Essays on Journalism and Communication Literature Reviews

This movie review "Teenage Love in The Notebook" sheds some light on the movie, 'the notebook' to define the aspect of teenage love and the nature it affects the teenagers in their ambition.... These events are a definition of how true love can be developed from teenage age into old age.... ... ... ...

The paper "Analysis of the Article Social Identity, Class Identity, and Political Perspectives" states that the notion of class as a salient social identity and the importance of other social identities have met considerable controversy.... This controversy is divided into two opposing camps.... ...

This paper ''Dollars and Dreams: West Africans in New York'' tells that the US has many opinions in the global population about the way in which Americans believe and live.... There are those that think that Americans are both arrogant and ignorant, asserting their way of life on the entire planet because of some perception of superiority....

The paper "Economy Government and Policy" is a great example of a literature review on macro and microeconomics.... When the conceptualisation of fracking and horizontal drilling became evident in North Dakota, in the underground Bakken shale, then it was something only comparable to the gold rush situation (Duckett, p 3, 2014)....

The paper "The Working Time Directive and Labour Force" is a wonderful example of a literature review on management.... The paper "The Working Time Directive and Labour Force" is a wonderful example of a literature review on management.... The Working Time Directive (WTD) of the European Union is a contemporary representation of the greater effort by the EU to safeguard the overall safety and health of its workers....

This movie review "Sunny and A Simple Life" is dedicated to two films that tend to resists the concepts of ephemerality.... The paper thus discusses how the two films "Sunny" from Korea and "A Simple Life" from Hong Kong resist ephemerality.... ... ... ... The movie "Sunny" is mainly based on a group of seven women who were high school friends and had formed a group which they named Sunny....

The paper "Workforce Diversity as an Ethical Responsibility" discusses that organisations must invest the requisite time, effort and resources into the design and implementation of diversity management paradigms which reflect the nature of the organisation's workforce and empower them.... .... ... ...

The following literature review "How Effective are Budget Targets as Personal Performance Measures" is focused on the budget targets' effectiveness as seen from the perspective of performance measurement that can only be analyzed by looking forward to the present fiscal policies....

The paper "Truth in Human Sexuality in a World of Diversity" states that the authors seem to indirectly advocate that heterosexual orientation is the norm in society.... This is evident due to the fact most sections of the book base their discussions on the assumption that the audience is heterosexual....

The main focus of the paper "Income Inequality in Chinese Society" is on examining such questions as an economic explanation of income inequality, consequences of economic Reform, 21st-century causes, political leaders of China, free schooling for kids up to nine years of age, social protection.... ...

The paper 'Knowledge and Attitude of Healthcare Workers and Patients on Healthcare Acquired Infections in a Hospital' is a delightful variant of a literature review on nursing.... The paper 'Knowledge and Attitude of Healthcare Workers and Patients on Healthcare Acquired Infections in a Hospital' is a delightful variant of a literature review on nursing....

The following paper "Is Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism a Problem or Solution" provides a critique of Marx's theory of historical materialism with an eye to dissecting his view that capitalism was both the cause of the problem and the source of the solution.... ... ... ... We shall seek to define what exactly the problem is, as well as what the solution may be in light of this theory and whether it is a matter of contradiction to state that capitalism is both....

Review: Birth of a nation The film revolves around the American Civil War when two families – the Stonemans and the Camerons – try to deal with the post-conflict situation.... The plot is based on a story narrated from the perspective of southerners.... The story portrays that freedom for the blacks is causing turmoil in the society thereby forcing the while ruling population to impose laws and restrictions....

Hip Hop Order No.... 511606 Chapter six sheds light on the Hip Hop scene that set the pop culture stage on fire along the West Coast.... The era oozes with some of the most colorful personalities like Snoop Dogg, Tupac Shakur, Ice –T, Ice –Cube and Dr.... Dre most popularly known for their Gangsta Rap, Melody groves and theatrics that shot them to instant fame....

The main aim of the following review "Integrated Public Health" is to describe the organization and objective of public health institutions.... Furthermore, the writer will emphasize the importance of gathering relevant data of population in the Newham community.... ... ... ... Public health is defined as the combination of skills, beliefs, and sciences directed to the improvement and maintenance of all people's health through social and collective actions....

The paper contains a critical review of the James Bond film "GoldenEye" in which the elements of action, suspense, and a romance are very well integrated into a cohesive and coherent plot.... Two features have particularly caught the author's attention, its charismatic hero and well laid out plot....

The title of this 2011 television drama movie is “Too Big to Fail” and details all the steps that were taken to save the American financial system during the height of the sub-prime housing mortgage crisis.... The title derives from the idea that some banks and other financial.... ... ...

