Popular Culture and Post Colonialism in Kenya Popular culture as manifested in the book “The River Between” by Ngugi Wa Thiongo depicts the collision between Africans and European ideologies and ways of life in colonial Kenyan society thus telling us more about the foundations of contemporary post colonial Kenya. According to Jessie McKinney‚ Popular culture is the shared knowledge‚ beliefs and practices by a specific group that is especially as a result of Western culture that reflects and
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Popular culture expresses the personality within the individual. We as people observe the actions of the environment around us through television‚ social media‚ and the behaviors of celebrities. A huge proponent within pop culture is the influence of music. I believe music influences our actions and how we see the society around us. Everyone has different taste in music and individuals are categorized to a general population that has people of the same interest. The more popular a song is‚ it will
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Malcolm Gladwell‚ a best-selling author‚ describes the social phenomenon known as thin-slicing in his book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. Thin-slicing refers to the way that people take in little information quickly and make judgements with or without knowing they are doing so. Gladwell asserts that thin-slicing is imperative in save time and make valuable predictions. Gladwell’s inference is well supported with psychologists’ research and data collected on the subconscious. Gladwell’s
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Thinking Without Thinking‚ in which Malcolm Gladwell has several main points of focus‚ which correlate previous chapters and bring new ideas into sight. In the previous chapters‚ he talks about “thin-slicing” (Gladwell Ch. 1‚ Section 2‚ Paragraph 7)‚ which is finding patterns in narrow windows of experience and also how snap judgment can help you in situations in which quick reactions are used. In chapter five he focuses on the other side of “thin-slicing” (Gladwell Ch. 1‚ Section 2‚ Paragraph 7)‚ showing
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my ability to read and other long narrative because it makes me thinks that the book is not exciting. From the textual evidence in “Technology is Dumbing Down our Society”‚ The quotes explain “ As the internet becomes our primary source of information‚ it is affecting our ability to read books and other long narratives. This process of rewiring our brains carries the danger of flattening human experience even as it offers the benefits of knowledge efficiency and immediacy‚” wrote by Nicholas Carr.
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to something you do. Meaningful work can be defined as enjoyment of the worker‚ dedication of the worker to the job‚ and involvement that the worker shows toward his or her job. In “The Physical Genius” written by Malcolm Gladwell‚ he talks about how to become a Physical Genius. Gladwell is an English-born Canadian journalist‚ author‚ and speaker. He has written many books and articles in sociology‚ psychology‚ and social psychology. People who have experienced the meaningful work‚ can be
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has the word “glad” in his name‚ Malcolm Gladwell did not manifest an inkling of gladness in his article. I felt more of a disgruntlement towards the U.S. healthcare crisis as a whole. General medical coverage‚ accessible in the greater part of the Western world‚ is not accessible in the U.S. on account of the wrongly named‚ "moral hazard". Main Claim: Gladwell’s arguments are send the message that a trip to the doctor is not to do so at one’s liberty. Gladwell provides evidence of a bureaucratic
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According to Gladwell‚ most people are incapable of becoming successful; Gladwell says this is because of the radically simple fact that some do not get the same chances and opportunities as others. It has more to do with a person’s fate than their intelligence in his or her field. The general idea of a population is that if a person puts enough time and hard work into something then there is no end to the possibilities to come. The global belief‚ with the exception of Malcolm Gladwell and his followers
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Malcolm Timothy Gladwell‚ (born September 3‚ 1963) is a Canadian journalist‚ bestselling author‚ and speaker. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. He has written five books‚ The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (2000)‚ Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005)‚ Outliers: The Story of Success (2008)‚ What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures (2009)‚ a collection of his journalism‚ and David and Goliath: Underdogs‚ Misfits‚ and the Art of Battling
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Thornton‚ (1994). ’Moral Panic‚ The Media & British Rave Culture’. In: Andrew Ross & Tricia Rose (ed)‚ Microphone Fiends‚ Youth Music & Youth Culture. 1st ed. London: Routledge. pp.(176-192). Upon reading Sarah Thornton’s chapter‚ ‘Panic‚ the Media and British Rave Culture’ it quickly became apparent that she was expressing the view that although there is a rather prominent disdain towards the media from grass-roots cultures and subcultures‚ it is in fact the media that helps develop
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