Communication Practices: Mobile text-messaging among Hong Kong College Students Angel Lin Faculty of Education‚ Chinese University of Hong Kong Mobile text messaging—variously known as SMS (short message service)‚ text messaging‚ mobile e-mail‚ or texting—has become a common means of keeping in constant touch‚ especially among young people‚ in many parts of the world today. The research literature abounds with studies on the social‚ cultural‚ and communicative aspects of mobile text messaging in different
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TRANSLATION IN SCIENTIFIC TEXT TRANSLATION Translation is one of the oldest concerns in the history and theory of language. From the beginning‚ the activity of translation had an oral aspect‚ the so- called ’interpretation’. Then translation extended to written texts .Translation is often associated with the transliteration of literary works from one language to another One of the most important conditions for a translation to be correct is accuracy. The criterion of accuracy varies according to
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Statement: To inform my audience on the dangers of texting while driving Central Idea: Texting is becoming an increasingly popular activity that is resulting in fatal accidents among those who partake in texting while driving and should be banned “Whts up‚ not doin ne-thing im jst driving” How important are the abbreviations OMG‚ LOL‚ and JK to you? Are they worth risking getting into a car accident‚ horrific enough to end the rest of your life? If not‚ then why do you text and drive? Almost everyone
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Allan Bell The Language of News Media (περίληψη: Γιώργος Σαµαρτζής) Written by a linguist who is himself a journalist‚ this is a uniquely account of the language of media news. Allan Bell emphasizes the importance of the processes which produce media language‚ as stories are moulded and modified by various hands. He stresses it is indeed stories that journalists and editors produce‚ not articles. These stories have viewpoint‚ values and structure that can be analysed. He is concerned
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21 Ways Rich People Think Differently World’s richest woman Gina Rinehart is enduring a media firestorm over an article in which she takes the "jealous" middle class to task for "drinking‚ or smoking and socializing" rather than working to earn their own fortune. What if she has a point? Steve Siebold‚ author of "How Rich People Think‚" spent nearly three decades interviewing millionaires around the world to find out what separates them from everyone else. It had little to do with
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Film Vs. Text: A Comparative Analysis of Homer’s Epics as Adapted in a Different Genre The epics‚ The Iliad and The Odyssey‚ are two of the most influential pieces of literature written around 700 B.C.‚ both of which are written by Homer. These books show the paths taken by heroes and how the Gods have mingled with their lives depending to whom they are favored. As a result of the world’s large interest on these pieces of art‚ a film adaptation of these epics have been produced throughout the
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Armstrong‚ Ben‚ 1979‚ the Electronic Church. Nashville‚ TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers. Bagdikian‚ Ben H.‚ 1971‚ the Information Machines. New York: Harper & Row Publishers. Clark‚ David W. and Virts‚ Paul H.‚ « Religious Television Audience: A New Development in Measuring Audience Size. » Unpublished paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion‚ October‚ 1985‚ Savannah‚ GA. Epstein‚ Edward Jay‚ 1975‚ Between Fact and Fiction: The Problem of Journalism New York:
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1. To what extent are the modern mass media creating a truly informed world? A truly informed world refers to the availability of information and news to people. It does not just mean the availability of information to the general public‚ but also to the government bodies and economic sectors. An informed world is important as it allows wiser choices to be made‚ as people have the knowledge of better alternative. Evaluations can be made and changes to better government policies can be implemented
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Within the entertainment media there is now an acceptance of homosexuality First of all I think this issue is highly vary by culture I guess in the Ortodox Arabic world the entertainment media is not even allowed to speak about homosexuality while in other part of the world it is an everyday topic I would say so. The Mediterranean countries like Portugal or Brazil is another maybe more complicated case. But to be clear I would like to debate this question in the terms of the general “western culture”
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Media literacy Media literacy is a repertoire of competencies that enable people to analyze‚ evaluate‚ and create messages in a wide variety of media modes‚ genres‚ and forms. Education Media Education is the process of teaching and learning about media.[1] It is about developing young people’s critical and creative abilities when it comes to the media. Media education should not be confused with educational technology or with educational media. Surveys repeatedly show that‚ in most industrialized
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