a contract which make it legally enforceable.
A contract is an agreement between two parties under which there is a
- An expression of interest from one party
- An offer from the second party.
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The scope of yellow journalism can be traced to the late 19th century, whereby it was utilized as one of the primary factors that supported the United States and Spain to triumph over Cuba and its ally; the Philippines. In fact, it is through the use of yellow journalism that the United States managed to acquire oversea territories across various realms during the late 19th century. While much has been hypothesized regarding yellow journalism, it is of the essence to note that it mainly connotes to a style of newspaper reporting that does not focus on facts, but over-emphasizes Continue reading...

Analyzing the New York Times

In the 21st century, the development of technology means that several media companies have entered the market. This has increased competition for clients and customers. With the accessibility of the internet, it has become easy for people to access information. No sector has been affected as much as the media industry. Whether in the print media, online news, advertising or broadcasting, there are several companies and organisations that seek to assert their superiority. The increased competition is a major cause of concern. Because of this, companies have resorted to employing mechanisms through which to analyze the external and internal Continue reading...

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Erie Times is newspaper firm based in Pennsylvania and has a daily circulation of 50,000 newspapers. The newspaper focus is Erie County while it also focuses on Ohio and New York. The firm started operations in 1988 headed by Mead family. Previously, the Time Publishing Company had two newspapers that include Erie Dispatch Herald and Erie Morning News. The two newspapers merged in 2000 and currently it is Erie Times-News. The merger has led to change in leadership away from the Mead family. The receiver received accolades as the “Newspaper of the Year” in 2003” and Continue reading...

The tendency of different media sources to cover the same story differently or with bias is common in the modern days. Obviously, this happens because of many reasons that operate in the background of each media station or forces behind influential individuals in various media. Of course, all the biases in the media attest to the popular notion that the media is not neutral. This is something that we can all agree. Noticing that claims must be backed up with facts, a close analysis and comparison of the coverage of president Obama’s speech on ISIS across the guardian Continue reading...

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Newspapers are a dying medium
With the rise in internet and demand of search engines mainly through Google and Yahoo, the reading habit of users is changed. Instead of just reading newspaper in hand, readers show more interest in reading online blogs, different writers of their choice, online newspaper or search current affairs via search engines. (Flavián, p. 231) Even though, newspaper is still a widely sold, out news resource today but the sales have considerably declined, and the trend is that sales will continue to further drop. The newspaper Continue reading...

Augustine (354–430 AD) and Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274 AD) were both Christian philosophers who focused on God and what God expected of humanity. An application of their philosophies to decisions made in modern times reveal how much more rigid the lives of people were during the Roman Empire and the medieval period. However, there are still arguments to be made using these philosophical concepts of ethics. In the case of the newspaper columnist who signed a contract and then decided to break the contract because she wanted to accept a better job Augustine’s ethical principles, though rigid, Continue reading...

Zen Master Seung Sahn is known for his famous teaching which carry impressive but complex meanings which might a while for a person to understand. Sahn emphases on the way people should put their entire mind on what they doing and avoid any sort of destruction. This implies that if a person is eating; let him or her eat whereas those that are reading their newspapers they should continue reading it. This implied that people should always pay attention to anything they do. For instance, when a person listens to music attentively, he or she can be able notice Continue reading...

Iran’s nuclear program development attracts massive international response and more prominence in USA, Britain and other foreign governments and the entire public. The dispute poses major fundamental questions about the nuclear non-proliferation regime given that its result could have a major negative effect on the regional and international security. The news media reporting is the one majorly entrusted with the role of providing a public understanding of most foreign affairs and in this case, the Iran’s nuclear program development. The news media play an essential role in framing the public’s understanding on various matters of interest. Continue reading...

Executive Summary

The newspaper industry is in a flux. There are making cutbacks. This affects different aspects civil society and government in different ways. A PEST perspectives provides an glance at the industry and how it will affect Political, Economic, Social and Technological spheres.

Introduction to PEST Analysis

A PEST analysis is a tool used to gain a complex perspective on a certain business or products. The PEST analysis was created by Francis Aguilar, a harvord professor. The letters of the acronym PEST stand for the different perspective that its object is being viewed from. Those being: Political, Economic, Social and Technological. This type of Continue reading...

Analysis of the News of the World Case

Introduction
The News of the World was one of the big selling newspapers in UK. It was also one of the old newspapers sold in million copies in UK from 1843 to 2011. Owned by the well-reputed media firm News Limited in which Rupert Murdoch, the famous Media tycoon of America, was a managing director, the News of the World was mostly famous for publishing celebrity oriented scandals and populist scoops. Over the years, the newspaper exposed many national as well as local celebrities' sinful sexual acts, drug abuse, and criminal activities by setting up journalists in various disguises Continue reading...

