What is meant by propaganda? Propaganda is a form of communication containing information that is of a biased or misguiding essence used to promote a political motive or point of view. It is very rare that propaganda should turn out to be in the favor of the receiver. In most cases‚ the sender has some selfish or misleading data that he uses to attract the receiver to his own purpose. Types of Propaganda: Although it is not necessarily true that propaganda would only yield a negative outcome but
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What has been the impact of the concentration of media ownership on media diversity? The term ‘concentration of media ownership’ describes the apparent practice whereby gradually fewer organizations or individuals have direct control over ever-increasing shares of the mass media among public consumers; other terms in relation to this are ‘media consolidation’ and ‘media convergence’. The concentration stems from institutions merging to secure a more stable financial status as well as greater corporate
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What is meant by the term ‘gothic’? How far and in what ways is ‘Frankenstein’ a gothic text? Gothic literature‚ which is sometimes referred to as Gothic horror‚ is a genre that links horror and romance into one tale of ‘transgressing the boundaries’. Gothicism was unheard of until the late 1700’s‚ this movement into a new genre of literature. This was pioneered by the English author Horace Walpole‚ in his famous fictional book ‘The Castle of Otranto’‚ or as Walpole alternatively titled it ‘a
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In the early to mid 1860s‚ America faced a destructive Civil War that tore the country apart. It separated the North from the South and resulted in northern victory. The northern victory angered the South and tensions were further enraged by the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. This pushed Vice President Andrew Johnson into the presidency and ushered in a period known as Reconstruction‚ which sought to repair the country. Meanwhile‚ the issue of freedmen’s rights became a major political
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In todays society‚ technology has negatively effected people in how they communicate amongst each other. Technology has taken over the minds of humans on how communication should be more online then physical. People have depended on technology to do some of their daily life task. If humans continue to depend on it‚ then there will be no communication at all. There will be just a hi‚ maybe just a bye‚ or I’ll text you later if possible. Lets say there is someone with a job interview for a very
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What is meant by the term mandated benefit? Describe government-mandated benefits. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? A mandated benefit is a law that requires a health insurance policy or health plan to cover specific providers‚ procedures‚ benefits or people. Mandated benefits are controversial. Some view them as consumer protections that ensure access to important care‚ while others contend mandates are promoted by narrow special interests and add significant cost but marginal
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Polymers are a part of our every day life and without them around‚ this world would be very‚ very different‚ if not impossible to live in. However‚ most people do not even know what a polymer is‚ or just how widespread they are around us. Polymers are formed from hydrocarbons‚ hydrocarbon derivatives‚ or sometimes from silicon. They are the basis not only for numerous natural materials‚ but also for most of the synthetic plastics that one encounters in their lives. Polymers consist of extremely large
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Convergence is defined as the interlinking of computing and other information technologies‚ media content‚ and communication networks that have arisen as a result of the evolution and popularization of the internet as well as the activities‚ products and services that have emerged in the digital media space. Convergence is loosely defined as the occurrence of two or more things coming together to eventually meet and or in which old and new intersects or builds upon. Although for the consumer convergence
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What is meant by style and stylistics? Style is concerned with the artful expression of idea and stylistics is the bridge that links the idea of style to the analysis of literary texts through the tool of linguistics. The 19th century‚ that witnessed evolution in the field of biography‚ historiography‚ anthropology and others‚ could not remain unattached to immutable linguistic and stylistic norms in literature. Linguistic study was esoteric in the beginning and severely criticized as‚ "pretension
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English 11 30 April 2013 The Internet: Altering Every Day Life Most Americans do not go a single day without accessing the internet. Within the past few years‚ the number of internet users increased dramatically. In fact‚ in 1996‚ 15.2 million households were online‚ and in 2000‚ the number grew to 51.5 million (Mur 11). The internet has changed life dramatically over the past few years and will continue to alter society in the future. It is important that the internet is used in positive ways
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