Introduction The onset of globalisation gave rise to the internationalisation of the productive forces of the world’s economy due to technological advancement and the invention of new digital technologies (Friedman, 2005: 45). This work analyses the range of factors that depict the new media as a phenomenon which goes beyond the technological sphere by looking at the ways in which it enables the emergence of […]

Music is more than just a source of entertainment for people all over the world. For many, many centuries music has been used for reasons other than just entertainment. Take our National Anthem…”The Star Spangled Banner” for example. It was written as a patriotic song and, its purpose was to evoke the countries struggles of the past, traditions, and its history. During the 1800’s when […]

INTRODUCTION Technology is changing the way lessons are taught. A wide variety of multimedia applications teaching various core competencies are now available either freely or commercially. The World Wide Web (WWW) is also becoming a very powerful tool for teaching, allowing teaching materials to be enhanced by hyperlinked audio, video, interactive objects and animations. PURPOSE The purpose of this document is to compare and contrast […]

In her written statement last November 9 2005, Barbara E. Bergman, the President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, aptly stated in behalf of the NACDL that the fundamental issue of every criminal trial is not to entertain, nor to educate, but to administer justice[1]. The controversy regarding whether media coverage of criminal trials is detrimental to a fair trial or not is […]

Viewers now see Lucozade as a new and trendy energy enhancing soft drink, because it has been associated with popular music styles of the time and Daley Thomson and disassociated with sick children (which may not have been the intention of the original advertising campaign but is probably what was remembered from it.) In my opinion, Lucozade’s most successful campaign is its most recent association with […]

In casinos and gambling industry, Harrah’s is somewhat similar to Amazon. com in retail industry. The two companies shares similar characteristics as they were born in internet era and their passion to conquer their industry has driven them to employ appropriate technology to gather customers’ data and use them for increasing their revenue. In short, the two companies increase their revenue by creating large customers […]

Mr. Clayt Shirky had a talk about the fast-growing innovation of media this past few years. He also discussed on how media shifted the user’s way of communication, and its effect in our lives consciously and unconsciously. There were innovations such as printing press, telephones, film and televisions. He mentioned that media that is good at creating conversations is no good at creating groups, and […]

Does the Media Sexualize Little Girls? Many different articles and essays use statistics to back up their claims but you is to say if they are accurate or not? In “Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Princess Effect” by Stephanie Hanes and “Toddlers in Tiaras” by Skip Hollandsworth they use many different statistics to back up their claims that the media is sexualizing little […]

Computer Role in Entertainment & the Arts How will my leisure activities be affected by information technology? Information technology is being used for all kinds of entertainment, ranging from video games to telegambling. It is also being used in the arts, from painting to photography. Let’s consider just two examples, music and film. Computers, the internet, and the World Wide Web are standing the system […]

A financial intermediary is a person or an entity, which connects provider of a financial service to a buyer of a financial service, or the vice versa. Thus, a financial intermediary plays “an important role in the transfer of funds from savers to the final users”. A bank is the typical example of a financial intermediary, collecting funds (deposits) and lending the same, without any […]