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Introduction Over the past decade, social media has become an integral part of modern society, surrounding people in many aspects of their life, such as work, education, dating, and others. While some claim that there are undeniable benefits to social media, there are also opinions and evidence that it can...
Introduction In marketing, pictures are frequently used to attract the target audience’s attention. It is essential to emphasize that specialists generally choose images with a secret subtext and can inspire customers to purchase them. At the same time, it is crucial to understand the influence that creative advertising pictures have...
Introduction In the past few decades, countless television series have been produced, with each being distinct but many having certain similarities. For instance, viewers often state that Friends and HIMYM (How I Met Your Mother) are quite alike, as the latter seems to have borrowed specific elements of the former...
Taxidermy is the art of creating animal representation through the preparation, padding, and mounting of some parts of animals, such as skins and bones. The process is prefaced with the preservation of animal parts after being acquired through hunting. A well-maintained taxidermy can remain intact for over fifty years. People...
Eric Tucker made a mistake and admitted it, trying to convince the public not to believe all information unquestioningly. However, his first tweet was re-tweeted over 10,000 times, and the amended one containing the correct information was re-tweeted only 29 times. It is a rather frightening number because it demonstrates...
Introduction Created in 1974 and directed by Peter Davis, the documentary movie Hearts and Minds tells its audience the terrible truth about the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war. It is hard to disagree that the purpose of this movie is very significant, and it is vital for the filmmakers...
Homeland is a television series that aired between 2011 and 2020 and falls into the genre of an espionage thriller. The majority of the film occurs within the U.S. as well as overseas in Middle Eastern countries such as Lebanon, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. However, the series has never filmed on...
Mental health has become a debated issue in modern society due to its prevalence, especially among adolescents. Adolescents suffer numerous mental health issues that impact their lives and well-being negatively. The two significant stressors identified to be unique among adolescents include social media pressure and bullying (Boniel-Nissim & Sasson, 2018)....
Due to the expansion of modern technologies, the information and creative environment have become interactive, and artists strive to create a work and interact with their listeners or viewers. I think that the development of culture at this time is unpredictable, as there are many subcultures that can unexpectedly gain...
Gladwell (2010) claimed that social media activism could make people pay attention to particular problems with low risk, but not as good as traditional activism because it does not lead people to sacrifice. Gladwell (2010) argued that the role of social ties is vital because leadership organizes people using rules...
One of the most baffling occurrences from the SiCKO documentary, to me, was the opposition to universal healthcare. Throughout the film, the audience sees that the arguments against free healthcare view it as a sign of communism and a danger to the values of the US. I found it baffling...
It’s Okay To Not Be Okay may be regarded as an excellent example that demonstrate the current evolvement of Korean dramas. Created in 2020 starring Kim Soo-hyun, Oh Jung-se, and Seo Yea-ji, it has immediately attracted the attention of viewers all over the world through Netflix. In addition, viewers’ interest...
Introduction In the first episode of the first season of the podcast series Alibi, Sarah Koenig talks about how she conducted questioning of students one day. Sarah needed to find out what the teenagers were doing on January 13, 1999. On that day, Hae Min Lee disappeared, and a month...
Historically, culture is based on the process of sharing and exchanging concepts and perceptions created or observed by people. As a space where individuals communicate and express their opinions, the public sphere is a cornerstone of culture (Lattimore, Baskin, Heiman, Toth, 2012). Nowadays, there are no means that exceed media,...
Introduction The Tillman Story is a 2010 documentary and drama movie directed by Amir Bar-Lev. This is a heartbreaking, inspiring, and truth-revealing film about the U.S. government’s and army’s conspiracy and attempts to bury the appalling errors that led to the death of football star Pat Tillman. In this only...
Global history proves that social movements, technological innovations, and media, combined or separated, can create social change. Another thing that the historical discipline shows is that the process of bringing it in can be brutal or peaceful. The current century is comparatively calmer regarding social transformation and change, and social...
The world is full of advertising, every company or product, large or small, wants to be heard. When the campaign is run correctly, it causes a reaction and makes people buy the product or even tell others about this product they found. But not every commercial works exactly how it...
Social networks provide users with many opportunities that greatly simplify their lives. It includes sharing information, personal messages, and opinions and ensuring collaboration between people or brands. In the late 1970s, bulletin board systems (BBS) appeared, which were the first type of social network (Dhingra & Mudgal, 2019). The systems...
For this assignment, it was decided to address one of the most pressing topics of the last few days, namely the threat of a Russian-Ukrainian war. Since this topic is quite sensitive and a large amount of propaganda is generated every day, a critical analysis of one of the online...
