they know it. Blair Waldorf is the ringleader of the crew‚ which includes her handsome but weak-hearted boyfriend‚ Nate. This femme fatale in training relishes her role and is confident that she and Nate will be together forever. Then the teen every girl loves to hate‚ Serena Van der Woodson‚ returns from her Connecticut boarding school‚ and the young women start fuming. Serena is beautiful and charming‚ and could unknowingly steal the hearts of brothers and boyfriends -- and she and Nate have a secret
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family etc. that helps viewers identify the content and one of the most popular and my personal favorite that has risen tremendously over the years is chick-flicks. For this paper‚ I will be analyzing a very popular series ‘Gossip Girl’ that reflects many cultural theories like feminism‚ structuralism‚ Marxism‚ psychoanalytical etc. but I would mainly analyze the text through the lenses of two cultural theories namely‚ Marxism and Psychoanalysis. Gossip Girl presents the Marxist idea of class that uses
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The fictional two-hundred paged book Gossip Girl is written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The book was published in May of 2002. The setting of this story is taken place in New York City’s Upper East Side during the fall in 2001. The story begins with Blair Waldorf attending a party at her house with her friends Kati Farkas and Isabel Coates. Soon after‚ Blair sneaks away from the party to her bedroom in order to have sex with her boyfriend‚ Nate Archibald. However‚ they are interrupted
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Communications Research Dr. Jahandarie Content Analysis 1. Question for Study: Who does the author of the article blame for the fiscal crisis? 2. Categories for Study: Category 1. The Democrats are at fault Category 2. The Republicans are at fault Category 3. The Tea Party is to blame. Category 4. General Filler Operational Definitions: Category 1: Statements by the author or quotes from Republican officials that blame Democrats for the crisis
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8 Content Analysis Guide Department of Media and Communication University of Leicester 2010 DEFINITIONS OF CONTENT ANALYSIS A research technique for the objective‚ systematic and quantitative description of the manifest content of communication Berelson‚ B. (1952). Content analysis in communication research. Glencoe‚ Illinois: Free Press. Any technique for making inferences by systematically identifying specified characteristics of messages Holsti‚ O. R. (1969). Content analysis for
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Unit 2 Content Analysis Assignment Submitted by: Michael L. Albiston LSTD-5083-200 – Qualitative Research Methods College of Liberal Studies: University of Oklahoma To Dr. Steven Gullberg February 24‚ 2013 Abstract We are losing thousands of the nation’s brightest citizens to the adverse effect of college binge drinking. These loses are not only due to death‚ but also to failing in school‚ unplanned pregnancy‚ injuries and arrests. The majority of these students participating in
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newsletter. Stemler‚ Steve (2001). An overview of content analysis. Practical Assessment‚ Research & Evaluation‚ 7(17). Retrieved December 6‚ 2010 from http://PAREonline.net/getvn.asp?v=7&n=17 . This paper has been viewed 204‚464 times since 6/7/2001. An Overview of Content Analysis Steve Stemler Yale University Content analysis has been defined as a systematic‚ replicable technique for compressing many words of text into fewer content categories based on explicit rules of coding (Berelson
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Gossip in the work place Charlie Brown Peanuts University Prof. Writing in the Disciplines Business Communications EN306B Judy Brown July 18‚ 2010 Abstract In every work place environment gossip is very common and almost every working individual has been involved in it in some form or another. Although gossip is often derogatory most working individuals have either engaged in it or have been a victim of it. I t can also be referred to as a form of work place bullying and have a detrimental
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is it that when the word ‘gossip’ is used‚ it is done so mostly in a negative connotation? Why is it that every major world religion cautions against gossiping? Is it really that bad? The correct answer is ‘no’. It is ignorant to discredit gossip as an unnecessary social evil. Gossip has numerous benefits – at an individual as well as a social level. Let us start with the absolute basic. Why do people gossip? They gossip because gossiping is enjoyable. Many people gossip just for fun or to blow
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GOSSIP Good morning everyone. Today I would like to take a few minutes to speak about a topic that many of us disregard - gossip. So what exactly is gossip? It is idle talk or rumor‚ especially about the personal or private affairs of others. The Bible has nothing good to say about gossip. In Romans Ch 1‚ gossip is classified as one of the evils of men... it is a sin. • Remember that one of the most important commandment in the Bible is to love your neighbor as you love yourself. But
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