Sitting cross-legged on the bay window at home‚ I study my canvas. A toddler sits in her pram‚ brown curly locks flying in all directions. Her cheeks are dimpled and her smile is gummy. Her hand holds a rattle‚ but she’s looking at me intently. At first glance‚ she’s exactly the way I remembered her when I first saw her while vacationing at a hill-station. (something not quite right about this sentence) My eyes linger on hers; the curve seems just right‚ the pupils a lovely hue of green-yellow‚ her
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Social Media for Nonprofits: Analysis and Discussion of Facebook for Habitat for Humanity San Luis Obispo A Senior Project presented to the Faculty of the Journalism Department California Polytechnic State University‚ San Luis Obispo In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Journalism by Christine Gorney March 2011 © 2011 Christine Gorney USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR NONPROFITS Abstract In the past few years‚ social media has become a key strategy
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Video Game Media Analysis Often video games are simply regarded as play things and because of this‚ are not brought under any scrutiny except for how they harm children. The video game as a medium though offers many new ways of interacting with a simulated world that the likes of movies or books could never dream of achieving. Marshall McLuhan describes games in general as‚ “situations contrived to permit simultaneous participation of many people in some significant pattern
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Visual Art Analysis Michele Padilla Arts 230/CA Monday‚ October 26.2014 Milinda Jaffe-Bork Visual Art Analysis I live in Stockton‚ California and I recently visited our local museum. My attention was drawn to the gallery of Andy Warhol. The bright red color of the label had caught my attention of his collection of the “Campbell’s Soup Cans”. Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania and was defined as the prince of pop art. Andy Warhol gained his popularity in the visual arts with artistic
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Television Media Analysis: The Cosby Show Today’s society depends heavily on mass media for information‚ communication‚ and entertainment. The average person wakes up in the morning‚ watches news and weather on television‚ and makes plans for the day based on information they receive through their mass media sources. Many times there is little thought given to the actual reliability of these media sources. Media literacy can help audiences gain important perspectives regarding which media sources
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Representation of women in the media: specifically objectification and the male gaze Whether you’re at the movies‚ watching television‚ or reading a magazine‚ you’re constantly being bombarded with carefully constructed images and representations in virtually everything you see. Set pieces designed to catch your eye‚ witty slogans‚ engaging dialogue‚ different and specific representations of each gender. Yes‚ within different media forms‚ there is a stark contrast in the portrayals of men and women
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Visual Analysis of the Marble Statue of Aphrodite Name Institution Visual Analysis of the Marble Statue of Aphrodite Aphrodite statues were very popular in Greece during the Hellenistic period. The marble Aphrodite of Knidos was the most renowned among the many Greek goddesses. Also written as the Aphrodite of Cnidus‚ the marble sculpture was created by an Attic sculptor known as Praxiteles during the 4th century BC. Arguably‚ it is believed to
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Visual Culture Visual culture is wisely considered to be a field of study which focuses on all aspects of culture which rely on visual images. Visual technology undeniably has a central importance in the contemporary culture. It plays a phenomenally important role in enhancing our visual capability and helps us in perceiving myriad cultural beliefs in addition to guiding us when managing behavior‚ values‚ and social relationships. Visual culture is based on a wide range of mediums which serve as
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option=com_content&task=view&id=1425&Item id=302 [2] Lindstrom‚ Martin (2008). BUY.ology How everything we believe about why we buy is wrong‚ London: The Random House Group Limited [3] Arora ‚V.P.S.‚ Sharma‚ Shivani‚ and K. Singh‚ Nirdesh. (2007). Nature and Functioning of Visual Merchandising in Organized Food Retailing. Retrieved March 11‚ 2010‚ from Ageconsearch http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/47438/2/3-VPS-Arora PATHFINDERS Research Proposal
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Reading Visual Culture: Short Paper Essay By Angus Plunkett As technology has grown over the years‚ the Internet has become a gigantic craze. You can now view a photograph of your house from an orbiting satellite‚ you can research anything you like with the click of a button and you can talk to people on the other side of the world. However‚ the Internet sensation‚ YouTube has recently attracted “1 billion users‚ and also become a major factor on the Internet‚ with 4 billion views per day.” Offering
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