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    Taylor Medlin Randy Wood Humn 301-01 Foundations of Modern World June 6‚ 2013 Moliere’s Tartuffe Moliere’s Portrayal of Religion and Religiosity Moliere’s Tartuffe is about a man named Tartuffe who is a beggar and holy man that was recently taken in by a Christian man named‚ Orgon. Tartuffe has Orgon fooled‚ but the entire rest of Orgon’s family sees Tartuffe as a hypocritical‚ self-righteous con artist. Orgon becomes obsessed with Tartuffe and would rather talk and hear about him than his

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    Deviancy and corruption within police organizations has influenced public’s negative perceptions and attitudes‚ as well as negatively impact the social relationship between the two groups. Policing in America‚ was established to maintain social order by enforcing rules and laws‚ protecting citizens‚ and taking appropriate action to ensure safety and justice. Police officers are expected to exercise “power and authority” while preserving moral character‚ but it is not always the case. Individual morale

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    fatal police shooting has made it to court from 2010‚ two-thirds of police cases never went to a grand jury‚ and of those 49 cases that made it to the grand jury‚ only 9 involved an indictment because the grand jury was only asked to determine if the shooting was justified or unjustified (Schrade and Peebles). A shooting involved case that received national recognition (not military related) was the death of Kathryn Johnston‚ a 92-year-old woman who was tragically killed by two Atlanta police officers

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    Police Brutality History

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    Police brutality is a phenomenon that has stood the test of time and it is the culprit to igniting many passionate debates across the United States. The term "police brutality" was in use in the United States as early as 1872‚ when the Chicago Tribune reported on the beating of a civilian under arrest at the Harrison Street Police Station (1872)‚ and more recently when the CBS news reported that an officer was caught on video violently taking down a citizen (2017). The police have had an extensive

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    Professionalism is key for any career not only police officers. However‚ police officers deal with the community everyday who look at them as role models. The uniform has an extreme effect on the community and it must be portrayed in a positive light. Police officers run around in dirt‚ blood‚ and really anything you can think of. However‚ during the job it is important to clean yourself up if you get dirty. In addition‚ a police officer must be able to be differentiated from a regular civilian.

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    The Portrayal of Dissociative Identity Disorder in “Split”: Separating Fact from Fiction Alexander Pierre Berry [Institutional Affiliation(s)] The 2016 film “Split” features a character that is afflicted with a condition known as “dissociative identity disorder‚” or DID. As the first part of the name implies‚ this psychiatric disorder is characterized by dissociation‚ which refers to disruptions in conscious awareness‚ lapses in memory‚ and changes in behavior of which the subject

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    Psychopaths in Media

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    working outline Topic: Psychopaths and the legitimacy of their portrayal in film and media. Specific purpose: To inform the audience of the inaccuracy of the portrayals of certain mental illnesses. Thesis: Today ’s socializing agent is the media‚ distortion of accuracy in its portrayal leads to misconceptions and misunderstandings which hinders the cultural growth and knowledge of society. 1. Introduction: a. There are at least two million psychopaths in North America at any given moment.

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    Law Enforcements Cross The Line “It begins with a relatively minor incident: A traffic stop. A burglary. A disturbance. Police arrive and tensions escalate. It ends with an unarmed black man shot dead” (Somashekhar). Already a total of‚”896 people shot dead by police this year” ("Investigation: Police shootings"). The 31 of which were of a weapon unknown‚ which means‚”could not determine whether a person was armed because of conflicting accounts from witnesses or a lack of information‚” (Somashekhar)

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    Media Bias

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    that plagues us everyday without us even realizing it is media bias. We see it in the news. We see it on our favorite sitcoms. We read it everyday in the paper. Yet‚ we really don’t recognize it when we hear it or see it. Media bias is evident in every aspect of the media‚ yet the problem is that we don’t even recognize it when it is right in front of our faces. Are the impressions that we form about individuals a product of the media? Do we form certain opinions about particular types of people

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    Women in the Media

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    Changing How Women are Portrayed in the Media ABSTRACT Through this paper‚ the reader will be learning about how different women are portrayed in the media‚ and what people can do to hopefully change this one day. Women are constantly being portrayed as having to be “perfect” in the media. Whether it is on the news‚ in magazines‚ in movies‚ or on television‚ sexism is all over the place. With the proposed research ideas and methods‚ hopefully people will be able to make a change in this

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