Hip-Hop Database. “Snoop Dogg.” The real names of Snoop Dogg are Cordozar Calvin Broadus Junior. The American rapper and songwriter became famous for his song gangster rap during the 1990s when the West Coast hip-hop culture was at its peak. Most of the songs by Snoop Dogg were inspired by...
Media violence has been a growing concern for many decades. Most concerns revolve around how it may affect children. Such fears are valid, because of issues, such as school shooting, violent conflicts between minors and physical bullying, are still relevant to this day. Unsurprisingly, people are questioning whether a child’s...
Acting on the theater stage is an art that captivates the viewer not only due to the plot of a particular play but also due to the dynamics of characters’ images. As a target work to analyze, the play “Uncle Vanya” by the great Russian playwright Anton Chekhov will be...
Introduction In 2005, a marketing campaign against methamphetamine was conducted in Montana under the name of The Meth Project (TMP). The objective of the campaign is to decrease the consumption of methamphetamine – or simply meth – by stigmatizing it. TMP aims at increasing risk awareness, reducing perceptions of the...
Nowadays, there are millions of websites that offer to listen to illegally taken songs or watch movies for free, and there are also numerous official websites that offer subscriptions. According to the statistics, around 600,000 items obtain copyrights annually (Ringleb et al., 231). The authors state that all “copyrightable works”...
Canadian Political Cartoon Background of the Political Cartoon News Story The background of the cartoon’s construct involves addressing the critical social issue affecting the American community, discrimination. In a report by Grynbaum et al. (2021), the authors focus on Trump’s attempt to accuse the left-wing of the Capitol riots in...
Introduction The analysis of documentary stories about individual geographic regions is often built on standard research patterns when milestones in history and key achievements are mentioned. The video Africa’s Great Civilizations: Cities, directed by Mark Bates and presented by Henry Louis Gates Jr., cannot be included in the list of...
Introduction This review will analyze the event titled “Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins,” where American singer, songwriter, and social activist Judy Collins performs with a guitar. It is a virtual event released on YouTube in the summer of 2020. Since it is free to access on social media, the...
According to Psychiatric Quarterly, advocates and policymakers have raised concerns about the potential adverse effects of using social media. Berryman found that social media may be linked to some negative mental conditions such as loneliness, suicidal thoughts, and decreased empathy. Social media users have different lifestyles and ways of doing...
The 50s in the Western World were almost the apogee of misogyny and masculine domination. According to Jean Kilbourne, the focus of previous female advertising was a fabricated patriarchal caricature (TED 03:15–05:21). A woman is trapped in a world of masculine dreams in the natural sense, in addition to having...
The article provides a recently declassified intelligence summary of which the cases of war crimes, torture, and abuse of Mariupol residents and local government officials by Russia. The intelligence data was shared with CBS news by an anonymous US official. The article explains that the facts of abuse may lead...
Dancing at the Prom How to Dance in Ohio is a 2015 documentary film directed by Alexandra Shiva. The film tells how girls with autism struggle with society’s difficulties in making it to their high school prom. It is a positive story that touches on the everyday challenges that people...
Introduction The panethnic diversity of the American community is an essential feature of historical development, which, as one assumes, is reflected in media culture. One of the peoples of this continent is Latin American, a large ethnic group of Spanish and Spanish origin, widely represented in the territories of South...
In my opinion, online dating is a good way of finding a like-minded partner. People often do not have enough time to focus on their personal lives, but dating online provides individuals with the opportunity to be matched with someone who shares their interests and views. Usually, people have to...
As digital technology develops, many fields of human life undergo significant changes including business. Large corporations and small companies need to overthink their approach to social media in order to stay competitive. Modern digital technologies offer numerous opportunities for businesses and create a number of ethical and moral issues. Media...
The novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” is formulated in the epistolary format. The main character, Charlie, discusses the events in his life by using letters to an unknown friend. The peculiar feature of this novel differentiating this work from others is that the thought flows in letters is...
Introduction Benneton ads use inclusivity to their advantage, as a tool for communicating a message and attracting customers. Research into customer behavior has shown that people are more likely to buy when they can see people similar to themselves associated with a certain product. Therefore, inclusivity plays a large role...
Introduction Print advertisement is one of the most popular forms of advertising. Traditionally, it was done on print media, such as newspapers and magazines which are circulated in hardcopies. With the advent of the internet, print advertising is now also done on online platforms, such as social media. Ultimately, advertising...
