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Technoculture, 2007.
A discussion of technoculture, which is described as the society in which we live today.
4,935 words (approx. 19.7 pages), 19 sources, APA, $ 125.95
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This paper examines the term technoculture, which is defined as a system marked by the widespread use of technology. The author believes this represents our society today, which sees technology as supreme. The paper further explores how technoculture and publicity are intertwined. Several article are cited that further illustrate this connection. The paper also discusses methods of computer privacy such as encryption, and several policies that have evolved because of privacy issues. The author concludes that technoculture, publicity and privacy are altering the nature of democracy in ways that the public may not yet perceive.
Outline:
Introduction
Technoculture and Publicity
Privacy and Access
The Developing Technological World
Accessibility
Conclusion
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"Some theorists see the new technology as reflecting the ideal of the public sphere in that it offers universal access, uncoerced communication, freedom of expression, participation outside of traditional political institutions, and contributes to the creation of public opinion by means of public discussion. The fuel in the system is publicity, which links together the ideals of openness, inclusivity, visibility, equality, accessibility, and rationality (Dean 2002, p. 2). The new technology, like much of the old, carries the culture to the masses, and as Dean (2000) writes, "Cultural politics is about altering the boundaries that order American democracy" (p. 78)."
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Public Relations, 2007.
This paper explores public relations with a focus on crisis management.
2,296 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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The paper discusses how crisis management has grown and evolved since public relations was first conceived in dealing with organizational and governmental crisis management. The paper provides a literature review and shows how new and strategically suitable methods for coping during crisis management are required by today's public relations management. The paper explains that an effective public relations manager will turn to those in the legal department and other departments throughout the organization through establishment of an ongoing dialog. The paper demonstrates how this increases the likelihood that the manager will have the benefit of a multi-dimensional perspective during the management of the crisis.
Outline:
Objective
Introduction
Discussion and Conclusion
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"The work of Mark Schannon entitled: "Issue Management: Trying to Create Rational Explanations in a Non-Rational World" states that millions of dollars are spent each year in the attempt to answer the questions that are asked in relation to crisis management by the organization. Schannon states that: "Sophisticated research, econometric analyses, media analyses, NGO analyses, and past and future trends are scoured" in the attempt to answer questions of crises management. Schannon reviews the convention issues management model which was used by many organizations and specifically used by the Public Affairs Council until about 2001."
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John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address, 2007.
A speech analysis of John F. Kennedy's January 20, 1961 inaugural address.
1,928 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
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This paper analyzes John F. Kennedy's inaugural address given on January 20, 1961. It discusses the style of the speech, particularly his effective use of oratory and rhetorical techniques. It looks at the way in which his language and also his unique voice and persona caused the words to remain in the listeners' mind. The paper also discusses Kennedy's body language and attire while delivering his speech. It combines all of these aspects to describe the success of his presentation.
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"What is most striking about the speech is how much it asks of its listeners. It is easy to listen to, because of its effective use of oratory and rhetorical techniques, like rhetorical questions, parallel sentence structure, and intense, physical images that paint a picture for the listener. This is especially important in an age before television was common in all households, to satisfy listeners far away as well as the immediate, watching audience of the speech in front of the Capital. Yet the speech also demands that young Americans press themselves to answer the call to liberty, to pick up the set-down torch of the previous generation, and bear the burden of giving back to their nation. The effectiveness of the speech was sufficient that Americans listened with pleasure not simply to the image of themselves they wanted to have of peaceful and freedom-loving people, but that they were also inspired to exceed their own comfort zones and the expectations they had for their future."
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Strategic Management of Human Resources, 2007.
An analysis of the role of performance management within the human resource department's strategic management for an organization.
1,750 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper discusses strategic management, particularly performance management in the human resources department of an organization. It discusses the importance of learning and development for the success of performance management. The paper then describes the roles of coaching, goals, competences and competencies in creating a performance management system. The paper finally discusses the importance of communication in human resource management.
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"Relationship management is then integrated with performance management. While this makes the process much more complicated than the traditional business model, where the autocratic manager would give orders and expect to be obeyed without question, it is also a more effective way of managing performance. Effective relationship management results in a more pleasant work environment, which in turn is conducive to a higher level of performance. Such an integration of strategic human resource management with performance management systems, if handled correctly, can therefore be highly profitable for a business and result in goals being reached within the optimal time frame."
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Media Framing Lesson Plan, 2007.
A description of a lesson plan for teaching current trends in Chinese culture through media framing.
957 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper presents a lesson plan with the aim of identifying current trends in Chinese culture through media framing. The paper presents an overview of the subject material - an essay written by K. Hallahan, titled "Seven Models of Framing: Implications for Public Relations". The paper then discusses the objectives for the lesson and the requirements of the students. It provides a suggested procedure and student assessment for the information taught.
