Category: Media Studies (Page 18 of 52)

Prescription Drug Overdose in America

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Why have you chosen to explore this topic in the literature review? What is the problem? What essential background information do we need to know? Discuss the methods you used to conduct the literature review: how many articles, what type of articles, what data bases, what years? You may want to include a table summarizing this info.
Summarize the results of your literature review.

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Gender and the Media

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Conduct a research on  how gender roles are presented in the society and how boys and girls learn to behave and present themselves in ways that reflect their gender. Examine the representation of gender in children’s television and commercials by analyzing what you find from watching one hour of children’s programming. You may also use any streaming service. While watching your choice of show, think about whether the roles presented in the programming are representing traditional gender roles.

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Dual Economy in Mexico

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What are some actions that Mexico and other countries might take to reduce the concerns associated with the dual economy?
How might international trade affect the dual economy of a country?
Conduct a web search to obtain additional information about informal economic activities in Mexico.

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Are All Our Memories Stored in a Single, Unitary System?

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Memory researchers debate whether all our memories are contained in a single, unitary system or whether they are stored in multiple systems pertaining to individual types of memories (e.g., short-term vs. long-term, procedural vs. declarative, semantic vs. episodic, etc.). First, state the debate in your own terms. Then, support either the single or the multiple memory system view by describing 2 empirical studies

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Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

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Write a paper in which you think about the tension between rebellion and human desire in the play. Are they opposites? Is Faustus rebelling against rules or an entire system of power or something else? The author of Faustus, Christopher Marlowe, was accused by an acquaintance, Thomas Kyd, of being an atheist. Is it possible that the play celebrates Faustus’s rebellion and what it allows him while containing it in conventional Christian terms?

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Becoming Great Leaders

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Research shows that people acquire skills throughout their life as a leader, but there are always new ideas and concepts that present themselves. With changes in technologies, ways of communication, regulations and law, leaders should always adapt to the changes around them. Within the last several decades technology has made so much impact in how organizations are ran and have either destroyed their businesses or helped them expand.

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Main Arguments from Epictetus

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Discuss in your own words a main argument from Epictetus’ Handbook in Section 46, 47,48, and 51 that you consider to be important as well as explain why the author’s argument matters. Also, make sure you connect the author’s claims to something in the real world: to your own life, or to something in the news, or to a TV show/song/movie.

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