We all watch films‚ and documentaries. Generally‚ we learn some things from them‚ but can we be sure what we learned is true‚ and objective? If the films compare and analyze the context (religion‚ language‚ etc.) well‚ we call these kinds of films as ‘ethnographic’ films. A simple question can be appeared in our minds: which films are the ethnographic films? We will try to find an answer to this question with discussing the intentions‚ the wholeness and the ethics of ethnographic film-making.
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Sadly‚ a number of school shootings in the United Sates have risen in the last 10 years. The Virginia Tech shooting‚ one of the most horrific shootings in United States history‚ left the nation devastated by the results. The shooter Seung-Hui Cho‚ left a "total of
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Emotions in Intercultural Communication 1 Emotion and Intercultural Communication David Matsumoto San Francisco State University Seung Hee Yoo Yale University Jeffery A. LeRoux San Francisco State University To appear in Helga Kotthoff and Helen Spencer-Oatley (eds.)‚ Handbook of Applied Linguistics‚ Volume 7: Intercultural Communication. Mouton – de Gruyter Publishers. Keywords: Emotion‚ emotion regulation‚ openness‚ flexibility‚ critical thinking‚ intercultural communication‚ intercultural
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DISCUSSION ESSAY Human cloning: right or wrong? Since the arrival of the scientific temper in humankind around the 17th century‚ specially with the creation of the Royal Society‚ human beings began to discover things that once were thought impossible‚ and nowadays improvements in technology and science have allowed wonders like cloning. The concept of cloning may be defined as "the creation of a genetically identical copy of an existing‚ or previously existing‚ being or growing cloned tissue from
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The elements Dayna Lorentz‚ used in her book‚ No Safety In Numbers‚ were point of view‚ setting‚ and dramatic irony. The first‚ point of view‚ is told from the 3rd person multiple. This is odd‚ and not commonly used‚ however in this story it makes since to tell the story of multiple teens viewpoint‚ as each finds out more and more and adapts to this changing environment. As shown in this quote from page 149‚ “The girl was white as death. All Lexi had wanted was to get out of the store. She owed ginger
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Essay 2 Doing something for the right reasons can never be wrong. If doing something for the right reasons‚ means doing something that is considered the morally necessitated action. In everyday circumstances‚ it is considered morally wrong to kill a fellow human being. But this does not therefore mean‚ killing a fellow human being is always wrong‚ there may well be circumstances in which doing so; is considered the reasonable and morally right action. One may be put in a situation where the only
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Popular culture can sometimes be used as an instrument to analyze a particular ideology of a time period. One example of popular culture is seen in blaxploitation films. Blaxploitation films were crafted in the seventies and were mainly focused on "black social identities" (Porter 51). The nineteen seventies was a decade that put an enormous amount of emphasis on "the importance of racial and ethnic identities" (Porter 54). The Black Panthers were not a novel organization‚ getting their start
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Overweight and obesity are linked to more deaths worldwide than those who are underweight. Obesity is defined as a disorder involving excessive body fat that increases the risk of health problems. Many Americans today that are obese say that their condition affects many parts of their life and want to consider it as a disability. Although considering obesity as a disability would be beneficial for those particular individuals‚ it is unfair because it is a lifestyle choice‚ it gives them an excuse
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young man of today can go without food but not without a film. The cinema is the cheapest and the most popular form of amusement. Laborers can afford to miss their evening meal‚ not their evening show. Students prefer films to reading books. Thus‚ cinema exercises a very powerful effect on society. Cinema is a universal teacher. It educates the people in different branches of learning. Our film producers have made very purposeful films to collect public opinion against some of the social evils
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Hamlet’s life is truly tragic. I cannot imagine finding out that my uncle killed my father. Personally‚ I have absolutely no idea how I would handle it. I am sure I would go insane‚ just like Hamlet did. In that sense‚ his behavior is justified because how could he act normal after knowing that sort of information? However‚ just because I empathize with his behavioral tendencies‚ does not mean I agree with his actions. The deaths and disasters that occur are not completely his fault. The original
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