Active Audiences & the Construction of Meaning "Media messages are central to everyday lives... Audiences are active interpreters of meaning." "Audiences interpret media in diverse ways.”(255-256). People in the media industry believe that the audience is a mass of passive readers who accept media messages uncritically. Nevertheless‚ the audiences actively take part in the interpretation of media texts which is an essential process when media messages start meaning something to people who assign
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circumstances in Romeo and Juliet and Othello. In Romeo and Juliet and Othello‚ Shakespeare presents Romeo’s love for Juliet through references to the stars and other cosmic images. The fact that Romeo says‚ “arise fair sun and kill the envious moon in “suggests that because he loves Juliet and is willing to marry her ‚she should lose her respect and loyalty to the moon which represents the goddess Diana who at that time was referred to as the goddess of virgins .Romeo referrers to Juliet with the metaphor
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Academic Writing: The Relationship between the Author and the Audience Academic writing is an ambiguous term. There are several articles that have been written about‚ trying to define it‚ to understand it. Each article represents a different aspect of academic writing. Some talk about the relationship between second language learner and academic writing‚ others argue that academic writing is too impersonal and students fail to communicate in their writings because they fail to grasp the meaning
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In ’Romeo and Juliet’‚ Shakespeare portrays different aspects and types of love in many ways. The obvious love is the fateful love between Romeo and Juliet although the play also displays platonic love‚ maternal love and aspects of adolescent love. The first kind of love shown in the play is teenage love through Romeo. Montague tells us that "Many a morning hath he (Romeo) been seen... adding to the clouds more clouds with his deep sighs." Romeo is often seen sighing showing that he is either depressed
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Audience Analysis Paper Gaby Stradley University of Phoenix Com 285 David Sarnowski June 30‚ 2009 Audience Analysis Paper Effective communication is essential in any business role. As a sales person‚ communication is even more important‚ because of the interaction the role requires and because the intent of many communications will be to persuade. The following paper will outline the characteristics of the audience that a salesperson must consider when presenting a quarterly sales information
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Romeo and Juliet The two versions of Romeo and Juliet I decided to watch were the 1968 film and 1998 film. While they share many similarities such as the script (most of it)‚ they also have many differences such as the behavior of the characters and the way that the story is delivered. In the 1968 version‚ the Montagues are depicted as more timid where as the Capulets are the ones that are trying to start something. The Montagues are continually trying to leave the situation but the Capulets
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Romeo and Juliet is a play written by Shakespeare leading to the outcome of two lovers death due to lack of decision making. Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet come to many points in where story changing decisions come into play in which Shakespeare relates them to faith. In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare implies that when making decisions take your faith back from the stars and make a true decision that you believe in because Romeo takes his faith back from the stars and makes a decision of his
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and Juliet “A tale of the young for the young” By Laura Marinos Throughout the 20th Century‚ there have been several attempts to transform William Shakespeare’s famous works into a modern context‚ with The Lion King based on Hamlet and 10 Things I Hate About You as a loose transformation of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course‚ there have been two successful transformations already based on Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet; West Side Story and Zeferelli’s Romeo and Juliet. West
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Appendix B Audience-Focused Communication Matrix Use the matrix to complete the information. Write 3-4 sentences for each item. * What are some audience characteristics you need to consider? * What communication channels would be appropriate and why? * What would you do to ensure your message is effective? * What are some considerations you must keep in mind given the diversity of the audience? Audience-Focused Communication | Audience | Audience Characteristics
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enforces real and common beauty‚ we perceive them as such. As happy and proud women of their bodies‚ even though they are not the perfect stereotype of beauty. This campaign is incredibly successful and effective. First of all‚ it reaches their target audience very well. They are targeting the common American woman‚ with different ethnic backgrounds‚ and this is exactly the kind of women they put in the ad. The consumer identifies itself not only with the product‚ but can relate 100% with the models that
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