Commercialization

In the four states (Oregon, Colorado, Washington and Alaska) a policy for market regulation was adopted, and cannabis business was aggregated to the existing regulatory agencies for Alcohol and Tobacco. Such agencies, known as Commissions or Boards, enhanced its structures to incorporate specific policy strategies for cannabis licensing system, production standards, taxation schemes, controls and sanctions mechanisms, as well as education and prevention programmes (Caulkins et al. 2015). The…

The Human Cost of Emotional and Physical Labor and The Impact on Workers The relationship between labor, humans, and alienation is a complex one. Typically, labor is viewed as a physical action, such as typical tasks one may engage in during the work day. However, along with physical labor is the conjunction of emotional labor. This is the inducement or suppressant of emotions and feelings in order to sustain a positive…

Globalization is predominantly viewed from a more economic interaction point of view; with little attention given the consequences that global harmonization has on indigenous cultures. A lot of attention has been given to economic, trade and financial flows with universally binding or guidelines on how partners in the globalization phenomenon should operate. Issues of environmental and human right concerns, also attract attention, and even gain closer impetus than issues related to the cultural…

War Photography is an “invitation to pay attention, to reflect, to learn, to examine the rationalizations for mass suffering” (Sontag, 117). Photography had a great impact on the public's perception of the United States Civil War. The war ran from 1861 to 1865 and was the first war to be extensively documented with photography and distributed among various newspapers, and magazines across the nation. Photographers captured images of everyday life, battle scenes, but most influential, the…

Thomas Alva Edison was the most prolific inventor in American history. As a 19th century pioneer, he introduced America to innovation or invention, research, development and commercialization. His largest contributions to cinema include the phonograph, light bulb, kinetoscope, the first motion picture and the first film production studio. The inventor was born to Sam and Nancy on February 11th, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. As a child, Edison was a poor student and teachers saw little potential in him.…

These days, it's normal to hear the combination of various styles of music. Truth be told, American music is more incorporated than previously and exhibits distinctive music from around the globe. Consolidating distinctive styles of music was famously done as ahead of schedule as the twentieth century with the development of American well-known music. One style of music that affected well-known music was African American music. At the time, American mainstream music was expanding with various…

Child Marketing as a Social Problem Laura Pagliaro SOCI 1000U Dr. Timothy MacNeill University of Ontario Institute of Technology Since the introduction of digital media, marketing to children has become only more prevalent. Realized or not, everyone is affected by this targeted marketing -- even adults. Although there is undoubtedly more marketing today compared to previous decades, the majority of it goes unnoticed (Snyder & Jevons & Henderson & Gabbott & Beale, 2011, p. 33).…

The mere thought of a fantastical future brings about a myriad of thoughts, ideas, and outrageous predictions that are capable of instilling fear. Sometimes authors and various writers tend to introduce such predictions or theories into their works, which evidently encourages criticism and further analysis. Aldous Huxley, the influential author of the novel Brave New World, is rather guilty of committing such actions. In Brave New World, there happens to be a multitude of aspects that oddly…

Jibo: The Social Robot that Revolutionizes Social Artificial Intelligence Introduction Spike Jonze’s “Her” (2013), perhaps alarmingly, perhaps disconcertingly, is coming to life in the form of Jibo, a family computer. A family computer means that it is to be used by a collective of individuals and therefore relate to more humans. “Samantha” is a fictional character which became human as its consumer and “it” fell in love with each other. The film said that robots are becoming humanized, they…

Hip Hop was born in Bronx, New York City. The style of music, hip hop has roots in other forms, and its evolution was shaped by many different artists and came to life precisely on this day. DJ Kool Herc had been using and refining his break-beat style for the better part of a year. However put him before his biggest crowd ever and with the most powerful sound system he’d ever worked. Hip-bounce music is for the most part considered to have been spearheaded in New York 's South Bronx in 1973 by…