Miscellaneous Essays
Media and Culture
Media and Culture The issue of the relationship between the mass media and the popular culture has always been a controversial issue in social sciences. While the political economists insist on the role of the media industry in the creation of this phenomenon of the twentieth century, its advocates such as John Fiske argue that popular culture is actually the creation of the populus itself, and is independent of the capitalist production process of the communication sector. Basing his argum...
Media control
Media control "Man was born free,and everywhere he is in chains." -Jean-Jacques Rousseau Laswell's Model suggests that communication serves three major purposes. First it must survey the environment and alert the community to change. Second it must interpret the data so the community can respond. Finally communication serves as our history; it transfers down through time our values and ideals. To complete it's mission, modern media must get and evaluate the information and provide...
Media controls
Media controls "Man was born free,and everywhere he is in chains." -Jean-Jacques Rousseau Laswell's Model suggests that communication serves three major purposes. First it must survey the environment and alert the community to change. Second it must interpret the data so the community can respond. Finally communication serves as our history; it transfers down through time our values and ideals. To complete it's mission, modern media must get and evaluate the information and provid...
Media effect 2
Media effect 2 I. Introduction Media nowadays is considered a window for learning and is also considered to be our main window to the world. Media has evolved from simple text in papers, to voices in radios, to voices with pictures in television and movies, to the very broad and information packed Internet. But as we all know, media has changed and evolved since then. Media then was primarily used to deliver news across the town and to beef up the people with the information they need for th...
Medical Budget Spending
Medical Budget Spending Providing Cancer Clinical Trials for Medicare Beneficiaries Less than three percent of cancer patients participate in clinical trials of new therapies. Many scientists believe that higher participation could lead to the faster development of therapies for more of those in need. Moreover, the elderly, who are most likely to get cancer, often cannot participate in such trials because Medicare does not pay for such treatments until they are es...
Mcdonaldization of society
Mcdonaldization of society McDonaldization of Society In today's' complicated and ever changing society, we often try to achieve a sense of stability and familiarity around us. One way our culture has tried to make life a little easier is by implementing a function now know as "McDonaldization". McDonaldization is defined as "the process by which the principles of the fast food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as the rest of ...
Meaning of illusions
Meaning of illusions The True Meaning of Our Illusions Every human being has illusions. Unfortunately, the majority of the time, we are unable to uncover their true meaning. This does not mean that our precious visionary images have no answer or meaning and that they make no sense. Our illusions are based and composed with the daily interaction that we have with our culture, personal pre-occupations and daily experiences that sometimes are hard to believe. These are constantly reflecte...
Measuring Thickness of Concret
Measuring Thickness of Concret Measuring Thickness of Concrete Measuring Thickness of Concrete Elements Using Drilled Concrete Cores When doing construction one of the major concerns is that the work being done complies with the design specifications. In this ASTM test, C 174M-97, the thickness of a concrete pavement, slab, or structural element is determined by measuring the length of a core drilled from a concrete structure. This allows the contractor, as wel...
Meat packing industry and the
Meat packing industry and the In our American history we have come across many debating issues. Many issues have been dealt with on small scales but other issues have become very serious. A lot of serious issues were dealt with during the time period of industrialization. With many debates such as monopolies and trustbusters of big corporations, working conditions and techniques often became unrecognized in the politically debating time period. Upton Beall Sinclair (1878-1968), was an Ame...
Media Effect
Media Effect I. Introduction Media nowadays is considered a window for learning and is also considered to be our main window to the world. Media has evolved from simple text in papers, to voices in radios, to voices with pictures in television and movies, to the very broad and information packed Internet. But as we all know, media has changed and evolved since then. Media then was primarily used to deliver news across the town and to beef up the people with the information they need for thei...
Media Extended essay Glen Hodd
Media Extended essay Glen Hodd A LEVEL MEDIA EXTENDED ESSAY There are not many jobs in England that bring about as much media attention as the positions in Football and there is one job in particular that has the media spotlight constantly shining down upon it�s owner and that is the England Managers job. It does not help either when you are also a former England player with a creative spark that brought attention to yourself on and off the field. This was the problem of Glen Hodd...
Math model
Math model 1.) Each assumption leads to different aspects of the battle to achieve higher arms. Assumption A wants to increase the level of arms to a proportion of the arms level of the other country. To do this, you want to take the rate of growth of the other country and multiply this by a proportional constant. The opposite country does the same due to them wanting to keep pace with their opposing foe. Assumption B wants to decrease its level of arms to go along with national spending...
McDonalds affect on the world
McDonalds affect on the world There are many different forces that affect McDonalds in the general and task environments. One of the forces that affect them in the general environment is economic forces. Disposable income is one of the most influential decisions that McDonalds deals with on a daily basis. Interest rates are another part of the economic forces that McDonalds must deal with. The interest rate affects how much money people will invest in McDonalds and its stock. McDonalds ...
