How to Respond to Nosy Questions from Others “When are you guys planning to have kids?” “Did Paul call you into his office to discuss a promotion?” No matter how ill-mannered they may be‚ nosy questions are one of the many tolls that come standard in a society. Reacting to and answering nosy questions is a very individual choice because what’s considered nosy to one person‚ may not be to another. Determine how best to respond to the nosy questions that are tossed your way by carefully considering
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Objective opinion text: Why choose Iphone? A lot of People argue that they own the best smartphone‚ whether it’s a BlackBerry‚ HTC‚ or the latest from Anroid. But‚ the Iphone has always been at the top so far. It’s been about four years that AppleInc has revealed the original Iphone and ever since they have sold over 108 million devices. But‚ why is the Iphone so popular? First of all‚ this SmartPhone has a large market‚ a huge fan following and it’s own store called the «AppStore»‚ that
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Active Audiences & the Construction of Meaning "Media messages are central to everyday lives... Audiences are active interpreters of meaning." "Audiences interpret media in diverse ways.”(255-256). People in the media industry believe that the audience is a mass of passive readers who accept media messages uncritically. Nevertheless‚ the audiences actively take part in the interpretation of media texts which is an essential process when media messages start meaning something to people who assign
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How does the production and consumption of media texts change through remediation In our Engaging Media unit‚ one of the things we have learned about immensely is the process of remediation. Remediation is relatively new to the world‚ what with it only emerging together with the sudden rise in technology. In todays modern age‚ anything to do with technology or modernization plays a prominent part in society. Since remediation is so closely interlinked with technology‚ itby defaultis very important
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Some Virtues of Design By Gui Bonsiepe An Unfashionable term I chose to focus on the issue of virtues of design when I was reading - once again - the Six Memos for the Next Millennium by Italo Calvino. As is known‚ he finished only five out of a plan of six memos before he died. In this remarkable small volume he speaks about the values he would like to see maintained and brought into the next millennium as far as literature is concerned. These shared values he calls virtues. Taking his approach
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Actor Audience Relationship In my most honest opinion‚ I believe the ideal actor audience relationship is something that transcends the normal criteria for a performer/audience relationship. It can be a passive or active relationship‚ for both types fulfill their purpose-creating emotional stimuli- on some level. There is an unspoken‚ unseen connection between those in the seat and those in the stage. Both viewer and actor feed off each other‚ whether it is the subtle shedding of a tear from the
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1. Is primary audience external or internal? External. Jeff Clarke is an employee‚ which means any communication with him should be considered as within the company. 2. What are some key demographics about my audience‚ such as age‚ gender‚ family situation‚ etc.? For the employee‚ 3. How much does my audience know about the topic? Jeff is fully aware of the situation‚ topic‚ and problem that he is generating. As an assistant manager he will have known about the upcoming conference and that
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Running head: KNOWING YOUR AUDIENCE Knowing Your Audience Name BCOM/275 Teacher Knowing Your Audience On August 5‚ 2010‚ a small copper mine located in Chile suffered a cave-in which left 33 workers trapped underground. With workers being trapped 300 meters below ground with limited food‚ water‚ and oxygen‚ nobody knew for sure how long they would survive. After four days of being trapped‚ there was still no idea if any
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The video with Steve Jobs introducing the “First Ever iPod” was incredible. When viewing the video presentation the audience demographics as in age and socio-cultural background‚ I felt geared towards the age demographic and socio-cultural background that is known to be the Y generation overall; but markets the iPod to all ages and cultural backgrounds. The Y generation is any person that is born after the year 1983. [1] Generation Y was the first to grow up with computers in their homes and they
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Shakespeare in his time were performed to influence his audience and provoke thought and debate the social‚ cultural and economic events that were taking place at that time. Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ in particular‚ was a reflection of the events happening during the Elizabethan era. In this essay‚ the focus is mainly on Act IV scene IV and the speech of Hamlet and the essay focuses on answering the question of the effect Hamlet had on the audience in the Elizabethan era‚ specifically culturally‚ socially
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