Factors of production

channels and an audience of 10 million people, the show grossed $125 million by the end of its first year, of which Winfrey received $30 million. She soon gained ownership of the program from ABC, drawing it under the control of her new production company, Harpo Productions ( 'Oprah ' spelled backwards) and making more and more money from syndication. (Biography.com Editors). Now the mogul has founded O, The Magazine, Oprah.com on the web, and Oprah Radio which is located on Sirius XM Radio.…

Human beings are, in some sense, enslaved to the production for the owners of factories on assembly lines. Our human nature arises from the historical condition and social structures. What it means to be a human and the question of who we are, comes from the need to reach out the meaning of our identity. In other words, what makes us what we are depends on the part that social institutions have played in a historically conditioned society, a society that has changed throughout time. The social…

Writing Assignment A3B We made a team and had a interview with Wang Xiaofei, the chairman of South Beauty, one of the largest chain restaurant corporation in China. This is a family enterprise, which is owed by Wang Xiaofei’s mother, Zhang Lan. South beauty attracted Chinese media’s eyes in 2010 as Wang Xiaofei got married with a famous Chinese actress. Since that, it expanded its business to Tai Wan. As far as I know, operating chain restaurants in china is very hard due to the competition.…

Marx’s Theory of Historical Change states that society is determined at any given time by the means of productions (land, technology, and natural resources) and the social relationships that are occurring while amassing these means of production- like becoming a farmer to feed your family. His theory was based off of Hegel’s Theory of History which explores how we place ourselves in a world of aesthetics whilst the real world is more idealistic. Despite partially agreeing with Hegel’s theory,…

The bourgeoisie are the ones who hold the majority of America’s wealth, despite what ideal notions people have. The bourgeoisie are also the ones who control the means of production and how the economy is perceived by the masses. The reality of poverty is pushed away to conceal how distorted the United States wealth is distributed. Marx’s focus on the exploitation of capitalism helps recover the issues of poverty and show…

Final Exam Q&A Assignment The Marriage and Family course has been an interesting course. I have learned some things that I did not have a great deal of knowledge about before. On the surface, the title of the class makes it appear that it will be simple and not very challenging. That notion couldn’t be further from the truth. This semester I have learned that relationships between spouses and their children can be very complex. It has caused me to think carefully about my future plans for a…

Film production has been a part of American’s history since the 1900s. Hollywood became hugely industrialized during the 1930s and 40s. (Sardar, Ziauddin, 44) It all started with motion picture. Film Production is one of the great American achievements. The industry has grown and increased up to this day. The Process of Film Making isn’t too easy. What are the essential steps involved in film production today? Film Production includes all aspects of the production itself. There are five…

The assembly line has historically been lauded for the success it brought to the auto industry, specifically during the production of the Model T built by the Ford Motor Company starting in 1908. What is often overlooked, however, is the human toll of this technological invention. Despite the exponential growth in efficiency and profit resulting from the assembly line and the higher employee wages that followed, worker satisfaction suffered. Frederick Taylor’s principles of “Scientific…

classes exclusively for the purpose of protecting self-interest. The labor of the lower classes not only supported their subsistence, but upheld the luxurious existence of the bourgeoisie as well. While the bourgeoisie retained control of the means of production, they entered an agreement with the proletariat to form “the rights of man,” which preserve the rights to life, liberty, and security with the limitation that one man’s rights should not undermine the rights of another. In his effort to…

Karl Marx’s Social Class, The State, and Law Our world today is very overpopulated, for this, people are constantly in opposition against each other. As individual’s we were born with the right to think for ourselves, and free to be who we are, but this has not always been the case. For several years, there has been issues within several social classes. In his article, Karl Marx addresses several of the issues of social class, and how these issues established state laws. Karl Marx describes in…