According to the Lexico Dictionary, censorship is defined as the suppression or repudiation of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are deemed offensive, politically unacceptable, or a threat to safety and security (Lexico Dictionary, 2019). In many countries, governments censor web content and information to protect their citizens from harmful and dangerous material, but some officials go as far as to fully ban certain websites and applications from their countries. Moreover, censorship also helps during times of rioting,...
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Introduction A series of discriminatory events have brought attention to cultural appropriation in fashion. Many major fashion houses (Gucci, Prada, Dior and more) have been accused at being at the forefront of such appropriation. Cultural appropriation as defined by Cambridge Dictionary states that it is âthe act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially without showing that you understand or respect this cultureâ (Cultural Appropriation). Cultural appropriation is often used in academia to...
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Thesis Statement: âBody image is the perception that a person has of their physical self and also the thoughts and feelings that result from that perception. These feelings can be both positive and negative, and are influenced by both individual and environmental factors.â(PSYCHALIVE,2019). I believe that the media has negatively impacted women's body image. Traditional and Contemporary Media's Impact on Body Image The ideal of what is deemed as âbeautifulâ has changed over the years. Previously, the âideal female body...
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It is against human nature to be indifferent to public opinion, especially when those judgements evaluate oneâs stature in society. Reputation is a tremendously significant theme for the female characters in Jane Austenâs Pride and Prejudice. The novel describes the intertwined lives of several middle and upper class families living in England during the late 1800s. In this time period, women had zero means of providing for themselves, so it was absolutely vital that they maintain a respectable peer opinion....
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From trying to cash a check at the bank, to mowing lawns, to sleeping in the college dorms or even coming home to an apartment building, there are numerous stories of African-Americans being harassed. Women, men, and even children going about their daily lives only to be intruded by strangers provoked by their presence and this provocation often ending in police involvement. Advancement in technology has made it easier to capture these incidents and reveal how African-Americans have become targets...
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Writers of dystopian literature focus mainly on the present and future. Both Orwell and Atwood turn their attention to the ways in which the present plays a pivotal role in helping to shape the future. Although both novelists focus on both tenses, dystopian literature often makes readers question if these events reflect the present or events that have not yet happened. Dystopian literature is often reflective of the times in which the author has written them. Both dystopias are mirrors...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a form of computer which has the ability to think for itself and perform tasks that usually require the intelligence of a human such as: speech recognition, decision-making, visual perception and translation between languages. However, there is a common misunderstanding that there is just one type of artificial intelligence. This is not the case. There are actually 3 different types of artificial intelligence: ANI, AGI, and ASI. ANI, or Artificial Narrow Intelligence is the weakest kind,...
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In a world where money is king, advertising has become the sellerâs best friend. But has it become the buyerâs worst enemy? Some studies suggest that we are exposed to as many as twenty thousand adverts per day. Some of these are subliminal, and most people wonât pay attention to more than one percent of all the ads that they see. But that still leaves an astounding two-hundred adverts seen by every person, every day. Adverts are everywhere. Anything that...
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âInjustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhereâ Introduction The issue of serious/violent juvenile crime may be a very complex one, warranting a judicious approach to be adopted to effectively address the competing interests of those juveniles, the victims (especially women and girls), which of public safety. The gang rape on 16 December 2012 has triggered a nationwide debate on a variety of issues, one among them being the quantum of punishment for juveniles involved in heinous crimes. The Juvenile...
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Introduction Social action is the method process in social work . it is a very essestial social practice for the transformation /change or improvement /development for the community in a positive way ,so social action we can be say that it is a type of action that are practiced in a community work process that this action try to change the community setting and functioning into a better way and make a healthy community life also in preventing the good...
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After the World Wars when minorities returned from serving their countries, they had realized that nothing change. Minorities veterans still received unequal discriminative treatment triggering a rise of civil rights movements during the time between 1950s â 1965s calling it âThe Decade of Prosperity and Protest.â Many historical leaders arose during this decade such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Betty Friedman. Among those leaders was Malcom X who was a civil right activist that advocated black pride...
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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee develops Atticus as a complicated character who refuses to abide to his society's norms. On one hand, portrayed as the valiant protector of Tom Robinson, his outstanding moral qualities set him far apart from others of his time. In contrast, he also distinguishes himself from others by his wishes of a gradual social change in Maycomb, though he desires minimal conflict whenever possible. What possible motivations could ever produce such striking...
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Artificial intelligence -- itâs in just about all the technology we use today. Itâs in your phone, television, on your laptop, your tablet -- it can even be in your refrigerator! But as AI continues to advance and grow, people have started to question its capabilities in both positive and threatening lights. The hypothetical threat artificial intelligence (AI) imposes on todayâs society should not be menacing and only creates new opportunities that push our society towards a positive, more efficient...
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Jane Austen's narrative technique is a unique phenomenon. Her use of irony, along with realism and social commentary have earned her spot among critics and well known writers. Pride and Prejudice, first published in 1813, is one of the finest fictional creation of Georian era. Pride and Prejudice, is a novel of manners which includes sub genres such as satire, Realism and Domestic fiction. Pride and Prejudice being novel of manners deals with customs, behaviors, habits and expectations of certain...
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Over the years, advertising has never failed to draw public attention. With the development of technology, advertising has become one of the most integral parts to improve the sales of businesses. Performing an effective advertising is important for businesses to create brand equity, maintain the brand loyalty and achive success (Keller & Kotler, 2016). It is true that advertising is a form of marketing which reach the viewers through various traditional media such as TV ads, newspaper, or modern media...
