always used many ways to communicate amongst one another efficiently in order to accommodate what is known as public discourse. Over a period of time, the use of mediums during the Age of Exposition and Age of Show Business over time have begun to change the dynamic of public discourse in their own unique way. The purpose of Neil Postman’s novel, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, is spreading awareness to his audience, the public of America, about how he views the…
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Central Florida, “a discourse community is a group of people involved in and communicating about a particular topic, issue, or in a particular field” ("What Is a Discourse Community?" ). Examples of discourse communities can be professional organizations, specific classes, sports teams, and even a group of fans for a musician. Within these discourse communities, there is a specific basis of what good writing is and what form of communication is most often used. Each community has its own jargon and…
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privileging Caucasians over Pakistanis. Shuttleworth’s comments alienated Muslim male, Humayun, speaking to ideologies that whiteness is normal and desirable in New Zealand. This perpetuates an ‘us vs. them’ racial binary, estranging the Muslim community as the ‘other’. The Otago Daily Times article attempts to pass such racist ideology as an aberration, or unwelcome exception to the rule. Alcock, a New Zealand Taxi federation representative claimed, “the region appreciates the contribution new migrants…
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In several interview sequences, barrio residents problematize how their community has been stigmatized through language, geography, and selective media representation. None of the Afrodescendent neighbors explicitly references race or the pervasiveness of geographic profiling, but their comments confirm that the mere mention of canal barrios like Curundú and El Chorrillo conjures a suspicious gaze. Aware of this endemic profiling, Marilis, Kenneth’s neighbor, feels compelled to change her place of…
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of our culture. Chapter 2: "Media as Epistemology" A great metaphor shift has taken place in the U.S, -- with the result that the content of much of the public discourse has become dangerous nonsense. Before, under print, discourse was different in that it was coherent, serious and rational. Now, under the visual, discourse is shriveled and absurd. Epistemology is about the origins and nature of knowledge. It takes in definitions of truth and the sources from which such definitions come…
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Compare racial humour across continents. Are there similarities between the ways in which different international communities respond to racial stereotypes and colonialism using humour? The effects of colonialism have been felt within Indigenous communities across the globe for centuries. One component of this colonialism is the racial stereotyping of the Indigenous communities from the coloniser. This essay will explore the ways in which contemporary Indigenous artists utilise humour, focusing…
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Introduction In 1972, the Kenner Corporation introduced a fashion doll onto American shelves that could only be described as innovative; sporting a large, oversized head and an eye‐changing mechanism controlled by a pull string, the Blythe doll was a marketing disaster, terrifying girls rather than attracting them. Blythe was cast into obscurity until it came to the attention of a New York photographer, Gina Garan, in the 1990’s. Garan started…
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populations consolidated around urban centers. Large corporations, factories, replaced small scale local economy. Urban centers lost their sense of community and political belonging. Civic involvement waning. Corporate workers alienated from owners, assembly line production. Workers who migrated from rural places were despondent. Family and community life eroded. The concept of film, television, consumerism and cheap amusement rose to provide some semblance of social connectedness among lonely, tired…
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The Nottingham Bluecoat School and Technology College Post 16 Centre Independent study guide 2011-12 Help make the jump from GCSE to Post-16 study with these suggested study tasks from your teachers. Post-16 Independent study guide “What determines your success at GCSE is how hard you work in your lessons. What determines your success at A Level is how hard you work outside of lessons.” Across the country GCSE results have steadily been rising over the past few years. Some people put this…
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Further Reading Ai Weiwei | Ai Weiwei | Born | (1957-05-18) 18 May 1957 (age 54) Beijing, China | Ai Weiwei | Ai Weiwei (born 18 May 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, active in sculpture, installation, architecture, curating, photography, film, and social, political and cultural criticism. Ai collaborated with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron as the artistic consultant on the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Olympics. The Beijing National Stadium at night during the…
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