Radio Haiti-Inter was the first independent radio in Haiti. It was a major success amongst the Haitian people because of its remarkable advocacy and fight for democracy. The station was first founded in 1935 by Ricardo Widmaier for the sole purpose of entertainment‚ but in the 1960s conspicuous and outspoken Jean Dominique bought the station. He played the role of both journalist and human rights activist. His lasting legacy brings light upon the abuses of the Duvalier’s dictatorship; he founded
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Mohandas Gandhi was a nationalist Indian leader that waged a campaign of nonviolence against the colonial British government that took over India in order to help achieve its’ independence. Mohandas Gandhi was among the greatest political and social reformers of recent times‚ he is best remembered for his later campaigns to overthrow British rule in India‚ which led to India’s independence in 1947. He was born in the second day of October in 1869 Gandhi placed himself at the heart of the world-encircling
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by Heinrich Hertz’s experiments on radio waves‚ Guglielmo Marconi‚ a twenty-two year old man in Italy‚ experimented in his parent’s attic until he created and later patented the first radio‚ which could transmit radio waves a little more than a mile away. Marconi then traveled to England‚ where his invention could be more easily funded‚ and although his radio equipment almost got destroyed by suspicious customs officers in Dover‚ Marconi was able to create a radio that transmitted Morse code signals
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Media Influence on Society Introduction In the last 50 years the media influence has grown exponentially with the advance of technology‚ first there was the telegraph‚ then the radio‚ the newspaper‚ magazines‚ television and now the internet.We live in a society that depends on information and communication to keep moving in the right direction and do our daily activities like work‚ entertainment‚ health care‚ education‚ personal relationships‚ traveling and anything else that
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Unquestionably the media being newspapers‚ internet‚ radio and television‚ influence society. They can affect‚ have affected and will continue to affect the progression of life in this nation and around the world‚ as electronic technology continues to be the chosen mode of communication for a whole generation‚ offering direct‚ often anonymous influential information. The media presents "one minded" views that have the ability to reflect societies moods and influence the balance of power. - Death of Princess
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RADIO DRAMA by TIM CROOK Here are some horrible truths: Most radio drama is very badly written. Radio drama is an endangered species. It has never taken a hold of mainstream programming on commercial radio in the UK. It used to be the mainstream in the States and Australia but lost out to TV in the middle to late fifties. It is under threat within public radio services including the BBC because of the pressure of monetarist ideology and the fact that authors and radio drama directors have been
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Radio James Robert Kennedy also known as Radio is a twenty-tree year old man living with intellectual disabilities. He pushes around a shopping cart along the streets. He is interested by a high school football team‚ but after the team coach also known as coach jones takes pity on him for his disabilities and his great spirit‚ he asks him to help the team after the day the team member’s duct aped him and locked him in a storage shed. The coach confronts them‚ and takes radio home where he meets
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Police Influence on Society Policing has come along way the In the United States. Resources such has vehicles‚ radios‚ and computers have made policing much more efficient. Although policing has advanced‚ history of policing has had a huge impact on the current relationship between African Americans and police. Tension between African Americans and police existed throughout the history of policing and still exists within policing today. Policing history is divided into the political era‚ reform
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Free International‚ an organization that works on ending animal testing for cosmetics and consumer products(2). He has been named PETAs person of the year for his role in abolishing animal cruelty(3). Furthermore‚ he has had a great influence on British culture and society and some have even gone so far as to describe him as the most influential British comedian since Charlie Chaplin(4). He has reached his status of being influential by being immensely popular and having a large social media following
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PSY 281-01 Biography Assignment July 15‚ 2013 RADIO Cuba Gooding Jr. starring as Radio Radio is a Drama/Sport movie filmed in 2003 that revolves around Radio‚ portrayed by Cuba Gooding Jr. Radio displays multiple behaviors that are consistent with the psychological disorder‚ Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder‚ defined in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV). His life consists of rigid structure and exhaustive daily rituals. This will soon be drastically altered
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