male dominated (White‚ 2009). This disparity is particularly evident in Africa‚ where cultural impediments to women fulfilling the role of journalist remain (e.g. travelling away from home‚ evening work and covering issues such as politics and sports which are considered to fall within the masculine domain) (Myers‚ 2009). The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) reports that throughout the world‚ female journalists are more likely to be assigned ‘soft’ subjects such as family‚ lifestyle‚ fashion and
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Power distance is one of the five dimensions of Hofstede’s framework for assessing culture. Hofstede has defined power distance as “the extent to which inequality in power is accepted and considered as normal by less powerful people in a society.”(Hofstede‚ p. 307‚ 1986). He divided this dimension into two categories: 1. Small 2. Large Small power distance: Small power distance means that the extent to which less powerful people accept the social inequality is small‚ that is members
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The United States government has too much power for its own good. They are in charge of too much. The individual members that comprise the government are generally shady figures with criminal records and personal agendas‚ though we expect them to lead fairly and impartially. The government has too much power‚ illustrated by the NSA scandal‚ the unconstitutional law-making‚ and the aggressive militarism. The NSA is invading the privacy of the nation‚ the legislative branch is creating laws that violate
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The Power of Music Music has the power to cause emotions to well up within us. These feelings are gripping - often irresistible - and seem to emerge from nowhere. These feelings colour our moods‚ affect our perceptions and generate a behavioral pattern. The indisputable fact about music is its power to evoke emotions. Is there anyone‚ for whom‚ music is completely emotional - neutral? Music has the ability to inevitably tap the still‚ mysterious deep well of our emotions. However‚ music can produce
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How/why did Stalin become head of state? After Lenin’s death in 1924‚ everyone thought Trotsky‚ the brilliant leader of the red army would become leader‚ especially as Lenin left a Testament saying that Stalin was dangerous and a ‘grey blur’ and should be dismissed‚ but Stalin schemed his way into power‚ using his position as General Secretary as well as using a serious of ruthless political moves‚ devious tactics‚ the weakness of opposition‚ his own strengths‚ party weakness’ and factors out of
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Chapter 14 Outline * 14.1 The Nature of Acid and Bases * Acid-Base Theories * Arrhenius- Acid is a hydrogen producer and a base is a hydroxide producer * Bronsted-Lowry- Acid is a proton donor and a base a proton acceptor * Lewis- An acid is an electron pair acceptor‚ and I base is an electron pair donor * Conjugate base & acids * Ka= [products]/[reactants] * Acid dissociation constant * 14.2 Acid Strength * In a strong
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The book‚ Toni the Superhero‚ by R.D. Base is an incredible children’s book aimed to teach young children how to read. I babysit three children almost every weekend‚ and consistently throughout the week‚ and one of them is too young to read‚ and another is just learning. Books like this one are exactly the type of thing that I read to them or with them before bedtime. The simple sentence structure is perfect for children‚ the pictures make the book even more exciting‚ and it is perfect for it’s intended
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How the Power of Literature Has Affected My Life - Value of Literature Alex Sidorov English 101 Alex Sidorov Thompson English 101 May 27‚ 2009 How the Power of Literature Has Affected My Life - Value of Literature If you asked me how much I valued literature a few months ago‚ I would have probably laughed it off and proclaimed it has no value because it does not affect me. What kind of value could literature possibly have? It is just books. Random characters dealing with their random problems
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Module 1 Power Semiconductor Devices Version 2 EE IIT‚ Kharagpur 1 Lesson 7 Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) Version 2 EE IIT‚ Kharagpur 2 Constructional features‚ operating principle and characteristics of Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBT) 7.1 Introduction The introduction of Power MOSFET was originally regarded as a major threat to the power bipolar transistor. However‚ initial claims of infinite current gain for the power MOSFETs were diluted by the need to design
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Paper downloaded from www.wcaanet.org/events/webinar as part of the EASA / ABA / AAA / CASCA webinar 2013 Political Economies of Language: Power‚ Epistemology and the Representation of Research by Alexandra Jaffe Both sets of questions raised in this virtual seminar make the important point that the political economy involved in how we conduct‚ and then represent our ethnographic practice has both linguistic and epistemological dimensions. With this in mind‚ I take a critical look at linguistic
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