Essays on Profanity

Q1 The incidence investigated involved a company employee who was fired for inappropriate behavior on the Facebook platform. The employee of a media company posted a video of himself drunk and acting in an embarrassing way. Together with his friends, he was urinating in public while throwing expletives to onlookers. The video went viral, and the company’s management fired him on receiving notifications of their employee’s behavior. In a factual sense, the incidence could have been avoided. Although being drunk and stubborn while off duty is not categorically wrong regarding the management, public profanity is a problem. ...

Information procedure memo

All supervisory personnel of Human Resources needs to complete employee performance appraisals before April 15. We ask you to pay attention to the question and write your appraisals carefully, as this year, due to a lot of evolutionary changes in the world of work, employee performance appraisals are of vital importance. Remember, that your appraisals should contain three or four main objectives. Write these objectives clearly, as they are designed to help employees understand their aims. Actually, objectives create a complex image of who is a successful employee, so your objectives need to be as clear as possible. Remember ...

It is appropriate to regard Leonard’s behavior as challenging. This conclusion is indicated by many behavioral characteristics from the evaluation of Ms. Alison and the special education consultant. There is evidence that Leonard’s behavior impedes his learning. Firstly, Leonard cannot concentrate during the presentations to benefit from the teacher’s lecture. Secondly, when he is prompted to do some problems, he does them hurriedly. The result is a messy and incomplete work. Ms. Alison also noted that mathematics and writing are Leonard’s least favorite periods (Chandler& Dahlquist, 2014). The behavior is also challenging because it interrupts ...

One should never commit perjury when testifying. Perjury is knowingly telling a lie when one is under oath about something that is important to the case. If a PLEO commits perjury when testifying, the officer may lose his or her job, he or she may face imprisonment or a fine, the defendant may be acquitted, and it reflects negatively on the professionalism and integrity of law enforcement. When being called to the stand, never walk in front of the judge’s bench, between the attorney’s tables and the judge; called “the well” (p.464)

This area is considered off-limits and could be construed as disrespectful (p. 464)

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The genre of dark comedy is a fascinating subset of the standard comedy film, combining elements of drama and dark subject matter with comedic elements of the absurd and ironic to create unique works that poke fun not only at the foibles of mankind, but the inherent silliness of extremely serious things. Dark comedy can take many forms, and both American and English sensibilities in particular have their own attitudes and characteristics in their own examples. Two of the most well-regarded dark comedy films of recent years are 1996’s Fargo (directed by the Brothers Coen) and 2008’s ...

Following the rising immorality and indecency over the internet, a lot of questions arise on what bodies deemed with responsibility of overseeing communication, are doing to that effect. Bodies such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States is one the bodies whose responsibilities cover a wide range of the communication sector from radio and television broadcasting to the internet. Gaining its power and authority from the Congress, and seconded by the federal law, the FCC reviews whatever is being aired and decides on its validity to be broadcasted. The FCC has regulations ...

Indecency Regulations on the Internet

Indecency Regulations on the Internet Following the rising immorality and indecency over the internet, a lot of questions arise on what bodies deemed with responsibility of overseeing communication, are doing to that effect. Bodies such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States are one the bodies whose responsibilities cover a wide range of the communication sector from radio and television broadcasting to the internet. Gaining its power and authority from the Congress, and seconded by the federal law, the FCC reviews whatever is being aired and decides on its validity in order to be broadcasted. Opinion from ...

Guidelines for Adapting Marketing and Sales Messages for Social Media

Social media has taken over the world of advertising with a storm. All businesses that hope to attract customers have turned to social media. However, Haisat (2013) argues that just because a business or company is using social media to market their product does not mean that they all get positive results. This is because using social media for marketing requires sophisticated skills that the traditional advertisers may not possess. Social networking sites that are common for marketing include LinkedIn, blogs, google +, among others with Facebook and Twitter being the number one contenders. As a result, marketers using social media should adapt ...

Since the advent of the internet, people have been benefitting from it as it helped in finding information online, facilitating work procedures, and gathering general knowledge. The amount of information and resources is astounding as it aids in assembling vast knowledge and providing a positive experience. It has become an integral part of humans’ daily routines such as communication method, downloading music, catching the latest news about friends and colleagues, a means for self-expression through blogging, and for networking and socialization purposes with people on the Internet. With its widespread reach, it is also a place with numerous dangers and threats. It ...

