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    Elevator Norms

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    March 2013 Elevator Norm Violation I recently performed an experiment on a norm violation which had to do with elevators‚ and proper behavior while inside of them. The over all plan of this experiment was to stand facing the corner of the elevator so that no one could see my face as I went up or down. People today usually stand facing the door while riding in an elevator‚ so it was interesting to see peoples reactions as I violated this everyday norm. My hypothesis was that I would not get very

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    THE IMPORTANCE OF TELEVISION MANILA‚ MAY 25‚ 2006 (STAR) STARBYTES By Butch Francisco - With the exception of Nestor Torre and Edmund Sicam‚ reviewers who came before me looked down on television and belittled my efforts writing critiques on TV programs. As far as they were concerned‚ film was the superior medium and definitely more sophisticated. But look at local cinema now. While the Philippine movie industry is breathing its last (but I sure hope it gets resuscitated – and I’m positive it would

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    Sociology Norms

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    When I was a senior in high school‚ everyone around me was rushing around filling out college applications and writing their entrance essays. All of the guidance counselors in high school were always talking about college. They made sure you applied to at least two‚ it was almost like they were pressuring you to go to college. I like to make my own decisions‚ rather than people tell me what to do‚ especially if I do not need to do it. I never took any AP courses‚ and I only took the SATs once

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    Advantages Of Television

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    Advantages of television: Positive: Literacy‚ Democratization of Information‚ Enrichment of Culture. In this era‚ also known as information age‚ Television plays significant role in disseminating information and shaping people’s opinions. Since its invention television has been used for several different purposes including‚ broadcasting information‚ imparting knowledge and providing entertainment masses. Television has a lot of positive effects on society and culture

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    Out Of Norm

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    What Makes Someone "Out of the Norm"? Everywhere around the world‚ there are some people who appear to possess certain unique characteristics that shape them into extraordinary human beings‚ people who have the power to be real heroes— but at the same time seem as ordinary as can be. Some may be friends‚ family‚ or even random people you spot on the street. However‚ you have no idea what their identity is until you actually explore and thoroughly get to know them. A few weeks ago I started to develop

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    Television Advertisement

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    Television Advertisement Television advertisement takes an important part of everyday human’s life. Everyday tons of people in America and world watches Television and advertisements. Television advertisements are very common these days. They appear in public where a lot of people can hear and watch. For example‚ commercials tend to appear on the radio‚ foot ball game where a lot of people are watching‚ and in on television. Advertisement is seen many times especially on television

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    Religion Through Film

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    the character Isabel found out she was pregnant‚ her biggest fear was telling her parents. She knew they would be disappointed in her because she was not married. Being Catholic‚ her parents believed pregnancy comes after a marriage. They believed that having a baby out of wedlock was a sin. She also worried that her parents would not accept the father of her baby‚ Alex Whitman‚ because he was not Catholic. In fact‚ he hardly practiced any religion. Alex was raised in a loosely religion home

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    Children and Television

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    Television is a big part of everyone’s life‚ including young children and it is a concern for parents if it is in the child’s best interest to watch different programing. There are a lot of different shows that are directed to children‚ but not all of the shows are age appropriate. The ratings along with the content can help with deciding what children should watch. A variety of studies have been done in regards to how television can impact children in different age groups and whether it is beneficial

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    Social Norm

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    social norm that I chose to violate was to go into an elevator and instead of turning around and facing the door upon entering; I had my back to the door and faced the other people in the elevator. In normality a person enters an elevator‚ pushes the button for their desired floor and turns to face the door to avoid eye contact with strangers‚ and prepare to exit the elevator. The reason I choose to violate this particular social norm was because I’ve never seen anyone else do it and I was curious

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    Social Norm

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    Norms are usually the rules and regulations that groups of people live by or standards of behavior. The term "norms" covers an exceptionally wide range of behavior. Sociologist’s defined norms as a set of rules developed by a group of people that specify how they must‚ should‚ may‚ should not‚ and must not behave in various circumstances. Norms are the social rules that control behavior in the community at large. Norms are learned as an individual grows in a given environment. Some norms are classified

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