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The Technological Evolution of Computers

term was used broadly to reference any machine which handled data (even manual calculators and the like) (New York Public Library,...

Technology Firms and Training of Employees

the form of a formal apprenticeship or just an informal tutelage arrangement, today a working individual all too often has to rely...

The Ideology Notion of Althusser

He rejected Marxs Hegelian essentialism, which means he did not believe in reducing things to a single principle or a single essen...

National Anthem and Tobacco Industry Congressional Proposals

years(OMalley 2003). However, even with this enormous award, which effectively gets the states off their backs, the tobacco compan...

Media Coverage and the Consumption of Alcohol

alcohol as a positively valued activity (Snyder, et al, 2000). In other words, drinking, as it is portrayed in ads for wine, liquo...

Children and the Effects of Media Violence

four hour per day programming incorporates all sorts of fare all the time. It is because of this trend, and the trend to ignore th...

A Prototype for a Media Player

many of the present expectations associated with the various controls. This level of recognition helps with the interaction, as le...

Criticla Questions in Modern Society

government, constituting an educated elite while the rest of society was expected merely to follow and obey. Democracy is founded...

How Racism in the Criminal Justice System and Media is Reflected in Literature

In six pages this paper discusses how racism by the media and the criminal justice system is reflected in the novels Native Son, A...

Methods of Qualitative Research

data, the use of the objective viewpoint in the development of qualitative methods suggests the balance between differing perspect...

Russia's Authoritarian Media

perspective. The free press in the United States is predicated upon the notion of freedom of information, that nothing should be w...

Social Divisions Reflected and Reinforced by Representation of the Mass Media

culture may be seen as the culture of ordinary people, but has a basis in history, Strinati (1995), argues that this is usually se...

Health Issues, Diet, and the Media

There are those who believe that advertising can actually be beneficial in promoting health and nutrition; after all, television e...

Intercultural Communications and Media Coverage of Political Events

The Internet allowed individuals to access information about, and exchange ideas with, those from other cultures without being lim...

Harpers Ferry Raid by John Brown

role played by the media and the impact that this event the historical event needs to be considered. John Brown was born in 1800 ...

Mass Media, Melting Pot, Sustainable Growth, and Overpopulation Questions Answered

(Anonymous, 1997), thereby deciding which social and political issues are worthy of attention and establishing an unnatural promin...

New Media Technologies and Their Cultural Implications

currently exists does not give content providers absolute control over how users use their material, but it can place some prohibi...

Interactive Media and Audio of the Future

does bring to light some of the inherent problems with computer-enhanced learning. One of the potential problems that expe...

Educational Software and Interactive Multimedia

The use of educational software enables truly student-led education, ensuring the student masters one concept before progressing t...

Globalization and Orientalism

anything which did not fit into that perspective was either ignored or discarded as being atypical. From the Western point of view...

Cultural Impacts of Imported Media

resist imported media is over and is replaced by an interest in the hybridity or interstitiality of contemporary cultures (2001). ...

Media Ethics' Decline and Postmodernity

ancillary factors of our culture such as what clothing we consider most appropriate or what foods we choose to eat. Sometimes how...

Modern Media Arts and the Effects of New Digital Technology and Software

impact of digital technology and software on the media arts. The use of new technology in arts is not new, this has occurred ove...

Media and Law Enforcement

people closer to the processes of arresting suspects and investigating crime scenes than ever before (Getty, 2001). Law enforceme...

Press Releases, Advertising, and PR

two-fold. The lower floors of the building would be family orientated, with activities offered for the families staying in the res...

Media and Film Documentaries in China

which provided free education, pensions, and social services to the people and peasants. Instead, the self-sacrificing citizen of ...

Why 'The Culture of Fear' Remains Alive and Well in the U.S. and Australia

States. Regardless of the fact that the U.S. is generally depicted as such a violent and dangerous nation, one has to remember tha...

Political Process and the Media

has to wonder how the media is influenced, or if the media influences the political processes. When one stops to consider who is ...

Connection Between Mass Media Theory and Audience Research

example, when viewing the film Levity, the end demonstrates the reflection of the boy as the train leaves the station. The intent...

Drug Problems as a Social Construct

life-threatening..." (Merta, 2001, p.1). In Time magazine, Lopez (1999) reports on one police officers journey through the drug c...