Mass hysteria

This creative piece is set 2 years after The Wave had finished. Laurie and David are being interviewed for a segment on the news. This segment will be shown all around America with millions watching. “Teaching styles have changed drastically over the years. How kids learn today is totally different on how you or I were taught. At Gordon High School in California teacher Ben Ross taught his students how Adolf Hitler gained power. He did this by putting them in the position that the Germans would…

Social changes are reoccurring changes within society that cause change in perceptions, attitudes and actions of individuals. Social changes can be seen as positive and negative depending on how it influenced the behaviour of society. Pleasantville shows many changes that are evident to the behaviour of the citizens in the film. Part A: Identifying Change Women's role at Home During the 1950's, women were expected to stay at home and complete various tasks such as chores, cleaning,…

The industrial revolution changed the way that people lived in their everyday lives. With mass production, thanks to the assembly line, people were able to make and consume products at a much faster rate than ever before in history. However, there was a downside to this shift in living. This downside manifested itself in the form of waste. This waste could come in many shapes, colors, smells, and toxicity, but regardless it soon became a problem that has persisted to this very day. People who…

Discuss the Writer’s Main contention and tone ( in your answer you should identify the type of text, the significance of the author, the context in which the text is created/published, the authors main contention and who they wish to persuade ‘Time To Attack Graffiti’ which was published on January 21st of 2002 and written by Leonie Burke who is the opposition spokesperson for the local Bracks Government and a member of the legislative Assembly for Prahran. This gives gives her the position to…

culture is because it links every person on the planet. It serves as a unifying force for people of all backgrounds. Pop culture includes music, sports, television, fashion, social media, politics, and print. However, the three most influential forms of mass medias are television, social media, and music. The influence has several positive effects on the youth of today’s generation. I feel television is the biggest form of influence in pop culture. Television can be a powerful teacher, ex:…

I will be analyzing The Dangers of Digital Distractedness by Lauren Shinozuka on page 145 of Writing Arguments. This article claims that technology is harming society because it promotes an unproductive habit of multitasking, dehumanizes our relationships, and encourages a distorted self-image. I will be examining the various types of rhetorical strategies and evidence the author uses and how effective they are at persuading the reader in this article. This article uses not so much ethos, but…

In Steve Craig and Terry Moellinger’s article, ““So Rich, Mild, and Fresh”: A Critical Look at TV Cigarette Commercials, 1948-197,” they address the ways in which television commercials promoted the appeal of cigarette smoking to different groups as well as how cigarette companies responded to the rising fears about smoking-related cancer. To start, following World War II television captured the public’s attention as the next greatest technological advancement. Around the country, not only the…

In the article, Why Fat is a Feminist Issue, Abigail Saguy (2010), discusses that why feminist scholars see fat as being a feminist issue. Saguy states, that fat is the result of compulsive eating, and a “coping mechanism for gender inequality” (pg. 1). The article discusses that obesity has a higher rate with poor women and women of color, especially women who deals with sexism, racism, sexual abuse, and discrimination. Furthermore, Saguy discusses the discrimination women face with fat…

The articles written by James B. Twitchell and Steve Craig are focused on the modern day use of advertising. Despite the fact that both authors discuss this same topic, they each have a different approach, and each address a specific characteristic of advertising. Twitchell focuses on the stereotypical categories of society used to manipulate advertising; while Craig focuses on the manipulation of gender identities in advertising. Although the categories discussed by Twitchell do exist in…

Courtney McTaggart Annotated Bibliography COMM 455 Carmen, Rachael, Guitar, Amanda, and Dillon, Haley. (2012). Ultimate Answers to Proximate Questions: The Evolutionary Motivations behind Tattoos, and Body Piercings in Popular Culture. Retrieved from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232565700_Ultimate_Answers_to_Proximate_Questions_The_Evolutionary_Motivations_Behind_Tattoos_and_Body_Piercings_in_Popular_Culture This article is about piercings in popular culture. It states that this…