Music is food for soul, a statement that clearly defines the importance of music in our lives. People with different tastes listen to different types of music to clear their head or just to give their minds a little time out. The rhythm beats and the lyrics, altogether, can inspire, encourage, and help the listener in the best of ways. However, are these effects of music always positive? Profanity and vulgar language in music has become not only an open concept but common too. This essay attempts to explain that obscenity in music negatively affects one’s mind and personality. It ...

Video Games and Children

Video Games and Children

Introduction

According to Saleem, Anderson & Gentile (2012), one of the major developments in mass media for the past two and a half decades is the advent and rapid growth of the video game industry. Back in the earlier years, the console games are those which can be found in arcade which offer video games that have become extensively popular, especially to the younger population. Over the years, these video games have evolved with the introduction of video games to the home market, which added more popularity to the public. Due to the overwhelming response and widespread popularity ...

J. D. Salinger uses the Museum, the Profanity on the Walls, and the Carrousel to express that the loss of innocence is inevitable as the harsh realities of the world are encountered. "I loved that damn museum. I remember you had to go through the Indian Room to get to the auditorium" (Salinger 65; ch. 16). " When I got to the museum, all of a sudden I wouldn't have gone inside for a million bucks. It just didn't appeal to me" (Salinger 66; ch. 16). "The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it ...

Identify and Organize an Opinion

Hip Hop provides entertainment for millions of people throughout the world, but there is divided opinion about the benefit or detriment of the music on America. The controversial lyrics often discuss poverty, racism and sexuality; they are often seen as derogatory and exclusionary by many. This paper will argue that Hip Hop is of benefit to America because its controversial content provides African American and minority youth with a space. A community of like minded people can safely discuss social and political issues that affect them in this space. Like Blues, Jazz and Folk Rock before it, it is a modern ...

J D Salinger uses The Museum, Profanity on the walls, and the Carousel to express that the loss of innocence is inevitable as the harsh realities of the world are encountered in his novel, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’. The novel, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ was written by American author Jerome David Salinger in the year 1951. The novel gathered a huge controversy once it was published because of its realistic and explicit portrayal of youth and related issues. Born in a wealthy family, Salinger witnessed all luxuries in his life and he portrays a number of events from his own ...

In this conversation, the three viewpoints expressed by each of the speakers are closely related to the different perception of genders and the acceptable language usage associate with this perception. Josh’s argument is inclined towards a belief of ‘all men are created equal’, wherein there should be no segregation of human beings based on gender. While this tenet forms a critical part of the American constitution, it does not take into consideration the cultural evolution of perceptions related to each gender. As Lakoff noted in the breakthrough 1975 article, women or ‘ladies’ are expected to use a different set of rules ...

Different organizations have different technical languages that they use in their communications. More often than not, people outside a particular field or profession find it hard to understand the technical language used in a particular organization. For instance, professionals in the health field often talk about PPS (prospective payment system), PPO (preferred provider organization), and HMO (health maintenance organization). Obviously, not everybody that uses the English language knows what is being said. This problem is even worse at lower levels in the organization where the workers do not need to know much about the emerging concepts in the field. Over and ...

Introduction

Sexually explicit materials are common despite their negative impacts on the society especially in people with psychological problems and adolescent. One of the negative impacts of sexual explicit communication is that the people who view, read, or listen to the materials become law offenders. The federal government in attempts to protect the society has set some standards to regulate explicit communication (Federal Communications Commission, 2011). The laws protect the public from extra exposure to explicit materials which may derive them of their values and morals. The standards also protect the citizens from becoming oversexed as a result of listening, viewing, ...

In Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film Pulp Fiction, we bear witness to an ensemble cast of unsavory characters who inhabit the underbelly of a fictional Los Angeles, including a pair of hitmen, a gangster and his wife, two lowly robbers, and a boxer who is on the lam. The title of the film is derived from the genre of dime-store crime novels that are the type of story Tarantino is paying homage to – tales of crime, sex and money, all uniquely stylized in their own way. Tarantino created his own sense of language in this film to help portray the low-income, criminal nature ...