Florence Kelley

Florence Kelley, social worker and reformer, in her child labor speech (1905), argues for the creation of child labor laws. Ms. Kelley persuades her audience against the current child labor conditions through the utilization of convicting diction, moving imagery, and saddening emotion. By enacting the use of such rhetorical devices the speaker is creating indisputable guilt within her audience in order to convince them for the creation of child labor laws. She speaks to her audience of white men…

Take a quick second to recall the last time you went online. Did you perhaps browse your newsfeeds on Facebook, Instagram or Snapchat? If so, you’re in great company. According to Time Magazine, the average American checks social media approximately 46 times a day! We live in a time where our life is centered around social media and maintaining the perfect online profile. The “perfect profile” is centered around a large group of friends to comment, like, and share your posts. An article…

In the genre of science fiction, authors and directors create new worlds of fantastic possibilities. Some of these worlds take place in our future, theorizing about things that are to come, while others take us to galaxies far, far away. Regardless of where or when the story takes place, particular conventions are always certain. One such convention is that when a new technology is central to the plot, the technology will cause harm. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan demonstrates this through the…

To evaluate my friendship with Jeremy, I have chosen the Social Exchange Theory to represent our situation. The authors of the Social Exchange Theory are Kelley and Thibaut. The premise of the Social Exchange Theory, is that we as people, “like relationships with persons who are rewarding and avoid those that are unreasonably costly; people evaluate their relationships with others in terms of the outcome”…

Introduction The field of communication has a lot of widely recognized theories that are practical in our everyday lives. A topic that I am really interested in is interpersonal communication because it is crucial to help develop and further a relationship. The theory within interpersonal communication that really stands out to me is the Social Exchange Theory (SET). This is ‘one the most influential conceptual paradigms in organizational behavior.’ (Cropanzo, Russell & Mitchell, Marie S., 2005…

Chobani is a yogurt making company that started up eleven years ago and today has grown to be the top selling yogurt in America. The 2015 annual revenue of the company was 1.6 Billion dollars. The reason Chobani has grown so much so fast isn’t by accident. Diabetes has been an enormous deal in America for a long time. Most of Americans are trying to make a change and live healthier lifestyles than they used to. Chobani gives a chance for Americans to do exactly that by using all real fruit and…

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Americans love their automobiles, and we've all had chips and scratches in our automobile paint. Not only can they distract from your car's beauty, but they also make your car susceptible to rust and environmental damage. Scratches and auto body damage can come from a rock being thrown from a semi or from someone who is in a hurry at the grocery store who dings your car with a shopping cart. The truth of the matter is that most of these accidents are avoidable, here's how to properly fix auto…

Nick Woodman is a surfer turned millionaire, who founded the GoPro Company in 2002. The company’s flagship product is a high-speed, durable camera used for extreme sports such as skydiving, surfing, biking, and much, much more. At the tender age of, Nick became an interstate surfing medalist, after inspiring himself with photos from a surfing magazine. He began his entrepreneurship as a teenager, selling t-shirts, and eventually entered UC San Diego, due to its close proximity to the beach. In…

of the many things he did in order to help people, and himself, was the making of pedestrian streets in cities; he did this in order to cut down on the chaos of traveling. He also started the free rein in ruin architecture by bringing attention to Florence, after he transformed the spirit of it; it went from a spirit of adorations, to one of disturbing urgency. Before the Renaissance era, in the Middle Ages, only priest could read, and books were rare treasures. The Renaissance helped spread…