Essays on Real World

Dreams have always inspired artists to produce real visual images. Paintings in pre-historic walls are evidence that human beings have been representing their dreams since time immemorial. Artists in all generations since man’s civilization have been using dreams as inspiration for their works (Barrett 7). Artists such William Blake, Salvador Dali and Edward Burne-Jones, are among those painters that have used dreams as their inspiration. William Blake Jacob’s ladder (1800) William Blake was an English painter, poet, and printmaker in the Romantic Age. Blake was talented in expressiveness and creativity. Most of his works lack the influence ...

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1. Consider the nature of the trade-off between richness and reach of information. How is the trade-off defined? Give a real world example to qualify for the maximum possible credit. The trade-off between richness and reach of information means that reaching information at the different level of richness might cost differently. If someone would like to reach information, he needs to pay for this service, and the price depends on the richness of the information requested (Nayab, 2014). Advanced communication and information technologies have decreased the cost of reaching rich information nowadays; however, it does not mean we do ...

The politics in the real world and the TV series is based on two different plot although they can sound a bit similar. The article mentioned a lot of similarities with the role played by women in TV Series and Hillary Clinton. The roles played in the TV series are directed as like the director wanted but in the real life many things make the difference. The TV shows can easily show someone as the hero in the eye of the viewers with some powerful personalities and work. They can put them into the crown or make them the ...

Introduction

Plato is one of the most influential philosophers in western philosophy. His main contribution in philosophical thought is the theory of ideas, also dubbed by many critiques as “Plato’s Idealism” (Nellickappilly 1). Upon careful analysis of Plato’s idealism, it is inferred that while it has many flaws, it still contributed significantly to the development of human knowledge and philosophical thought.

Strengths and Weaknesses

When it comes to flaws or weaknesses, diverse critiques point out that Plato’s idealism is not logical and is hard to understand. In order to understand these criticisms it is first essential to understand what this ...

Philosophy

Golding, W. (1954). Lord of the Flies. New York, NY: Penguin. (Pp. 1-297)

Summary

William Golding wrote the Lord of the Flies in 1957 about the English boys who were stranded in an island after their plane has crashed over the pacific. Ralph is the eldest among the surviving group of young boys who also assumed leadership in the group. On the other hand, Ralph’s leadership was found to be unpopular among the choir group particularly for its charismatic leader Jack Merridew. Ralph and his group maintain a laid-back perspective over their situation by having fun and at the ...

Homeschooling has become one of the most well sought out ways of educating, and teaching children the lessons they need to survive. Parents are homeschooling their children, and many of the reasons are evident such as the fact that children are more likely to listen to their parents than complete strangers. Other reasons could be that some parents have given up on the school system and their ability to provide a decent education, another reason could be ethical or the school system’s lack thereof to deal with some children especially those who are bullies. The pressure of trying ...

Introduction

Perhaps one of the most influential forms of media proliferating nowadays is the television. Many households nowadays use television as a form of entertainment, due to the extensive range of programs that it can offer. For example, children and the youth can enjoy animations that are geared specifically to them, while older people can either enjoy drama or variety shows depending on their tastes and preferences. All in all, it can be said that television can provide a wide variety of shows from audiences from all over, thus contributing to its popularity among modern society. One of the shows ...

There exist several different unofficial classifications of social media users and internet users in general. The most practical, for the purpose of market segmentation, is provided by WebGeekly.com where social media users are divided into six groups, namely: creators, critics, collectors, joiners, spectators and the inactive (Von Brockdorff, 2013). The names of the groups define the characteristics of its members. The target group for the strategy outlined below is the spectators. They are the most numerous and contribute heavily toward reviews and ratings. The focus of the plan is on longevity and viability. The first step in this strategy ...

