upon. Although for the consumer convergence simply means “convenience”. Technological convergence is the trend of technologies that bring together a myriad of media. Convergence of media occurs when multiple products come together to form one product with the advantages of them all know as the black box. (Jenkins‚ 2006). While historically‚ technology handled one medium or accomplished one or two tasks‚ through technological convergence‚ devices are now able to present and interact with a wide array
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“The Ethics of Multitasking” (How multitasking is effecting work ethic‚ privacy‚ and the lives of many people.) By For Phil Howard BL 260 I. “The Ethics of Multitasking‚” By Bruce Weinstein was published on September 4‚ 2009 by Bloomberg Businessweek Companies & Industries. II. This article written by Bruce Weinstein‚ talks about the relationship of Ethics to multitasking and how Multitasking negatively effects a person. At the beginning of the article‚ Weinstein talks
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IFUGAO HOUSE OR ISKET It is a small enclosed structure‚ a one-room affair that serves as living and sleeping room‚ kitchen and dining room. It is elevated above the ground by four posts made of sturdy tree-trunks with roots intact. It has solid panels for walls and tightly thatched roofing. The two main base girders – the horizontal support (at the front and back) just on top of the posts are held to these posts by dowels. No nails are used. The Ifugao carve each part of the house as interlocking
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“For it is our duty to understand the origins of our own history and its development; and the achievements of People and of Kings.” (Bruni) The Renaissance opened possibilities for thinkers‚ like Niccoló Machiavelli‚ to view the political and moral problems in new ways than in the Middle Ages.The economy in the Renaissance was changed by the transition from feudalism to merchant capitalism. Civic humanists greatly influenced the Northern humanists‚ which caused Italian humanism to spread until the
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Technological determinism is a term developed by Marshal McLuhan‚ a theorist in the study of new media. By technological determinism‚ McLuhan refers to technology having the power to change societies and influence our cultures. In this essay I will argue that technology does have the power to change society and influence a civilization‚ using ideas put forward by Marshal McLuhan. I will also discuss the debate around technological determinism recognizing the claims made by Raymond Williams that
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life of the Lords and Ladies of the Middle Ages throughout Europe had hardships and benefits. In most cases‚ however‚ they had great lives because of their manors‚ castles‚ and vast wealth in the land. Overall‚ the quality of life and the lifestyle of the lords and ladies of the Middle Ages depended on wealth‚ protection‚ and various events which were occurring within the area. To begin‚ the area in which the Lords and Ladies lived varied in the Middle Ages. However‚ they were all similar in the
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Women in the Middle Ages: A Depiction of Craft and Ambition Throughout the works depicting the Arthurian Middle Ages‚ women are scarcely even mentioned. However‚ a few women managed to make it into the pages of history as written by Gildas‚ Nennius and Geoffrey of Monmouth and transcribed by Richard Loomis. These two women‚ specifically Renwein‚ the daughter of Hengist‚ and Culhwch’s stepmother the queen‚ are prime examples of how women in middle age stories were used to warn rulers of
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John XXIII was 76 years old when he came to the papal throne‚ and his age. Inevitably his reign was brief‚ but in terms of its significance and its effects upon religious and world history it was perhaps the most important pontificate since the middle Ages. Much of this significance‚ from the train of events which he set in motion during the years of his reign‚ but much of it also lay in his unique personality. Previous popes had usually been remote figures from the very outset John endeared himself
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Robert Williams Professor Neulander HIST 103-13 5 December 2013 Function of the Aristocratic Family and Marriage in the Late Middle Ages Marriage and function of aristocratic families such as the Pastons in the late Middle Ages was key to the success of the family. Marriages in the later middle ages were important to the status of families during this time period due to the importance of both the husband and wife being involved in family affairs‚ from economics to things that need to be done
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Compare and contrast socio-cultural of northern Europe and Middle East. Human beings differentiate and organise themselves into functioning communities from a particular terrain or location. This grouping into functional behaviour or manners is what we name as society that relates to communal living. Communal living includes social classes‚ problems as well as matters affecting human welfare. Every society has its own norms‚ a common or a dominant culture. Culture is described to be distinctive
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