Digital Storytelling For Cross-Cultural Communication In Global Networking Patricia Search Abstract In global networking the human-computer interface is the crucial communication link between the author and the user. In website design it is important to r ecognize cultural differences and understand how the design of the computer interface can reflect the culture of a particular audience. Digital storytelling is a design technique that can reflect cultural differences and engage the user. Modern
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trouble‚ saving face in front of the boss‚ or sparing someone’s feelings‚ many people find themselves doing it anyway. In fact‚ more than 80 percent of women admit to occasionally telling what they consider harmless half-truths‚ says Susan Shapiro Barash‚ author of Little White Lies‚ Deep Dark Secrets: The Truth About Why Women Lie (St. Martin’s Press‚ $15‚ amazon.com). And 75 percent admit to lying to loved ones about money in particular. The tendency to tell tales is “a very natural human trait‚” explains
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including ourselves. Moreover‚ we also have educated that it is better to accept the consequences of my actions than to lie. However‚ the more we grow up‚ the more we know about using of lying because telling the truth cannot always solve the problem. From my point of view‚ some lying is acceptable‚ some is not. It depends upon what purposes that make people tell lies. A white lie is allegedly one which is done for someone’s good and which harms no one. There’s no such thing. The philosophical view
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The Ways We Lie By Stephanie Ericsson It is curious to think that any one person could be telling a lie without knowing that they are. In the essay “The Ways We Lie” by Stephanie Ericsson‚ she explores the thought of how lies are incorporated into everyday life. According to this essay‚ “We lie. We all do. We exaggerate‚ we minimize‚ we avoid confrontation‚ we spare people’s feelings‚ we conveniently forget‚ we keep secrets‚ we justify lying to the big-guy institutions”. How do we know what
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The Ways We Lie It is curious to know that every day without thinking everyone tells lies “The Ways we lie” by Stephanie Ericcson is a realistic text that demonstrates what a lie is‚ why lies are told‚ how lies are justified‚ and consequences. According to this essay “We lie. We all do. We exaggerate‚ we minimize‚ we avoid confrontation‚ we spare people’s feelings‚ we conveniently forget‚ we keep secrets‚ we justify lying to the big-guy institutions.” (Page 408 of The Bedford Reader). Ericsson
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Questions for Close Reading: 1. “We lie. We all do. We exaggerate‚ we minimize‚ we avoid confrontation‚ we spare people’s feelings‚ we conveniently forget‚ we keep secrets‚ we justify lying to the big-guy institutions.” 2. When Stephanie Ericsson went a whole week without telling a single lie‚ she recalled it “paralyzing.” She discovered that telling the truth all the time is “nearly impossible.” 3. A lie is a false action done with the intent to deceive. “Ignoring the
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In "The Ways We Lie‚" by Stephanie Ericsson‚ the author depicts the many ways humans lie and justifies the reasons for doing so. There is the white lie‚ which is basically telling an untruth . Facades are basically changing your personality while ignoring the plain facts‚ as the title implies‚ is a false action done with the intent to deceive. Deflecting is not answering the question at all; it is being up-front about comfortable issues and not revealing the couple of very important issues that changes
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"To thine own self be true." (Shakespeare) Unfortunately we are not true to ourselves. We all lie for many reasons which can be for fear of harm‚ fear of conflict‚ fear of rejection‚ fear of punishment‚ fear of loss or altruistic reasons such as helping our loved ones to make them feel better‚ which is the only selfless reason why we lie. It all comes down to the one fundamental reason as to why we lie and it is because it mostly works. Just like lying to someone makes them lose their trust for
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Truth is dead but at the same time it isn’t‚ because we are all human and we all lie at one point‚ we all lie one point of the day. We lie because we are scared of what might happen if we tell the truth‚ because you think when you lie that you might not hurt the person who may be asking you a simple question like in a relationship you may ask your boyfriend/girlfriend: “Are you cheating?”‚ then they may say no because you don’t want to get caught‚ but really they might be cheating‚ so then you the
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How has your understanding of the concept of ‘Telling the Truth’ been enhanced by your study of the film Atonement and at least two poems that have been studied in class. The concept of telling the truth is a complex idea. The truth can vary based on an individual’s perspective and may be distorted by experience and misunderstanding. It is a creeping assumption of the modern world that there are things more important that the truth. The truth may also be covered up because it is difficult for
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