Abstract

The United States tops the list of the country with the highest number of incarcerated individuals. According to statistics released by the U.S Department of Justice, more than two million Americans were censored to be incarcerated with the local jail or prison. In late 1960, the United States realized the pressure overcrowding was impacting on the taxpayers. The government was spending a lot of money to take care of an individual in prison. Overcrowding led to the demand for better ways to deal with lawbreakers without necessarily taking them to prison, hence community-based correctional program. This paper analyses the ...

Dyscalculia is a problematic and well-known issue among kids and teenagers. Though it is a very popular, it still makes a list of discussion among scholars, psychologists, and just parents as well. Since this issue is extremely controversial, more and more scholars and psychologists are discovering it in order to make it more understandable. Dyscalculia is a condition which makes it difficult to deal with numbers. In other words, children who suffer from dyscalculia have problems with understanding math concepts. They know what exactly to do, but they don’t understand how to do it and how to use ...

Abstract

This paper is dedicated to the importance of mathematical models and their application to the solution of real world problems. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the relationship between two variables or factors can be mathematically expressed. I selected the following variables: the unemployment rate and violent crime rate of the United States of America. The three points selected are the unemployment and violent crime rate in 1998-2000. The linear equation was created on the basis of two points in 1998 and 2000. He equation shows that there is a positive relationship between the number of ...

Leadership and public policy making play a major part in the management and development of a democratic society. In this 21st century. Policy making and leadership decisions require knowledge driven students with the necessary programs that manage the society. The modern society appears to work differently from the previous centuries. The focus on democracy according to Gerston helps analyze the society as well as their needs (Gerston, 23). Leadership and policy making for modern and democratic society work effectively when knowledge-driven programs are used. These makes the leadership of a democratic society effective because democracy requires the policy makers ...

Pokémon Go is a smartphone game application that presents the players with an augmented reality gaming experience. Pokémon Go is a relatively new smartphone application that took the world by storm recently. The augmented reality in Pokémon Go allows users to catch Pokémon through their phone cameras. In a typical case, the game is played through the user’s camera in any location they may be at any time. Since a user can only be at one location at any one time, the game provides the user with opportunities to catch a ‘Pokémon’. Poké ...

Introduction

Superhero is a term that is socially accepted and widely revered in today’s society. We are fed with information about their supreme powers and ability to save humanity from evil. Every popular media form has been used to ensure our society fantasizes about their presence and accept their critically maligned narratives (King 167). Vigilante, it’s a word taken from Spanish and it was first introduced to America in the mid-19th century. A vigilante is someone who operates alone or in a group, “takes the law into their own hands” (Butler 1). These people are not endorsed as ...

For some time now, philosophers, scientists, and intellectuals from different fields concern themselves over the nature of epistemology—the study of knowledge itself. The subject itself is a broad one, so they attempt to view and explain it through different perspectives. The study of knowledge can be presented according to its ethical considerations, the essence of what is considered useful information and what is not, and the likes. This means that many approaches can be made to learn more about the nature of knowledge. What is interesting about epistemology is that, because it is the study of knowledge itself, ...

Abstract concepts bothered humanity since the emergence of such thing as free time in human life. Since then, the snowball started rolling, and now we have a whole lot of fields of thought that deal solely with abstract entities. Moreover, most of them we call “science.” While abstract entities are more or less understandable, it is really hard to say whether this transition from the real world to the world of abstraction was useful. And by mentioning transition to the abstract, I do not mean only mathematics or physics or any other sole field of science, but the transition ...

INTRODUCTION

There are very few children who grew up in the 1990s who does not remember watching Disney’s “Aladdin.” They remember the image of endless sand dunes, hidden caverns, flying carpets, a beautiful princess, a handsome hero and, of course, a big blue genie. Disney’s Aladdin garnered a great deal of praise and theatrical success. “Aladdin,” unlike previous Disney animated features, where the characters and stories were in some fictitious worlds and kingdoms, “Aladdin” was going to bring to life elements of a real world location. “Aladdin” takes place in the Arabian Desert. Brining this story to life, ...

