Surf culture

variables. Recent studies have shown that respondents have rated “safety” as one of the most important factors taken in account when choosing for a place to travel to (Linh, 2015; Hsu et al., 2009). According to Linh (2015), the cost of traveling, culture, climate, and the environment were also important factors amongst college students. Furthermore, two of the factors that were rated highest in deciding on a city to travel to by Danish students were how convenient it was to get to their…

Identity refers to the different qualities, expressions and beliefs used to make a person unique. There are plenty of factors that can influence a person’s identity but I choose to believe that a person’s identity is molded by the physical environment they are placed. Home; the most important place in a person’s life and definitely the most important place that influences a person’s identity. Home is where I was born and raised as a child – a place where I first cried, laughed, smiled, walked…

Born out of a reaction to challenge the mainstream, youth subcultures are an ever-evolving and important part of society. Along with music, dress is a vital tool in the subcultural meaning system, used to express and convey the views of its participants. In this essay, I will be examining the meanings conveyed through the dress of punks in England in the late 1970s. subculture specifically what? Ideals / fetishistic “Youth subcultures can be defined as meaning systems, modes of expression or…

Language as the “Supreme Weapon” in Nineteen Eighty-Four Human beings live in a small world in which they have to communicate with each other. They exchange beliefs, knowledge, opinions, threats, wishes, feelings and promises. Communication is not only based on speaking acts and words but also on facial and body gestures. For instance, we smile to express amusement, happiness, or disrespect. We can also scream to express fear, anger, or excitement. We can use facial gestures to express…

This activity had been constrained because of limited distances and time. Fortunately, this day, there are almost none of these restrictions due to the plenty innovation of goods like computer, laptop, tablet and cell phones. Several of races and cultures can be acknowledged by the virtue of socialization through Facebook, Interpals, Wechat and Whatsapp Messenger without the need of travelling around the world to find new friends. It may stimulate and encourage the people to socialize and…

"Your circle of influence dictates your path"-Jon Bielecki. Everyday the social environment of a person affects the outcomes of their decisions and the direction of their life is essentially chosen by society. Everyone chooses the people they hang out with and in return those people impact everything they do. For Johnny, the gang means everything to him because they protect him, care for him, and most of all, they love him. Therefore, every decision they make impacts Johnny, but these choices…

The transition from adolescence to adulthood is usually acknowledged as a turning point in an individual’s life and is often marked by a coming of age ceremony. In Hinduism, this ceremony is the Sacred Thread Ceremony (Upanayana). Although this ritual shares some fundamental values with Australian adulthood, it only somewhat prepares someone for the transition into contemporary Australian adult life. The disregard for gender and caste rights strongly opposes the Australian value of equality,…

As against dyadic communication (i.e., one to one) and mass communication (i.e., one to many), group communication implies a many-to- many communication. Team work and group communication form an integral part of most organisations that embrace the concept of an open organisational climate and participative management. This is largely because of the complexity of decisions that have to be made when we are dealing with groups as opposed to individuals. 2.2.1 Group communication The member of an…

In Wuthering Heights, some of the characters speak exclusively in the local dialect (the case of Joseph), other use it only to a certain extent and in certain situations (Mr Earnshaw, Hindley, Nelly), while there are other characters whose speech develops from a West Yorkshire dialect to Standard English when their social status changes (the case of Heathcliff and Hareton). Emily Brontë “gives her characters distinctive ways of speaking, according to their station in life and according to…

A birthday is an occasion when a person or institution celebrates the anniversary of their birth. Birthdays are celebrated in numerous cultures;, often with a gift, party, or rite of passage. There are many interesting facts about birthday and also, a lot of stories around it. Are you ready to find out? First, let’s figure out where did birthday traditional come from? There are several rumous about this. Some people assummed that birthday traditional had appeared a long times ago, around…