E S S AY S E R I E S FALL 2010 The Future of Digital Communications: Technical Perspectives Edited by Fernando Laguarda Vice President‚ External Affairs and Policy Counselor Time Warner Cable www.twcresearchprogram.com For more information: Fernando Laguarda 901 F Street‚ NW Suite 800 Washington‚ DC 20004 Phone: (202) 370-4245 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ......................................................................................................................
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World War III (abbreviated as WWIII‚ also known as the Third World War) is the hypothetical future successor to World War II (1939–1945). In fiction‚ the war is often suggested to be nuclear and extremely devastating in nature. This war is anticipated and planned for by military and civil authorities‚ and explored in fiction by many authors all around the world. Concepts range from purely conventional scenarios or a limited use of nuclear weapons to the destruction of the planet. With the development
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effectiveness of manipulation and how the ignorance of others can justify the rightness of possible evil. There are many attributes that conceal the faithfulness of why manipulation is necessary to survive and why it is despicably wicked. The guiding inspiration has been to start with an empirically adequate account of why attributions of responsibility display the patterns they do. Based on such interpretations‚ we are able to understand and identify why people are prone to manipulation and what it can
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Manipulation and society To understand and analyse manipulative discourse‚ it is crucial to first examine its social environment. We have already assumed that one of the characteristics of manipulation‚ for instance as distinct from persuasion‚ is that it involves power and domination. An analysis of this power dimension involves an account of the kind of control that some social actors or groups exercise over others (Clegg‚ 1975; Luke‚ 1989; Van Dijk‚ 1989: Wartenberg‚ 1990). We also have assumed
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Dot-com companies then and now. How are they different and are we experiencing a new dot-com bubble? Degree : Management with International Business 22 March 2012 Supervisor: Dr John Ahwere-Bafo Candidate number: 100633010 Word count: 9176 Statement of authorship: This dissertation is the sole work of candidate I agree that an anonymised copy of this work may be used by future students in the School of Management as an illustration of good work. Contents: Abstract……………………………………………………………………
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1) Introduction: The purpose of this report is to review how psychological theories have been used in beer commercials and how effective they have been in garnering our attention. The two beer commercials are: 1) Heineken 2) Carlsberg A Brief Description Of The Two Commercials: Heineken This commercial is about a staged show‚ where not-so-pleasant looking people are singing horribly‚ to the extent that it annoys the viewer. The commercial starts with a tagline that says: “It seems some
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How is the theme on manipulation shown in The Tempest? And discuss how the audience would perceive this manipulation. The main reason that characters such a Prospero manipulate others is to gain control. If you can manipulate those with lesser knowledge then yourself. The character Prospero illustrates this within Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Through Prospero’s magic and clever speech his is able to manipulate and control what others do and think in certain situations. Prospero often puts people on
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2.5.2 Effect of Board Independence on C.S.R. Board independence refers to a corporate board with majority of outside directors. It is believed that board dominated by outside or independence directors are more vigilant in monitoring behaviour and decision making of the company (Finegold et al.‚ 2007). The reason is that shareholders` interest could be well protected by outside directors than the inside directors. Outside directors bring in more skills and knowledge to the company which increases
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Motivation or manipulation? We all are aware of the fact that motivation is an extremely useful tool leads to the success of an organization. Motivating employees bring higher performances‚ better results and it is also an easier way to achieve common goal of the firm. That is the reason why leaders have been trying to find the best way to motivate their employees. However‚ they often mistake manipulating as motivation because the borderline between those two leadership strategies are very unclear
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ART DIRECTOR The art director is in charge of the overall visual appearance and how it communicates visually‚ stimulates moods‚ contrasts features‚ and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements used‚ what artistic style to use‚ and when to use motion. An advertising art director is not necessarily the head of an art department. In modern advertising practice‚ an art director typically works in tandem with a copywriter. The team usually
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