Ethos, logos, and pathos are integral and essential components of a rhetorical appeal. They are all responsible for different aspects. Thus, logos is responsible for the expediency and logic of the arguments and information given, while pathos is responsible for the emotional component. The main goal of ethos becomes an...
Kardashian Nation Work in America’s Klan is Lofton’s discourse on the Kardashian family as a contemporary new media phenomenon in the American socio-cultural field. It starts with a preface about the Melissa Click incident and ends with a defensive speech about her. From the viewpoints of readers who are not...
Introduction Sony’s PlayStation 2 (PS2) is one of the well-known and best-selling gaming consoles of all time. At this moment, its sales have reached a 155 million record, and no other alternatives could introduce true competition in the industry (Byrd, 2021). This game console was introduced in 2000 and discontinued...
Changes in the media environment always lead to changes in the media system, reflecting a different quality of communications. The nature of actors, channels, and effects becomes the object of attention of mass communications researchers. In her article Assembling the (Non)Human: The Animal as Medium, Jody Berland examines McLuhan’s media...
One of the forces that tend to drive social media changes is the inherent immediacy of online communication. This is the main reason why many individuals tend to follow their altruistic urges and propagate positive messages while trying to make them go viral. The core issue with this force is...
The Hulu original series, The Handmaid’s Tale, tells the story of a dystopian version of the United States, renamed Gilead. The television series, created by Bruce Miller, is based on the novel originally written by Margaret Atwood. When a political group named “the Sons of Jacob” overthrows the US Government,...
Our media relations plan has several main goals related to the company’s reputation, task, and relationship. The first goal is to introduce the Boston Wounded Vet Group and the “They Fought We Ride” annual campaign to the residents of Boston and other states. The second goal is to promote the...
Summary Nick Hajli and Xiaolin Lin wrote the article “Exploring the security of information sharing on social networking sites,” which focuses on how the social networking site (SNS) causes a threat to privacy and ethical conduct. The authors begin the article with a declaration of how the SNS collects users’...
The Simpsons is a famous entertaining animated series that is known for its peculiar sense of humor. However, the episode Trash of the Titans carried profound messages that underneath all the jokes were frustrating and mind-opening at the same time. This episode focused on problems of waste management, drugs, weapons,...
Introduction The presence of the internet has enabled continuous development and usage of social media networks. Other than personal use, social media has facilitated the storage of a large amount of content and a rapid diffusion of information. Most businesses have realized the benefits of social media and have exploited...
Introduction It is important to note that the given analysis will be focused on the drama film titled The Grapes of Wrath, directed by John Ford. The storyline revolves around the Joad family, who travel from Oklahoma to California seeking a better life through rumored work available for the people....
Introduction With the development of the Internet, people have been able to access various new media characterized by the transmission of information in digital form. Their mass character and accessibility are directly related to the computerization of society and subsequent digital literacy. Traditional media are turning into multimedia, and everywhere...
Introduction Gladiator (2000) with Russel Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix is one of my favorite movies of all time. It is a historical drama about Ancient Rome and the tradition of gladiator fights. The main character Maximus was betrayed by the government and forced into slavery. But he overcame the challenges,...
Introduction There is a considerable extent of evidence that Chinese media possess a notable influence on modern international relations. It seems rational to present this influence through a particular example. ByteDance is a Chinese privately-owned Internet holding company that owns a number of popular services. This company was founded in...
Introduction It is no secret that the primary function of advertisement of any type is to promote a company’s products and services to the target audience. Since the advent of the advertising industry, advertisers have developed many diverse and practical approaches to convince one that they need what the business...
At the present stage of the development of mass media, the media play an important role as a source of influence on the consciousness of the audience. The process of interaction between the media and the audience is two-way, both participants in communication mutually influence each other. Both print and...
Executive Summary The current report provides a thorough analysis of the annual Art Basel Hong Kong art fair, which features more than a hundred exhibitors from various parts of the world. The event stimulates the growth of the contemporary art scene and creates a cultural bridge between Asia and the...
The advancement of technology has transformed communication in the contemporary world. People have embraced smartphones as their interaction tools, thus disregarding face-to-face communication. According to Kim (2017), experts are concerned that this emerging trend risks phone-use addiction. The internet inspires many individuals to spend considerable time online on various social...
The first controversial issue in the contemporary media landscape is the Supreme Court’s potential overturning of Roe vs. Wade. Jones (2022) claims that this decision will limit women’s economic mobility since the United States is the only developed nation with no childcare aid or paid family leave. If women cannot...
