So Much to Tell You is Marina’s story of how she is able to heal and develop into a confident young woman. Marina‚ a young teenage girl who is troubled by her father’s traumatising actions‚ now has to recover and overcome her tormenting past. Marina has been severely affected by her history and she stops communicating with others. Throughout the novel‚ Marina becomes more mature as she slowly improves in her behaviour‚ emotions and her relationships with family and friends. The author‚ John Marsden
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Assesment1 * Are we easily swayed by the mass media or do we have the ability to think critically about what we see and hear? Student no: S2848618 The word media originates from the word medium‚ meaning singular. The term media is plural. It refers to all forms of technological mediums used to promote‚ entertain‚ educate or inform the general public. (Turow‚ 2011) This mass communication is used by large companies and their share-holders to generate messages to the masses. (Turow
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“Have we surrendered ourselves to the power of media?” If you want to tell someone a secret‚ you whisper in that person’s ear. But how would you tell vast numbers of people some information? Would you shout it at the top of your lungs? Probably not. You probably would turn to one or more forms of mass communication‚ which include newspapers‚ magazines‚ TV‚ and radio. Using these to distribute information is far more efficient than shouting.
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Shermer’s “Why We Are So Intrigued by Zombies” the author brings attention to the fascination of mythical creatures‚ more specifically Zombies. Throughout the text the author gives valid reasons for these curbs of interest. He mostly states that it has to do with our evolutionary biology and the fact that we crave fear stimulus in a controlled environment. In the human races ancient past our ancestors were always fraught dangerous uncurtains of some sort. The environment that we encountered could
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statement “you should believe everything you hear and see in the media”. Not everything in the media is real because people create hoaxes‚ which are stories that seem real but they are just a lie. Reasons people create hoaxes can be to get money or to get fame by doing something‚ but there haven’t been any hoaxes in a few years. Some people believe that everything in the media is not real. People may think this because some articles in newspapers use persuasive language to persuade you that what
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The industry is constantly changing and Game of Thrones and Supernatural are just two examples of thousands of TV shows. 5.1 Changes So Far Modern media has been becoming more accepting of the queer community. “We are in a climate now‚ where it is acceptable to have queer people on screen.”1 But the tolerance has taken its time. The first time a gay romance was featured on screen was in 1972‚ in a TV move called That Certain Summer. 1975 two homosexual characters appeared on screen as a couple in
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college student and teacher in Pilgrim Christian College use Social Media because it’s a tool to be social. Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Formspring‚ and Plurk‚ are just some of the examples of these websites. Unfortunately‚ many of us do the most insane things on these sites that would make others roll their eyes‚ drop their jaw‚ and sometimes is downright pathetic. If you haven’t notice it in yourself‚ read along and maybe this article will help you realize. First off‚ I have observed that some people think their
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We are killing the rainforest!! Is this a fact or only a media hype? The rainforest and ecological role has been a controversial topic for decades. The ‘green people’ advocate that we are killing the world by reducing the rainforest. The capitalists on the other hand claim that it is an exaggeration and we are only utilizing the natural resources for our own benefits. Let us look at the location of the Amazon rainforest. Brazil has about 40% of the rainforest within its boundaries and the other
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Throughout the book‚ “So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed” there is various situations where people have made mistakes and have regretted it after being publicly shamed. Everyone who post things on social media is at risk at putting himself or herself out for public shaming. After all public shaming only takes one mistake or misinterpretation. Jon Ronson decided to make a book with different stories of people getting publicly shamed. There are also different forms of public shaming demonstrated throughout
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So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed-Not Literature But‚ Ethics What is Literature? According to dictionary.com‚ “Literature is writings in which expression and form‚ about ideas of permanent and universal interest‚ are characteristic or essential features‚ as poetry‚ novels‚ history‚ biography‚ and essays.” Some instructors argue that Jon Ronson’s book‚ So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed does not fit the definition of literature‚ and they’re right. However‚ it does teach ethics. This book talks about people
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