Elihu

online social media and social networking service with 2 billion monthly active users (Balakrishnan, 2017). Each Facebook user uses Facebook for different purposes to satisfy different individual needs. The uses and gratification theory (U&G) coined by Elihu Katz is a mass communication theory that examines how individuals consume mass media to gratify their needs (Papacharissi, 2008). The basic assumptions of U&G are that users are actively seeking out media content and consume media to fulfill…

Revolutions are a natural part of human history. Ever since people could be their minds, they’ve had differing opinions. These opinions, if left unlistened to, will cause revolts that scale into revolutions. These revolutions can either be passive or they leave a pool of red in their wake. One revolution of red became the most successful revolutions during this period. The French Revolution had some winning points to its cause. It was the start of people changing the way they think.The people…

Out of Job’s namesake book in the Old Testament comes a familiar story that is known for the grueling trials of one of God’s most devout servants. Job appears to be spared from no form of suffering; his children are slaughtered, his fortune dissipates, and his community ostracizes him. The man who earned his fame from pious actions and abiding by God’s word seems to have been paradoxically abandoned by his maker, initializing a deep agitation in Job’s previously secure philosophy. Although these…

The Book of Job probes the question of the problem of evil in the world. This book is one of the more philosophical books in the old testament. It has spiritual value, but it also has a universal philosophical value that touches on the problem of evil. The main character is Job who is an upstanding gentile man of his town. He has a family, a farm, and status in his town. One-day God and Satan are talking and Satan says Job only loves God because he is blessed with a good life. So as a challenge…

Smart Grid Technologies: Communication Technologies and Standards Smart Grid History As soon as electrical distribution grids came into being the need for metering arose. The initial devices were used for metering consumption, however modern smart grid technology uses two way metering and can switch appliances on or off according to demand and off peak tariffs. Over the last one hundred years many obstacles to smart grid technology have been overcome. The earliest attempt at smart grid was…

Ever wonder what it would be like if you were in a serial killers body, or wondering what there thinking? This is Adam Lanza and he is 20 years old, born on April 22,1992. His family members are Nancy, Peter, Ryan. His mother spent her time volunteering at women shelters and at local schools. One of those schools was Sandy Hook Elementary. When Adam was little he was diagnosed in 2005 with Asperger's syndrome. Growing up was hard for him and he also experienced Anxiety, obsessive-compulsive…

For musicians, their job can be quite difficult at times. Not enough people listening to their music, no audience at a show or no one likes their new mixtape, whatever the case, people affect a musician’s career in a big way. Take a second to think about how your favorite musician’s, any celebrity really, life is under constant watch, you always know right away when a song comes out. Now, imagine living in a time like 1940’s, in the midst of World War Two. You really like this German composer,…

an audience’s opinion was mostly affected by the direct messaging that was applied. However, the study revealed a heavy influence from personal contacts and indirect interpretations of these messages instead. From this, Lazarsfeld and sociologist Elihu Katz developed the two-step flow theory of communication. Explanation of the two-step theory can be viewed as two different parts. The first seeks to explain how information travels from sender to receiver. The second explores the manner in which…

The country was divided on the subject of slavery especially in Alton where Illinois was a free state, but St. Louis, Missouri across the river, was considered a slave state. The year is 1837 and the slavery movement is well underway. Many people condone slavery because it will make their life easier. It will cost the owner a lot less to by 2 slaves at $1,500 each, (CITE THIS) than to pay for someone to work their land every year or pay for a maid to clean their house that will cost them…

Elihu prepared the way for God’s arrival on the stage with his vivid description of the impending storm, followed by a doxology: “From the north, golden, He is coming. Upon God is terrible majesty. The Almighty – we have not found Him; He is exalted in strength. In His justice and great righteousness, He does not oppress. Therefore, humans fear Him, for He does not have regard for those who think themselves wise” (37:22-24). “Then the LORD (Yahweh) answered Job out of the storm” (38:1). God’s…