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    Barriers to Effective Communication and How to Overcome Them Dr. Arun K Behera* Prof. Bijay K Tripathy* * Introduction: Communication is a complex process wherein information is shared between individuals through a common system of symbols‚ signs‚ and behavior expressing feelings‚ ideas‚ views‚ opinions‚ etc. People communicate to satisfy needs. The main purpose of communication is to help people feel good about themselves and about their friends‚ groups‚ and organizations. For the communication

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    Discrimination Against Women in the Workplace Unfair treatment of women has been prevalent throughout time. Although there have been many movements to attempt to terminate this tendency‚ it is still ubiquitous in today’s society. Sex discrimination in the workplace occurs when women are treated differently because of their gender. Many factors influence employers and coworkers to display prejudice against women. Gender bias in the workplace is an unfair practice that results in lower payment‚ disrespect

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    criminal trial there are usually 12 members in a jury. The jury selection is conducted by both the prosecution and the defense attorneys. An examination process called voir dire is performed on each potential juror‚ to ensure any unbiased or preconceived notions of guilt or innocence doesn’t exist. Any person desiring or summoned by a judge to sit on the panel must meet certain qualifications. An individual must be 18 years of age‚ be a citizen‚ live in the judicial area for one year‚ and speak English

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    restate Descartes’s logic for believing knowledge is possible. Next‚ I will introduce flaws I can see surrounding his argument and show the weakness of his position. Finally‚ I will give my reasons for supporting the notion that it is not possible to gain knowledge beyond the notion that I am a thinking thing. Descartes’s Argument Descartes’s argument for knowledge is based on skepticism; he doubts everything in order to find something he cannot doubt‚ something unshakably true; he concludes that

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    customers (if I am looking for a product) or the outcome based on previous scientific findings (if I am looking for information that is used for research). (7) Internet can be a reliable or non-reliable source that is based on the assumptions‚ preconceived notions‚ and the culture of the

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    Taking A Stance On Public Art (Richard Serra’s Tilted Arc) The monumental sculpture titled Tilted Arc by Richard Serra is considered by the general public to be a nuisance‚ eyesore‚ inconvenience‚ and certainly not a work of art. It has been commissioned by the Arts-in-Architecture program of the U.S. General Services Administration‚ which earmarks 0.5 percent of a federal building’s cost for artwork.The sculpture was a solid‚ unfinished plate of Core-Ten steel‚ 120 feet long‚ 12 feet high‚ and

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    Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines prejudice and discrimination as: Prejudice (1) : injury or damage resulting from some judgment or action of another in disregard of one’s rights; especially : detriment to one’s legal rights or claims (2) a. (1) : preconceived judgment or opinion (2) : an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge b : an instance of such judgment or opinion c : an irrational attitude of hostility directed against an individual‚ a group‚ a race

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    The Pure Essence of the Individual Many stereotypes exist within the social context of today’s world that stem from old and new preconceived notions of the unfamiliar. For example‚ some stereotypes stress generalizations that pertain to the aspects of different cultures such as religion‚ behavior‚ and even down to the type of cuisine. These misconceptions generalize an entire group of people based off of one characteristic‚ not taking into account the individuality of each person. Stereotypes produced

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    her buttocks; rather‚ it was a sign that black females are creatures who thrive on high levels of sexual activity‚ similar to animals. Their preconceived belief that Baartman‚ as a black woman‚ is related to animals was further played out when they ordered her onstage to act in a similar to how circus animals behave. The men preyed upon the preconceived notions of others (that black females are overtly sexual and lack the intelligence of other groups) in order to make a

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    facilitator and the learner parallels Sontag’s concept of framing and representation In Plato’s Cave‚ and Barthes idea of posing and theater in Camera Lucida. Sontag and Barthes’s understandings of photography’s “reality” intersect in that their notion of the object in photography being real and not real. Thus it is interesting to note the relationship between Milgram with Barthes and Sontag in terms of their ideas on photography and his experiment. The facilitator and the learner staging of the

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