Background Social media has become an important part of most individuals’ daily life regardless of age. It has changed people’s lives in diverse ways, ranging from being a crucial source of information to a platform that promotes social interactions. Companies have also embraced social media as an instrumental tool for...
This essay will describe Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, which aired on CBS on March 8, 2021. The two-hour interview aired on Sunday night (CBS News, 2021). Since stepping down from official duties and leaving the UK, Meghan and her husband, Prince Harry, gave their first...
All in: The Fight for Democracy is the 2020 documentary film. The film revolves around voter suppression in the United States. The central theme of the film is disenfranchisement. The directors, Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés, used the 2018 election experience to show that the right to vote has always...
Ferdinand Tonnies and Karl Marx believed collective human effort leads to producing new qualities in society, either non-physical or material. Tonnies advocated for a community that cultivates feelings of belonging, mutual dependence, and togetherness. Marx believed in the importance of collaborative human labor as it pertains to producing economic goods....
Ideally, people wish to buy only the items that they need, thus, reducing expenses. However, as the list above shows (see Fig. 1), this is rarely the case since intended purchases are often coupled with spontaneous ones. To avoid the urge to buy a certain product that is marketed aggressively,...
Introduction The study investigated social media usage by news websites in the United States. The researchers used a sample of news posts from the most popular news companies to analyze the frequency of using social media in terms of source for the content. It also covered the quality of the...
Introduction “Alex Haley’s Queen,” which is frequently referred to as “Queen,” is a movie by John Erman that comprises three parts, actually being a miniseries. This is an adaptation of the novel by Alex Haley, where the author traces his paternal family history four generations back. The writing serves to...
Introduction Policymaking is a crucial political procedure that depends on socioeconomic variables while shaping the future of the intended society. Media is directly associated with policymaking because it dwells on the potential effectiveness of proposed solutions and sets the tone for the given policies in the first place. This is...
Profit Motive Influence Like any other organization that is profit-oriented and depends on various profit motives, media decide what they should report in society. Moreover, getting the most significant audience is the objective of multiple media profit motive, which indicates the possibility or availability of substantial returns (Hamborg et al....
Rupinder provided a fairly convincing argument about the currently emerging shift of power from traditional media to citizen journalism. At the same time, the posts offer a fairly unambiguous picture of the phenomenon without highlighting the potential problems and wider social implications. The suggestion that professional and non-professional journalists may...
Editing is an important activity in the film-making process since it allows for establishing a clear and evident relation between shots. One should carefully approach this process to ensure that appropriate shots are used and that they are effectively arranged (Bordwell et al. 217). The essay focuses on Just Another...
The documentary “Straightlaced: How Gender’s Got Us All Tied” by Debra Chasnoff explores the lives of teens through the lens of gender roles. The author gives students from California high schools an opportunity to openly speak their minds about gender diversity and speak about the sexual orientation pressures they experience...
One of my favorite advertisements was the Microsoft campaign for female inventors—well, it wasn’t literally advertising female inventors—but it was about all of the things that women had developed throughout the years, and it was one of my favorite advertisements. It wasn’t actually centered on any single Microsoft product; rather,...
Introduction Increasing customer demand for specific products and services is the ultimate goal of public advertising. In some cases, marketers’ messages may not be sufficiently strong and convincing to ensure sustainable sales. The primary task this paper sets is to optimize the existing slogan of South Piedmont Community College by...
Mass media, such as movies and TV shows, constantly focus on sensational fantasies rather than reality, brainwashing society. Medical films, for instance, are notorious for dramatic, fast-paced scenes, which sometimes inaccurately portray the inner hospital workings. Nurses particularly get degrading roles, and the reality about the career is skimmed over,...
Introduction Online advertising is a common form of promoting goods and services on the Internet. It encompasses a wide array of adverts, including display ads, search engine result pages, banners, and popups on social media platforms (Stokes, 2013). Such advertisements aim to raise brand awareness, attract potential customers, and increase...
The US media and politics are two entities that cannot be separated in the modern world. Though they are different, they heavily depend on each other, and their impact on the public is immense. Media has a great deal of influence on society and politics in America. The primary role...
Introduction Cause-effect phenomenon means the consequences of something: for example, an influence of technologies on society and the world in general. The technology that I will discuss is social media. In my opinion, they are the most influential disruptive technology because they changed and widely expanded the ways of communication...
Deep-lying cultural differences set human beings apart, which is more evident when we study the Korean pop industry. The music industry is invariably sensitive to the culture of places it operates. Music is a business meant to generate profit and to do that; it has to align with the target...
