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- 281: Television Born Killers
- ... costume. All the children had been irritated by the fact that they were only allowed to look at some toys but not touch. This made the children more prone to use aggressive behaviour. The children were then put in a playroom with the Bobo doll. Out of the four groups that were involved, three exemplified aggressive behaviour toward the Bobo doll ... general mindset about violence in the world, quite apart from any effects it might have in inducing violent behaviour. Cultivation theorists distinguish between 'first order' effects (general beliefs about the everyday world, such as about the prevalence of violence) and 'second order' effects (specific attitudes, such as to law and order or to personal safety). (Chandler, 1995. p 1.) The focus ... 171). Audience research by cultivation theorists involves asking large-scale public opinion poll organisations to include in their national surveys questions regarding such issues as the amount of violence in everyday life. Answers are interpreted as reflecting either the world of television or that of everyday life. The realistic answers are considered everyday responses and the exaggerated answers are considered ...
- 282: Intranet
- ... Furthermore, Intranet is not a new product that has just been recently introduced in the market. However, it just has not been widely used until the past few years. People use Intranet everyday without knowing that they are using it. Intranet, therefore, is the client/server, PC, Unix, Apple and many other applications that one has been using on his/her work. Security ... of a marketing and customer support entity. The Intranet is your internal communications mechanism (Hinrichs 1997, 3). Furthermore, Intranet is very different from a groupware. Groupware is very complex to use and very expensive to maintain. For example, many applications associated with Groupware require specific operating systems, or particular network configuration. Unlike Groupware, Intranet is compatible with a variety of ...
- 283: Advertisements and the Consumer
- Advertisements and the Consumer Throughout our everyday lives we are bombarded with an array of advertisements. Whether it is the TV, radio, newspaper, or billboards, the goal of advertising is the same. The goal of most advertising ... The second ad is for Resinal Soap (1922) and the third ad is for Lux Toilet Soap (1934). Resinal Soap manufactures incorporate fear. The manufacture claims if you do not use this soap no man will ever find you attractive enough to marry, even if you are intelligent and have a great sense of humor. The ad for Lux Toilet Soap ... of a beautiful Hollywood star. She is giving her testimonial of the product. Through manipulating the star's testimonial, the advertiser feeds us several lies. The first is, if you use this soap then you will be more attractive, receive admiration, and you will also find love. The second claim is that it will turn "average skin into a tea - ...
- 284: Genetic Engineering, History and Future: Altering the Face of Science
- ... to ultra-high-frequency sound waves, but this is an extremely inaccurate way of isolating a desirable DNA section (Stableford 26). A more accurate way of DNA splicing is the use of "restriction enzymes, which are produced by various species of bacteria" (Clarke 1). The restriction enzymes cut the DNA strand at a particular location called a nucleotide base, which makes ... strand and fusing it to the newly created DNA structure. Another newly developed method, called polymerase chain reaction, allows for faster replication of DNA strands and does not require the use of vectors (Clarke 1). The possibilities of genetic engineering are endless. Once the power to control the instructions, given to a single cell, are mastered anything can be accomplished. For ... is much like an organ transplant. Germ line therapy results in a permanent change for the entire organism, and its future offspring. Unfortunately, germ line therapy, is not readily in use on humans for ethical reasons. However, this genetic method could, in the future, solve many genetic birth defects such as downs syndrome. Somatic cell therapy deals with the direct ...
- 285: The Computer and Mass Communication
- ... which specialised groups employ technological devices (press, radio, films, etc.) to disseminate symbolic content to large, heterogeneous, and widely dispersed audiences. As each new medium developed, existing media declined in use or adapted to more specialised functions, but the overall tendency seems to have been for a steady increase until the present, in the amount of time actually devoted to attending ... communication to attempt to challenge not only the immediate issue of adequate housing but their position within the unequal power relationship between African-American women and white elite-dominated institutions. Use of online communication afforded the women an opportunity to operate outside the local and exclusive pathways of information, discourse and social action controlled by the institution of the housing authority. In a broader sense, their grassroots networking activities online subverted longstanding local articulations of power. The information flow on the Internet is controlled by those who use it. People actively provide the information that they want personally and other people want. There is a much more active form of participation than what is provided for by ...
- 286: Hackers Misunderstood
- ... is to explore an operating system that is foreign to them. The younger generations have bred a new philosophy of hacking. Wannabe hackers who do not deserve the title “hacker” use simple utilities available over the Internet to hack into personal computers or banks and cause havoc. This is due because they have no respect for the unwritten hacker code and ethics. Those superficial hackers who use their knowledge to harm other operating systems or use their experience to gain material wealth have blemished the integrity of the hackers of the world. A true hacker is not like your ordinary person. Hackers are distinctively different ...
- 287: The Introduction of Computers in Education
- ... with the aide of new and improved software that are available in schools, libraries and even in their homes. First of all, students learn how to procure information through the use of computers. It has made the way students access information easier and with greater degree of accuracy. The software that is now available allows a student to increase the productivity ... by generating raw materials for their research assignments or their presentations. Even grade school children have the same advantages when it comes to accessing information. These students learn how to use the computer at an early stage and can utilize these skills as they enter college. The in home computer called the personal computer has now become a part of the ... and reading to student with learning disabilities. However, in several ways, having computers in the classroom has made learning fun and very interesting for students, young or old. Finally, the use of computers in schools has been revolutionary in developing a clearer comprehension of complex problems (mainly problem solving skills), and also learning good communications skills, as well. For example; … ...
- 288: Drug Testing
- By: jay E-mail: jonigkj1@lasalle.edu The ethics of drug testing has become an increased concern for many companies in the recent years. More companies are beginning to use it and more people are starting more to have problems with it. The tests are now more than ever seen as a way to stop the problems of drug abuse in the workplace. This brings up a very large question. Is drug testing an ethical way to decide employee drug use? It is also very hard to decide if the test is an invasion of employee privacy. “The ethical status of workplace drug testing can be expressed as a question of competing interests, between the employer’s right to use testing to reduce drug related harms and maximize profits, over against the employee’s right to privacy, particularly with regard to drug use which occurs outside the workplace.” (Cranford ...
- 289: Transfers Of Technology From The Developing World
- ... at a dizzying rate, society must adapt its technology to solve current world issues. In a world where the Internet, cell phones and notebook computers are becoming a necessity for everyday living, we often forget about those who still suffer attempting to meet their basic needs, including clean water, food and health care. It is time for the developed world to use their technology to help those who can not help themselves. By using these technologies there will be advances in medical services, a new economy based on the Internet, emerging information ... and economic ruin, with little hope for survival. For most people of the developed world, the developing world is not something they concern themselves with; they do not see it everyday and therefore it does not exist. This could not be farther from the truth. The developing world is in need of help but the developed world constantly turns a ...
- 290: Ancient Egyptian Religion As S
- ... the focal point of man¹s world-outlook. Religion [provided] the stimulus to art and philosophy and a matrix for the development of moral principles. (Woldering 28) This similarity between everyday tasks and belief in the gods lead to advances in numerous aspects of this society. Ancient Egyptian religion has been fully demonstrated through Egyptian art, architecture, and funerary practices. One ... they began drawing the duck and the fish on the sides of their pottery bowls. Then, little by little, over the long years, their skill as artists increased and their everyday objects became as beautiful as they were useful² (27). After this eventual increase in the artistic talent of the people, new practices came in to use by which Ancient Egyptians expressed themselves. For example, tombs went from being mere pits and hollows in the sand to being quite complex. These structures have become what the ...
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