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TED is a nonprofit organization that seeks to spread ideas in a range of topics via short web-based talks. These talks are performed in front of a live audience where the speakers are from a wide range of disciplines and career fields. This particular form of spoken discourse is considered part of a discourse genre and therefore, it is expected that those who speak, share at least in part, some commonalities in the area of how they spread their ideas, as is customarily associated with a TED Talk

Dr. Paul K. Piff is a professor of psychology and social behavior at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2013 he gave one of the most popular TED Talks ever, on the topic of the effects of wealth on personal and social psychology. The video is most amusingly titled, “Does money make you mean?” The central claim of the video is that the idea of the American dream revolves around having to place personal desires over those of the general population, resulting in income inequality, and the various

II. Presentation topic and length. The topic of Sheryl Sandberg’s Ted Talk was “Why we have too few women leaders.” This TEDWomen talk is 14 minutes and 58 seconds in length. III. How does this presentation fit into the class? Why is it important? (250 words strongly suggested) This presentation fits into the class because

Social Media and Democratic Reform I) In this paper I prove that the TedTalk related to Political and Cultural Globalization by focusing on social media use in The Pro-democracy Revolution and how it has affected democratic reformation. A) A comparative essay between the Jasmine Revolution of Tunisia and the Jasmine Revolution of China. B) How social media affected the outcomes of both of the revolutions. 1) Social Media was the leading force in Tunisia 2) Social Media did not win the Chinese

YouTube is a global entity that serves as an essential pillar for the World Wide Web. First established in February 2005, YouTube became one of the first easily accessible forms of communication and news, informing the masses about current events with rapidly updating videos. In present day society, YouTube has become a socializing agent that directly impacts the cultural and social practices of people all over the world. YouTube is able to beat its competitors by adapting to the changing times

Ihrig, Timothy. “What We Can Do to Die Well” TED. TED, September 2013. Wed, 6 October 2016 In this talk he discusses healthcare in America and how much we spend on it. He also talks about people’s experiences in healthcare and their quality of life from when they are diagnosed with a terminal illness to their death. Timothy Ihrig speaks about his experiences dealing with people going through the healthcare system and how they can improve their quality of life. He tells many stories about patients

Intro 2 climate change Not two weeks ago, I was floating on a noodle, beer in hand, life and conversation good; when the topic of climate change came up and I was presented with an opportunity to ponder why people see the same things so differently. It started when a new friend seemed unaware and untroubled that 2016 is on track to be the hottest year on record, making it the third year in a row to set this record. When I asked if he believed climate change was happening, he said that he did, but

thousands of kids daily. People with jobs and families should be against choosing their job over family because it allows for a closer bond to form, more family time, and everlasting love for eachother. The story “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” and the TED Talk “Can we all ‘have it all?’” featuring Anne-Marie Slaughter will be represented in this essay. This topic is perfectly explained in the short story, “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket”. The setting takes place during the mid 1950’s, when expectations

Literature is a work of art that is fabricated with the fundamental purpose to convey meaning and messages to readers. What is conveyed is completely decided by the author, however its underlying message can be interpreted in multiple forms by different readers. Literature often explores the gap between reality and the writer’s imagination, which can lead to a false sense of reality. This false sense may eventually allow for an oversimplification of reality, where the real world seems to be transparent

Chimamanda Adichie is an author from Nigeria, a major country in Africa. She is an exceedingly well-known author from her writings on immigration, feminism, and the African experience in America. She has given a variety of Ted talks, speeches, and has done interviews on immigration, feminism, and the African experience in America. In her writings, most noticeably “My Mother, the Crazy African,” she talks about the experience of immigrants in America and through a lens which relates to issues one