Robert Sheehan Professor Fell English 100 November 25‚ 2012 Media Manipulation of Teenage Culture In the PBS program The Merchants of Cool ‚ Douglas Rushkoff explores "the giant feedback loop" which shows how the big media corporations use teenagers as resources to discover what will make teenagers watch their shows. He also investigates the tactics and techniques used by the major corporations to stay just ahead of the cool curve and the cultural ramifications that their shows have on teenagers
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The Turbulent Life of a Merchant in the Revolutionary Era The following paper‚ through the mind and words of a fictionalized character‚ examines the crucial issues and various changes the imperial relationship between Great Britain and its North American colonies underwent in the mid-to-late eighteenth century. Drawing upon various historical events and enactments‚ the story of Gerald Gardner‚ a Bostonian merchant‚ will try to synthesize these events and provide a reflection upon the American Revolution
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Critical Evaluation of Merchants of Doubt Merchants of Doubt‚ is a documentary directed by Robert Kenner‚ that is inspired by the book of the same name by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway . It The documentary uses a professional magician comparing the illusions done by the magicians to the public relations tactics used by industries. The documentary discusses about how industries have been using a myriad of public relations tactics to protect from government regulations in order to ensure their
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Marketers are constantly looking for new original ways to engage their target audience. Studies are conducted in which teenager’s actions and habits are evaluated. The results of these studies help marketers to determine what is cool. The film‚ “The Merchants of Cool‚” teaches viewers that marketers will go through great lengths to make profits. Marketers work continuously at creating new and innovative ways to keep their messages unique and engrained in their target audience’s lives. One way
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Love and Money Love is a dominant theme in Merchant of Venice. It actually is the umbrella of other sub-themes‚ which are love of friends‚ love of family and love of lovers. Shakespeare gives more focus to these themes as they are significant and serious issues in life‚ thus giving his play a universal approach that fits everywhere and when. The irony‚ however‚ is that there is no real love shown in these relations. One can notice that love is associated with self-interest or with the love of
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to have been a city which was oriented towards craft-industrial production‚ such as Florence‚ rather that towards trade or services‚ such as Naples or Rome. It was only when Venice turned from trade to industry at the end of the fifteenth century‚ that Venetian art caught up with that of Florence.” Artisans in Venice like the Bellini Brothers and others such as Titian‚ Tintoretto and Veronese have arguably surpassed artists in other regions of Italy in their specialties. Peter Humfrey
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Venice: City of Dreams The city of Venice is one of the most magical places on earth. The first step taken there is like walking into a different world‚ where time seems to stand still and greet you with a warm laugh. The overwhelming power of the city plays on its subjects curiosity and drives them to wander deep into its alluring streets. Built entirely upon water its streets are really wide canals that run throughout the entire city. They carry people from one enchanted building to the
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China Merchants Bank----the First Stock Commercial Bank in China ---- Interpret the Safety & Profitability Index Page 1. Brief 1.1 SMART objective of the project In this project‚ I will spend three months to investigating China Merchants Bank (CMB) financial situation‚ and interpret the financial statement of China Merchants Bank from 2004 to 2008 to evaluate the safety and profitability of CMB. Usual analysis tool conclude ratio analysis‚ primary
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In “Tourists Could Destroy Venice—If Floods Don’t First” by Simon Worrall‚ a Venetian named Settis explains how the city of Venice could become lost. To begin with‚ important representatives of the city have thought about opening Venice as a theme park. However‚ Settis argues that tourist should not have to pay to explore the city and that the city itself can tell its own history because of its beauty. Also‚ he is a strong believer that Venice should not be famous for its tourism‚ but for the first
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To what extent did the need for strategic leadership lead to the rise of Venice between the 9th and 15th centuries? Venice was a major trading power between the 9th and 15th centuries‚ which led to extraordinary wealth and vast trading services. After the fourth Crusade‚ Venice became the strongest republic of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. As a result‚ Venice succeeded in dominating the entire maritime traffic. Venetians with adventurous spirits traveled abroad in search for new opportunities
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