Globalization‚ Terrorism‚ and Democracy: 9/11 and its Aftermath1 Douglas Kellner Globalization has been one of the most hotly contested phenomena of the past two decades. It has been a primary attractor of books‚ articles‚ and heated debate‚ just as postmodernism was the most fashionable and debated topic of the 1980s. A wide and diverse range of social theorists have argued that today ’s world is organized by accelerating globalization‚ which is strengthening the dominance of a world capitalist
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public’‚ the public sphere‚ as a body of citizens‚ freely expresses opinion in an unrestricted fashion via the communicative form of mass media. To Habermas‚ “the media and public sphere function outside of the actual political-institutional system” (Kellner‚ 2009) – where the public challenges bureaucratic state and its ruling structures: a representation of democracy. Habermas believes that these concepts of the public sphere and public representation and their historical birth were not coincidental
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and borders. Establishing such a universal nationality will counter the challenges of globalization. To determine why cosmopolitanism is a warranted response to the challenges of globalization‚ it is pertinent to explore them. According to Douglas Kellner in “Theorizing Globalization”‚ there are positive and negative aspects to globalization as he states “postindustrial society is sometimes referred to as the “knowledge society” or “information society”‚ in which knowledge and
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#1." Thesis. University of Southern California‚ 2012. Www-sfc.usc.edu. University of Southern California. Web. 9 Nov. 2012 Fromm‚ Erich. "Afterword to George Orwell ’s 1984." 1984. New York‚ NY: Signet Classic‚ 1961. N. pag. Web. 9 Nov. 2012. Kellner‚ Douglas. "From 1984 to One-Dimensional Man: Critical Reflections on Orwell and Marcuse." Diss. University of California Los Angeles‚ 1983. University of Southern California. Web. 9 Nov. 2012. Orwell‚ George. 1984. New York‚ NY: Signet Classic‚ 1961.
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THE IMPACT OF WOW PHILIPPINES AND ITS CONTRIBUTION IN THE PHILIPPINES AS PERCEIVED BY LOCAL AND FOREIGN TRAVELERS A Dissertation Proposal submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the Colegio San Agustin Binan‚ Laguna In the Fulfilment of the Requirements For the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Tourism MATSUKO P. MATSUMOTO March 2012 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Tourism slogan is one of the important
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Dominika Kampa (1207347) World Politics seminar tutor: Nicholas Taylor What is ‘globalisation’‚ and why is it important to our understanding of world politics? Discussing globalisation became quite a popular trend‚ especially in past twenty years. Previously nobody had talked about it‚ but ever since the 1970s when the debate was initiated and particularly after 1989 the subject gained increasing interest of media‚ masses and academia. As a result‚ inevitably‚ it became such a profound part of
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the largest known flying animals of all time. It was a member of the Azhdarchidae‚ a family of advanced toothless pterosaurs with unusually long‚ stiffened necks. The Quetzalcoatlus was first discovered in Texas in 1971 by geology graduate student Douglas A. Lawson. The feeding habits of Quetzalcoatlus are controversial. Originally‚ it was assumed to catch fish and crustaceans‚ like most other pterosaurs‚ until it was realized that it lived 248 miles from any shore during the Cretaceous period‚ and
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New Technologies and Alienation: S ome Critical Reflections1 Douglas Kellner (http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/kellner/) "Human beings make their own history‚ but not under circumstances of their own choosing." Karl Marx "They who control the Microscopick‚ control the World." Thomas Pynchon The developing countries are currently undergoing a perhaps unprecedented technological revolution that has given new credence and life to the concept of alienation after a period of relative decline
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stylistic criteria. The term “genre” has been derived from the French language which literally means “type”‚ “kind” or “sort”. A famous media theorist Douglas Kellner has defined genre very precisely. Kellner explains genre refers to coded set of formulas and conventions indicating culturally accepted ways of organizing materials into distinct patterns (Kellner 1980). Genre is used to classify the mode of expression in the literary or art and entertainment works. Genres may have various types depending
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Cited: Barmash‚ Isadore. The World Is Full of It. New York: Delacorte‚ 1974. Print. Baudrillard‚ Jean Kellner‚ Douglas. "Cultural Studies‚ Multiculturalism‚ and Media Culture by Douglas Kellner." GSE&IS Pages. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/kellner/papers/SAGEcs.htm>. Kilbourne‚ Jean Kilcullen‚ John. "MARX ON CAPITALISM." Division of Humanities. Macquarie University. Web. 28 Feb. 2012. <http://www.humanities
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