Table of Contents:
Overview
Connections to the Curriculum
Time Required
Materials Required
Objectives of the Exercise
Analytic Skills
Suggested Procedure
Opening
Development
Closing
Suggested Student Assessment
Extending the Lesson
Related Links
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"Suggested Student Assessment. Because the media framing analysis is a highly subjective process, students will be requested to defend their respective positions on a given news account in the form of an essay that will be assessed on the basis of how well it takes into account the various media framing structural dimensions in supporting its position."
"Extending the Lesson. When students identify an issue that is particularly interesting to them, they would refine and extend its concepts through a WebQuest approach that uses a free Web site account. WebQuests have become increasingly popular in recent years for this purpose, and these become a "work in progress" that students continue to contribute to as additional research is completed and more news accounts become available."
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Christopher Reeves and Tom Hanks, 2006.
A discussion and comparison between the public speeches of actors Christopher Reeves and Tom Hanks.
1,321 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper reviews, discusses and compares the speech made by Christopher Reeves at the National Democratic Convention, and by Tom Hanks at Vassar College. According to the paper, the speeches are given nearly a decade apart, but both actors appeal emotionally to the audience for help.
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"Tom Hanks takes somewhat longer than Reeve to reach the thesis of his speech. After the opening humor, he begins his speech with a statistical claim relating to the "power of four". According to a study, only four percent of cars need to be removed from gridlocked highways to secure the free flow of traffic. Hanks uses this premise to appeal to his audience's sense of power. It is interesting to briefly note that Reeve's statistic is very similar: one in five people suffers from a disability; in other words, for every four people without disabilities, there is one who does. There are therefore four healthy people in five to whom Reeve is addressing his appeal for help."
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Television as Babysitter, 2007.
This paper examines whether multimedia influence is potentially harmful for children.
1,318 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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The paper relates that television and video games are the most commonly used babysitter for children. The paper explores how this influences our social behavior and thinking system and how it affects a child's development and further social integration. The paper shows how multimedia exposure definitely has an influence on a child's development, whether that's in a positive (learning language, understanding symbols) or negative (inducing aggressive, unbecoming or illegal behaviors, obesity, risk) direction. The paper examines the issue and concludes that the negative impact of excessive exposure is the more profound, permanent and worrying issue.
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"In our days, it seems like parents do not fully assess the consequences of transforming the TV and video games in the most common used babysitter for their children. The cause for this is the lack of time, together with an increased level of stress and exhaustion adults experience when trying to cope with both work and family demands (Clarke, 2007). Under these circumstances, it becomes imperative that the researchers focus their attention on determining how bad or how good is the "machine"-made education for children. Since infancy, individuals are exposed to the multimedia culture we proudly promote today, becoming "multimedia youngsters"(Neergaard, 2006)."
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Group Communication and Decision-Making Methods, 2007.
A discussion regarding group communication and effective decision-making methods.
1,828 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper provides an introduction to group-decision making methods and models. The paper reviews the best decision-making strategies groups can utilize to realize effective solutions to complex problems. The paper further explains how problem-solving methodology is utilized to reach consensus decisions among small groups.
Outline:
Introduction
Overview of Group Decision-Making Methods
Best Decision-Making Tactics
Problem-Solving Methodology in Group Settings
Cooperative and Competitive Group Resolution
Describe Group Issues in Creative Problem Solving
Behavior in Group Settings
Conclusion
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"In a small group setting group processes that require improvement include situations where full group participation is not realized, especially when a majority vote is required for consensus. Other examples of situations where small group processes require improvement include those where unresolved arguments or conflicts exist that prevent group members from communicating clearly and addressing relevant issues at hand (Johnson & Johnson, 2000). In a small group process it is best not to consider certain members of a group or the majority as "winners" compared to the minority that may lose as "losers" as stated by Johnson & Johnson (2000) for this may "reduce the quality of the decision" (Foundation Coalition, 2007) and diminish the effectiveness of the resolution. Competition should not be the primary focus of a group decision-making setting because this will not lead to solution-oriented thinking. Rather than focusing on the problem that requires solving, group members are more likely to entertain themselves with methods they can employ to "win" other members of the group to their line of thinking or problem-solving methods."
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Communication Barriers, 2007.
An analysis of the communication barriers between IT department and the rest of an organization's departments.
1,675 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper is aimed at making company management aware of communication's implications for overall activity, productivity and career advancement. The research proposal attempts to reach its goal by briefly depicting the results of other researches that have been carried out in the same field and by suggesting a methodology which may prove extremely useful in terms of investigating communication's major role within the framework of an organization.