The modern take on fake news is that it is a reprehensible manner of delivering information because it creates confusion and unfounded panic. In my opinion, fake news is an acceptable political tool, but it should be justified by a corresponding context. First, misleading information can achieve an impact, which...
You wake up every morning and enjoy peaceful skies over your head. However, you do not think of those who provide this peace to you and your family. Without them, your life would be different. Frequently, when injured soldiers are told that they are severely handicapped and will never be...
This essay interprets the schism in American society by linking it directly to political confrontation in social media. The aim of this work is to try to form an objective unbiased idea of what modern political censorship in social networks is. Mutual misunderstandings between the citizens of American society are...
I believe that trust in mass commercial media varies from country to country. In some places, governments implement censorship and abuse their control over mass media. When this influence becomes apparent to people, and they start understanding that the reality they are trying to be convinced of is significantly distorted,...
Concerns regarding the impact of media violence on aggression are common in television, cinema, music, video, and computer games. To answer the question of whether media violence can cause aggressiveness, one must first grasp the theoretical foundations of such statements. Theoretically, video games may have the ability to either encourage...
Introduction Media censorship in China is an ongoing issue that researchers, journalists, and political leaders are often willing to cover and examine. However, Hong Kong used to be a reasonably independent entity with more opportunities to avoid centralized viewpoints and obligations to fit into the political agenda promoted by the...
It has been more than five decades since the start of The Rocky Horror Show’s massive success, yet homophobia is still very much alive in the United States. Richard O’Brien’s play has gained global prominence and the status of a cult classic since its release in the early 1970s. In...
Movies are an integral part of the life of a modern person. At the same time, many films, for example, Do the right thing, demonstrate events that could happen in real life. In this movie, characters turn to aggression in times of extreme situations, influencing life from the external side....
Introduction Most successful businesses have created tactical and unique initiatives to build solid relationships with their client base. These advertisements are aimed at luring customers to the company’s current and future offerings. There is an old-fashioned telephone in the background of a globe map of Europe in the vintageadbrowser.com visual...
There are multiple ways for a company to promote goods and services. Despite the growing trend to produce commercials and short clips that sometimes rival movies in terms of artistic effects, banners and other types of images continue to play a remarkable role in marketing. Moreover, it is also true...
One can imagine a part of the world starting to disappear as it submerges into the rising ocean water gradually. There is rising tension, panic, hysteria, and anxiety among people across the globe. Unfortunately, people fail to see that the scenario described above is unfolding due to global warming and...
Social media have disrupted the way individuals communicate, and nowadays, it is difficult to imagine how people exchanged messages fifteen years ago. As of April 2021, in the US alone, more than seventy percent of the public uses at least one type of social media (“Social Media”). Nevertheless, there is...
The commercial about The Most Interesting Man in the world is aimed at ordinary people who dream of having the same fantastic experience as the gray-haired man in it. It was a success because it no longer contained anonymous characters: a man who has lived an exciting life like many...
A documentary film A Conversation with Koko, which was shot in 1999, tells a story of a gorilla named Koko, who demonstrates profound intellectual ability and a sensitive emotional character. The film evokes mixed feelings, as it explores the areas which humankind is not yet at ease with, such as...
Of every 10,000 American veterans, 21 experienced homelessness at the beginning of 2020 (Shane III, 2021). This number seems small to common citizens, but it is huge to veterans who sacrificed their lives for us and returned to nowhere from war. Former soldiers face many challenges when they return from...
Beauty and the Beast is a classic tale of the power of love, at least according to the animated fan-favorite film of 1991 produced by Disney. Once the company offered audiences worldwide the pleasure to enjoy a live-action adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, it became evident the largest global animation...
Introduction Air Canada, Canada’s aeronautical pride, has experienced some high-profile media conversations in recent weeks regarding its communications and public relations. The choice of language for public conversation by its president and CEO is the cause. The CEO further claimed he has been able to live peacefully in Montreal for...
It is the constant struggle of the main character and the reader to determine what is real in Chuck Palahniuk’s book Fight Club. An ancient narrative tells the narrator’s journey up to this point. Tyler Durden, a philosophical anarchist and one of the traveling soap sales workers, helps the white-collar...
Introduction The Lithuanian authorities agreed to open a representative office in Taiwan, considering that it does not contradict the principle of one China. However, what happened prompted an immediate reaction from Beijing leaders (Shirouzu and Sytas). The Chinese authorities believe that this action is contrary to the commitments made by...
