Randy Olsen’s book Don’t be Such A Scientist is a brilliant book that seeks to persuade scientist put more emphasis on mass communication. The first chapter is appropriately named “Don’t Be So Cerebral” (Olsen‚ 17). The chapter’s main goal is to convince the scientific community to use more than logic when talking mass audiences. Most scientist are fine tuned information spuing machines‚ not dissimilar
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We aren’t racists‚ yet we buttress a system that acts in racist ways.” stated Nicholas Kristof in part 3 of his series “When Whites Just Don’t Get It”. This series involves five different articles in which Kristoff explains that even though we have come a long way from racism in the past‚ it is still very much alive. A black household has on average about 6 percent as much wealth as a white household‚ black students are less likely to attend schools that offer advanced math and science courses‚ and
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Violence in "You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me" "Our tears were the only thing we could control. So not crying felt like we had won something" (Sherman 175). To experience such a traumatic and painful series of events within ones a lifespan leaves the survivor emotionally detach. Sherman Alexie’s memoir‚ "You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me" gives readers a glimpse into Native American life from Sherman personal perspective. In Sherman Alexie memoir through these tragic moments readers can see
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Each American president has had to deal with controversial issues and sometimes scandals during their administration terms in office. How they address‚ or avert the issue impacts the perception to their leadership capability for our republic. Their policies are sculpted often by public opinion and historical context. President William Clinton is no exception and his handling of the “Don’t ask‚ Don’t tell” controversy indicates that his policies‚ openly excluded gay and bisexual people from military
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Kozachok Zoriana “We reporting it‚ no matter truth it or not” John Pilger’s documentary movie you can’t see because of war he showed in it. It is not a new report about war cruel or lies in mass-media‚ it is a scream in a silent society about extent of our information blindness. It is a movie you can’t see‚ you don’t want to see‚ but you must see. “The war you don’t see” shows us a huge difference between what we expect from mass-media and what we really get. And we always get a lie. How big and
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Tannen’s “Fighting for Our Lives” touches on how our culture is seen as an argument culture where there are two distinct sides to an argument seen as being either right or wrong‚ without a middle ground. The argument culture‚ Tannen explains‚ urges us to approach the world in an adversarial frame of mind: the best way to approach any sort of idea‚ dialogue‚ or conversation is to set it up as a debate. This tactic does not solve any residing problems‚ by ignoring what the other person has to say
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In the essays “There Is No Unmarked Woman” by Deborah Tannen and “Ways Of Seeing” by John Berger‚ the authors try to convey a similar point‚ but in two different contexts. Tannen describes a conference meeting and how she views others around her (Tannen 444). Berger on the other hand uses European oil paintings to show how only women are judged by the male eyes in society‚ Unlike a man‚ a woman has two elements to her identity‚ “the surveyor and the surveyed” (Berger 5). He also goes on to note
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Empire: But Dad‚ don’t you see? Classical studies: 91397: Demonstrate understanding of significant ideology in the classical world. Son: “Alexander was very intelligent and kingly in applying the policy of fusion between the Macedonians and the Persians to form one great empire.” Father: “The Policy of Fusion? To me that was the main issuing that caused problems to his empire and ultimately ended his successful reign with his army.” Son: “Father‚ I disagree on what you are saying. The policy
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What They Don’t Tell You “Acts of violence or neglect perpetrated against animals are considered animal cruelty‚” according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). Recently‚ there has been a lack of attention toward animal20abuse and very little study has been made into the relationship between domestic violence and pet cruelty. Animals for store bought meat and dairy products bought go though harsh labor‚ abuse‚ and unfit lives. This cruelty has been overlooked
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Do you want to stand out? Do you want to be better than the rest? Channel Ten‚ this is your chance to do that! Good morning‚ representing Heirs Productions I am Humda Zainab. [CLICK] Over the past few years‚ your channel has been struggling with ratings and viewership; receiving only 17-19% of the TV market shares. [CLICK] I’m here today to present to you‚ the executives of Channel Ten‚ with a fresh‚ new‚ and unique TV show. A show that will provide you with an opportunity to re-gain your ground
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