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The Likely Effects Of E-Commerce On The Future Of Book Publishing

issues may still have the potential for a very large impact. The idea of the e-book is that a book may be bought in electronic f...

Moore’s Law and Data Storage

the number of transistors (Jurvetson, 2004). However, the use of nanotechnology has extended the law from the boundaries that were...

The Police Officer as Depicted on the Police One Web Site

colleagues," 2007). These members of the auxiliary wear no guns or bullet proof vests. They were gunned down as they tried to help...

Anorexia: A Lifestyle Choice

as a whole. While these influences are most obvious in terms of teenage girls, they are present as well in regard to teenage boys...

The Diagnosis and Treatment of Otitis Media and Asthma

should include redness, swelling, and the presence of pussy (clouded, yellow) fluid behind the drum (CPS, 2004). In children o...

The Public Personas of T.E. Lawrence

contempt he displayed for some of his fellow Englishmen, and his championing of the Arab cause as potential reasons for any media ...

The Future of Mass Communication

going from town to town, to spread the word. Of course, there were no teleophoens then either. In between the old days and the n...

Communication and Disputes in Cyberspace

given to the subject, it may be aggressively, it may also be said sarcastically. If we consider the value of body language then th...

Civil Liberties

liberties they believe that the Constitution allows freedom in all areas that the society deems necessary. However, there are cond...

A Sociological Analysis of the Janet Jackson Incident

Jackson family that invites confrontation, paparazzi and law enforcement? In some ways it seems as if this situation, and the situ...

The Role of Persuasion in Media

may question whether or not he has a disorder such as erectile dysfunction or depression because there are so many television adve...

Micromarketing

campaigns. In both cases there are smaller target markets, which may be identified by way of different factors, such as geography,...

Issues of Authenticity/Internet & TV

informing the citizenry on what they need to know to be responsible as co-policymakers within a democratic framework.2 When news a...

Media Concentration and Democracy

TV" (Turner). The commission wanted the entrepreneurs to thrive; they wanted competition to arise so the audiences would have a ch...

Overview of Illegal Immigration in the U.S.

want to reduce the number of green cards while other members want to increase the number (Martinez, 2006). There are also "480,000...

Politics, Organized Crime, and a Reciprocal Influence

"union members were denied the right to go to federal court to challenge elections won by violence and fraud; only the Secretary o...

The Relationship Between Mass Media and Violence in Society

by the influence television has upon youth is both grand and far-reaching; that TV is used as a babysitter and teacher speaks to t...

Web Hoaxes and Paul Piper's Article 'Better Read That Again'

actually believe it. As the example of the Enquirer indicates, the Internet does not have a monopoly on misinformation or hoaxes...

'On Bullshit' Essay by Harry Frankfurt

also have to talk about "the action that brought the bullshit into being: Somebody bullshitted" (Noah, 2005). In this context, "bu...

Definition of an American and Homelessness

91). The first threatening wave of homelessness swept America between the years 1820 and 1860, when more than five million immigr...

HarperCollins, Sales of eBooks, and Benchmarking

website and provides a variety of methods by which site visitors can purchase a book after reading its description and possibly a ...

Historical Changes and British Racial Discourses

races interact in that culture. These races include blacks, Asiatics, Hispanics, and Arabics to name just a few. British...

Analysis of Media Control by Noam Chomsky

mass media has captured the general population in a stranglehold of falsified, embellished and flat out fabricated information tha...

Middle East Terrorist Networks, 911 Attacks, and Coverage by the Media

Mohamed Atta was also positively identified as a hijacker after his New England whereabouts were reported. The manager of a Wal-M...

The Financial Implications of Undertaking Ecommerce

however, it may also be slightly limiting as the internet may not be the only medium open to e-commerce. The level of trade has b...

Arguing against Klein's No Logo

factory workers at the "Kaho Indah Citra garment factory on the outskirts of Jakarta" (Klein xvii), where the workers make the equ...

Interpreting Fairy Tale Illustration: Cinderella

artists intrinsic complexity. Kneeling at the base of a delicate tree with head tipped upward, eyes closed and hands brought toge...

Terrorism and Coverage by the Media

of terrorism might be useful here. The FBI defines terrorism as "the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or proper...

China, Singapore, and New Media and Internet Technology Uses

control the people by controlling the Internet. Yet, it likely realizes, it can only do so much to control something that is rathe...

Attitudes About Ageism

with people looking upon the elderly as slow, incapable, broken down and virtually worthless individuals. The notion of ageism is...