MEDIA AUDIENCES -MEDIA PRODUCTS? Virginia Nightingale The aim of this paper is to explore some of the possibilities of a structuralist way of thinking about media audiences. Mass Media audiences are most often discussed as the destination‚ the receiver‚ in a sender-message-receiver system of mass communication in society. This location of audiences seems to hold whether the particular problematic is thought to be the effects of the media‚ the uses to which media messages are put by media audiences
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Akith Dissanayake‚ Sociology 334‚ 1 Foucault on Capitalism Sociology 334 Akith Dissanayake 1231501 Akith Dissanayake‚ Sociology 334‚ 2 Foucault’s conception of capitalism and its rationality are understood through the double character of freedom. Foucault’s analysis lies in his realization that capitalism manages individuals and populations through freedom and not through repression. Freedom is the condition that allows the correlation between what Foucault terms as the
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themes‚ as well as extensive reasoning‚ behind much of what Dorothy Wordsworth writes in The Grasmere Journals and evidence of this was discovered after searching the Internet. An article by Jill Angelino‚ titled “Writing Against‚ Writing Through: Subjectivity‚ Vocation and Authorship in the Work of Dorothy Wordsworth”‚ describes many of these in great detail. The theme Angelino discusses in greatest detail however‚ albeit the main reason for Dorothy keeping the journals in the first place‚ is Dorothy’s
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I. INTRODUCTION: Man is a constant quest for meaning. Man has been searching for a long time for the purpose of his very self. The question on how to discover a meaningful existence is a responsibility of man for him to know the direction and purpose of life. Man desires to know the philosophical view of life that implies a related set of ideas about the ideal human existence. Wondering it with curiosity‚ man differs from the reference of existence to a realization that the life of man is not easy
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Imagine that a fictional‚ hypothetical‚ artist from somewhere in Eastern Europe (more specifically‚ from the Baltic coast of Poland‚ from the city called Gdańsk) has taken up a teaching job at an American university as a professor in that university’s art school. He is a older man‚ whose work used to be very prominent sometime in the early 1970s‚ and which remains well respected‚ often discussed in the lectures and seminars of the art schools of the Western world‚ is still bought and collected‚ but
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“We need to talk about Kevin”- is based on the reflection of a mom (Eva) who is trying to come to terms with the aftermath of a columbine-style shooting by her son‚ after he killed his dad and little sister. She was in no way surprised by her son’s actions as he had shown signs of being psychopath at a very early age‚ with his mom being the primary witness. He portrayed a normal behavioral pattern around his dad but reserved the worse for his mom. After observing Kevin’s character‚ I believe that
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Existentialism is a Humanism by Jean-PAul Sartre In Existentialism is a Humanism‚ Sartre explains that in human beings‚ “existence precedes essence.” Meaning‚ humans are created without any purpose‚ but with growth and maturing they find their purpose. J. P. Sartre gives the example of the paper clip‚ noting that this inanimate object was created with the intent of a purpose. Therefore‚ that idea lead to it’s creation. He uses this example to demonstrate “ essence precedes existence.”
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the achievements that they accomplish. A cultural improvement is accomplished because it promotes the self-development of the employee. Some cons to the competency based pay system is the it would create subjectivity which inhibits the evaluation process which needs to occur. The subjectivity would want employees
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an anxiety many women face in an extreme patriarchal world: the right to control her own body. I won’t spoil too much for you‚ but the cinematography and light/shadows are strategic‚ designed to demonstrate all the ways that women’s bodies and subjectivity are under siege. There are many interesting and important feminist dystopias in written and television/film form‚ which I absolutely love‚ but also as a lover of video games‚ I tend to wonder about the representation
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Another situation which can be characterized as denial of subjectivity occurs when Malyne and Symkyn’s wife are not given a choice as to whether or not they want to have sex. When Aleyn seeks restitution for the stolen grain‚ he does not give Malyne any time to react as he forces himself on her‚ “Til he so ny was‚ er she myghte espie‚ / That it had been to late for to crie‚ / And shortly for to seyn‚ they were aton” (4195-4197). He does not care if he receives permission or not. Symkyn’s wife does
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