LESSON 1. MASS COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE PRELIM Period‚ HAU What is Mass Communication? “Does a fish know it’s wet?” influential cultural and media critic Marshall McLuhan would often ask. The answer‚ he would say‚ is “No.” The fish’s existence is so dominated by water that only when water is absent is the fish aware of its condition. So is it with people and mass media. The media so fully saturate our everyday lives that we are often unconscious of their presence‚ not to mention their
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In the ted talk video‚ Al gore starts by mentioning that the arctic ice cap has reduced by 40 percent from the year 1980 to 2007. Al gore emphasized the ice cap’s vitality to our ecosystem. The ice cap usually increases during cold seasons and decrease during low hot seasons. Digital image show that the permanent ice has shrunken by more than half over the past 25 years. A multitude of frozen carbon lies around the arctic ice cap‚ then it decreases the carbon rise and turn into methane. All of this
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The Working Definition of Slavery The issue of slavery has been debated since its early inception. In recent times‚ there has been considerable debate as to the definition of slavery. Western scholars have attempted to justify slavery of the New World by comparing it to the slavery that existed in Biblical times as well as Greco-Roman and African slavery. Some argue that there can be no international definition of slavery. Others try to define by a few words that apply to every instance of slavery
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Definition of Marketing � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �1� Definition of Marketing If one asked the average person the definition of marketing‚ the response would typically be advertising a product. Marketing‚ however‚ is more than a catch-phrase or jingle. Marketing is about satisfying the needs of the consumer. Bill Gates‚ founder of Microsoft‚ summed it up best when he said‚ "Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning" (Hill‚ 2003‚ para. 1). The success or failure of a business
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The definition of kindness is “the quality of being friendly‚ generous‚ and considerate.” Other words for it are affection‚ warmth‚ gentleness‚ concern‚ and care. An individual can be kind to another by going out of their way to show them that someone cares‚ or performing a specific act for the other person. They have to put other people above their needs and desires. This is something many people struggle with because they are only concerned with themselves. It is not always easy to make a point
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Definition of violence Initially‚ I classified “violence” into two categories: physical violence and mental violence. My definition for physical violence was‚ actions that cause damages or harms to things or people physically; my definition for mental violence was‚ mental destruction or harm. I defined violence this way because I believe that no matter by what means‚ mental or physical‚ if something or someone has been harmed‚ then it is regarded as violence. Such as destructing public properties
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complicated as it is deep‚ I found myself asking how we define “statehood”. It’s all good and well to say that the state is a contested organisation‚ but when the idea of what exactly a state is comes into it‚ that statement becomes all the less clear. By definition a nation state is a state/country that possesses clear borders and land‚ and contains mostly the same type of people by either race or cultural background. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/467746/political-system/36702/National-political-systems
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"1: the quality or state of being proud: as a: inordinate self-esteem: 2: a reasonable or justifiable self-respect 3: delight or elation arising from some act‚ possession‚ or relationship 4: a source of pride: the best in a group or class." (Pride-Definition). Pride is a lot of things at the same time. Pride is family. I view family as a similar replication of the person ’s lifestyle‚ or a significant portion that lead to the development of who that person is today. A family that leads to the person
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Definition of Education Education what is it? It is defined as: 1. The act or process of educating or being educated. 2. The knowledge or skill obtained or developed by a learning process. 3. A program of instruction of a specified kind or level. 4. The field of study that is concerned with the pedagogy of teaching and learning‚ according to the American Heritage dictionary. Its etymology comes from the Latin word "educatio which means to bring up"1 But what does that tell us. It says
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Definition of Man Man- a being in search of meaning‚ is how man is defined in Plato’s words. When we hear the word man‚ we automatically draw a picture of a human in our head. But what really does the term man mean? The simple answer to that question would be: a male human or man is a rational animal. Man is someone who has feelings‚ is capable of thinking and can reason. According to an article from New Advent‚ man comes a German root (mann‚ mensch) which means to think. The general definition
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