The social media user - Simmel’s stranger today In 1908‚ Georg Simmel used the trader as a paradigm for his idea of ’The Stranger’ who is characterised by his mobility‚ objectivity and position between belonging and exclusion. Today’s social media user‚ I will argue‚ can be seen as a contemporary‚ mediated form of Simmel’s stranger. I will begin with an analysis of Georg Simmel’s essay ’The Stranger’ before showing how the essence of this idea is embodied in the social media user of today and why
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EMOTION ESSAY “The mind leads‚ the emotions follow” -Ayn Rand Emotion is a state of psychological stimulation and an expression of distinct responses[1]. Emotional states can be defined by particular bodily responses. Emotion is more similar to conscious thought than feelings are to conscious thought. Feelings are more like sensations‚ when you touch something you get a feeling[2]. Therefore feelings are processed faster than emotions‚ because when you touch something there is a slight
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In his novel The Stranger‚ Albert Camus expresses his philosophy of the absurd: The irrationality of the universe‚ the meaninglessness of human life‚ the “importance” of the physical world. Camus is too concerned with the creation of meaning in a meaningless world through the process of living life. The novel is a first-person account of the life of M. Meursault from the time of his mother’s death up to a time evidently just before his execution for the murder of an Arab. The central theme is that
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Love. An intense‚ vivid emotion that is powerfully portrayed in William Shakespeare’s exceptionally riveting drama “Romeo and Juliet.” Illustrated throughout the play in many forms‚ most importantly in the courtly romance of main characters Romeo and Juliet‚ the heartening emotion is evoked strongly in Act Two Scene Two. Using effective techniques such as dialogue‚ plot‚ imagery and contrast‚ Shakespeare reveals the couples’ love and its effect on the entire play. Firstly‚ it is clear the intensity
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Emotion –induced blindness Introduction Emotional visual scenes are powerful attracters of attention. Evidence suggests that emotional stimuli themselves attract attention‚ and they can disrupt perception of subsequent stimuli (Anderson and Phelps‚ 2001). In a visual attention search task‚ faster reaction time has been found when target is an emotional stimulus than neutral stimuli (Ohman‚ Lundqvist‚ & Esteves‚ 2001). From these result it seems that emotional stimuli enhance perception of such
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Fear does not have to contain a negative connotation in your household. In society‚ fear is viewed an emotion that should be avoided. We as humans should embrace this emotional feeling of fear. Fear allows us to understand there is a threat present or that we are in danger. If we did not have this feeling‚ we would not know when we encounter dangerous situations. Parents want to protect their kids from these dangerous situations or threats‚ but they should not. By shielding and protecting their children
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The Four Theories of Emotion The four main theories of emotion are interesting views of four scholarly psychologists. The theories are the James-Lange theory‚ the Cannon-Bard theory‚ the Schacter-Singer theory‚ and the Lazarus theory. Each of these four theories explains the order of events that occur when an emotion is present. Each theory is a hypothesis waiting to be tested out. Each of these theories is held by a psychologist(s). The psychologists no matter how far past our time they
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Does Selective colour in a photographic image influence the perception of the viewing audience in the sense of manipulating the emotions seen in the imagery observed? With that said‚ do photographs loose that exact emotion when seen in black and white? Color is defined as “the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object‚ usually determined visually by measurement of hue‚ saturation‚ and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue” (quoted from
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Jared Potts Ms. Reeves Film/Capstone 4 November 2012 Mise-en-Scene: The Strangers The Strangers (Bertino) is a 2008 horror/thriller film‚ directed by Bryan Bertino‚ and starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman. Based on true events‚ The Strangers‚ tells of a young couple‚ Kristen McKay (Liv Tyler) and James Hoyt (Scott Speedman)‚ who stay in the Hoyts’ rural summer home after attending a wedding. Throughout the night‚ three people in masks (Kip Weeks‚ Gemma Ward‚ and Laura Margolis)‚ one man and
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Chapter 6: Motivation and Emotion 1. What is Motivation a. Motivation – A physiological and psychological factors that account for the arousal (energizing)‚ direction‚ and persistence of behavior. i. Motivation is a hypothetical state 2. Theories of Motivation b. Biological Theories ii. Instincts – Unlearned species-specific behaviors that are more complex than reflexes and triggered by environmental events called releasing stimuli iii. Ethology
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