THE IMPACT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY ON LIFESTYLE AND HEALTH – A PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Håkan Alm hakan.alm@ltu.se Positive impact of technology As a start I would like to give a short and simple definition of the concept “technology”. Technology will‚ in this case and this paper‚ refer to any physical object‚ product‚ environment‚ or symbol that has been created by human beings. Another frequently used concept with the same meaning is “artifact” (Simon‚ 1969). Technology has had a great impact upon
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April 21‚ 2005 Hum 101 Final 1. Describe how recent advancements in technology (since 1975 or so) have changed the arts and arts education. Answer: Since 1975 or so there has been many changes in technology that have affected arts education. Advancements in technology such as the internet‚ computers‚ and more art education programs have played a major effect. Before this era students could not really get the full picture of visual arts unless the instructor has the actual prints. The
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How did the cinema affect the lives of women and children in 1930’s? Labelled the ‘golden age of Hollywood’ the 1930’s was arguably a decade of turmoil. This led to many people attending the cinema to escape from reality. Among adults‚ women tended to go to the cinema more often than their husbands‚ and this finding was echoed by rowntree‚ who found that 75 per cent of cinema-goers in New York during the late 1930’s were women[1]. With large numbers of children attending these types of pictures
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companiesandmarkets.com/News/Leisure/UK-cinema-market-led-by-Cineworld/NI6625 UK cinema market led by Cineworld The UK cinema market has traditionally proved fairly resilient to recessionary forces. However‚ with consumers being squeezed by a combination of higher taxes‚ low earnings growth and high inflation‚ they are being forced to look again at all areas of their discretionary spending and cinema is bound to come under threat. January saw admissions to UK cinemas hit a total of 17‚081
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I´ll put the kettle on The thing what people really enjoy during travelling to other countries is watching and experiencing the culture. Many people know the British culture for its tea drinking. But only a few know that the preparation of tea will tell something about your lawyer in society. From the way you prepare your tea and the number of spoons of sugar you put in your tea‚ the British can trace your status. While in other countries tea drinking is seen as a social gathering and a way of
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THE AMERICAN HORROR CINEMA Christophe CHAMBOST ISIC.L2.cinéma Evaluation : Un devoir sur table en examen terminal avec 2 questions de cours (exemple : une question sur le gothique et une question sur un cinéaste) → 50% de la note Un dossier à faire en groupe : prendre une scène d’un film fantastique Américain qui nous paraît intéressante Fantastic The origin of the fantastic as a literary genre started in the 18th century. At that time there was no films but there was an interest for the macabre
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Scientific progress and technological innovations have been‚ along with new ideas of social organization‚ the principal scope of interest for the vast majority of utopian writers. Whether based on some rational predictions of the future development of science‚ or belonging to the sphere of pure fantasy‚ technology in utopian writing has been generally described as a means of achieving the state of universal order and happiness‚ a way to establish collective prosperity and social equality. However
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Parallel Cinema While Indian Cinema known as Bollywood was thriving in the 1950s‚ the film industry also saw the emergence of a new Parallel Cinema movement. A group of film-makers broke with the past traditions and made exciting‚ experimental and innovating films (Gupta 11). Indian Parallel Cinema is a specific genre of Indian cinema which is known for its serious content‚ realism and naturalism‚ which reflected social and politics during those times (Gupta 14). Indian parallel cinema represents
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Advanced Vocabulary – 1 |ambiguity |A sentence/expression can be ambiguous if it has two possible meanings‚ and it is not clear what the | |(adj = ambiguous) |writer/speaker wants to say | |Although she said she was committed to the scheme‚ there was some ambiguity in her voice. | |Christians are not ambiguous
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The history of theatre charts the development of theatre over the past 2‚500 years. While performative elements are present in every society‚ it is customary to acknowledge a distinction between theatre as an art form[->1] and entertainment and theatrical or performative elements in other activities. The history of theatre is primarily concerned with the origin and subsequent development of the theatre as an autonomous activity. Since classical Athens] in the 6th century BCE‚ vibrant traditions of
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