Write a 5 pages paper on teleliteracy: taking television seriously. Essentially, all major brand name products did their advertisements through the magazines which were at the time circulating in their millions with research indicating magazines claimed 12.6% of the total advertising market share as of 1946. It was during this decade (the 1940s) that television had started truly penetrating into households across the world. However, it was not until 1944 that network television began (Carroll, 377).

By 1956, television diffusion had reached a staggering 71.8% with close to 35 million sets within households worldwide. The resultant growth of television advertisement saw a consequent drop in radio advertising sales. To adjust to the threat of the emergence of television, radios adopted a counter-strategy of focusing on local and regional advertising sales. Magazines on the other hand did not initially feel threatened partly because television did not at the time offer four-color advertisements. And true to their assessment, interest in consumer magazines continued to flourish throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s. However, with the decrease in the prices of four-color televisions, television penetration rose even further by up to 97% in 1969. Consequently, the economic ride the general interest magazine had thrived in came to an abrupt end (Winship, 311).

Displacing the interest in picture magazine with an unrivaled immediacy, four-color television amassed 12.2% of the total advertising market share by 1956 while magazine advertising market share had plummeted to a meager 8%. Television not only ate away magazines’ advertising market but also snatched away the general entertainment seekers who were previously readers. The habit of nighttime television watching resulted in unread magazine pile-ups and a consequent loss of incentive to purchase magazines, therefore. As a result, magazines failed due to loss of national advertising and consumer time which television had so effectively snapped up (Carroll, 411)

Magazines, like radio, adapted to this loss by adopting various strategies. For one, they resorted to focusing on developing more special interest magazines which were intended to gain readership due to the fact that these new magazines offered specialized or more detailed information that was unavailable in the general electronic media.

Provide a 5 pages analysis while answering the following question: Profile of a Park Ranger in Idaho. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required. Being outside, in the wild, and looking at the beautiful Rocky Mountains, while talking to the Ranger, meant that I could see what he is so concerned about. The views, the fresh air and the information we were sharing made me more committed to conservation than ever. As we talked, we walked on a sort trail, allowing me to get a view of the mountains and valleys surrounding us, and being influenced by all the natural beauty all around us.

I was interested to learn that Idaho is 60% owned by the Federal Government and that this has made it possible to preserve so much of the natural environment. When the Ranger spoke of this fact, he smiled, saying that not many people liked this situation. People would rather develop the land, cut down timber, and start cattle ranches in these areas. But the Ranger did point out that as “we keep chipping away” more and more land will be lost to development. What we need an island to camp and fish, hunt and go boating and skiing, according to the Ranger. Again, as he made this comment, he smiled and his face lit up. This is a man who believes passionately in conserving the habitat he works in. He also knows the value of the natural environment for all of us.

He told me something of the history of Idaho, and his beliefs about what has gone wrong in the past were clear. Even though Europeans did not arrive on the east side of the US early, so a lot of wildlife managed to survive, they did get there eventually. By the early 1900s, much of the wildlife had been depleted – he especially mentioned bison. What was positive was the feeling that the seedlings of the wildlife were still available, and people started to conserve. So today, there is a lot of wildlife again, but again, it is being threatened. While there is, as mentioned, a fair amount of public land, the demand is growing for development and farmland. As we sat next to a small stream, it hit home that so much of this environment is vulnerable to humans.

Already, there are very serious problems with the number of weeds growing in the area. These are aggressive weeds and they stop the growth of the natural sagebrush. This happens especially in the lowlands. In the higher elevations, the weeds tend not to grow as much.&nbsp.

Write 8 pages with APA style on How do notions of the postmodern undermine the truth of the photographic image. ated to bring a revolution in ways of capturing details, critiques argue that photography is not just a mere window on the world but it has become a space for nightmares, obsessions, unconsciousness and an opening of fantasies thorough computer manipulations that stage convincing fictional images (Kostikova,2013,pp.24-28). The manipulation leads into doubts over the originality of photographs. Rather than the manipulation of photographs, other notions of postmodernism such deteriorating discipline, war photography, propaganda and political agendas can be identified to be among the causes of negativity on the truth of the photographic image.

