MTV Networks

When we think of major music events that are viewed by many young adults, the MTV Video Music Awards comes to mind. But who could have imagined that in 2013 roughly 10.1 million people would tune in the watch the “public sexual blossoming of Miley Cyrus”. (Deadline, 2013) “About five million of these viewer ages ranged from 12 to 34” which is a time when many people are still forming their identity. (Deadline, 2013) This was not the only shocking display from a female artist. Singers Lady Gaga…

The world we currently live in is based on an amalgamation of ideas, where some achieve exponential success whilst others fade into obscurity. Malcolm Gladwell, through his book “Tipping Point” addresses the magic moment when these ideas cross the threshold and spread like wildfire (Gladwell, Preface). Moreover, he asserts that there are a number of factors that are at play in virtually every influential trend, ranging from the rise and decline of Airwalk shoes to an alarming escalation in…

TV INFLUENCES- Fifty Years of Fashion by Valerie Steele p.118- Yuppie culture may have helped to be defined by popular TV shows such as Dynasty, a popular obsession and 1980s nighttime TV series. End paraphrase. The show garnered worldwide popularity, coinciding with the increased demand of cable within the households in Western culture. The show exhibited the lifestyle of the wealthy, wearing luxurious designer garments, perhaps responsible for furthering the ‘wealthy’ appearance trend of the…

head. Possibly one of the most negative affects of social networking or media is that it causes the users to get addicted. A value is a general idea that certain types of behaviors are good, right, or moral. Businesses have benefited from social networks. “With social media the businesses can connect with their targeted customers for free, the only cost is energy and time” (Imtiaz Ali). Although there are benefits that…

users armed with just enough knowledge to be dangerous: There should always be steps in place and contingency plans for all possible attacks on a system or network. It is good that this lesson was learned sooner rather than later so that the IT team stays vigilant and supervises experimental software among other threats. 5. Institute rigorous network change control: Establishing formal and consistent procedures for changes is a good use of a lesson learned. Taking control of their previous…

team and network in general by working with staff members and players to create the best gameplay experience for every player. I am a very experienced staff member and know all of the methods and commands to make sure everything runs smoothly on the network. I am very dedicated towards a server that I hold a staff position on. I never have and never will abuse on a server for myself or another player. I'm very kind and fair to all players no matter who you are which is vital for a network to run…

So you have an old Dell PowerEdge 2900 Server laying around with a few hard drives and your thinking I would really like to use this equipment as a NAS drive. It could happen, in our case it did. There were some stumbling blocks on the way though. Here is how we got through them… The goals we wanted to accomplish were creating a RAID5 array of 8 (7+1 Hot Spare) 1TB hard drives and then wanted to connect this FreeNas volume through and iSCSI channel to a file server that will present the NAS…

When the company becomes public, investors supply assets and cash. In order to keep up those assets, the chief executive or manager has to make decisions to increase the shareholder 's return, which occasionally can be inhuman and unethical. In Network, it displays Frank Hackett’s willingness (Robert Duvall) to make decisions, which is in his favor but intentionally puts Howard Beale (Peter Finch) and Max Schumacher (William Holden) in miserable. Both Howard and Max experiences the corporate…

In 1976, Sidney Lumet directed the film Network that was about a news anchorman named Howard Beale, who had been in the same industry for eleven years working at The Union Broadcasting System (UBS). Beale was known for being “the mandarin of television” throughout the 1960s with outstanding ratings. However, his career soon came to a downfall in the late 1960s. In 1969, Beale’s ratings began to drop. Soon after that, he lost his wife and fell into a deep depression and started to drink…

deal of research attention, but very little has explored the internal workings of the field itself. Little is known about the organizations and actors involved in professional development or about interactions among them. Yet, the the structure of networks in a field influence the availability and flow of ideas (Beckert, 2010a). The available ideas, in turn, influence which practices are adopted (Beckert, 2010a; Coburn, 2004; 2005a; Rao et al., 2003). Influence actors can play a critical role in…