15‚ 2013 Assignment 1 In the essay‚ “Don’t Blame the Eater”‚ David Zinczenko‚ editor-in-chief of Men’s Health magazine‚ discusses the recent lawsuits against fast-food chains. He does not deny that there should be a sense of personal responsibility among the public‚ but has sympathy for the kid consumers because he used to be one. Zinczenko argues that due to the lack of nutritional facts and health warnings‚ it’s not so ridiculous to blame the fast-food industry for obesity problems. My
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Celebrities Vs. The Law Which celebrity do you look up to? What if that celebrity broke the law‚ don’t you think they should receive stricter penalties? Here’s the controversy: Celebrities need stricter penalties when they break the law. Imagine you’re watching the news and your favorite celebrity got a ticket for speeding‚ just a ticket they can easily pay off. Now you’re thinking to yourself “celebrities deserve stricter penalties than just a ticket.” The problem is celebrities are treated like
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The blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet could be placed on many different people for many different reasons. Despite all of the characters actions from the play that lead to the young couple’s dreadful demise‚ the real blame should be placed on their society as a whole. The societal expectation of parents picking their child’s spouse at the time was the norm‚ but it wasn’t well thought out. If society at the time wasn’t so focused on the name attached to the person‚ their deaths would’ve been
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Companies Should Engage in Celebrity Endorsements In our economy today‚ there are many marketing strategies and tools businesses use to attract consumers. A marketing strategy is important in business because it is the company’s plan on how to increase the number of sales of their product or service. Businesses are aggressive when it comes to marketing. Their target market is one of their top priorities and they do their best to make their target market interested to their product. They usually
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Impact of Celebrity Endorsements on Brand Image Introduction Celebrities are people who enjoy public recognition by a large share of a certain group of people. Whereas attributes like attractiveness‚ extraordinary lifestyle or special skills are just examples and specific common characteristics that are observed and celebrities generally differ from the social norm and enjoy a high degree of public awareness. The term Celebrity refers to an individual who is known to the public actors e.g
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Celebrities Over Everyone? Three months in jail? or three years in jail? over the exact same crime. Only difference‚ you receive three years and Justin Bieber receives three months. We always here about A-listers wanting to be treated like ordinary people‚ but once you bring the topic of crime up‚ they immediately go in to self-defense. Celebrities should be receiving stricter penalties because they’re humans too‚ they broke the law‚ and while non-celebrities are serving eight years in jail for
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In his article "don’t blame the eater" Zinczenko blames the food industry for the obesity epidemic. Zinczenko opens his articles with a personal story about growing up eating fast food because his parents split up‚ his mom had to work and he had no other options. He goes on to give statistics on childhood diabetes due to obesity. Zinczenko then insists that "complicating the lack of alternatives is the lack of information about what exactly we’re consuming." over all Zinczenko is advocating changes
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of 8 ANZMAC 2009 Celebrities in advertising: looking for congruence or for likability? Nathalie Fleck*‚ University of Cergy-Pontoise‚ Thema‚ France Nathalie.flec@u-cergy.fr Michaël Korchia‚ BEM Bordeaux Management School‚ France Michael.korchia@bem.edu Isabelle Le Roy‚ CSA‚ France Abstract Celebrities used as endorsers in advertising are often very popular ones. However‚ from a cognitive point of view (and more academic one)‚ congruence between brand and celebrity seems to be very important
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amount that some celebrities get paid. Celebrities often can easily make 6 figures‚ over 100‚000 dollars a year. Most celebrities make millions of dollars‚ and some even make billions. “The median annual salary for a firefighter is $43‚580‚ with a range usually between $32‚685 - $54‚475 (Fire).” Police officers make about 48‚336 dollars annually(Police). A celebrity who makes a million dollars‚ makes 20 times more than the average firefighter and police officer makes. While celebrities work hard to earn
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Fate was definitely most to blame for the conflicts arising in the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Throughout the whole story Oedipus and others are in fighting the conflict of man versus luck and find how fate is hard to overcome. Most of the tragic events happening in the story were by chance‚ not by choice. Like when Oedipus finds out his fate is to live in a cursed family and to become blind‚ old‚ and poor in the future. Also when Oedipus finds out he is to blame for the plague bestowed on their
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