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Ray Bradbury creates a hedonistic society in his novel Fahrenheit 451. His characters are careless, easily entertained, and concerned with nothing more than leisure; anything that might lead to thought or discussion is not only banned, but completely illegal. Because of this, organized religion is molded into something that the âfamilyâ can use for entertainment without fear of offensive feelings. Bradburyâs frequent allusion to the Christian Bible and use of religious imagery shows the importance that the author places on...
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Prepared or not, the Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the fast-growing technologies taking over the world. Currently, many devices can be interlinked to communicate with each other through a network, from smartphones to robots, smart homes to smart healthcare and smart security to smart agriculture. âMorgan Stanley via British Insider intelligence estimated that there will be more than 75 billion active IoT devices by the end of the year 2020, which will require 7 active IoT devices per...
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When something unexpected happens, it is our intuition to ask questions and try to understand why it has happened. If we can determine the reason of that unexpected event, it may be possible for us to prevent such an outcome next time. However, the ways we, humans try to understand, and reason things are sometimes superstitious, and we cannot explain what is really going on. Correlation which can only state that an event happened around the same time as another...
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Schizophrenia, a term introduced by Bleuler, names a persistent, often chronic and usually serious mental disorder affecting a variety of aspects of behavior, thinking, and emotion. Biopsychology analyzes how the brain influences behavior, feelings, and thoughts (Kalat, 2016). Peculiar behaviors may be associated with social withdrawal and disinterest. âA Beautiful Mindâ is a 2001 biographical drama ïŹlms about the life of John Nash, a mathematical genius that suffering schizophrenia (Howard, 2001). The film is a great illustration to the topic...
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The research about therapeutic inventions are becoming more and more popular as time progresses. However there isn't much research in this topic to determine whether or not therapeutic techniques actually help the brain or not. In this study, it reported a controlled longitudinal study to investigate pre post changes in the brain grey matter concentrations attribute to participation in an MBSR program. Mindfulness meditation has been getting more and more attention to researchers , mindfulness is designed to have an...
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Racism is something that has been fought for many decades in the past and many more to come. A couple hundred years ago many pilgrims made their way to the America to escape racism and start practicing their own ways without any consequences. Years later the same racism that these pilgrims faced back in Europe followed them to the America. Even when we believe that there is not much of a racism conflict in society. However due to terrorism, racism,...
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The play âHedda Gablerâ was written by Henrik Ibsen, a Norwegian playwright, who was sometimes referred to as womanâs rights activist. The play was first performed in 1890,focusing on gender and societal roles within the Victorian Era. The story is told through symbolic meaning as seen by protagonist Hedda Gabler. Hedda is a young newlywed married to an academic man named George Tesman. Despite having all the things sought after by women of this era, Hedda is very unhappy; finding...
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Have you heard the news about the moral dilemma of self-driving car? Itâs a car with an AI programmed to forfeit its travelers to spare the lives of others, in case of a genuine mishap. It works on the principle of utilitarian morals, which would try to limit the total number of casualties in an accident, regardless of whether it implies hurting individuals in the vehicle (Gent). As describe by John Stuart Mill utilitarianism is the view that dictates an...
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The discussion of womenâs freedom has been going on for a very long time. Women have been fighting for and have now been granted the basic human rights, which is the freedom to choose what you want, âfreedom to,â and also given the opportunity to enjoy freedom from getting any harm, âfreedom from.â Women authors have come up to advocate for their rights by writing books demanding their rights and freedom. This paper reviews the book, The Handmaidâs tale, by...
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Published in 1953, Ray Bradburyâs novel Fahrenheit 451 focuses on a dystopian world. In which is his prediction of the 21st century, where the government controls society through technology and the burning of books. In this alternate reality technology tends to have control of the population. Similarly, The Matrix is a film directed by the Wachowskiâs brothers is a science fiction movie, also set in a dystopian world in which a war is being fought against a control system known...
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Workerâs wellbeing is a crucial aspect of maintaining an organisations long-term efficiency. The main reason for deteriorating work performance amongst employees is typically due to stress. Stress has been defined as a psychological state that affects a person when they do not have the adequate resources or coping mechanisms to deal with a specific situation (Michie, 2002). Recently, employers have been held accountable for employee stress and therefore, many have developed procedures to help an individual adjust to stressful work...
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Childrenâs perspectives are often looked over when it comes to injustice in the world. They are seen as naĂŻve, silly, or that they simple just donât understand. However, it is in the eyes of a child, unconditioned by society, that the greatest evidence of injustice lies. This is demonstrated thoroughly in the texts To Kill a Mockingbird and Hidden Figures. Both texts have perspectives of children, though they are opposite races. To Kill a Mockingbird is in the 1930s from...
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Introduction In Australian culture; parties, social activities or even in relaxion alcohol is always available. These drinking practice as part of social customs affects the alcohol consumptions rate in rural areas. Influences through advertisement, marketing and promotion, cost, accessibility and age restrictions. The complex structure of social determinants contributors such as malnutrition, lack of exercise, smoking, drinking and drug abuse may or may not attributed factor to why humans drink at these harmful levels, (Alcohol in Australia) Invasion and Colonisation...
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Itâs this thought, this notion of absolute compliance felt by those submitted to authority which allows power and control to be established and maintained. Imagine believing something to be the complete truth, then realising it was all a lie. A falsehood by those in power forcing you to conform without question. All previously thought values you held dear falling apart from this sudden awakening. This understanding occurs to only a few in dystopian worlds. In all dystopian societies reflected in...
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Introduction Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with what is right and wrong, within the health context ethics can broadly be defined by four accepted principles of: Autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice. These principles act as a guide when dealing with the broader Ethical and Legal issues that all health care workers deal with throughout their career. Although these four above mentioned principles of ethical standards have remained unchanged, the ethical standards of today have begun to change...
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