Critical Analysis of Criminology Theory

German-born Jewish philosopher and political theorist who fled Germany during World War II and relocated to America. Marcuse was one of the primary theorists of the Frankfurt School and is credited as being one of the founders of Critical Theory. In his essay Marcuse use critical theory to critique the capitalistic society in America and global dominion. The essay is portioned into four main areas which are A Biological Foundation for Socialism, The New Sensibility, Subverting Forces-in…

Paper 4: Assessing Critical Public Policy Scholarship Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram authors of Policy Design for Democracy, state that Critical Theories Public Policy is concerned with “.....oppression and domination in modern advanced societies and a commitment to radically participatory, non hierarchical forms of political, economic, and social interaction” (Schneider and Ingram, 1997, p. 51). This critical perspective challenges the scientific knowledge being superior to other categories…

Methodology The research method chosen for the present project is discourse analysis. Such methodological approach to the subject of this dissertation, FCKH8.com’s viral activity, would allow me to view the processes that allow the company to construct the identity of an activist-minded ethical consumer amongst their audience. The unity of commercially driven strategy and strife for “good cause” is observed to be a relatively new phenomenon in consumer culture, and the analysed material, being…

. . some groups in society are privileged over others, and this privilege leads to differential access to services, good and outcomes. Halliday’s theory of systematic functional linguistics informed CDA by emphasizing “language as a meaning making process” and transforming the theory to emphasize “on how language as a cultural tool mediates relationships of power and privilege in social interactions, institutions, and bodies of knowledge (Rogers, Malancharuvil-Berkes…

Methods Section Paper: Discourse Analysis Introduction Traditional forms of mass media, such as print newspapers and broadcast television, were among the first to adopt digital opportunities afforded by the advent of the internet. The first online newspaper appeared in 1980, the same year the first successful personal computer was developed. By the mid-1990s, most news media had a digital presence, with many offering 24-hour access to content. When smartphones grew in popularity, news media were…

Assignment 2 Shenmin (Eric) Zhu 301280891 CMNS 262 Question 1: Describe the current issue that you are going to analyze. Explain the logic of your comparison. For example, are you comparing content in similar articles across different cities within the same newspaper chain? Two articles “Delta goes to court to close marijuana shop” published by two newspaper titles The Leader and Delta Optimist report on the controversial issue regarding the legalization of marijuana…

frame work (Adopted from Norman Fairclough’s (1995) “Discourse and Social Change” book) 1) Text: The first level of discourse analysis is based on written or spoken text (Fairclough 1995). In this level the researcher identify actually about what the text represent. In this stage the analysis is descriptive, in many ways, the text is described as a form of linguistic analysis, in which usually searching for vocabularies (metaphore, lexical choice), grammar (transitivity, passive and active…

In the following I discuss how several tenets of critical race theory helped shape the findings of this paper. CRT in education can help identify, analyze, and transform structural and cultural ideology that disadvantages students of color in classrooms (Solórzano & Yosso, 2002). Furthermore, Ladson-Billings (1998) proposes that the use of CRT in education can be used as a tool to: deconstruct oppressive structures and discourses, reconstruct human agency, and construct equitable and socially…

The main question my group members Laura Aday, Daniela Mejia-Lagos, and I discussed were how food regulation could be enhanced. The topic had dealt with food regulations in agriculture, livestock, and business. Poor food regulations in these areas could lead to health problems, norovirus outbreaks, and other forms of illnesses to the world population. The best solutions to my subtopic, which is business, was for the improvement of workers’ protection and universally accepted food safety laws.…

The assurance that the U.S.’ commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and properly labeled and packaged is entrusted by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). To further ensure safety, the FSIS observes products during the processing, handling, and packaging process to reassure the products are honestly labeled. Being the public healthy agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the FSIS’ main purpose is to protect the public health as well as…