“The Little Mermaid,” the 1989 animated film directed by Ron Clements and John Musker and released by Buena Vista Pictures, delves on the story of a mermaid who falls in love with a human being. This film is likewise a cartoon adaptation of the original version of the novel of the same title written by Hans Christian Andersen and first published in 1837. With regards to the Disney version, it is observable that the film incorporates several techniques that seem to diminish the innate animalistic nature of the aquatic creatures, such as the crabs, lobsters, octopus, the tropical fish, ...

Literature has always worked as the quintessential reflection of life and existence in the mortal world. The authors find their liberty as they engage in the portrayal of the fictional character as expressions of their creative zeal. Fiction goes on to get meshed with the elements of reality, thereby portraying the true picture of life in the literary works by the stalwart authors. A close introspection of one such work, The Moviegoer, by the acclaimed writer, Walker Percy would let one develop a perfect understanding of how literature can explore the true meaning of life in this temporal world ...

In an article entitled, “One-Percent Jokes and Plutocrats in Drag: What I Saw When I Crashed a Wall Street Secret Society,” Kevin Roose reports on his experience of infiltrating a party for members of Kappa Beta Phi, “a secret Wall Street fraternity” (Roose, 2014). In writing a book about young Wall Street executives, the author was curious as to the behavior of older, successful Wall Street executives. When he learned of the exclusive fraternity for Wall Street executives, Kappa Beta Phi, he thought that he'd like to visit one of its meetings as a part of his research. This ...

“Diversification eliminates unique risk. But there is some risk that diversification cannot eliminate”

Diversification of portfolios is one of the effective ways to minimize the risks and increase the returns. However, it is acclaimed that there are certain risks that cannot be eliminated. These risks are called market risks that cannot be overcome through diversification of the portfolio. There are several theories that stress that the diversification of portfolios should be used to bring stability in its returns and lessen the risks. Systematic risks or market risk emerged because of the changes in the economic cycles of the market that are influenced by various factors and activities taken place in the economy ( ...

Introduction

Ever since the infamous attack on the World Trade Center which occurred last September 2001, terrorism is a real, pertinent, and primary cause of concern as of late. Many establishments, particularly airports, are very tantamount on upholding security so as to avoid any more terrorist attacks occurring on a wide scale such as what happened at the World Trade Center. In spite of these countermeasures, terrorist attacks are still a genuine threat at large. Despite best efforts, many countries are still experiencing terrorist attacks every now and then, thereby putting the safety of many people in danger. On a ...

The documentary “Transcendent Man” directed by Barry Ptolemy presents the technological perspective of Ray Kurzweil and his position regarding the future of mankind and its relationship with technological development. Notions such as technological determinism, technological optimism, and technological pessimism are explored within the film (Transcendent Man). These ideas are compared and contrasted by the various individuals within the film who take certain positions regarding the advancement of technology and the implications that this has on social and cultural development. In looking at how this relates to my own life, it is evident that the advancement of technology has provided ...

Introduction

The basic principle of soccer is rather simple: two teams, composed of eleven players each, compete on a rectangular court for control of a spherical ball, with the objective of kicking it into the opposite teams’ goal. The history of soccer goes back to the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC, as evidence of the sport being played in ancient China during those periods has been found. In modern times, soccer is undoubtedly one of the most popular sports in the world, if not the most prevalent, particularly in Europe and the Americas. According to Fifa, the 2014 World Cup ...

The role of the state in the economy: A historical perspective

The role of the state in the economy has been a subject of discussion for many decades with different views emanating from a broad range of the individuals and institutions in the field of economics. Since the early 1900s, various economists have continued to investigate the various roles of the state in economic development. The investigation led to the distinction of the roles in two broad categories, namely; normative and positive roles. Normative roles refer to what exactly the state should do to maximize the welfare of the people. On the other hand, the positive roles outline what the ...

