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    In the video games, for example, we found a series of steps we must take, no real ambiguity with which we have to face in life to many of our decisions. Metaphors, which form of knowledge that helps us to live in the paradoxical nature of life, are outside the transfer of continuous images you see on television and other media. Essential to produce universes of meaning, we cannot escape the need for us to continue it and relate to the world. It may be that the neurological system is enriched with

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    One other relevant theoretical perspective to this study is Media Dependency theory. It states that audience depends on media information to meet and attain goals. What determines the amount of dependency a person experiences are the number and centrality of information functions being served and the social stability. When social changes and conflict are high, established institutions, beliefs and practices are challenged forcing people to make revelations and choices. At such a time, reliance on

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    Social media allows people to share pictures and ideas with others across the world. Women and girls can use social media to earn approval for their appearance and compare themselves to others. Women during this time period that are so heavily impacted by the media can link their self-worth to their looks. I used scholarly articles all relating to how social media affects body image to decide what my view point was. After research, we can conclude that social media has a negative effect on a woman’s

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    Peer Communication Theory

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    In Hawthorne Avenue in Newark, there was a mass exodus of numerous residents who families rushed out of their houses covering their faces with wet cloth masks makeshift from handkerchieves to escape from what they assumed was a gas attack. People all across the United States and Canada started calling the police and emergency services to seek advice and request protection against what seemed to them impending destruction and imminent death. In 1948, Paul F. Lazarsfeld wrote ‘The People’s

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    Colonialism In Teresia

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    Polynesia and New Caledonia. Writers such Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Teresia Teaiwa, and Dina El Dessouky have spoken about the harsh reality of colonialism in south pacific. Kathy Jentil-Kijiner is a Marshall Islander poet and spoken word artist. Kathy has spoken against the environmental injustice in the Marshall islands, she has spoken out against the nuclear testing in her home islands through her poems. Teresia Teaiwa, a scholar in research of the cultures of the pacific islands. Teresia has also

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    Alfred Marshall was one of the most influential economist during the 19th and 20th century, He is the one that came with the idea of Supply and Demand, marginal utility and costs of production Alfred Marshall was born in July 26 1842, in Clapham England. His father was a bank cashier in Clapham. Marshall grew up in Clapham, he went to school at the Merchant Taylor’s School and graduated from St John’s College where he showed a great interest in mathematics, such as algebra and physics. During

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    Media Negative Influence

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    Do you ever feel like our media impacts the way you live? If it does, it probably has a negative impact. The media in today’s society has a bad influence on America’s teenagers- especially girls. It sends wrong messages to its adolescent viewers about today’s society and culture. The media should act as more of a positive influence towards America’s teenage girls. The media has a strong influence on how girls view themselves and their peers. The media- magazines, television shows, music videos

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    Media can be seen as a channel of communication in whereupon millions of people frequently use in their daily lives. So, with all of this technology around, how is the media portrayal of beauty affecting women? According to Cheryl J. Haas, Laura A. Pawlow. Jon Pettibone, and Dan J. Segrist, “Research has shown media exposure to unattainable physical perfection is detrimental to people, especially women and that inimical effects are currently more the rule than the exception” (1). When a person feels

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    For my civic engagement project I decided to connect it to a separate project I am currently doing for my media class. For this project I paired up with the non profit organization, Media Done Responsibly. The organization works with college level students to become mentors for younger children. The goal of the organization is to spread awareness and educate the younger generation about destructive messages the media influences and how to overcome them. These negative messages include the exploitation

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    In the short story, “Death Constant Beyond Love”, the significance of the title of the story has many meanings. The first meaning is that death is the one this that is constant. Regardless of how we feel about one another, emotions evolved, and even love, all things will come to an end. If something dies, it is forever. Therefore, nothing can come back to life. Giving death a constant role in life. I found the title of this story to be very direct to its readers. This story spoke on different symbols

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