Mass migration is a current topic of debate because of the recent developments of unaccompanied children crossing the southern US border and the Middle Eastern refugees fleeing into Europe. Another lurking possibility is that Raul Castro might imitate his brother’s previous actions in the 1980 Mariel Boatlift in which more than 100‚000 Cuban citizens came to South Florida in a matter of a few months. Hidden in this deluge of humanity was the fact that Fidel Castro emptied his prison and mental
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Introduction Class struggle is the active expression of a theoretical class conflict looked at from any kind of socialist perspective. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels‚ leading ideologists of communism‚ wrote "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle”. Marx’s notion of class has nothing to do with social class in the sociological sense of upper‚ middle and lower classes (which are often defined in terms of quantitative income or wealth). Instead‚ in an age of capitalism
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a new form of propaganda; the mass culture industry of America. Adorno and Horkheimer appeared to be quite critical of this mass culture industry and its impact on society and discuss the entertainment industry and how its shaped the world over time‚ for better and for worse. In their essay ‘The Culture Industry: Enlightenment and Mass Deception’ (Theodor‚ and Horkheimer‚ Max‚ 1999/1944) they challenge the audience to see mass media in a new light‚ to see it as ‘Mass Deception’ and a way of creating
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What I expected to learn in this class and what I got out of this class definitely exceeded my expectation since the first day. As a freshman‚ it was a challenge for me to take a 300-level class‚ and I did not think that it would turn out this great. In about four months‚ I have learned more than I did in a year-long English class that I have previously taken. Before taking this class‚ my writing style is more focused on giving context rather than getting to the point. For instance‚ the first sentence
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a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Help by Kathryn Stockett both show that social classes create a barrier for the equality of life and opportunities given to the many people in each class. Overall‚ both books allow
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Determination of the molar mass of carbon dioxide Purpose: The purpose of the practical that we completed was to determine the molar mass of carbon dioxide (CO2) by experimental means and to observe the reaction of hydrochloric acid and sodium carbonate. Using the balanced equation: Na2CO3 + 2HCl → 2NaCl + H2O + CO2 Materials / Apparatus: 1) 8.00g of sodium carbonate‚ 2) 30mL of hydrochloric acid (6molL-1) 3) 100mL of hydrochloric acid (6molL-1) 4) 100mL conical flask‚ 5) 150mL glass beaker 6)
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Teaching assistant: TBA Optional Readings: I highly recommend you go through the readings below. However‚ please note we will never refer to the Solomon book in class. I will merely indicate what chapters are relevant for each class‚ and you can use the book as a tool to better grasp some of the concepts we will discuss in class. 1. Solomon (2008). Consumer Behavior: Buying‚ Having and Being (8th ed). Upper Saddle River‚ New Jersey. 2. Additional journal articles‚ exercises‚ and recent news from
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purpose of this course is to help students to professionalize their writing skills through presentation and discussion of the key elements of good business writing such as planning‚ style‚ audience awareness‚ punctuation and language choice. The class contents includes also analyzing and practice writing a range of documents including professional correspondence‚ business reports‚ tenders and proposals. Furthermore‚ it helps students to think through a writing task‚ adapt typical patterns of organization
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visualize exactly how poor the lower and some what of the middle class really is. The video that was viewed on Monday was an eye-opening moment‚ as it presented how the American wealth is really distributed. In my belief‚ the income of citizens should be more of a linear distribution‚ rather than a exponential distribution. It is unnecessary for the top one percent individual to be making 20 percent of the American wealth‚ while the poor class are struggling to even to make at least 1 percent that. For
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The mass media are a key part of that technology. Television‚ radio‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ and other means of popular communication are called mass media because they reach out and profoundly influence not only the elites but the masses. This chapter describes the historical development of the mass media as it relates to news coverage of government and politics. Questions regarding how news is defined‚ how it is presented‚ and what impact it has in politics are also addressed. THE MASS MEDIA
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