Summary Narcissism is a psychological concept and, in some cases, a disorder characterized by an unhealthy interest or admiration of oneself. Narcissism occurs on a spectrum, and in the modern day of self-focus and individualization, many people experience some forms of the concept. This paper will explore various media sources...
Introduction Considerable attention has been paid to such a phenomenon as fake news relatively recently. This issue was popularized during the elections in 2016 when even politicians everywhere began to draw the attention of voters to such news feeds (Allcott & Gentzkow, 2017). The problem of hoaxes or misleading in...
Western society defines specific qualities to meet the patriarchal ideal male construct. It might be argued that the indoctrination of masculine values begins at a young age, with hardness, stoicism, heteronormativity, and self-sufficiency. Ideal masculinity is related with a lack of emotional sensitivity and connection. Boys learn to be men...
Introduction Topic: Initial Social Media Response to Covid-19 by the American Government Stakeholder: Joe Biden – the representative of the American government Disagreement within stasis: We disagree with how the government used social media, downplayed the pandemic’s dangers in its early days, and sidelined experts when WHO raised concerns about...
Audience engagement is not only crucial for increasing attendance and enhancing influence. To engage means showing respect for different positions, considering various points of view, informing with responsibility and trust, infecting with enthusiasm, and sharing meanings. Today it is seen as a strategy for the development of the media itself....
The discussion led to the introduction of multiple ideas regarding the selection of culturally appropriate dramatic play center items to represent the diverse cultures and traditions of Pompano Beach families. According to Data USA (2021), the three largest ethnic groups in Pompano Beach are non-Hispanic Whites (Americans, Italian Americans, etc.),...
Dinosaur Wars is a documentary that was aired on January 17, 2011, by American Experience. It narrates the story of two US paleontologists, Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope, who waged over fossils of dinosaurs in the American West. According to the film, western North America was a significant...
The acronym FTC stands for the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC is the federal agency, the main aim of which is to protect consumers and competition, “preventing anticompetitive, deceptive, and unfair business practices through law enforcement, advocacy, and education without unduly burdening legitimate business activity” (Federal Trade Commission, n.d., para....
BOSTON – American veterans put their lives on the line to save us from enemies. However, when they return to civilian life, they find the transition difficult due to psychological and financial restraints. Boston’s Annual Wounded Vet Bike Run is aimed to support wounded veterans, gathering money for housing modifications,...
Since the product of interest for this marketing campaign is occupational therapy for the kids, it is vital for the visuals to resonate with the parents of children that require rehabilitation and assistance in performing activities of daily living. Considering the price policy and market location, the target customer for...
The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony distinguishes from other Nobel ceremonies and awards. In addition to another venue – Oslo, Norway, and not Stockholm, Sweden, this direction, unlike others, is less scientific and more political. This feature makes the award a clear political statement in the international arena. In particular,...
Advertising, through smart operations, appeals to a target audience’s emotions with an irresistible selling lure. It is meant to influence the target’s purchasing behavior and entice them to purchase a certain product. Adults have the power to make critical judgments and select products that match their actual demands regardless of...
Introduction Censorship is the review of speech, television programs, or any other media, and the suppression of parts that are deemed objectionable for moral, political, or other reasons. By introducing various forms of censorship, state bodies motivate this kind of decision by considerations of state security, the need to combat...
Social networks have an essential role for every person who uses them to keep in touch with friends and find new information for themselves, to learn about all the news from around the world. A few years ago, social networks were not that big yet, but today people can use...
Trigger events are orchestrated incidents that give individuals an opportunity to drive important agendas, and in turn, attract media attention. Generating media hype is not as simple as stated because it requires careful planning and execution. Additionally, the media should be able to consider the event as newsworthy before covering...
Ramita Navai’s documentary “The UN Sex Abuse Scandal” traces specific allegations of predatory behaviors of some UN peacekeepers in conflict countries worldwide, with detailed interviews from survivors of sex abuse. More than 2000 allegations of UN sexual abuse have been reported and recorded in Congo, Cambodia, Bosnia, and Haiti in...
The article “Informative Advertising with Differentiated Products” by Gene M. Grossman And Carl Shapiro offers a basic informative advertising approach for a variety of commodities that is just focused on delivering information. Advertisement performs an essential social purpose by informing buyers about the qualities of different brands and building the...
Introduction It is important to note that social media became one of the most valuable instruments of the modern age, but it also brought a set of its own issue with it. Human behavior is a complex set of perceptive, interactive, and communicative expressions of one’s thoughts, emotions, and feelings....
