University of Phoenix Material Media Convergence Worksheet Write brief 250- to 300-word answers to each of the following: 1. What is meant by the term media convergence with regard to technology‚ and how has it affected everyday life? Honestly from my point of view I was never aware of the phrase “convergence” until I was enrolled in my current HUM 176 class. Convergence is generally classified as the transmission and compatibility of various digital compositions such as music
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Have modern technologies made the world better place? Most past of contemporary people cannot imagine their life without different devices‚ because they have to use it every day. Considering only our cell-phones or smartphones: we call‚ we send text-messages‚ look for necessary (or not) information in the internet‚ make notes‚ etc. We can use computer for a large amount of things‚ from typing a paper or sending a complaint somewhere to creating a music or attending lecture in the different part
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Modern gadgets have made us complete slaves to machines. There is no work which cannot be done without the assistance of machines and there is not a single area of human activity where machines don’t have to be used. No one can deny the fact that gadgets have not only simplified our lives but also made them more comfortable and luxurious. If electricity fails‚ life for each one of us comes to a standstill as all gadgets are operated with it be it AC‚ TV‚ computer‚ a telephone‚ or any other modern
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Alicia US II 24 April 2013 Media Bias Research Paper When a journalist or any other media outlet reports news with a point of view and not just the facts‚ it is called media bias. Media bias can happen in several forms. These include selective reporting of facts‚ omission of facts and deliberate distortion. Media bias in America comes mainly in two forms‚ conservative and liberal. Major media outlets are sometimes known for their bias reporting. The Fox News Channel tends to have a more conservative
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Whoever controls the media‚ controls the mind. -Jim Morrison The modern day media is aware of how powerful influence is. It understands that whatever it broadcasts and what angle of a story it presents will have a big impact in the minds of others. There are organizations that monitor and regulate broadcasts in the media. In Philippines‚ for example‚ we have Katipunan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP). They set rules such as airing both sides of a story‚ getting confirmation of a fact before
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Mass media denotes a section of the media specifically designed to reach a very large audience such as the population of a nation state. The term was coined in the 1920s with the advent of nationwide radio networks‚ mass-circulation newspapers and magazines. However‚ some forms of mass media such as books and manuscripts had already been in use centuries. The term public media has a similar meaning: it is the sum of the public mass distributors of news and entertainment across media such as newspapers
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Media messaging has a negative effect on body image. In a recent study of fifth grade girls‚ the majority said that they were unhappy with their body image after watching a Britney Spears music video. If only one school of fifth grade girls thought this‚ could the rest of the middle school to high school students think the same? In modern day America‚ almost all icons on television‚ in movies‚ and also in the music industry‚ are all very skinny and well built. "It’s partly because fashion‚ film and
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How Social Medias and Modern Technology Have Affected Today’s World? Advertising Strategy How social Medias and modern technology have affected today’s world? I) The 90’s‚ a new communication way is born (1990-2001) a) Internet and the firsts social medias (1990-1997) b) The expansion of the market (1997-2001) jlb II) Web 2.0: a new influence for social medias (2002-2010) a) The booming market b) A new kind of addiction III) Social media: a revolutionary marketing tool a) Companies and
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MODERN MEDICINE Modern medicine has made great strides in recent years. It is scientific and based on continual research and experiment. Surgery‚ in particular‚ has made an amazing advance. Thousands of doctors are being trained every year in India‚ and hundreds of hospitals set up. People living in cities rely mainly on modern medicine. In the past whenever there was an outbreak of plague or cholera people died by the hundreds. Modern medicine has succeeded in preventing the outbreak of epidemics
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predisposing factors contributing to the formation of a saccular aneurysm growth are smoking and hypertension. Although Jim had no past medical history‚ according to the Stroke Association ‘almost a quarter of people in the UK are unknowingly suffering from undiagnosed high blood pressure.’ Hypertension is one of the single biggest risk factor for causing a stroke and therefore could have‚ at least
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