Participatory Culture In the Ted talk video by Henry Jenkins he discusses how the younger generations are actively participating online. Jenkins talks about how they use Web 2.0 platforms‚ such as YouTube‚ Facebook and Twitter. How teenagers use these online websites to communicate and interact with each other is also known as participatory culture. Jenkins started looking into participatory culture before the internet. Along with the features of participatory culture‚ one other thing Jenkins highlights
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creative minds? Why is it that we must admire them‚ rather than join them in creative thinking? Sir Ken Robinson explains that rather than promoting creativity‚ schools kill it so that it is almost entirely gone by the time we become adults. In his TED argument presented in 2006‚ Robinson argues that “Creativity is as important as literacy and we should treat it with the same status.” He uses argumentative techniques throughout his presentation to create a strong base and convincing plea. Former
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In her Ted Talk‚ Maryn McKenna illustrates the danger that humanity was in before the rise of antibiotics‚ and the future risks that will arise if further intervention on antibiotic resistance is not done. She describes that in the past‚ before penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming‚ infections were the primary cause of death and most people did not live past the age of forty. Once antibiotics were discovered‚ they functioned as a panacea‚ saving people from injuries and infections and allowed
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Fourth main causes of civil war is‚ relative deprivation and discontent. Ted Gurr the writer of “Why men rebel" defines relative deprivation as “a perceived discrepancy between men’s value expectations and their value capabilities”. The theory claims that the coincidence of “deprivation-Induced discontent and sense of identities such as cultural identities is the main factor of political mobilization”. The theory of Gur is similar to the theory of Stewart that expresses when there are political‚
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Telling the Truth Texts: Birthday Letters Ted Hughes Weapons of Mass Delusion Phillip Adams Breakfast of Champions Kurt Vonnegut How do your texts represent the idea of truth? Ted Hughes’ collection of intimate and deeply personal poetry‚ along with Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Breakfast of Champions and Phillip Adams’ controversial article Weapons of Mass Delusion all represent versions of the truth. In many ways‚ they represent truth as a kind of impossibility‚ as it is constantly
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Compare and Contrast David Bayles and Ted Orland organize their paper through the use of compare and contrast. In our LLD course reader explained that they are "methods of organizing and developing ideas and often serve as an essay’s primary rhetorical strategy." Also‚ there have two methods inside of them; the side by side method‚ and point by point method. David Bayles‚ and Ted Orland using point by point method. For example‚ in Chapter 3‚ Fears About Yourself‚ the authors divide the results of
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My last piece of evidence comes from a Ted Talk by Janine di Giovanni stated that the things she saw in war even as a reporter were horrifying and she can’t imagine what soldiers go through everyday. She say piles of dead children who never got to see the end of their lives dead because of the war generals forcing kids to fight with weapons at such a young age. She said many soldiers sided because they were forced to lose their innocence during war and attack. I can’t imagine how many toddlers saw
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BIRTHDAY LETTERS Introduction: Conflicting perspectives are different points of view expressed and influenced by ones context and values. “Birthday Letters” by Ted Hughes is an anthology of poems challenging the accusation that he was responsible for his wife‚ Sylvia Plath’s death. The three poems The Minotaur‚ Your Paris‚ and Red are an insight into Hughes justification of the death of Plath using a very subjective and emotive poetic form. The poems possess many deliberate techniques such as extended
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Vihar Desu Tedx Talk Title: Divergent Thinking in the 21st Century Good Afternoon‚ I wanted to start of the talk with a little thought experiment called Divergence Thinking Test. It’s sort of like an IQ Test‚ but instead of logic and reason‚ you have to use your creativity and your imagination. Your test is to come up with as many alternative uses for an Apple as you can think of…People doing this at home‚ give yourself about 5 minutes. How many uses do you think you can come up with for an Apple
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n the Ted-Talk video by Julian Treasure‚ he first starts by claiming that intention is very important in sound and listening. He gives an example of a promise he made to his wife‚ that he would listen to her everyday as if it were the first time. I believe that if you are willing to listen and are open to new ideas then‚ you will build effective relationships at school‚ work‚ and I the rest of your life. You must want to be a better listener and realize that listening is an active process. All in
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