The film describes the American culture in relation to immigration issues.... In the movie, many people move from their homes in Central and South America to United the US to search for better living opportunities. ... ... he.... ... ... Marc Silver and Gael Garcia Bernal reveal a dead body found in the Arizona Desert (Solano 2013)....

This paper "The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation" tells that disability culture centers more on self-value and visibility; whereby, such groups prioritize being recognized and pursuing common objectives (Fleischer & Zames, 2011; Riddel &Watson, 2014, pp.... 194-195).... ... ...

"Learning Theory and Online Technologies by Linda Harasim" paper contains a book review that delves into the discussion of the key points that are in chapters 8 and 9 of the Harasim publication of 2012.... Her book Learning theory and online technologies are quite educative.... ... ... ... Below are the main takeaways that I came out with from the book; Real case studies online collaborative learning methods that have been adopted by institutions....

The paper "How the Growing Amount of Obsolete Electronics Is Increasing the Amount of Electronic Waste" states that if the manufacturers were to be placed in charge of getting rid of the waste, they would be more conservative about the materials they use to create the products, to begin with.... ...

In the paper 'My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult' the author focuses on the novel, which arrests our emotions by depicting the story of very rare family conflict and doesn't fail to spread the message of the triumph of love over every weakness.... ... ... ... The author explains that Anna and Kate are sisters....

The author analyzes the movie Saving Private Ryan which was released in 1998 by Hollywood director Steven Spielberg.... This movie is aimed at recreating the events of World War II during the invasion of Normandy.... This film accurately depicts the battle scene, particularly in the Omaha landings scene....

The chapter states that every now and then, mothers dispose of their old clothes especially T-shirts and they replace them with new.... ... ... The chapter states that the mothers have no idea why do they have so many clothes lying around in their wardrobe and the numbers of clothes they dispose of exceed the demand of such clothes within the poor of United States. ...

This article, written by Feng-Qi Lai and Timothy Newby (2012) reports on a study conducted to evaluate the impact of animated graphics on learning a task.... The main aim of the study was to examine when graphics are used to enhance learning and the types of graphics used.... The.... ... ... One hundred and eighty five native English speaking undergraduate students from Midwestern University took part in the study....

The focus of the brand is on delivering happiness, whether they are customers, employees, or vendors.... Through delivering happiness business model, the company focuses over providing customer.... ... ... A good customer service is importantly a golden rule for every firm because it help companies in attracting a large number of customers....

From the essay "Space Retrieval Treatment with Dementia," it is clear that dementia is an illness in which spaced retrieval plays a crucial role in therapies.... Despite this innovation in approach to patients with dementia, this procedure does not eliminate dementia.... ... ... ... The common belief is that people with dementia cannot learn....

This book review "The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn" presents a novel by Mark Twain on of the American great novels with a variety of themes.... The book is noted due to its colorful description of people and places in America during the early 1990s.... ... ... ... The adventure explores the notions of identity and race....

The paper "Wal-Mart Value Chain Activities" states that the strategy of Wal-Mart has been a success through simplicity and innovative practices in value chain activities such as purchasing, logistics, and information management, which resulted in offering lower price value offers every day.... ... ...

Cochrane Database Syst reviews, 18(2), pp.... Barrett and Randle point out that some of the things that could help in these kinds of situations are effective communication, workshops about infection control, constant reminders from their supervisors and neatly placing the equipments and disposing garbage at the right place (Barrett & Randle, 2008)....

The essence of terrorism is psychological and is fueled by symbolic action and communication.... The paper "The Persian Gulf War of 1991 and the Iraq War of 2003" states that the article has been written before the Iraq war of 2003.... But it could well have been written about it, because it talks of issues that are linked to this war, of issues that caused it....

This literature review "Children with Learning Disability: Theory, Concept and Learning Programs" presents education for children with special needs, the manner in which this problem is addressed should be given utmost attention by teachers and policymakers.... Support required for primary and secondary students with communication disorders and/or other learning needs....

An author of the following review will attempt to examine the political, economic, legal, and moral implications of the use of contractors, consultants, and mercenaries services in Afghanistan and Iraq.... The writer will analyze the topic in contrast with the US army.... ... ... ... The word 'mercenary' takes on an academic context and perception in meaning in the minds of most people as one associated with individuals who sell or trade their military tactics and expertise for personal financial gain; again not reflective of ideologies of the hiring entity, but a personal and singled-minded gain that compels the mercenary to perform acts of inconceivable violence....

This literature review "Building Information Modeling" discusses BIM that involves the creation and management of construction data throughout the construction lifecycle.... BIM encompasses different views from the building model, arranged in an automatically consistent manner.... ...