Introduction When implemented with a proper and profound understanding of the cultural background of the target audience, an advertisement can produce a tremendous difference for a specific company and its product. The advertisement in question, namely, Adidas’ 2021 ads aimed at ending the plastic waste, seeks to engage with English-speaking...
Introduction It is quite common for most American cities to have homeless persons living on the streets and needing to ask other people for money, shelters, or food. In Sacramento, this problem is becoming more severe, so it is extremely significant to raise public awareness and create more opportunities to...
Literature Review The representation of Islam has always remained quite controversial, especially in Western societies. The ambiguity of religion and its continuous involvement with terrorism made it a rather desirable target for the press. Thus, Baker et al. (2013) explore in their study, what are the peculiarities of Islam’s representation...
Introduction Social media with a strong influence on various segments of the population have become an integral part of modern culture. For this reason, the development of any brand, including novice music performers, significantly depends on its success in media. Despite the broad reach and outstanding impact, social networks may...
“And the Band Played On” The movie “And the Band Played On” touches on different prevalent issues during the AIDS pandemic that afflicted the world in the 1980s. It is a film that chronicled the initial days of the pandemic and the bias and prejudice experienced by homosexuals, who were...
Prompt 1 Social media companies have revolutionized communication, and their increasing popularity presents an ever-growing wealth of data leveraged by businesses for strategic insights and marketing purposes. The platforms collect enormous volumes of customer information, which are subsequently used for such activities as targeted advertising, opinion mining, and customer relations....
The rapid foray that social media has made into people’s lives on a global scale is truly impressive, yet hardly surprising. Initially creates as an online platform for sharing opinions globally and exploring new ideas, social media has quickly become a powerful tool that could be used both to address...
Throughout the existence of humanity, it was accompanied by religion, magic, and rituals. Thanks to people who preserve their way of life in the form it existed among their ancestor’s thousands of years ago, modern anthropology studies people’s past. In particular, magic that existed near representatives of these cultures was...
The issue of misinterpretation and mass delusion is one that was and is controversial for Western society. Some people prefer to avoid notions about the lying press and trust the majority of information that they encounter. The other type of people develops an apparatus for criticism of the messages coming...
The problem of the excess influence of social media on modern life is perhaps one of the most important issues of modern reality. Today is characterized by the active use of many digital platforms by people to satisfy the need for permanent content. The consumption of digital information is becoming...
Introduction Following mass media has been the primary way of acquiring new information for generations. Newspapers were around and served as an influential and, more importantly, reliable source of information for generations of people across the world. In the last century, radio and TV gained popularity among the vast majority...
Although there are several approaches to linguistic analysis, a way of analyzing news articles can be based on effectivity. Research shows that effective meaning-making is one of the fundamental features of news journalism (Koivunen et al. 1202). To conduct such a linguistic analysis, one can use articles like the one...
Social media began in the late 1990s when the internet became available for public use. Social media platforms such as classmates.com and Six Degrees came into existence. These platforms allowed people to connect with each other easily. For example, Six Degrees, which is largely considered the first ever social media...
The documentary Kevorkian features one of the most controversial men in United States history. Dr. Jack Kevorkian, labeled as “Dr. Death,” is an Armenian-American pathologist who helped dozens of terminally ill patients in the U.S. undertake physician-assisted suicide (Crime T.V. 3, 2014). The thought-provoking film reviews Dr. Kevorkian’s convictions about...
Super-Bowl advertisements are known to turn in astronomic revenue each year, with companies paying exceptionally high fees to get the precious commercial slot during the game day. The costs of obtaining the placement within the program, however, are so high, that the marketing researchers have been questioning the value that...
Spencer’s family moves into Rosedale, an all-white community. The residents living there look at them as a threat and fight to drive them away from their neighborhood. In one incident, their house is destroyed as other residents watch, and later, a bomb blast outside their place as a warning. The...
Technological development is an inseparable part of human lives as it influences almost every aspect of everyday routine. During the last centuries, scientific progress provided a large number of benefits, including an increase in life expectancy due to better healthcare and medicine, worldwide communication, superb logistics, and many others. However,...
Introduction Throughout history, the United States has worked out the principles of relations with the media. For many decades, the American society has been discussing the problem of interaction between the media and the state and their mutual influence on the functioning process. The interaction of these institutions is contradictory....
My character is the son of the tyrant Peisistratus known as Hippias, who contributed to ensuring preeminence in Greece. Hippias was born in 547 BC as one of the sons of Peisistratus and died in 490BC. Nevertheless, he took over power after the death of his father. He came from...
