Communications and Media

Communication is vital to all organizations because it influences fundamental beliefs, values, and attitudes necessary for employees empowerment and commitment to quality and service (Martin, Krapels,  Douglas, 2006, p. 296). An effective communication program delivers information and knowledge sharing, which increase employee understanding and decreases employee dissatisfaction. Research shows effective communication and knowledge sharing increases individual and team productivity (Kotter...

In the Aday, Livingston, and Heberts article, the issue of embedding in relation to popular or mass media is assessed and focused upon. In particular, the main argument or thesis of the abovementioned authors is that the news norm is generally influenced by aspects of culture and beliefs instead of merely being driven by actual events to further explain, it is highlighted in article that the while objectivity remains at a suitable degree, implied messages may still be indirectly perceived as events...

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explain the work design approaches that Nemiro discovered, when and why they would be useful in future learning teams and the interrelationship between creativity and communication. There are various kinds of work design approaches. Nemiro discovered that there were three work design approaches which were mostly followed by virtual teams, starting from idea generation and finally ending on the closure of the creative process. According to Nemiro the three...

In dealing with the circumstances which life provides for us, we usually resort to certain mechanisms which can make it easier for us to handle our circumstances. Particularly with our personal or professional happenstances, not everything that is there evoke a morsel of light laughter or cheery disposition. Sometimes, there would be trying times that will test our character and our mode of adaptation (Solso 1988). In times like these, it is very important for us to have a great knowledge about...

Popular forms of media, such as movies and television, are thought of as windows to the world so much that majority of individuals believes that the cultural connotations, portrayal of individual ethnicities, and characterization of different races that are shown to them are based on reality however most of what is seen is meant to entertain and caters to the amusement of the audience and as a result truth is blended with fiction to such an extent that fiction is at times  mistaken for reality....

1. The word ethics derives from the Greek word ethos, which means a. truth above all else. b. traditions that govern a culture. c. fairness to all humans. d. respect for the rights of others. e. and justice for all. 2. Which ethical question is raised by a reporter who creates composite characters in hisher articles to illustrate certain situations a. fairness b. privacy c. truthfulness d. responsibility e. bias 3. When government officials intentionally mislead the press and public, they are...

In order for a company to succeed, it needs all the vital information required both from the field and it customers so as to improve its standards of offering both services and products to the customers. Collaborative technologies are changing the way business is conducted, while maintaining the trusted relationships that exist between participants in the business process. Executives in highly competitive markets need to understand the concepts behind collaborative solutions and how they can be...

The Agenda-Setting Theory of Communication was introduced by Maxwell McCombs and Donald L. Shaw in 1972 in their ground breaking study of the role of the media in 1968 presidential campaign in  HYPERLINK httpen.wikipedia.orgwikiChapel_Hill,_North_Carolina o Chapel Hill, North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The theory clearly states that the mass media, particularly the news media has a large influence to the audience of the same environment regarding on their choice of what news or...

Society has brought us up to believe that the male and female species are wired to communicate in different ways. It has been said that a woman can speak almost double the amount of words than a man. It has also been said that women perceive mens short and precise answers during communication as a sign of disinterest. This paper seeks to bring forth theories, concepts and examples that may or may not support the fact that gender determines communication methods. It will use Julia T. Woods texts...

Cinema has always played a crucial role in defining the social standards and charting out new courses. Animated cinema, especially cartoons, played an even bigger role during the 1930s and 1940s in establishing the racial stereotypes in children and adults. Stereotypes and racism embedded into cartoon shows explicitly  and implicitly  affect a childs mentality and instills the negative or positive attitudes about the broader segments of society and different lingual, ethnic and racial...

Every person connected with the academe concedes that intellectual honesty must be upheld at all times. That is why plagiarism is a very sensitive issue which warrants the strictest punishmentsbecause the academe promotes learning and stealing ideas from other people is commensurate to intellectual theft. And while the notion of plagiarism checking is already existent decades ago, it was made even easier by the online services which offer plagiarism-checks, such as Copyscape and Turnitin. However,...