V. Mass Media as a Major Tool to Expand the Influence of Nv-hanzi Apart from the influence of the socio-economic conditions in China, mass media also plays an important role in the rising popularity of the term nv-hanzi. In the book Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman argues that "the medium is the metaphor". Our thoughts about the world could be largely influenced by what the media lets us know. "... the forms of our media... are rather like metaphors, working by unobtrusive but powerful
he pervasiveness of the media in the twenty first century and its controversial role in shaping public perception in contemporary societies, all point to the need for the assessment of public perception towards immigrants in South Africa and Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) in particular. This is because xenophobia poses an existential threat to human rights and the economic significance of foreign nationals, not to mention its contravention of the constitution of the country. Since the first printing
One psychological reaction that is often allusion is the assault person syndrome. This has also been associated with post-traumatic stress disorder as victims of domestic violence are revealed to severe trauma and they may sometimes feel they are in danger even if they are not. “Many forms of verbal and psychological abuse appear relatively harmless at first, but expand and grow more menacing over time, sometimes gradually
accosted by Beast, did she raise her eyebrow at his size instead of just standing up to him and telling him to hand over the key to her father’s prison, and let them both get out of there,” (Craven 139). This shows how the skillful implication of violence has added to Belle’s artificial portrayal of feminism. Belle has had no power over herself and her future throughout either productions. If it was not Gaston trying to marry her, it was the Beast imprisoning her, then Gaston
(SPACE GAP). Maybe violence, bruises and all sorts of physical abuse, or possibly sexual abuse. But you might be forgetting that one thing that is just as important as the others: Emotional child abuse. Child abuse, in particular, emotional child abuse, is a highly undervalued
achieve. The present book is an effort to throw light on the various issues and challenges faced by woman in different spheres of life. The book covers a variety of themes related to women such as gender inequality, education, sexual harassment, violence against women etc. The book is an effort by a number of scholars who have contributed valuable articles in this book. This book has a wide horizon because of the presence of various articles and research paper exploring the issues and challenges
Psychological, emotional or physical mistreatment of a child can result as a threat to the child. This is known as Child Abuse. Parental abuse of children or child-in-child abuses are some examples of child abuse. Even-though this is a very big concern in today’s world, people tend not to care about this. Thus, authors like Dave Pelzer or Laurie Halse Anderson express their view about this through their literature works. Laurie Halse Anderson’s “Speak” and Dave Pelzer’s “A Child Called It” discuss
In the criminal justice system, the courts view and consider the (BWS), which is Battered Woman’s Syndrome. Battered woman’s syndrome was first introduced in the 1970’s and coined by Lenore Walker. It is a syndrome that in a criminal defense shows patterns of pyschological impact towards the victim of long-term abuse in their relationship with their partners/spouse. The symptoms of BWS have been determined to be fear, injuries, constant abuse inflicted on a woman by their partners. The victim begins
1. Thomas Nilsen’s principle of “significant choice” focuses on the degree of free, informed, and critical choice that is fostered by communication on matters significant to us. This means that when communicating a message the speaker must try to seek the best information available and include knowledge of various alternatives to his point. Fox News often does not seek the ideal of significant choice and instead focuses on primarily offering the viewpoints of a strong republican. In this view, Fox
Introduction Media agenda setting has in recent times retained the idea that the issues considered important by the media are the same as those considered important by the public; there by meaning that media agenda is the public agenda. Issue salience deems that public starts preferring and giving importance to news and views as set forth by the media as its views. The issues and stories thus covered by the media are believed to be those which are the priority of media and hence that of the public