1. The paper (BP Global, 2016) aims to describe the world energy consumption and present the trends in the industry. The population is the oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear energy, hydroelectricity, renewable and primary energy use of various countries. The paper is a descriptive review. 2. The research is provided by BP Global, which has been performing the energy reviews for 65 years. Therefore, the methodology is well-developed and the research is unbiased (Thiessen, 2013). 3. The data are based on the figures presented by the governments, and thus are reliable. The sample is based on processing the numerical ...

The underlying principle of the marshmallow challenge is to insinuate the context of teamwork and work together to achieve a common goal amidst the competition. The activity involves the team members working to create a structure out of the spaghetti sticks and marshmallows. The goal in the activity is to make the highest freestanding structure using only the given materials. It was a challenging task to begin with considering the limitations on the kind of materials to use. As a team member, my task is to contribute ideas in terms of planning how the structure should look like. The ...

Many science fiction movies rely on the use of science to get their message across, and many more rely on the manipulation of scientific theories to fit the plot of the film. As such, there are a number of science fiction films that use pseudoscience or bad science in order to make the universe in the storyline work from the viewer’s perspective. It is interesting to assess the use of scientific concepts in science fiction, as it gives insight into how science is used as a plot device but can often be inaccurate. The purpose of this paper ...

Inquiry Based Learning in STEM Education

One of the major problems that exists in education today is a need to alter teaching practices to meet the changing demands of our modern world. One way that globalization is directly effecting education is in the creation of a greater emphasis on STEM education. Teachers must find a way of instructing students that makes them more successful in studying and developing professionally in the areas of science and technology. This relies on inquiry based instruction. However, the basic premise of inquiry based, or vocationally focused education runs counter to the classroom setting, and its cultural tendencies to be ...

Communication in Social Networks

Abstract Everything in world undergoes its continuous changes. Though unknown is always frightening, it also affirms the beginning of something new and thrilling. The same can be said about the invention of social networking. In the midst of social media revolution such social networks as Facebook, Twitter and Skype have opened before their users an amazing world of opportunities and unlimited online communication. Knowledge and information could now be shared among various groups of people and even between different nationalities. People got the possibility to connect with the whole world and highly improve their communication skills. Although social networks ...

The butterfly effect is a term that a lot of people are familiar with, thanks to its extensive use in the modern culture. The main idea behind the effect is that small, barely noticeable changes in the system can cause drastic changes on the global scale. Though the concept has been used extensively in movies, books and other forms of media, its modern origins are purely scientific. The term was coined by a famous mathematician Edward Lorenz, who discovered it while working on his weather forecast system. So, what has he learned exactly and how this effect could be ...

Post your Philosophy of Adult Education Inventory (PAEI) scores and associated philosophy. 

I personally scored an 81 in liberal arts adult education, a 99 in behavioral adult education, a 105 in progressive adult education, an 87 in both humanistic adult education, and radical adult education. As a result, my personal educational philosophy is most closely aligned with behavioral and progressive adult education. As a behavioral educator, I should prefer to observe students through clear behaviors. The primary understanding of this philosophy is that "human actions are the result of prior conditioning and the way in which a person's external environment is arranged. Emotions, feelings, intellect and so on are the means ...

Alan Moore`s Watchmen may be considered to be one of the most controversial but capturing comic-book series ever made. Quotes from this comic book along with some characters have merged with pop culture forever, thus proving its uniqueness and gripping beauty. Moreover, this exceptional comic book presents reader with extraordinary portrayal of superheroes. Moore completely distorts all superhero clichés instead depicting real people with all their flaws and anxieties and without outstanding superpowers, the exception makes only Dr. Manhattan. Moreover, by manipulating and speculating with turning points in history of the US, like the Vietnam War or ...

Introduction

In the current assignment the participators were asked to ‘learn by doing’ and to operate a real business. They were asked to tackle the real issues faced by these businesses in the real world and produce a successful company. They were asked to focus especially on the brand advertising, market share as well as sales productivity of their company. It was found that perhaps the most important requirements of any company are successful advertising campaigns and product quality. Over 6 quarters of our simulation we were told to go through a simulation course which helped us in learning how ...

