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    In the Western World, men are often viewed as more valuable and capable than their female counterparts; the girl group Fifth Harmony is fighting back on that view. In early 2015, the all-female group of five young adults released the final single from their debut album (Billboard). Fifth Harmony had yet to have success in mainstream music and were vying for success on the charts. The song they released was entitled Worth It and it is a traditionally catchy pop song, but the complimenting music video

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    In 1934, after being lost for five hundred years, Colonel Butler-Bowden found a copy of The Book of Margery Kempe in his library. This is the only copy in existence of what is largely considered the first autobiography written in English. Although, there are debates about whether the book should be classified as an autobiography or if it should be an autohagiography, or something else altogether. The Book of Margery Kempe details the life of Margery Kempe, an English lay-woman in the later Middle

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    Mass Media: Development and Literacy Assignment Marc Jay HUM 186 September 24, 2017 Allyson Wells Introduction Mass media is communication via written, broadcast, or spoken means that reaches a large audience. This includes television, radio, advertising, movies, the Internet, newspapers, magazines, books, and so forth. Mass media is a significant force in modern culture, particularly in America. The media is always channeling messages to the public to promote not only products

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    Every person with an online account of some kind would like to think that their private life is just that, private. Though, in this day and age is any part of life truly private? As the New York: Legal Resources Organization points out, "While the sharing of social media may help us feel closer with family and friends…, social media can create a number of problems too”(“Privacy Laws and Social Media Sites” 1). Is that defunct Myspace page no one has visited in years really a part of the past? Or

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    Allyson Lynn Sarah Wilson Writing 101 20 October 2015 Visual Media’s Influence on Society Information is easily accessible to Americans through the media. Americans can get this information from print, audio, visual, and online. For eight to eighteen year olds, media in some form or fashion normally takes up seven and a half hours of each day. Of those seven and a half hours, most is spent in front of the television. Along with watching TV, video games and use of computers consume an hour for

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    Allyson Morgan English 251 Mrs. Vance 28 November 2016 Poor Richard’s Almanac “Wise men learn by other’s harms; fools by their own” (Franklin). Benjamin Franklin insists that wise people learn from others and their mistakes while fools learn from their personal understandings. The purpose of Poor Richard’s Almanac was to teach people things from another person’s experiences. Poor Richard’s Almanac was written by Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym of Richard Saunders. It was written as a yearly

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    Everyone has a different view of what is beautiful. Why are we never happy with how we look? Why are we so quick to compare ourselves to others? The simple answer to these questions is: Media. The media is constantly showing images of what is considered beautiful. These images greatly affect society and often impact the way people view themselves. Most of these images are unrealistic, and send unhealthy expectations to women; however most women are willing to do anything they can to achieve this

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    Comparison and Contrast of Art Art is able to transport its viewer through time and connect us as a community. Audiences are able to infer the content and context of the artwork. Art displayed through different mediums and about different topics can share many similarities and draw connections between one another. Exodus, created by Shelby Lechman (2015), uses oil paint on canvas to depict a young boy and father in a train car, leaving their home in Hungary during the time of the Hungarian Revolution

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    Cramped in a small Los Angeles office, Walt Disney drew a few larger than life cartoons. After Disney’s big hit Alice Comedies and cartoons of Mickey and the gang, he moved his office to Burbank, California. There, Walt and his brother, Roy, came up with their most famous movies such as Cinderella, Snow White, and Alice in Wonderland. Now with two American amusement parks, three international parks, multiple cruise lines, multiple resorts, over five hundred films, and over thirty academy award, it’s

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    or harassment, it is advised for them to seek help from the school, if it is a serious matter they should seek help from the police, if the student or parents feel the need to do so. In the article The Real Life Consequences Of Online Harassment, Allyson Kapin, a co-founding partner of Rad Campaign, is quoted in a press release on the topic of cyberbullying and harassment through social media as stating, “These poll results show the need for effective responses to the problem at all levels.” A victim

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