Communications and Media

The world carries ones body. The body carries the self while the self carries the world. If this is the case, then one may be compelled to ask where the world is and his or her position in it if it is also within the self. The unit of analysis of comprehending how human worlds are meaningful is not the individual in isolation but nor the world in itself but rather the serial dialogic transaction between the self and the world. I am in the world and the world is also in me. Together, each expands...

Today, in our postmodern world where everything seems to have already been done, it has become the ultimate challenge for us human beings to come up with something novel and innovative to further advance the quality and condition of our lives.  Our systems of communication for example, such as cellular phones and the internet, have taken a higher dimension and are constantly being upgraded and perfected to suit our varied lifestyles and to meet the exigent demands of our everyday needs. The...

The identity theory as propounded by Stuart Hall has provided a base for analysis of the hijab in the Muslim world. The hijab has drawn up controversies in world today with the west arguing that it is an oppressive symbol whereas the Muslims looks at it an obligatory requirement of their faith. There has been another view of the hijab as providing an identity to the Muslim women. With the challenge of terrorism facing the world today, the veil invokes the negative notions that the west has had over...

Censorship is an age-old issue that pits ideologies against one another. One person beliefs is another persons downside. Just being a part of a group could be grounds for a fight. In the 1930s, it took some doing by people who were not a part of the American culture to understand it the hard way some two decades later. The 1930s were depicted by some as a depressing time that spawned the rise of Adolph Hitler in Germany. (Trumbo, 1972) It was also around that time that America was setting itself...

Amazon.com was created by Jeff Bezos in the year 1994 and offically it had been launched in 1995. Fundamentally it is an American based e-commerce company or we can also declared it as a market place where initially books are placed but sooner this online book store became so popular in people that they provide numerous other product lines as well like VHS, DVD, music Cds, MP3s, furniture, toys, food items, varieties of computer software and many other product as well. Besides these mentioned products...

List of illustrations p. vii. Computer literacy by educational level p.ix. Percentage of elementary school teachers Executive Summary This is a feasibility report to propose the introduction of computer courses in elementary schools of Colorado. The advancement in computer technology and the consequent use of computer at all levels necessitates its use at the primary levels of education. The need for this has been recognized due to the lack of computer literacy in Colorado primary schools. The...

How Newspapers are structured According to Allen and Groth (in Martin Copeland 2003) a newspaper is a periodic publication that is mechanically produced and available for those who pay for it and has content that is varied, general, timely and organised. This definition is not all-inclusive because it does not take into account the earlier forms of newspapers, which were not mechanically produced History of Newspapers and their Structure Carved stoneMetal periodicals Man has constantly used print...

Media has always been used as an instrument to convey information and purpose among different actors and groups. It seeks to showcase the ability to illustrate and define opinions and carry out the value in portraying insights over particular issues. Seeing this, the media thus presents itself as a transmitter - providing the needed leverage to communicate, reach out, and generate patterns of direction leading to a particular mindset or objective. Analyzing the two readings together, it can be...

With the rise of globalization and a lot of integration going around us people have come in contact with people from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. In order to communicate with people belonging to different backgrounds a common set of procedure is required which is interpreted by people who are even from different backgrounds. Today what a lot of people are facing is the language barrier as they come in contact with people who are from different countries and thus speak different...

Students are caught in a dilemma that involves completing their school assignments on time. They must set aside time to use a computer to finish their assignments, write cover letters for jobs andor for other activities. However, finding a computer at the student center is futile because of (a) long lines, (b) so little time allotted to use them and (c) the short time frame the center is open. The school is required to improve the quality of our education so we can achieve our goals. Purchasing...

Robert McChesney considered as the foremost figure in the American media in his research collected over the past two decades in his Political Economy of Media is clear about the fact that American journalism is in crisis. He said that concept of media being natural and had been adopted with excitement is mere assumption and untrue. The media now being controlled more by the corporate giants for their profit making and commercialization is not at all in the interest of the public instead media should...