Humans have not changed through the centuries of historical development. People socialize and find multiple ways to connect to their relatives, friends, and colleagues as fast and comfortably as possible; so, the technologies changed. Now, the exhausting instruments and devices for distant communication are gradually being replaced by social networking....
Today, billions of people worldwide use social media platforms, making it the most advanced technology for the current and future generations. Current statistics show that social media usage is estimated to cover over half of the world’s population, which accounts for 4.20 billion people who use the internet. For example,...
Can You Be Addicted to Food? Food is any substance consumed by living organisms to provide nutritional support. Addiction is the condition of having a craving for a particular substance. The story “Can You Be Addicted to Food?” involves Matthew Mahon, a 46-year-old man. Mahon is worried about whether he...
Cinematography is a very diverse and multi-genre art, one of which is documentary cinema. A documentary is a film based on filming real people and events. Documentaries also have their dramaturgy and director’s idea, so it is difficult to establish a boundary between documentaries and a game picture in some...
The concept of global media implies communication and the spread of information at the global level. The scale of media coverage has increased due to the development of new technologies, out of which the Internet is the most important one. Besides, the spread of liberal values also significantly contributed to...
Introduction The recent flooding and mudslides in the Canadian province of British Columbia left many people stranded and led to the declaration of a state of emergency. The catastrophic flooding occurred due to a mix of record rainfall, boosted freezing, and melting flow. Other than destroying people’s homesteads, natural disasters...
The method of research used by the authors is a qualitative analysis of the discourse of social networks, namely Facebook. Using Northrup’s theory of identity in intractable conflict, the authors analyze how users use dehumanizing language and thereby normalize dangerous levels of hatred (Harel et al., 2020). Researchers note negative...
Introduction Over the past decade, social media has developed significantly and has successfully become an integral part of the life of at least half of the world’s population. It can be said that it happened too quickly. One of the negative consequences of such a rapid integration was the increased...
Media advertising is an industry with a high level of competition among advertisers. Needless to say that advertisers are ready to use any means of promotion in order to increase product sales. This results in the usage of unfair methods of promotions, and that is why the government must regulate...
Tasso Azevedo proposes several solutions to deforestation and global warming. The first suggestion is to think of development and carbon emissions separately (Azvedo, 2015). Many people believe that carbon emission is necessary for economic and global development. For instance, they argue that agricultural production can only be increased by cutting...
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the main topic of discussion in all the media for over a year now. For the analysis, the currently gaining attention theory about the laboratory origin of the virus was chosen, as well as its coverage in authoritative publications, in particular in The Washington Post...
The American legal system has been quite notorious for some of its obvious loopholes and flaws, yet a more detailed assessment of it reveals that it, in fact, needs an urgent reconsideration. Representing the direct opposition to the 13th Amendment, which prohibits and condemns slavery, imprisonment can be seen as...
Title of the Film California Homeless | Seniors on the streets: More older people in Sacramento are on the brink. Expectations Statement Judging by the title of the documentary and its length of a little over 6 minutes, I expect a news report featurette about the issue of increasing elderly...
The premiere episode of HBO’s sarcastic comedy-drama series Succession is titled “Celebration.” The show features the Roy family, proprietors of the fictitious media giant Waystar RoyCo, as well as a series of connections and tensions that emerge during the family patriarch Logan Roy’s 80th birthday celebrations. Logan’s wellness appears to...
The Season of Mists is a fascinating story about how Dreamer received the keys to Hell from Lucifer and was subjected to countless threats from deities who dreamed of getting the freed realm. The Creator decided to put Hell back under the responsibility of angels Duma and Remiel, who were...
Promoting a proper healthcare routine is vital for reducing the cases of public health issues in the target demographic and ensuring that people are isolated from the key health threats. Therefore, advertisements and announcements are vital for keeping both the prevalence and incidence of the specified health issue low. In...
In the modern world, people are increasingly faced with the aggressive behavior of young people, which is caused by the demonstration of aggression in the media. Video games, TV series, movies, and news are all modern sources of information for both adults and their children. Unfortunately, for some people, it...
Introduction “Judas and the Black Messiah” is a biographical drama directed by Shaka King that tells about the Black Panther Party (BPP) in the late 1960-s. The name links the events in the movie with the Bible story about the betrayal of Judas. The Black Messiah is Fred Hampton, who...
Mass communication refers to how organizations tend to generate and transfer information to the general public. The evolution of mass conversation has greatly helped through the diverse roles in people’s daily endeavors. First, communication helps in surveillance where it serves as ears and eyes, especially to those seeking to know...