To fully understand photography, it is important to understand the origin of photography and its impact on the people of the postmodern age. The presence of photographic practice shows the ability to capture reality at a given time without any intervention by man, indicating a clear distinction from a painting that was an artistic contemplation. There had been some excitements due to the technological innovation that new gadget was capable of achieving. However, two questions were arising concerning the beautiful images produced by the camera. The first question was on the origin of the photograph image. That leads to being curious on the truth about the content of the image (Applin, 2014, pp.387-389). The second question was on the purpose of the photo image. together with the uses it can be subjected. Looking at both questions, the credibility of the photography is undermined due to the various works of art that are not original, and it becomes challenging to verifying their originality and the purpose of having reality on them.

Hughes argues that, “Despite its apparent precision, perspective is a generalization about experience. It schematizes, but it does not really represent the way we see.

Create a 7 pages page paper that discusses postcolonial theorists concerns and marxists thinking on international relations. Postcolonial theories study political knowledge, through understanding the functional relations of political and social power that ensures colonialism and neocolonialism. This enhances the aspects of representations of the imperial regime. for instance cultural, social, and political representations. of the colonizer, and the colonized populace. As an approach to contemporary history, postcolonialism influences the cultural perception modes. Postcolonial theories analyze the human relations within colonial nations and the people exploited through colonial rule (Chirot, 2006). Critical theorists who analyze postcolonialism, explain the ideologies of neocolonialism through humanities examples. for instance, philosophy and Marxists theory, history, political science, sociology religion, feminism, and linguistics. These humanities provide the anti-conquest narrative which illustrates the stories of subjugation by colonialists (Fisher 2011).

Marxist international relations theory entails the ideas which dispute the realist or liberal perception of state cooperation and conflict. It instead focuses on material or economic aspects. These theories strive to reveal how economics is more significant than the other concerns. hence, it focuses more on class aspects (Fanon, 2003). Marxist theories are very influential in the social and political issues of South-Eastern Asia, Latin America, Africa, and some areas of Europe like Italy, France, and Greece. However, the theory receives inadequate attention in the USA due to insignificant influence in mainstream politics, even for democratic socialists’ political parties. Realists together with the liberals, criticize the Marxist theories due to consequentiality and also ideological reasons. Post positivists do not agree with the significance of class conflicts for Marxists. as the key human life aspect, and the approach to understanding human behavior and history (Gregory, 2009).

The postcolonial theorists who are discussed in this paper are. Frantz Fanon, Edward Said, Gayatri Spivac, and Dipesh Chakrabarty. Frantz Fanon, a psychiatrist, studied and medically illustrated the colonialism nature as basically destructive.

I need help creating a thesis and an outline on The Tuesdays With Morrie. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required. Mitch’s life was not perfect and his relationship with his wife is greatly affected by his work. Meeting up with Morrie every Tuesdays, Mitch now became more aware of the missed out chasing the life he thought was what’s best for him and his wife. He now finds himself wondering if he is really happy with what he has and what he had become. He needed more time with his professor to enlighten him and answer his questions about life but he now has little time left with his professor. If only he chose to keep his promise and kept in touch with Morrie, he might be happier with his life. He may have chosen a different path with his life. But nevertheless, he had the chance to make up for the time lost with his dear professor.

This is one lesson that we need to consider in our life. We must not take for granted the important people in our lives. Although they will be there to help us and love us, we must also reciprocate everything and let them feel our love. There will be a lot of opportunities that will come for us as we live, it is very important that we will not take others for granted as we embrace these opportunities.

In the book, not only did Mitch ditch his promise with Professor Morrie, but he also keeps on failing his wife by not keeping his promise to her. Although he knew his wife will stick and wait for him every time he leaves for his job, he still barely spends time with her to check on her or make-up for his absence. His wife only asked for them to have a baby. And yet, for years they have been married, they still don’t have a baby. Time flies so fast and there is a great possibility that his wife will not become pregnant anymore. What will happen if this will be the case? We don’t need to wait as if we have all the time in the world, because we don’t. This is the reason why we should do things now and not later. We might regret everything if we will lose the chances we have.