Indian soap opera

Soap operas over the years have ended up obtaining a bad stigma that even Modelski says “if television is considered by some a vast wasteland, soap operas are thought to be the least nourishing spot in the desert” (128). Most people would explain them as over-dramatic, unrealistic, or even too “feminine” but Modelski tries to overcome the bad wrap soap operas have by shining light on the connection she has seen between women and soap operas. Her point is to “not ignore” but “focus on” “what is “feminine”

Steve Conine and Niraj Shah came up with the idea to start a business while they were in their last semester of college in an entrepreneurial class. Therefore, in May 2002 they started Wayfair as an e-commerce business in one of Steve’s extra room in his house, and the merchandise for sale was stereo racks and stands. Steve and Niraj began to do some research and realize the need to buy furniture in the home goods market online was untapped. Hence, they decided to tap into this market, and Wayfair

All organizations should have a form of biblical leadership within its structure. Leadership is the process of influencing employees to work together towards goals of the organization. Leadership involves motivation, communication and team building. Many times, the plans of leaders do not happen in the way that they were designed to happen. Sometimes, the results can be catastrophic. Leadership derailment is happening more and more in companies around the world. Whether it is from lack of

He grabbed some hoops, staves and some tools and sat down again on his stool and started pounding away, willing the wood to bend and curve how he wanted it to. This barrel felt like it took longer than the first to complete, since he ran into some trouble when the wood started to split in the middle of a stave. He then had to cut a new piece of wood and bend it according to scale. Gabe was putting the lids on the barrel when his eldest sister, Janie, came gliding into the cooperage. “Hello, Gabriel

The 100 is a post-apocalyptic science fiction survival TV drama about a group of adolescent including Clarke Griffin, Bellamy Blake Octavia Blake Jasper Jordan Monty Green, Raven Reyes, John Murphy who become the first few from a space habitat called ‘the Ark’ to come back to earth after 97 years of a nuclear war that wiped out most humanity. The series follows these characters as they come face to face with various challenges in order to survive. “They discover not all humanity was destroyed and

In “The Parable of the Sower”, author Octavia Butler realistically describes the dystopia of the U.S that is currently ruled by poverty, crime, and chaos. Lauren, the main protagonist, evolves and goes on a physical and emotional journey to create her own beliefs and prepare for life behind the wall. Lauren lives in the community of Robledo that is guarded by a wall that is meant to protect them from crime although it often fails to do so. Being the daughter of a Baptist, Lauren is challenged to

Christina was trying so hard not to sleep but her body wouldn't listen to her brain. At about five in the morning her body shut down and went into a not so peaceful slumber. Still doubtful that her parents would actually take the time to come up mixed with the stress that two of her sisters got injured she tossed and turned, metaphorical. She couldn't get her vivid imagination out of her head curious about what happened to her littlest sisters. She could picture dani slipping on a rock falling into

cultural diversity is represented well on Australian free to air TV. Approximately 10 hours of Australian programs and advertisements on various free-to-air TV channels were watched. Australian television programs are set in different categories such as Soaps and Dramas, Television commercials, Reality Television, SBS and commercials in between the shows breaks. Analysis of

subconsciously affect their decision in having abundant kids. He mentions how the new commercial cable and satellite programming replaced dull government programming with game shows, soap operas, and reality television. This also helped in affecting the fertility rate in India. The most popular show between 2000 and 2008 showed rural Indian women having jobs and business because they had fewer children. Furthermore, Pearce used logos to provide evidence that TV empowers women.

As a minority group, women are often underrepresented in the media. In the 1970’s, for every women shown in primetime television, there were 2.5 men (Gerbner and Signorielli (1979). Cited in Collins (2011)). This may be due to the fact that females were largely seen as “less than” and meant to stay in the household setting. According to Collins (2011), women were probably underrepresented at this time because producers did not believe women played a big enough role in society to be in their work