Instruction:

David Colander presents a journal known as eastern economic journal in 2016. A set of rules are important to organize the teaching of introductory economics. These rules offer an advantageous instructions and suggestions, which provide a platform for further discussions to unify. If a teacher follows all these efficient rules, then they make grading easier and students can remember all material related to the course. Many Economists argue that our way of teaching is not well and we are teaching the wrong directions as well. Every teacher should keep in mind that every principle is a tool not a ...

Abstract

Market structure refers to the interaction between various buyers and sellers. Different market structures have different characteristics. The characteristics of the market structure determine the realized outcomes. There are three main market structure: perfect competition, oligopoly, and monopoly. Perfect competition has many sellers. Therefore, they do not have any market power. They cannot influence market outcomes. An oligopoly has few firms with some market power. They can influence the outcomes. Monopoly comprises of only one firm with absolute market power. Therefore, it can influence the realized outcomes. This paper highlights the characteristics of the various market structures. It then ...

Ambiguity is the act of making a claim using language that avoid specifics. Strategic ambiguity is normally used as a strategic device in business communication for some situation in real world. It is applicable in advertisement, communication, and in political situation. Ambiguity is a very important and effective form of effective communication in organization where communication is often ambiguous and unclear. Jim and Strbiak says that strategic ambiguity are situation where individuals or organizations uses ambiguity to accomplish their goals. This article discuss and gives an example of strategic ambiguity in real world. It gives the stakeholders involved, the ...

Introduction

Many people do not take mental and personality disorders seriously. Nowadays, these disorders are often regarded as mere expressions and temporary states, rather than a serious condition that needs medical attention. For instance, people who are very organized and perfectionist about things, tend to say that they have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OC), when in fact, OCD is far more than being neat, and organized, and wanting perfection in all things. Another instance is when people experience “mood swings”, which are actually normal and are caused by hormones, people have the tendency to self-diagnose saying that they have Bipolar Disorder, when, ...

Artists in various fields and media have often drawn inspiration from their fellow artists who work in different formats. For example, writers have often been influenced by music; and movies have often been based on novels or plays. In the 20th century, however, there was a very close alliance between writers and visual artists, both in American and in Europe. Modernist painters often developed friendships with modernist writers and poets, and modernist poets often used modern paintings as an inspiration for their poems. This trend continued in the second half of the twentieth century, as the post-modern or Beat ...

Education is a “Necessity of Life.” In the book Democracy and Education, John Dewey’s postulation about education being a necessity of life illuminates the need for real world application to education. Dewey was a progressive educator who understood that students are failed by the concept of education if they fail to link what is happening in class to what is out there in the real world. He, therefore, sought to bridge the theory and practice concepts of education and argues that the idea of learning in the classroom has to link to the experience outside the classroom. In ...

Introduction

Superhero movies have in the recent years dominated the box office with an increasing number of viewers willing to embrace the films. The recent advancements in technology could be possibly attributed to the phenomenon since film makers have been able to apply the required super hero effects on the movie casts and pull the effects off in the appropriate way. The unique cinematic techniques attract the attention of most viewers who are then influenced by the message passed across by the films. The massive surge of comic book lovers could also be attributed to the growing demand for superhero ...

Introduction

At the first glance, The Matrix seems to be a cinematographic work of science fiction which is based on the clash of men and machines in a virtual world. The film was an unbeaten success in the 1990s and saw record-breaking revenues across the worlds. However, it is also true that there some specific manifestations of the renowned philosophical theories in this film. The core theme of the film is based on the notion that the world is an illusion and this concept has been used by many philosophers in this world to express their theories of philosophy. This ...

