Near Field Communication

forms of media communication as he was going through life. My father lived most of his life in India, a 3rd world county, so he experienced a slower growth in technology and forms of media communication than the people in the United States. He spent most of his life without cell phones or any other sort of media communication device. His answer to when he first started using a base phone was 2002 and 2010 was when he first started using a cell phone. For…

for virtual contact rather than face-to-face interaction, and that limits the development of interpersonal communication skills (Clemmitt). (i) By spending more time using and connecting with family, friends, and other people on social media platforms, young adults are investing their time and effort on virtual communication. As the result, they have less chance for in-person communication. (ii) According to a survey in the third quarter of 2015, Statista’s members found that Facebook was…

Communication has went on a downward spiral since cell phones have become popular. Some will say cell phones have made a great impact in society by allowing individuals to chat with family members or friends hundreds of miles away. Some also say they are an advancement in society because of the availability of the internet. However there are more downsides to cell phones. Cell phones have taken over everyday conversations and have changed the way the world communicates. The younger generation…

Many individuals often involve themselves in others personal details. If an individual does not act or believe the same as others, that individual is often excluded from society. Twain criticizes and chastises individuals for involving themselves in others personal details; he urges individuals to act indifferent and independent. Twain believes the church controls much of what society deems as correct and incorrect and urges others to act independent and create their own moral code. By…

Props is another factor of iconography that is used and shown in these four films. Props are important in films, because it helps gets certain messages across, makes scenes more authentic, and they also have symbolism. Props used in the four films have meanings and symbolism behind them. For example, the totem in Inception symbolizes reality; whether the characters are dreaming or are in real life. Cobb's totem is a spinning top, and he uses this to test whether he is in reality or not. If it…

A relationship needs mature and healthy love. It is important for us to acknowledge the differences between mature and infatuation love. To know whether each relationship is mature or immature is to see through their actions, communications, and attitudes towards their relationship. For Mature love, couples will show their partner love and respect. For the couple I interviewed, they have proved me that their relationship is mature. As Jasmine shared that she will respect her partner by not…

Fluent speech is characterize by smoothness (i.e. lack of interruptions), speaking rate (i.e. not too fast not too slow), prosody (i.e. emotional intonation) and mental effort (i.e. effortless speech) parameters. Dysfluency in speech refer to any disorder in fluency parameters. In fact, all people are dysfluent in approximately 2% of their speech but about 5% of children and 1% of adults are dysfluent in more than 10% of their speech which are categorized as people who stutter. The most used…

appropriate timing, it can be as effective, if not more, as self-restraint in diffusing conflict. If self-restraint and humor fail, the next alternative is temporary physical separation (Bonta, 1996). This is a very practical approach. If getting near each other will not avoid the expression of heightened emotions, removing oneself physically from the other effectively removes the stimulus of the conflict. That is, temporarily, or until the heightened emotions dissipate and when open and…

While exploring the relationship between our shared knowledge and our individual knowledge, we see that there is an influence from both directions. Shared knowledge, in this context, is the knowledge belonging to a particular group of people who may be collaboratively working together, either in a separate ‘space and time’ or different places. On the other hand, personal knowledge can be interpreted as knowledge resulting from the influence of my own individual perspective, which includes…

People possess culture that makes them significantly different from the others. Each group boast a unique history, language, arts, traditions, beliefs, and other materials people make—whether tangible or not—that build their cultural mark. This mark is learned and passed through generation. However, the diffusion yield a vast increment of cultural groups that influenced each other, so some exhibit mixed cultures. In fact, people nowadays engage in popular culture which is a result of this series…