Oprah Winfrey

The United States has long been known as the country of freedom and equal opportunities. Years ago, foreigners came from all over the world to the United States looking for more opportunities and better lives for their families. Immigrants came to the United States in search of the American Dream. To most Americans, the American Dream is “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” (Declaration of Independence). Everyone in the United States should have the right and equal opportunity to…

be addressed until African Americans were as economically powerful as White people, persuading them to have respect. Today, many African Americans have worked hard to become economically successful. These people include Oprah Winfrey and Michael Jordan for example. Oprah Winfrey started her career as a talk show host who now owns her own TV station and is known for her generosity when it comes to giving back to the public. Michael Jordan, the former Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards…

Challenge is one of the best example to validate how influential social media can be as a medium to market a campaign. This icy phenomenon had gained massive attention across the nation in which many celebrities, world leaders and CEOs including Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, George W. Bush, Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift were also joined to drench themselves with buckets of ice water. As reported in the Facebook Newsroom, during the period from 1st June 2014 to 1st September 2014, more than 17…

Advertisement companies and marketing firms have the most demand nowadays, because everywhere you look you can see some form of advertisement. It is far from surprising to spot an abundant of brand name and logos in all places all targeted to different individuals for a variety of reasons. Although one many not notice that all ads are not the same, some created for specific audiences while others are for more general purposes. Particular advertisements are even intended to invoke certain…

had many TV shows in the 1990s but gained public recognition in her own sitcom. She made history in 1997. (Watson 2) In 1997, after Ellen admitted to being lesbian, her TV character also made a coming out announcement. She also had a guest star Oprah Winfrey. (Watson 4) Ellen married actress Portia De Rossi in August 2008. Her road to success was not a bed of roses. Many people learned a lot from her being fierce, but very kind.…

and willing to extender forgiveness (Sanderson, 2008; Sanderson & Emmons, in press)….used Twitter to present himself as an accountable person who was read to the bear the burden of his wrongdoing…beyond what was presented on the telecast with Oprah Winfrey.” (Armstrong case) In Armstrong’s case, mortification would have been the best route and would have created a sense of empathy among his fans. Michael Vick is another athlete who used mortification as an image repair tactic. He went through…

lost the respect and admiration of this fellow peers and millions of fans who were at owe with his miraculous feet. Armstrong has become even more of a celebrity for the wrong reasons and lost respect from the general public. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey Armstrong admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs and blood fusions due to a ‘ruthless desire to win.’ After the interview were Armstrong admitted to doping CBS reported that Armstrong was in communication with the U.S Justice…

Equal opportunity; one of the numerous ideals the American flag represents. Many come to America in seek of a better life and for more opportunity because they know they can achieve their goals through hard work. Several of my relatives have done just that, and have found success. In America every individual has the opportunity to control their own destiny and can achieve anything they set out to do, this I believe. America was built on freedom long ago in 1776. There is perhaps no other…

this there are positive role models in the media who do not portray the image of females having to be “slim”. Examples of these women are Cheryl Obama, Oprah Winfrey and Rushanara Ali who have become successful due to their own handwork and merit and not due to their size. Also women who are a plus size are now seen as healthy and beautiful, like Oprah thus promote physical health and can impact female in a positive way as they are not always subjected to images of stick thin…

Lance Armstrong's Philosophical, Social Contributions, and Doping Allegations Lance Edward Armstrong is an American Professional Road Racing Cyclist and a testicular cancer survivor. He is the 1993 Elite Men's Road Race World Champion and won the Tour de France seven times back to back from 1999 to 2005 (“Lance Armstrong”). In between his success of becoming the most world famous cyclist came complication. The actual question society tries to solve is: does Lance Armstrong's philosophical and…