I. Background information John Nash is a scientist, whose discoveries changed this world: he managed to develop fields of mathematic, partial differential equations and game theory. The man was renowned for his achievements – he got a lot of awards, including the Nobel Prize in Economic Science in 1994. His childhood was not carefree - John Nash had to strictly adhere to rules that were provided by his parents. They listened to his desires and tried to support their child in anything he wanted, but they did it without any true understanding of the matter. “A Beautiful Mind” is a ...

Analyzing Bond Issue: Bank of America

About the company Founded in the year 1904 by Amadeo Peter Giannini and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Bank of America, is an American multinational banking company that provides financial services to retail as well as institutional customers. The company is one of the largest companies in the United States and operates through five business segments, namely, Consumer Banking, Global Wealth & Investment Management, Global Banking, Global Markets, and Legacy Assets & Servicing. The company through its subsidiaries also provides asset management and risk management services. The company operates in more than 40 countries and serves 56 million customers in the ...

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The video is all about the ‘Cialdini's Influence Theory’, which is comprised of six major principles of persuasion/influence. According to the Robert Cialdini’s Influence Theory, there are six universal verified principles that actually persuades people and make them affirmative decision makers. Professor Robert also asserts that in spite of millions of notorious tactics, these are the only fundamental and underlying principles that induces people saying ‘Yes’ to anything. In the video, Professor Robert Cialdini explains each of these six principle i.e. Reciprocity (obligation to repay or return the favor), Scarcity (want of having something ...

The SMART Goals Guide website describes SMART as the appropriate framework for setting attainable goals. The site further reveals SMART as an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-Bound. That is, for a goal to be “smart”, it has to contain all of the five components in a single statement. The process of setting such goals follows a step-wise formula as directed through the acronym. Thus, individuals wishing to develop a SMART goal have to begin with specificity. The more specific individuals are, the higher the chances that remain on the right track. This section attempts to respond ...

The question of whether we should trust our sense comes to us from the ancient times. Since the beginning of philosophy and thought, humans wondered whether the world is the way they see and experience it. With the advancements in philosophy, such doubts even framed out in a separate field of thought. Many thinkers were very skeptical about the contrast between the world as we perceive it and the way it really is and what role do our senses play in the process of perception and understanding. Descartes and Hume are two of the most prominent philosophers whose views ...

According to James Paul Gee, there is a connection between an individual in the real world and whatever character he or she projects in a virtual world and for that reason, a third identity emerges in the form if the projective identity (48-50). In the author’s views, the summation of the tripartite play of identities, where the real world, virtual, and projective aspects of a gamer meet, is experiences that revolve around “active” and “reflexive” mannerisms by one controlling the same. Gee also reckons that the same experience is possible with movies and novels; thus emerges the nature ...

The Modern period from the late 19th to the early phase of the 20th century served as the catalyst for the beginning of avant-garde works of different artists whose works isolated their styles from the rest of the artistic movements that emerged in the previous eras. These new designs spearheaded the development of the comic book art wherein the iconography of the subjects attempted to portray the real world yet in an animated way without closely resembling the reality. The artists who popularized these method includes Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and Larry Rivers each of the defined the early ...

22nd of April 2016

Globalization of information processes based on the latest technologies has changed many forms of human existence, but the biggest transformation has occurred in the structure and media system. The main source of information for most people have become electronic media and mainly - TV. All of them now propagate pop-culture. Popular culture has many scientific definitions. However, they all agree on one thing: pop-culture is a unity of widespread cultural elements in any society. Pop culture now includes music, film and animation, literature, the media (including comic books and the Internet), fashion, cooking, advertising, sports, tourism, and many other ...

Personal Leadership Development Plan

STEP 1: MY GOALS I am an accounting major at college level. My pursuit of the course is due to my passion for numbers as I seek professional qualifications in accounting. Ultimately, after the completion of my degree, I would want to operate at the most senior positions of financial organizations as I seek to impart my knowledge into the business and help in managing people. However before I attain the ultimate goal, there one major hurdle that I would like to go over- Internship at a big four firm. I believe that training at the highest level will ...