The author of this paper "The Quality of Democracy in Thailand" discussing the intertwisted relationship between the military and monarchy.... This paper argues that military intervention is a part of Thai politics as if the monarchy is a part of the Thai nation.... ... ... ... Although the military literally returned to barracks, the 2006 coup d'etat seemingly appeared to be another 'consistent intervention in the political proves by the military' (Cook 1993, p 127) which reminds us that Thailand's politics remains to be a subject to the powerful military-bureaucratic influence....

The paper "Should University Education Be Free" is a wonderful example of a literature review on education.... With the increasing needs for education, people in the present day are more inclined towards availing higher education.... Furthermore,.... ... ... Education is a basic need of every individual to develop his or her ability to meet with various developments within the professional domain....

The review "Saul Friedlander's The Years of Persecution" presents a modernist histography about the Jewish Holocaust by integrating all historical incidents.... Saul Friedlander's work gives the readers the pungent intuition and judicious outlook on the Jewish Holocaust by the Nazi German government....

"Analysis of Disney True Life-Adventures: Vanishing Prairie and Winged Migrations" paper critically analyzes and reviews the technical components of documentaries.... This is done by evaluating theories and ideas about what documentaries are and what makes them unique and distinct from other videos....

The paper "Civil Islam - Muslims and Democratization in Indonesia by Robert Hefner" discusses Indonesian politics in relation to Islam and democratization.... It challenges the notion that Islam is antagonistic to democracy and shows possibilities of democracy in Indonesia in what he calls Civil Islam....

The paper "Economic and Non-Economic Factors Driving International Migration" is going to analyze and discuss economic factors as the chief driver of migration.... International migration has been on the rise over the last three decades and has continuously proven to a key aspect globally.... .... ...

Figure ‎3.... 0 - Unfiltered measurement waveform (on the left) and its treated average form (on the right) after being processed through low pass filtering and averaging sourced from (Gitano-Briggs, 2008, p.... 2) 110 ... ... he state of environmental degradation demands that factors.... ... ... A chief cause of environmental degradation is exhaust emissions from vehicles, especially passenger cars....

"Nutrition: Grapefruit Diet" paper presents and discusses the most recent literature on the theory and practice behind the Grapefruit Diet, its scientific research, and its advantages and disadvantages.... This paper will present and discuss the most recent literature on the theory and practice behind the Grapefruit Diet, its scientific research, and its advantages and disadvantages.... hile this research might tempt you to fill up on grapefruit to boost your weight loss campaign, if you're taking any medications you might want to speak to your GP first or check the literature that comes with your medication. ...

The objective of the following review "The Effectiveness of Information Retrieval & Knowledge Management Techniques" is to provide a detailed analysis of various Information Retrieval & Knowledge Management Solutions provided by various vendors along with their benefits.... ... ... ... On a daily basis, the modern organization manager uses knowledge to make decisions about improvement, in order to facilitate change through different management approaches and to organize resources to support heuristic purposes, programs and plans....

The paper "Yield Management in the Service Industry" is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... The paper "Yield Management in the Service Industry" is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... The term yield management (YM) is a coin from the airline industry....

The paper 'The Role of Fair Value Accounting' is a spectacular example of a finance & accounting literature review.... The paper 'The Role of Fair Value Accounting' is a spectacular example of a finance & accounting literature review.... The concept of fair value measurement resulted in a rather pervasive phenomenon to an aspect of financial reporting for the past 20 years or so....

The present literature review "The Balance of Payments and Borrowing Constraints" is focused on the economy that is like a person who has to consider his financial needs.... Admittedly, a person has to consider that in as much as possible his financial aspect is in good shape.... ....

The author concludes that the decision-making process is very difficult due to the revolution in the business sector.... The need for faster decision-making speeds has increased, information distortion is on the rise and also information overload is common.... .... ... ... Case studies have shown that appropriate and properly designed computerized DSS may encourage fact centered decisions, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of decision processes and develop decision quality....

The paper describes one of William Faulkner's most popular short stories 'A Rose for Emily'.... The story is told against the background of the rapidly changing Southern society in the post Civil War period.... The narrative is seen from the point of view of an anonymous narrator who represents the community....

The author of this book review "Family Violence Across the Lifespan" casts light on the 'family violence' which is defined as acts of omission or commission by family members that result in physical, sexual and emotional abuse as well as neglect and other forms of maltreatment.... ... ... ... The chapter gives real-life examples of family violence to make readers understand what it entails....

As the paper "The Tabernacle by David Levy" tells, the Tabernacle is a very important subject in Christianity but in the recent past, very few literary works have been devoted to this subject.... Most of the literary works are either too mythical or too exaggerated.... .... ... ... The book 'The Tabernacle: Shadows of the Messiah: Its Sacrifices, Services and Priesthood' By David M....