What ’s Entertainment? Notes Toward a Definition 1 Stephen Bates and Anthony J. Ferri What’s Entertainment? Notes Toward a Definition Introduction Entertainment has been a part of all cultures‚ from the Chauvet Cave paintings to the iPad. For Rothman‚ it is “the storehouse of national values” (xviii). Perhaps nowhere is that observation more apt than in the United States‚ a nation that Gabler terms a “republic of entertainment” (11). Many Americans seem to feel entitled to high-quality
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Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Department of Design and Media Research and Communication Studies What Will Scoot Be? Analysis Report of SIA New Budget Airlines Author: Evi Pringgodigdo 3E-F09DM0592 Date: 30 October 2011 Lecturer: James Sin ------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Target Market 5 Market Positioning 7 Creative Design Strategy Proposal 9 Conclusion 10 Appendices
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Lisa Morris May 11th‚ 2011 What is Dehydration & What causes it? Water is essential to maintaining a state of good health. Considering the adult body is comprised of nearly 60% water‚ this explains why such organs as the brain‚ kidneys‚ and heart cannot function effectively
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What Is Physics and What Are Its Uses? Physics‚ a branch of science‚ is traditionally defined as the study of matter‚ energy‚ and the relation between them. The interaction between matter and energy is found everywhere. In order for matter to move‚ it requires some form of energy. Sports show many good examples of the relationship between matter and energy. For instance‚ a pitcher requires energy to throw a baseball at the incredible speed and accuracy that is needed to keep the batter from
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“What is right and wrong?” and “What is Truth?” What is right and wrong? Life is characterized by many situations that require decision making‚ especially on moral grounds. The issue of what makes an action right and wrong has been studied for a lengthy period of time and several theories developed to address this issue. Socrates and Aristotle are some of the early philosophers who came up with theories about the rightness or wrongness of actions. As noted by Warnek (2005)‚ Socrates considered
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Convergence and Audience Fragmentation and Programme Content in International Broadcasting The new media technologies have been referred to as the communication revolution due to the immense changes they have brought to mass communication and social lifestyles in past decade or so. The expression ‘new media’ has been in use since the 1960s and has had to encompass an expanding and diversifying set of applied communication technologies such the it is somehow impracticable to tell just what the ‘new
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CHAPTER 1: THE PROPOSAL 1. Proposed Title The emotional response evoked in the female audience during the viewing of The Bold and the Beautiful. 2. Introductions and Orientation The study of people ’s interests in soap operas and their emotional link to them has been a long-standing fascination. Viewers across the globe‚ tune in daily to the likes of soap operas‚ such as The Bold and the Beautiful. According to studies done on soap operas by Pitout (2001: 348) the interwoven storylines
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are looking at. This adds suspense because it makes the audience sit on the edge of their seat and wonder what the characters are looking at before it is actually shown. Another way that the editing style of The Hurt Locker adds to the suspenseful atmosphere present in the film is by rapidly showing many different shots of the environment that the actors are in. This technique aids other elements in creating suspense because it makes the audience think that they should be seeing something when in reality
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What is Comedy? The definition of comedy in the contemporary meaning of the term‚ is any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or to amuse by inducing laughter‚ especially in theatre‚ television‚ film and stand-up comedy‚ (Source: www.Wikipeadia.com). So more basically‚ an artistic creation that is humorous - provkes laughter - in a number of ways including literture‚ TV and threatre. Furthermore‚ the word comedy seems to have steamed from the Greek verb meaning ‘to revel’. This
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out a helping hand to those in need. Quality of Argument: Does the speaker make any good points? What are the benefits of a sassy? Do they make any poor points? What are the benefits of a sassy? He accurately diagnosed a societal “culture of contempt” and the need for more empathy among people. He furthermore inspired the audience to become “agents of unity and understanding”. Further Study: Are there
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