Today one of the major problems of education implies a collision of information culture of students who called digital native and information culture of teachers who began to use the possibilities of these technologies in adulthood (digital immigrant). This led to a rapid rise of the amount of information that is really an information explosion. It also leads to large-scale changes in the methods and the nature of communication between people and development of the information society as one of the leading contemporary social processes. Such changes of socio-economic conditions can not affect the socio-psychological and psycho-pedagogical portrait of ...

Introduction

Ambrose Bierce is a prominent author known for his many works one of which is An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. This is the story of Peyton Farquhar a planter from the South. The story is set during the civil war. Peyton has been sentenced to hang by the Union Army for his failed attempt at destroying the Owl Creek railroad bridge. The author leads the reader to believe that Peyton escapes the hanging by falling into the river below and reunites with his wife and children at his farm. This is not the case since it is revealed ...

Hegel took idealism to its most extreme point with his absolute idealism. This idea can be best understood in the established relationship between being and identity that he discusses. This relationship is essential in order for the individual to attain knowledge of the world. Furthermore, this knowledge is fundamentally predicated on the associations between subjective perceptions and established objective truth. The universalization of the particular through the lens of personal experience therefore becomes an essential aspect of his philosophic inquiry. Subject and object, codified by normative experience, are the source of idealism within Hegel's perspective. Hegel's argument rests on ...

Going to college is important because in the world today people need to have degrees in order to be able to get jobs that pay well. The market is extremely competitive and the demand has to be reached though studying and through practical experience. At the end of the day, the degree itself is irrelevant as a piece of paper, but the experience of going through college is important for people to network, meet relevant people from the industry and to seek for job opportunities and internships. Going to college makes people meet professionals from the field they would ...

The Decline of Face to Face Communication

For a particular category of people, who have an outgoing nature and would have made friends quickly anyway, it's doubtful social media would make much of a difference. They would still have relationships and social circles outside the media. For them, the social media is just an extension of their real-world. It all depends on the person and how one uses it. Some people might use social media to enhance their relationships and meet new people, where others might use it to quantify the amount of friends they have or use it to spy on people so that they ...

The early fiction of Capote usually descends into a subconscious and explores a world of blurred realities and uncertainty whose inhabitants are trapped in unbearable isolation. The short story “Miriam” was first published in 1945 and depicts the psychological deterioration of the protagonist, Mrs. Miller. The sense of captivity and fear overshadow this short story and results from the individual’s inability to respond and accept the reality. Mrs. Miller is given an opportunity to accept someone disturbing and strange and push back the frontier of darkness in the soul and the surrounding world. More essentially, it means that ...

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to conduct a self-reflection on the knowledge acquired after undertaking the course. As such, it is set to analyze my orientations and perspectives about the needs of the students, the roles of the teacher, and incorporation of culture. Methods: The paper is based on the analysis of peer-reviewed articles that provide a framework of the self-assessment. In other words, the theoretical stipulations presented by the authors are used as the lenses of the assessment. Findings: The course has imparted crucial understanding in regard to how I view education and roles of different ...

Introduction

The modern world is increasingly facing the development and advancement of the social media, which has become an essential part of the contemporary society. Most of the common platforms of social media include gaming sites, video sites such as YouTube, blogs, and Web sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Instagram, and LinkedIn among others. These channels have provided different and convenient ways of communication and hence changing and revaluing the ties that bind people together. These ties involve the emotional interconnection between different individuals in the society regardless the adverse or positive aspect of this interconnection. Through verbal and ...

Fashion Films Analysis

Nowadays, the fashion industry requires a lot of attention in order to create demand for its products. Due to the fact that fashion exists to make a human appearance more beautiful and attractive, the most common ways to promote the products or services is to let people see it. Therefore, almost all brands of clothes, accessories and cosmetics organize their advertisement as visual material such as photos, fashion shows or even short films. In these terms, the advertisement of this merchandise ought to be specifically designed by different signifiers in order to capture the attention and encourage to purchase ...