COMM 3P18 Lecture Notes Monday September 9‚ 2013 Why Audience Studies? We are all audiences. We are bought and sold. We are fans. We are active. The Cultural Industries Post WW1 Interested in how propaganda worked. Concerned with TV‚ Radio‚ etc. But… Effects models cant explain the complex relationships we have with texts. We aren’t docile‚ passive audiences. We don’t believe everything we read/see. Example of switching Barbie and GI Joe Voices in dolls and sold them.
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The Concept of Intentional Action Abstract The concept of intentional action‚ which is the notion of how people assign blame/praise unto actions and how they consider them to be intentional or unintentional has been a subject of discussion within the area of philosophical theories of the mind and folk psychology. To investigate whether people assign moral considerations with regard to actions and how they consider them intentional/unintentional‚ 6 people were given a 5 question questionnaire to
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Action Learning is essentially a theory of learning through experience‚ primarily for work-based problems and is underpinned by a belief that the potential of individuals harnessed in a group dynamic can create knowledge‚ solutions and change (Weisnstein‚ 1999). This means working and learning simultaneously‚ or learning from what we do. While the experience may suggest this self evident in all that we do‚ Action Learning is defined through a cyclical process of experiencing‚ reviewing‚ concluding
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Affirmative action is a practice that is intended to promote opportunities for the “protected class” which includes minorities‚ woman‚ and people with disabilities or any disadvantaged group for that matter. With affirmative action in place people of this protected class are given an even playing field in terms of hiring‚ promotion‚ as well as compensation. Historically‚ affirmative action is only known to have protected African Americans and woman; however that is not the case. Affirmative action protects
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equality for all its citizens. At the heart of the effort is a process known as "affirmative action." Under U.S. laws all employers in both the public and private sector are required to provide "equal employment opportunity‚" meaning that they cannot discriminate in their hiring practices on the basis of race or sex. Affirmative action takes employment one step further‚ requiring that employers take specific actions that work to the benefit of blacks and members of other racial and ethnic minority groups
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Action Plan This essay will be discussing my action plan to create a successful band in the music industry. I will provide short‚ medium and long term action plans. My short term action plan will mainly consist of creating online profiles and trying to get a bigger following through the internet. The main websites we shall be using are Facebook‚ Twitter‚ SoundCloud and Youtube as I believe these website are the main way people learn and discover new music and to create a fan base. The Band
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A Bias for Action Heike Bruch Sumantra Ghoshal Harvard Business School Press‚ 2004 Often managers spot a chance to do something valuable for their company‚ but for some reason‚ they cannot get started. Even if they begin the project‚ they give up when they see the first big hurdle. The inability to take purposeful action seems to be pervasive across companies. Managers tend to ignore or postpone dealing with crucial issues which require reflection‚ systematic planning‚ creative thinking‚ and above
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more important over other plan of actions. A response is what action is taken after the emergency or incident in order to prevent it from recurring or minimising the risk and likelihood of it happening again. I will be discussing the three most important priorities and the response that follows in the case of a possible emergency or incident in a hospital. An emergency can be defined as a serious‚ unexpected‚ and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action. There are many examples of emergencies
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THE UNIVERSITY OF MACAU DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY HISTORY 212: GLOBAL ISSUES IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE SPRING SEMESTER 2013 Michael Share Office Room Number: PG 27 Office Phone Number: 83978827 mshare@hkucc.hku.hk and mshare@umac.mo COURSE DESCRIPTION This course area is designed to provide a general understanding of key problems facing the modern world by examining a contemporary issue in its historical context. Through the study of a specific case study students will gain a better understanding
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LIGHTING ACTION PART ONE The Incident In June 2008‚ SYARIKAT GETAH BAGUS SDN BHD faced a series of actions by its employees who are members of the National Union of Employees of Rubber Goods (NUERG). The Tyre Division of the Company was plagued by increasing absenteeism‚ malingering and production delays on the part of the tyre operators. The Production Manager‚ Mr. John Ho‚ alarmed over the deteriorating state of production performance had expressed concern at a recent company conference
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