This file of SOC 331 Week 5 Discussion Question 1 Retributive Justice and Mandatory Life Imprisonment for Juvenile Offenders consists of: In Chapter 5 of the textbook‚ the author examines retributive justice from the standpoint of the means of punishment (Section 5.2). He calls attention to the length of prison sentences and‚ in particular‚ the issue of mandatory life sentences for juvenile offenders. In 2012‚ the U.S. Supreme Court declared laws that require judges to impose life-without-parole
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Cindy Harrington Ms. Jocelyn 1/27/2013 Inequality in the United States Kenji Yoshino argues in his essay covering: The hidden assault on our civil rights “Civil rights has always been to permit people to pursue the human flourishing without limitation based on bias Focusing on law prevents us from seeing the revolutionary breadth of that aspiration‚ as law has limited civil rights to particular groups.”(235). Kenji Yoshino has a great point‚ what still exist in our structural and economical
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According to Neil Postman‚ technopoly is term where a society worships the power and the limitless of technologies. In the book‚ Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology‚ Postman states that technology can be a friend or an enemy. However‚ he believes that technology is more likely to be an enemy than a friend since it changes or alters the society’s perspective of life and future. Technopoly causes dangers to civilization because it changes the culture we once live in‚ changes the traditional
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Teacher” by Neil Postman and “Why Games Are Good for You” by Steven Johnson are both articles that examine different strategies about collateral learning. Postman’s article stated how certain shows on television can affect education. Johnson’s article was similar but his statement is about how learning can be educational by playing videos. Collateral learning can have positive and negative influences on education. In his article “Television as Teacher” scholar and critic Neil Postman gives his views
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Technopoly‚ Neil Postman demonstrates the argument against the use of writing through an excerpt from Plato’s work Phaedrus(Postman‚ Neil (1992) Technopoly‚ Vintage‚ New York‚ pp 73). In this excerpt the scholar Socrates recounts the story of Thamus‚ the Egyptian king and Theuth the inventor of the written word. In this story‚ Theuth presents his new invention "writing" to King Thamus‚ telling Thamus that his new invention "will improve both the wisdom and memory of the Egyptians"(Postman‚ Neil (1992)
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in common with author Neil Postman? According to IMDB.com‚ they both appeared July 14‚ 2003‚ on an episode of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”. To many‚ the appearance of Neil Postman’s on the faux news program may seem odd. Considering that in Postman’s 1985 book‚ “Amusing Ourselves to Death‚ Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business”; the author gives a scathing appraisal of television news as entertainment. The New York University Communications professor‚ Postman‚ employs historical references
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Eighteenth Century By: Neil Postman Neil Postman identifies himself as a "neo-Luddite". What bothers Postman most is the fact that the great innovators of this time have no frame of reference other than their own experience‚ and that experience is only that of the 20th century. Advocates of trends such as information superhighways and economic globalization appear to know nothing of history‚ philosophy and culture; they live digitally in the hollow present. Postman assesses different ideas
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Amusing Ourselves to Death Neil Postman’s main thesis: the medium controls the message‚ “medium is the message.” (p.8) And how the changes in the medium in which we obtain our news and information cause the changes in society’s communication‚ exchange of ideas‚ our culture and language; mainly the public discourse. In according to this‚ Postman argues that every medium of communication has the power to “direct us to organize our minds and integrate our experience of the world…it imposes itself
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analyzing both Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman and You Just Don’t Understand‚ by Deborah Tannen‚ I have come to conclude that I prefer Tannen’s book over Postman’s. There are a variety of reasons for this particular choice. For one‚ Tannen’s novel offered a very relatable topic that applies to my everyday life. On the other hand‚ Postman’s argument was a bit too radical for my taste. Also‚ Tannen’s novel was very focused and clear. On the contrary‚ Postman had a tendency to ramble on about irrelevant
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match current events and society. Neil Postman makes a point in Amusing Ourselves to Death by stating that modern society is becoming like Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and not like George Orwell’s 1984. Postman includes many factors in his argument like the different forms of entertainment‚ control‚ and the concealment of truth and information. The society in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is controlled by pleasure‚ egoism‚ and the irrelevance of truth. Neil Postman is correct‚ modern society is
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