Essays on Wisc

Media Consumption and Materialism/Consumerism

Globally, consumption and materialism have become a fundamental component of the prevailing culture. Humans consume a myriad of products and resources that extend beyond their basic necessities to include technological innovations and luxuries aimed at improving efficiency and quality of life. Throughout history, consumption beyond basic needs has served as a method of boosting human happiness. Hence, excessive consumption does not necessarily pose harm to human life (Shah). Increasingly, however, important issues regarding media consumption and materialism have emerged in recent decades. As such, this study examines the neuroscience of human emotions, the use of recreational substances, and the ...

Introduction

The United States is one of the most developed countries, but it is also one of the countries with the highest level of income inequality. According to research, more than half of the nation’s income goes to only 5% of the population, while the remaining half is shared by the 95%. One way of measuring a nation’s income inequality is through the Gini coefficient. The Gini coefficient measures income inequality on a scale of 0 to 1 wherein 0 corresponds to total equality; a scenario wherein everyone is earning the same amount while 1 corresponds to total ...

The president of America signed the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act on September 25, 2008, but the act was in effect only from January 2009 as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), overturns a series of Supreme Court decisions that inferred the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 in a way that made it difficult to prove that a deficiency is a “disability”, and the ADAAA made significant changes to the ADA’s definition of ‘disability” under both the ADA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act . ADA is a ...