The Uses and Gratification Theory is a theory by Blumer and Katz in which proposes that media users play an active role in choosing and using the media. It says that users take an active part in the communication process and are goal oriented in their use of the media. Blumer and Katz suggest that media users seek particular sources that best fulfills their needs and that they must make choices to satisfy these needs. Throughout my reading of “Why Do People Watch Religious TV?: A Uses and Gratifications
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Research and discussion of press article About the article | Title of the article : Extension Responds: Katrina’s aftermath : How Hurricane Katrina will affect energy and fertilizer costs? | Source (Newspaper) and link to the article : University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension http://www.uwex.edu | Summary of the article :In 2005 Hurricane Katrina caused massive shortage on natural gas and fuel in the USA.Due to the location of the hurricane in southern USA‚ agricultural shipping‚ fuel production
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The question is: Would everybody like to be rich and famous? Obviouslly‚ we cannot generalize because every single person has a different opinion upon the subject. Subsequently I will analyse possible situations. I strongly believe that anybody on this earth would like to be rich‚ or at least aim to be. Why? Simply because having enough money makes us feel stable and contempt with our own lives. Successful people always seem to aim for the best. So if we aim for the stars ‚ we will most probably
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commodity in the market‚ allowing them to set prices as they wish and maximise profits due to the high barriers to entry. In this case‚ the firm is given the ability to exploit their consumers in terms of price discrimination based on price elasticity. In this essay‚ I will be discussing whether it is wholly reasonable for a monopoly to operate‚ or whether there is a need for the economy to revert to a more perfectly competitive alternative. Firstly‚ some would say that it is feasible to break up
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enables the researcher to control the environment. It is a way of doing a research in a controlled environment on a certain behaviour which will have a cause and effect. It is done in a controlled environment so that extraneous variables are prevented from affecting the results. Behaviourists use lab experiments because they are interested in a cause and effect of certain behaviours. The aim is to control all relevant variables except for one key variable‚ which is altered to see what the effect is
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powers allowing the exercising of powers to the President. Congress does have an innate ability to regulate the President’s use of written directives in a structured and limited manner. There is no available language within Article II of the U.S. Constitution; however‚ it does state‚ “[t]he executive power shall be vested in a President….”
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motivation to work consists of all the drives‚ forces and influences conscious or unconscious that cause the employee to want to achieve certain aims. Managers need to know about the factors that create motivation in order to be able to induce employees to work harder‚ faster‚ more efficiently and with greater enthusiasm. Employees are motivated in part by the need to earn a living and partly by human needs for job satisfaction‚ security of tenure‚ the respect of colleagues and so on.
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What Would You Do? Chapter 4 American Express Headquarters‚ New York‚ NY Headquarters‚ New York‚ New York.1 With medical costs rising 10 to 15 percent per year‚ one of the members of your Board of Directors mentioned that some companies are now refusing to hire smokers and that the board should discuss this option at the next month’s meeting. Nationwide‚ about 6‚000 companies refuse to hire smokers. Weyco‚ an employee benefits company in Okemos‚ Michigan‚ requires all applicants to take
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Alaa Diab Homework 1 Teacher: Prof.Khalid Kurr Why do I like to get drunk? “When people are drunk‚ that’s when their real personality comes through.” I like to get drunk because it is fun. If you ask me why‚ it is like you’re asking why children like slides. Also I like it because I can be wild and slutty and have an excuse for doing anything. It helps me alleviate the depression and to forget my problems that prevent me from sleeping easily. After every day I get drunk‚ very beautiful
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THE IMPORTANCE OF MICROECONOMICS 1. New Businesses o Entrepreneurs create businesses by purchasing and utilizing factors of production. In order to estimate the potential return on investment (ROI) of those factors of production‚ entrepreneurs must have a basic grasp of microeconomic concepts: supply‚ demand‚ cost‚ profit. Without such a grasp‚ it is impossible to know how much a particular good can be sold for in a particular area. Furthermore‚ without a grasp of costs and earnings
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