Communication Power. Oxford‚ New York: Oxford University Press. (571 p.) ISBN 978-0-19-956-701-1 To appear in Communications‚ The European Journal of Communication (2010) The book Communication Power can be seen as a successor of Volume II of Castells’ major triology about the Information Age‚ called The Power of Identity (1997). In his new book Castells focuses on the role of communication networks in power-making in society‚ with an emphasis on political power making. He defines power as ‘the
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The Power of Wealth In the story “Recitatif” by Toni Morrison there is a constant theme of race‚ discovery and social class differentiation. The characters in Morrison’s story‚ Twyla and Roberta‚ are of different races but are more evidently separated by class based on their wealth. Wealth is one of the most important defining elements of personal identity and class differentiation. The wealth of a person will determine what products and services they will consume‚ what subcultures they will
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police officers have broad discretionary powers. This applies equally to delinquencies as well as juvenile crimes. The action a police officer will take depends on various factors such as the behavior of a juvenile and/or the officers observations of suspicious activities and so on. Law enforcement officers are encountering a number of delinquent behaviors among children. Offenses can range from small status offenses to serious crimes. Officers’ discretionary power is allowing them to either reprimand
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POWER!! - - - - - INTRODUCTION - - - - - BASES OF POWER - - - - - - POWERFUL AND POWERLESS IN ORGANISATION - - - - - CONCLUSION - - - - - - - - - - INTRODUCTION Over the past decades‚ the concepts of power and communication in organizations have been given regular‚ empirical attention within the management literature. There is a close connection between leadership and power. People follow leaders because they have power and people will follow
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The Power of One - Representation of the different groups The Power of One is a cinematic masterpiece which was based on the inspiring novel by Bryce Courtenay. Set in a world torn apart from racism; where man subjugates his fellow country man and liberty remains evasive. The director‚ John G. Avildsen has utilized a range of filmic techniques to depict to malevolence of racial prejudice. The protagonist of this film‚ PK is an English boy who is raised in a society plagued with racism. In the
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Beauty is both a form of power and disempowerment‚ it contributes to how humans characterize one another. It becomes problematic as outsiders begin to view beauty as an unequal tool. Sonia Shah’s short story‚ Tight jeans and Chania Chorris‚ provides examples of how the personas sister uses her beauty as a form of power. It only becomes problematic for her family as they do not like the idea of ‘western beauty’ over taking there indian heritage. The story also gives example on how the persona is disempowered
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March 2011. The power sector added record conventional capacities of 12‚160 MW during 2010-11. However‚ despite the Indian power sector having shown substantial growth during the post-independence era‚ the sector has been ailing from serious functional problems during the past few decades. In 2010-11‚ India faced power deficit of 10 per cent and peak demand shortage of 13.3 per cent. In this backdrop‚ Power sector reforms were first initiated in India in 1992 by the Ministry of Power (MoP) to invite
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proliferation concerns arising from the use and projected expansion of nuclear energy by legitimizing the use of reprocessing and enrichment technologies. GNEP is one of many fuel cycle initiatives in the global arena that aim to manage the spread of dual-use (energy and weapon) technology. GNEP plans to restart nuclear waste reprocessing in the United States and increase nuclear enrichment and reprocessing capacities abroad through the commercial use of these dual-use technologies. Physicians for Social
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Seminar 3 1. Give working examples of how retailers and brands use the influence of pester power in marketing products and services? Meaning “The power children have‚ by repeated nagging‚ of influencing their parents to buy advertised or fashionable items.”1 Kids represent an important demographic to marketers because they have their own purchasing power‚ they influence their parents’ buying decisions and they’re the adult consumers of the future. Building brand name loyalty in kids -Nike
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the world. The question now is‚ what is the solution? The solution is “Cow Power.” Twenty-four hours a day‚ seven days a week: cow shit. The more politically correct term however is cow manure‚ but for those of us who have drove through or live near a dairy farm‚ we wouldn’t dare call the smell anything else but cow shit. Unbelievably‚ some creative genius has figured out a way to put this bad smells to better use. Cow power is a new undertaking of company like Elite Energy LLC and has gain popularity
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