Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man

The culture of such surroundings plays a pivotal role in shaping the culture and by extension the communication behavior of an individual. For instance, developed most of my cultural and communicating traits from my society through daily communication with family friends and acquaintances, and from reading various material and observing the…

religious heritage… Typically long and elaborate in its narrative design, episodic in sequence, and elevated in language, the epic usually begins ‘in the midst of things’ (in medias res) and…

invokes a wall that obstructs our search for true knowledge. For example, Bacon argues about the falsehood of knowledge that is solely based on our senses in his quote concerning the Idols of the Tribe “For it is a false assertion that the sense of man is the measure of things” (882). Additionally, Bacon believes that by depending on our senses for knowledge we create our own caves/walls as Bacon stats “the den of his own, which refracts and discolors the light of nature” (882). Through, each…

Black people growing up in modern day America is without a doubt much better compared to how it was 60 years ago. However, growing up black is still a daunting situation to be in from the moment one develops a sense of social awareness. Blacks grow up realizing that people of their complexion aren’t the ones being advertised as beautiful, learning that certain people of other races do not like others just because of their skin, stereotyped of being something that they are not, watching your…

(104) Grounds: Burning man is once year, where tens of thousands of people gather in Nevada's Black Rock Desert also known as the playa to create Black Rock City. This festival is a temporary metropolis dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance. They depart one week later, having left no trace whatsoever. It started in 1986, by Larry Harvey who built an eight foot tall wooden effigy of a man after a heartbreak. Harvey wanted the man to represent a “free-floating symbol:…

sites of hip hop music in Africa. They also served as pioneers in adopting this culture among West Africans, especially in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. This “hardcore” Senegalese duo was formed in 1992, originally with a third member, Lord Alaji Man, up until 2007 when the group officially changed its name to Daara J Family. This group, whose names means “school of life” in their native language, Wolof, continues to discuss political realities such as the history of African slavery, the…

The United States is a divided society, categorized according to political affiliation, race, and religion. Income earners are separated into middle, low-income, or wealthy classes. Fans choose which seats to sit in during a football game according to the team they are rooting for. Inclusion can provide an odd sense of comfort. All too often, however, transgender youth are denied that sense of belonging because they defy society’s categories of male and female. The gender binary divides society…

Miniature sized madonnas of their era gracefully parade down the stage as their names are called, covered in full glam from head to toe in extensions galore. The authenticity of these young girls wears thin as their costumes exhibit a mature look while their bodies have yet a long way to develop. As pure and glamourous the art of pageantry might seem, behind the curtains lie a different show. Karen Kataline, President of The Center for Leadership Communication and author of award-winning…

Flipping the Classroom: Does it Benefit All or Some Students? (1). Statement and brief explanation of question or problem The concept of flipping a classroom has quickly embedded itself as a pedagogical model of the today’s modern classrooms. The idea of “flipping” originated with Harvard professor Eric Mazur in the late 1990’s; however, two high school Chemistry teachers, Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams, were the driving forces behind its popularity in the high school classroom. In simple…

Benjamin Banneker being a former slave, farmer, astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, and author having experience based knowledge in a reach for answers, from the secretary of state and president. The author talks about the dangers in which the British Crown were placed in, and a time when the tyranny was accountable for the unfairness of slavery. This letter was written in 1791, even years after this letter slavery was still going on until it was abolished. This ties into a point when…