Authority and Power Felicia Flake Everest University Online Police officers possess both authority and power. Authority is the right to command and the right or power to enforce rules or give orders and is the basis of social control in a community. Police officers possess this type of authority when signed on to do their jobs. Power is a source of social influence and context manipulation of objective facts‚ such as actions or results of another person ’s behavior. Authority
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George Orwell’s novel‚ 1984‚ portrays a chilling picture of how the power of the state could dominate the lives of individuals through cultural conditioning. The Party controls every aspect of life and sets strict guidelines. Every inner and outer party member has to worship Big Brother unless they are a prole. Proles are the lower class part of society. Winston is an outer Party member and works in the fiction department fixing history and the Party’s faults. Winston feels frustrated by the
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Images of Power and Authority in Art Art has been used to portray figures of power and authority many times in history. Different cultures have different ways of portraying the image to have power and authority. One example of using art to portray images of power and authority is the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin. This was made to commemorate King Naram-Sin for his defeat of Lullubi. The King stands alone at the top‚ taller than everyone else. This shows that he is more powerful than anyone else
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In Australia‚ the constitution plays a significant role in allocating power and authority between the levels of government and the branches of the federal government. The constitution is a legal document which outlines the rules for the governing body of the country. A vital feature of the constitution‚ is its purpose in ensuring the division of power between the states and governments. The high court of Australia’s main role is to protect and interpret the constitution. The constitution also ensures
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The Visceral Politics of V For Vendetta: On Political Affect in cinema. By Brian L. Ott* pages 39-54 Abstract This essay concerns the role of political affect in cinema. As a case study‚ I analyze the 2006 film V for Vendetta as cinematic rhetoric. Adopting a multi-modal approach that focuses on the interplay of discourse‚ figure‚ and ground‚ I contend that the film mobilizes viewers at a visceral level to reject a politics of apathy in favor of a politics of democratic struggle. Based on the
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After reading the three articles about Banksy‚ Dorothea Lange‚ and V for Vendetta I noticed great details including the historical and social background of the artists and art making visual arguments. When one understands the background of an artist and his or her work its interesting to figure out how they correspond with their personal ideologies and morals as well as what they were influenced by and how they became who they are today. It Is important to learn and understand the historical and
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“‘Who controls the past‚’ ran the Party slogan‚‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’”(page 63). The novel 1984 by George Orwell is about a totalitarian government that rules the people of a country called Oceania. One of these people is Winston‚ a government worker at the Ministry of Truth. The Ministry of Truth alters history‚ art‚ news‚ and literature to be more suitable for the government’s beliefs. In this society people are constantly watched by Big Brother‚ the
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No Glory: Why V For Vendetta is so Gruesome In V For Vendetta‚ Alan Moore and David Lloyd throw their readers into the story of an underground protagonists quest to bring down a not-so-distant future dystopia created by an all-seeing British government. As far as plot is concerned‚ Vendetta is nothing out of the ordinary. Typical elements include an oppressive communist government‚ a much sought after young female‚ a protagonist with almost super human powers‚ chase scenes and even promiscuous
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Dunlap v. Tennessee Valley Authority Joyce Harrison Business Employment Law May 11‚ 2011 1. What were the legal issues in this case? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit was to determine if the plaintiff‚ David Dunlap Dunlap‚ had met the burden of proof that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was liable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by intentionally discriminating against him under both disparate impact and disparate treatment analyses and whether
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Dunlap v. Tennessee Valley Authority Based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 employers are not allowed to discriminate against a potential employee based on race‚ color‚ sex‚ religion‚ or national origin. In the Dunlap v. Tennessee Valley Authority case this title of the civil rights act was violated. An African American man named David Dunlap who gave almost the exact same answers as white candidates who got the job and who had 20 years of experience in boiler making was not chosen
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