The public opinion in China is shaped by the influence of the media to a considerable extent. The control of the media has spread to the realm of politics in the nation and thus, the media sector possesses incredible power, being supported by over 2,000 magazine and newspaper publications. Both these categories of print media fiercely compete for the attention of the public as well as the incentive of acquiring the lion’s share of a prized advertising market in the country. However, the state consistently monitors and reviews the policies of the media to gauge the extent Continue reading...

Description of the Theme

The short story written by John Updike entitled “Dog’s Death” centers on unraveling vividly the excruciating pain described as quietly endured by a beloved pet dog prior to the eventual and inevitable demise and the surrounding love and affection felt for the dog as they tried their best to address the dog’s dilemma. As noted in chapter 7, “theme in fiction is associated with something abstract, something broad: The theme in a story is associated with an idea that lies behind the storyis a representation of the idea behind the story” .

Identification of at Least Two of the Literary Elements that Contribute to the Theme

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Introduction

According to Emmanuel Jacob Williams who is 66 years media have made his life better. According to Jacob, the media has been a source of information to him. Since retiring media has helped him keep up with current issues through television, radio and newspaper. He compared the current style of media of passing information and the way information was being communicated during his early days of life. Jacob says that at his teenage hood, he recalls some the way news was being broadcast. News were first recorded then brought on air reason being the government had the power to Continue reading...

Introduction

The news is one form of entertainment that people cannot live without. People may want an easy read type of news or hardcore, hard-hitting news that tackle subjects such as politics, economics, terrorism, and world news, among others. But what is "news" per se? News is about events, occurrences, people, and places. It is anything that happens everywhere, although not all news finds its way to television, radio, print, or any other media. It does not matter whatever medium is used to deliver news as long as it is objectively presented, current, controversial, informational, timely, and has direct impact Continue reading...

List of Tables VIII

List of Figures IX
List of AbbreviationsX
Abstract XII
CHAPTER ONE– INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction1
1.2 Thesis Problem Statement.. 2
1.3 The Purpose of the Study 2
1.4 Significance of the Study3
1.5 Research Sub-Questions 3
1.6 Methodology..4
1.7 Limitations of the Study.4

CHAPTER TWO: BACKGROUND & LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Introduction ...5
2.2 What is a website? .. 5
2.3 Studies on web Translation. 6
2.4 Studies on Web Localization 7
2.4.1 Degrees of localization .. 9
2.4.2 Text perspectives in localization process 10
2.5 Web Internalization & Web Globalization 10
2.5.1 Web Internalization .11
2.5.2 Web Globalization ..12

CHAPTER THREE: WEBSITE TYPES, FUNCTIONS, AND TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES

3.1 Introduction.14
3.2 Websites according to Function14
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For the purpose of this paper, I will be reviewing media messages from The New York Times newspaper. I will analyze, interpret and evaluate different media texts as they available on this newspaper. The first media text that I retrieved from The New York Times is an advert of NYTimes application for Android smart phones and tablets. In this advert, there are bulleted points that give the reader the specifications of this new app, which is meant for Android operating system devices. The application that is also branded as the New Android-only Times Experience has a new android optimized Continue reading...

Information about a particular subject can actually come from a variety of sources depending on the subject question being discussed. I found out that information sources are categorized, depending on the originality and the proximity of the source, into two major groups. Primary sources and secondary sources, primary sources of information contain information which is direct from the source or a particular person. Basically, primary sources include information that has not been filtered through either interpretation or edition. In my conclusion, I found the following suiting in this category: autobiographies, empirical journal articles, books, statistics, interviews, newspaper articles, photographs, Continue reading...

Paper I (s1)

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

RESEARCH TOPIC

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

METHODOLOGY

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

1. What audiences will you need to consider in your response?
Since the letter was published in the local newspaper, the response should also be published in the same local newspaper to cater to the particular audiences who read this newspaper within the local community. The response should be sent to the editor of the local newspaper and be requested to be published as a response to the disgruntled customer who allegedly complained on the service and entertainment in the recent cruise. As such, the readers who have apparently read the complaint could also read the response from the Continue reading...

Introduction

Media refers to different channels that we use to convey messages and information in the world. We have different types of media e.g. Newspaper, television, magazines, Radio, Film, music and internet. We have different types of media print and visual media.
In the 21st century communication is becoming faster and better. It is important to know how to learn and understand those messages that images convey. It is also vital to know how messages are conveyed and created. This ensures that you don’t get lied to in messages.
Media studies are also about knowing how production of media Continue reading...

Communication and Media Industries:

Communication and Media Industries
Technology is moving faster than ever; new media has opened up new opportunities for individuals and businesses alike. However, with these new opportunities come challenges and issues. With the decline of newspaper readership also goes advertising revenues. There is a battle to find a business model which is sustainable, all because of the internet. Even though new technology means faster, almost instant information, the business model form of the media has been compromised. Audiences get their information from online sources which go straight to their gadgets and devices. The internet is available all day and Continue reading...