Outline:
Summary
Introduction
Proposed Program
Qualification and Experience
Task Schedule
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"Edward Schulman (1975) is another researcher who presents a coherent speech on the increased importance of communication skills in the IS field. He emphasizes that contemporary corporations have commuted the focus from hardware to software, the latter being the major expenditure of an IT firm. This change has determined a higher preoccupation with program quality and programmer productivity, two goals which managers try to achieve by recruiting experienced professionals and training graduates. Still, neither training, nor recruiting professionals by asking quantitative questions (e.g. How many projects have you developed so far?) instead of qualitative interrogations (e.g. Were those projects successful?) haven't proved efficient enough because managers have neglected the human coordinate of the programming activity, an activity which is individual and social, at the same time. "
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Autism: Overcoming Communication Barriers, 2006.
An in-depth look at autism.
2,223 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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The paper reviews and discusses autism. According to the paper, autism typically appears during the first three years of a child's life, and can be attributed to a neurological disorder that affects the normal functions of the brain. The paper goes on to discuss how individuals with autism will show difficulties in verbal and non-verbal communication and social interactions.
Background: Autism
What is Autism?
History of Autism, including research done in an effort to understand Autistic.
Characteristics of a child with Autism
Background: Communication
Communication definition, methods, history.
Importance of communication to human life.
Analysis of the effects of Autism on communication.
Development of a normal child with regard to communication.
Development of an Autistic child with regard to communication.
Barriers created due to the difference in development.
Effect of barriers on the life of an Autistic child.
Conclusion: Overcoming barriers of Autism in communication.
Application of knowledge?How to overcome barriers of communication.
What more can be done to help.
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"Significant barriers are created for children of autism. There are personal barriers associated with the lack of expressed emotions. This affects the relationship between the autistic child and their family, which uses communication as a method of showing affection and engender closeness. Barriers are created on a social level for several reasons. First autistic children are unable to communicate affectively with peers, which means that they suffer from severe social alienation from their peers. Another major problem is that their inability to understand and appreciate nonverbal communication means that they are not able to integrate effectively into the culture and social situations that they are placed. This causes social barriers between both peers and adults, who are not used to the lack of basic social conventions."
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Violence, Media and Children, 2007.
A discussion of the effects of media violence on children.
1,540 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 50.95
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This paper examines the claim that children's repeated exposure to high levels of media violence negatively impacts their ability to resolve conflict peacefully. Research is presented that supports this view. The opposite perspective is also examined, with experts cited who believe violent behavior reflects the mores of society, not just what is seen through the media. Further statistics are evaluated, such as the degree of violence on television and the amount of time and exposure a child has to such programs. The author also explores the child's interpretation of consequences of violent behavior as viewed through the media. The paper concludes that violent programming negatively affects children, however it is not completely to blame when it comes to children and their responses to violence.
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"Despite Eron's research claims that media violence negatively affects young children and adolescents, other research conveys the exact opposite. According to Michael Males, the vast amount of complaints against media violence "are misdirected" and that research into the effects of media violence "is unreliable and proves only a minimal relationship between media violence and real-life aggression." Males supports his argument to a great extent by pointing out that youth violence has much more to do with the general violent tendencies of American society. According to the American Humane Association, "One million American children are violently injured, sexually abused or neglected every year by adults. . .one million children are raped every year. . ." facts which Males purports "have been roundly ignored by the same media outlets that never seem to be short of space to berate violent rap lyrics." "
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Team Leadership, 2007.
A personal account of leadership styles and management skills.
2,416 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This paper provides a personal account of the writer's styles of leadership and management. It discusses the writer's strengths and weaknesses in leadership and how these factors affect his overall leadership capabilities. The paper also looks at successful ways to build and manage a team and bases this on the writer's experience.
Table of Contents:
Personal Team Leadership Portrait
Building and Managing a Team
Weaknesses
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"Another strength is my ability to adjust my leadership style to the requirements of every situation . It is widely recognized in the business world that an integration of the various leadership styles is often necessary in order to optimally manage a team. The different personalities within a team for example need to be taken into account. Other factors that need to be considered in this regard include the specific situation and level of workers in each team. New workers for example need to be managed with a more authoritarian style than those with more experience. Experienced workers are placed in leadership positions, and more responsibility is delegated to them."
"Finally, one of my strengths in leadership, which could also be a weakness if not handled correctly, is my patience. I am extraordinarily patient, especially during times of stress. My concomitant ability to remain calm under the pressure of tight deadlines and stressful situations tends to communicate itself to the members of my teams."
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