Cultural Voices and Representations in EFL Materials Design‚ Pedagogy‚ and Research Phaisit Boriboon B.A. (English)‚ M.A. (TESOL) A thesis submitted in fulfilment of requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to Linguistics and English Language School of Philosophy‚ Psychology and Language Sciences University of Edinburgh July 2008 Copyright 2008 by Phaisit Boriboon All rights reserved. To My Parents‚ ปอบุญมา แมคําปน บริบูรณ‚ in Heaven Abstract This study
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------------------------------------------------- Assignment Two: ’Photojournalism and Representation’ Thomas Hoepker‚ Magnum Photos‚ 2001. Stuart Hall (1978) stated that ’the media define for the majority of the population what significant events are taking place‚ but‚ also‚ they offer powerful interpretations of how to understand these events.’ This quote is relevant to this photograph as it both reflects and challenges Hall’s claim in regards to the power of media representation‚ and can be applied to this example of photojournalism
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The Negative Impacts on Children’s Behavior from Media Such as Television and Movies‚ Rock Music and Music Videos‚ Advertising‚ Video and Computer games Academic Preparation 5B Kanin Sripraserth INTO University of South Florida Mar 19th‚ 2011 Introduction Media have become more important to our lives than it used to be. I admit that I consume many kinds of media everyday such as newspaper‚ magazine‚ television‚ computer and even radio when we are driving a car. Moreover
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discusses the over-sexualization of women in rap/hip hop songs and music videos‚ and the possible social causes of this. It has become apparent nowadays that women are heavily degraded in all kinds of media in order to appeal to the male viewing audience. Scantily clad women partaking in provocative dance routines and actions has become a norm of music videos. Machismo ideals that stress the extreme superiority of men over women and encourage the representation of women almost as an item prevail among
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such as their career. When their past poor choices are revealed many people may choose to abstain from associating with current or previous addicts. The poor representation in media creates a hard obstacle for addicts to overcome in their aim to better themselves. The image of narcotics abuse is always exaggerated in media. The representation is
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The Work of Representation Stuart Hall Summarize by Jesse Tseng 1 Representation‚ meaning and language At first we have to know that： Representation is an essential part of the process by which meaning is produced and exchanged between members of a culture. It does involve the use of language‚ of signs and images which stand for or represent things. And surly it is not a simple or straightforward process. How this article exploring the concept of representation connect meaning and language to
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Array Representation A complete binary tree has a simple array representation. Suppose we number the nodes from left to right‚ beginning at the top and ending at the bottom. Then we can store the various data items in the corresponding elements of an array. For example can be represented by the array This in fact corresponds to the level order enumeration of the tree. Note that we only use an initial segment of the array. Provided the array is long enough‚ and we know the number of
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Representation and Bias By Deborah Callaway Herzing College Online W4A1-Reflection Assignment November 26‚ 2009 Representation and Bias When creating or reviewing a research study‚ we need to consider the information and decide if it is representative or biased in order to make clear decisions. When the information or sample is representative‚ it means that the people studied are like the people who you wish to generalize and it must have the same significant
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HIST 2111 Taxation and Representation March 4‚ 2015 If you struggle with wanting more rights‚ or you do not believe you are a “free man”‚ you ought to look up the rights you would have had before the end of the Revolutionary War. You may find yourself thanking God for the rights and liberties you do have now as well as finding a new appreciation for the men who fought for those liberties. In the article‚ Samuel Adams‚ The Rights of the Colonists‚ we are informed that the colonist’s believed their
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they wanted to create greater equality between men and women thus the Equal Pay Act and the Equal Opportunities Act were put in place; this leads sociologists to look at how gender is represented in the media. Within the media equality between genders are slowly changing; sociologist Abercrombie (1999) ‘soap stories are actually driven by strong female figures such as Carla Connor‚ Coronation Street and Anderson (1998) ‘argues that women now play major roles in comedies’; they look into how gender
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