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    Communications A Uses and Gratifications Approach As stated in Uses and Gratifications‚ Blumler and Katz believed that the audience has an active part in the communication processes which are goal oriented in their media use. Blumler and Katz believe that the media users look for media outlets that will fulfill their needs. “Uses and Gratifications assume that the users have alternate choices to satisfy their needs” (unknown para 1). As I was reading the article based on Uses and Gratifications I was surprise

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    Delayed and instant gratification both affect Health‚ Relationships‚ Wealth‚ and happiness in many ways. People who practice delayed gratification from an early age tend to be more successful when it comes to the future. People who practice instant gratification usually tend to have a higher alcohol drinking rate and criminal record. Delayed gratification is one of the most important personal traits of success. People that delay gratification are more successful with their wealth‚ relationships

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    Key Theory/Concept #1:Uses-and-Gratifications Model According to Dominick‚ the Uses-and-Gratifications Model posits that audience members have certain needs or drives that are satisfied by both non-media and media sources. The uses and gratifications then can be classified into six categories‚ one of which is cognition‚ which means the process of knowing something. The new media enables the government to provide services online‚ which boosts convenience for the people. For example‚ people living

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    THEORETICAL BACKGROUND Uses and Gratifications Theory The purpose of this current study is to apply the principles of Uses and Gratification to see how Emerging Adulthood deal with their gratification. A core assumption of uses and gratifications studies is that audience members are active and goal-oriented in their selection of media use behaviors (Baran & Davis‚ 2014). This active audience is free to interact with the media and interpret messages received based on their need and motivation. Members

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    Avie Jones April 24‚ 2011 COM-126 Comm. and the Media Toni Bower Uses and Gratifications Theory Applied to Religious Programming First I have a reaction to the article “Why do people watch religious television”. In addition‚ it gave way to thinking of what other research could be performed on programming using the uses and gratifications approach. The article also included the topic of “reactionary” usage of religious programming‚ which is programming that people watch when there is

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    I. What is self control? Self control is the ability to control one’s emotions‚ behaviour and desires. In psychology it is sometimes called self-regulation. Exerting self-control through the executive functions in decision making is thought to deplete a resource in the ego.[1] Many things affect one’s ability to exert self-control‚ but self-control particularly requires sufficient glucose levels in the brain. Exerting self-control depletes glucose. Research has found that reduced glucose‚ and poor

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    Introduction- Uses and gratification theory The Uses and Gratifications Theory is a famous approach to understanding mass communication. It is an audience-centered approach to media study focusing on the uses to which people put media and the gratifications they seek from that use. (Baran‚ S.J.‚ Daris‚ D.K.‚ 2006) It emphasizes the audiences rather than the actual message because it more focuses on what audiences will do with the media instead of what media does to the people. Blumler and Katz’s

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    Green 12 .15 .15 Delaying School Start Times: Is It Good For Students? School start times is a major issue for students. It’s has either been affecting them academically‚ or by reducing the students sleep time. Some schools have made the change of delaying start times‚ hoping for an improvement in students. Studies have shown that delaying start times have a beneficial effect on students. School Start Time Should be delayed early in the morning. Delaying start times could help students

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    As an American culture we thrive on gratification As Eliot Aronson says‚ “We Americans seem to thrive on competition; we reward winners and are disdainful of losers.” When the United States was hunting for Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden‚ they were determined and were not going to give up; they were the “alpha male” in pursuit of win. When they “killed” Osama Bin Laden‚ the subsequent reaction of the public personally sickened me. The gargantuan number of people in the streets celebrating the

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    let the absence of it stop them. To get anything done‚ everyone has to start somewhere on the journey to perfection and the best place to start is right where they are. Even in our world of instant fortunes‚ instant communication‚ and instant gratification‚ it is still true anything of true and lasting value takes time and effort. People must believe in themselves and have the willingness to never give up. Dedication is required in order to reach perfection. Dedication and determination are both

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