McDonald’s
McDonald�s This is an exciting and interesting essay to write for a number of reasons. For one it�s an honour to make a research on one of the most profitable societies of the world, for second because the kindness of McDonald�s employees and the precision of McDonald�s Web site, are perfect sources for all kind of information that can help analyse through Porter�s value chain, all the aspects of its value creation. In the late 1940s, Dick and Mac McDonalds were searching for a...
Mccormick place
Mccormick place The McCormick Place Story The history of McCormick Place is quite remarkable for a building that is only thirty-nine years old. It was built in 1960, burned down in 1967, and was rebuilt and reopened by 1971. When we think of McCormick Place today, we think of the North, South, and East buildings together. But the North building wasn't built until 1986, and the South building was completed just last year; both well after the Richard J. Daley administration. The East B...
Mcdonaldization of society 2
Mcdonaldization of society 2 The McDonaldization of: If you have ever had a meal in a restaurant (fast-food/formal dining), used an ATM in a bank, spent your vacation at an amusement park or simply browsed through a mall, you have been exposed to McDonaldization. McDonaldization is �the process by which the principles of the fast food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of America society as well as the rest of the world� (Ritzer, 1996, 1). Nearly ever aspect...
Marriages
Marriages "I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children they just about throw up." � Barbara Bush Marriage is a complicated and personal concept. Its meaning ranges from the melting of two special souls in a union of love to a financial merger complete with pre-nup contracts and inventory lists. Traditionally, it is a statement: "You are IT � The One � I've looked over the others and there is no match for you � I must have you in my life for a happy future."...
Marx and mills
Marx and mills John Stuart Mill suggests that a person�s ethical decision-making process should be based solely upon the amount of happiness that the person can receive. Although Mill fully justifies himself, his approach lacks certain criteria for which happiness can be considered. Happiness should be judged, not only by pleasure, but by pain as well. This paper will examine Mill�s position on happiness, and the reasoning behind it. Showing where there are agreements and where there are...
Masculinity
Masculinity Masculinity The definition of masculinity ; Is the fact of being a man or having qualities considered typical of a man. I was stuck in that sentence that what is the qualities considered typical of a man. What is the quality of man, what is considered as a typical of a man? 1. Identities According to Victor, since the 1960s the challenges of feminism made men feel uneasy and confused about their power and identity. Women insisted that men had also to be mo...
Mass media and public opinion
Mass media and public opinion Mass Media and Public Opinion The generalized idea of every individual's personality is "I have my own thoughts." When this statement is examined closer, the question arises of what influences one to believe the things they do? Mass media plays an immense role in the form shaping of people's opinions and views through means of ownership, commercialization and news coverage. The rich keep getting richer, including corporations. One way they do so is...
Materialist theory
Materialist theory Materialist Theory For many centuries, people have pondered upon the question if there is a relation between what we think and what we do physically. Our physical brain gives way to a mind, full of thoughts and processes, but what interaction do the two have? Materialism is a way that people consider the relations between mind and matter to be inseparable. We are physical beings and our mental reactions are just by-products of a material process. Materialism...
Math Is The Language of The Un
Math Is The Language of The Un Mathematics, the language of the universe, is one of the largest fields of study in the world today. With the roots of the math tree beginning in simple mathematics such as, one digit plus one digit, and one digit minus one digit, the tree of mathematics comes together in the more complex field of algebra to form the true base of calculations as the trunk. As we get higher, branches begin to form creating more specialized forms of numerical comprehension and sc...
Marriage 2
Marriage 2 Marriage is the bond between two people of the opposite sex that have went in front of a minister and exchanged vows. Marriage is different for every one, and I have been influenced a great deal by my parents. My parents have been married for the past 26 years and they will probably stay that way the rest of their lives. However marriage is not what it once was, today you have people getting into a marriage for other reasons than love and knowing that they can get out of the ma...
Marriage Asylum
Marriage Asylum It is my belief that the institution of marriage is a sham, designed by pious Christain fanatics in order to subjugate, control, and furthermore oppress women's personal liberties, intellectual freedoms and artistic development. It is also my belief that much in the way of the institution of marriage has not changed since its barbaric origin hundreds of years ago. In light of the enormous rate of divorce, marriage should be banned or at least have greater restrictions placed ...
Marriage in japan
Marriage in japan Marriage in Japan Why people get married? There would be many reasons; to save money, to escape from loneliness, to have a better life, and so on. But in most case people marry for love. Though it is almost always true, a married life is different between in the western culture and in Japan. A marriage in modern western culture is based on mutuality and companionship. In Western there is a tendency to be independent. Most college graduates live apart from their family and f...