Abstract For professional journalists‚ the fullest expression of professional skill is in producing quality‚ independent editorial‚ according to McQuail in (Donsbach & Patterson 2004). However this becomes problematic for journalists‚ when it conflicts with profit creation in corporate media (Chomsky1988; McChesney1999‚2001‚2011; McKnight2012). The issue of editorial independence in today’s corporate media arena is an important one for emerging professional journalists‚ as well as for academics
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Framing Obesity: Perspectives on Discourse Over the years‚ my perspective on obesity has been informed by education in the fields of public health‚ family therapy‚ and feminist theory. While obesity may appear to have a clear definition‚ BMI of 30 or greater‚ speak this word in any of the three aforementioned disciplines and you will receive some opposing views. My goal for this report is to outline some key terms surrounding obesity based on field and argue for a more inclusive‚ interdisciplinary
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HGAP Chapter 10 Notes Developing- country is making progress in technology‚ production‚ and socio-economic well being Gross National Income- measure of the total value of the officially recorded goods and services produced by the citizens and corporations of a country in a given year Gross Domestic Product- encompasses only goods and services produced within a country in a given year Gross National Income- calculates the monetary worth of what is produced within a country plus income received
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same degree‚ have faced the effect of free global trade‚ deregulation of the markets‚ privatization and simultaneously‚ the need to improve productivity‚ quality and cost efficiencies. The implication of globalization‚ international and national neoliberalism economic policies‚ new technologies and social changes are readily apparent. What are the behavioural responses employees may
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Capitalist government is established in the rationale of a financial framework that is driven by the focused quest for profit in view of the misuse of labor‚ and which is in this way inclined to over-collection. The author uses a framework‚ which he refers to as ‘accumulation by dispossession’. This framework enables us to understand predatory activities of Canadian mining in South America and the Canadian state power to defend and facilitate these activities. Canadian mining companies are amongst
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As a collective‚ Mexico’s modern revoultionary organizations have wanted to address the theme of Indigenous Autonomy‚ because now more than ever it happens to be the best infrastructural model for organizing a durable movement of resistance that is not exclusive of just indigenous individuals‚ but openly commends allies and supporters of their cause. It has been the permanently consistent will of Indigenous people’s struggles and resistance which work towards preserving the unique aspects of the
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Sociology Essay Young people and the difficulties faced in negotiating a precarious and exploitative labour market The operational definition of youth varies widely from country to country but the UN defines youth as the age group between 15 and 24 years old. Essay Question Young people are confronted with the difficulties of negotiating a labour market that is precarious and exploitative. There are major difficulties of entry‚ especially into full-time work in the formal and informal
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Australian class hierarchy & how their wealth/power allows them to transcend bounds of media/governmental influence addresses Weber’s classist theory. Australian economics transformed over time – land > exports > media > private property (neoliberalism now) wealth/power is connected to media and government Rupert Murdoch put all his power behind Whitlam’s labour election – Whitlam refused to appoint Murdoch as Australia’s High Commissioner in London so he exerted his power through the media to
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The Anti-Political Machine written by James Ferguson is an ethnographic novel that clarifies the clash of Western modern economic development in Less-Developed Countries (LDC). Developmental projects rooted in South Africa‚ Lesotho demonstrations structural changes for citizens of poverty and agriculture as international interest. The theory of anti-political machine practices structural discourse disconnected from the traditional political power. To solve issues of poverty by industrial development
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Gelsthorpe‚ L. (2010) ‘Women‚ crime and control’ SAGE Publications This article was written by Loraine Gelsthorpe to ‘tease out Wacquant’s treatment of gender’ in his two books ‘Punishing the Poor’ and ‘Prisons in Poverty’ (Wacquant) Loraine takes a feminist approach towards Wacquant’s work and feels he needs to look into gender more. Agreeing with Loraine although Wacquant has written about the vulnerability of women in the regimes of workfare‚ he fails to understand how social policies escalate
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