Abstract

Having investigated the current status of The Chronicle Gazette and the issues that are affecting the industry currently, it is of importance to analyze the findings in a report to enable the decision-makers and the managers of the firm to make evidence-based strategies to improve and manage high performance. Some of the predicaments and challenges that consequently lead to the decline in the sales made by the firm are identifiable and this report helps in identifying these problems, proposing effective measures and devising appropriate plan effective in re-inventing the industry. This report therefore provides a detailed analysis of some Continue reading...

Introduction

Print and web are powerful medium that get used to communicate messages to respective viewers and or users. There exist differences between both medium even though they appear to disseminate similar messages. This paper aims at comparing and contrasting the differences and similarities of three newspaper articles in their print and web versions.

U.S warplanes in Somalia airspace

For both the newspaper print and web version of this article, the message communicated is similar and replicate each other.
There is a difference in the font size and style of the wordings in print and web versions of the article. The font size and size Continue reading...

Buffalo news is one of the leading newspapers circulated in the Buffalo NY and Niagara Falls Metropolitan region. The Buffalo News was found in 1873 by Edward Hubert Butler Sr and was initially started as a Sunday newspaper. The Buffalo News has been three time Pulitzer Prize winner and was a nominated finalist on four times. It has won numerous statewide awards, in competition with the New York City papers among other renowned newspapers in the market (Buffalonews.com). Buffalo.com was launched in 1999 and it has been one of the busiest websites in the Western New York area. Some Continue reading...

Introduction

The newspaper is among the most efficient ways of conveying product information to customers. Other methods of conveying information include magazines, radio, direct mail (out door advertising), and digital media like websites, text messages and blogs. A part from advertising to boost sales, the newspaper can also be used to assure shareholders and employees that that the company is successful. Another non commercial function of the newspaper is spreading of propaganda. Newspapers also help in reaching various groups like religious organizations, interested groups as well as government urgencies. However, this article is going to focus on the commercial role Continue reading...

Background

The joining forces policy is an initiative developed by First lady Michele Obama in conjunction with the secretary of State Joe Biden. The initiative is meant to call attention to veterans of the United States who have gone to war for their country and are cleared to join the society after their service. The initiative stems from the moral obligation that soldiers who have come from war fighting for their country should not come home only to continue the war which this time has to do with fighting for job opportunities (AAN, 2014).
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ABSTRACT

Information security and reliability is one of the most important factors considered when selecting a communication channel. The channel must ensure that the information is free from distortion. In this report, three sources of information are analyzed, their advantages and disadvantages evaluated and a recommendation finally made about the most appropriate source that can be used to handle information about climatic change and adaptations.

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INDUSTRY AND EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ANALYS: PUBLISHING

Industry and External Environment Analysis: Publishing

This assessment will cover the internal and external consideration which affect the current and forecast performance of the publishing industry. For these purposes the publishing industry will consist of those companies which publish newspapers, periodical magazines, revues, reports and other publications, books and directories (Bureau of Labour Statistics, 2014). These publications may take the form of print, digital media or any other distributable format. Taking the current environment into consideration a large part of this analysis will be concerned with the effects of new media on the traditional publishing world. How new methods Continue reading...

Analysis Products and Services of CBS

CBS Corporation is a large-scale multimedia company with its key operation in United States. The company specializes in operating broadcasting, television programs and publishing operations. The company has its history back in 1927 when William S. Paley took over the leadership and established outstanding strategies after which the company grew tremendously for a decade. Paley focused on radio broadcasting, which was the, key form of mass media at the time and changed the name of the company to give it a face in the market. In was in 1928 when the company’s name Columbia Broadcast System (CBS) was Continue reading...

The newspaper industry has been listed as one of the top 10 shrinking industries in 2011(Izzo, 2011). A survey conducted by Tyler Marshall of the Pew Research Center in 2008 among 259 newspapers revealed that 59% of newspapers had reduced their full time news staff due to financial concerns. (Journalism.org, 2008) Is the newspaper industry about to die? This has been the question among economist. Several factors are attributed to the falling industry especially during the rapid technological advances that evolved during the 21st century. Less and less people are stopping by newspaper stands to get their get Continue reading...

The conflict between North Korea and South Korea and United States has existed for more than five decades. The involved parties have tried to resolve this issue through dialogue and signing of international treaties, but in vain. Instead, the conflict seems to escalate day after day; an idea that has affects economic, social, and political development in the region. This issue has escalated enmity between the involved parties and their allies thus weakening regional integration and economic prosperity. The international community has raised its concern about this problem and has tried organizing peace conferences and dialogues with the intention Continue reading...

English

Benjamin Franklin was born on the 17th of January, 1706. He was also known as The First American” as he was one of the founding fathers of the United States of America. In addition to this, he was also a dominant author and printer as well as a postmaster, politician, statesman, diplomat and most importantly, a civic activist. Franklin had made many discoveries and inventions in the field of science as well. The invention of the lightning rod, Franklin stove and bifocals were some of them. As a civic activist, he had founded and facilitated a university and Philadelphia’ Continue reading...