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Impact of Social Networking and Blogging on Internet Usage
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Teachers can also use blogging for providing tips, practice and peer reviews to the students (Glencoe 2006, Nagel 2009).... This literature review "Impact of Social Networking and Blogging on Internet Usage" discusses the internet usage and utilization of the world wide web (www) for fetching information and important data that has accelerated since the arrival of social networking and blogging era.... The reviewing of literature available on similar context reveals that the rate of Internet usage daily has increased since the introduction of social networking and blogging....
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Effectiveness of Using Social Media to Engage Customers
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Different approaches have been used in the literature for describing customer engagement.... The review "Effectiveness of Using Social media to Engage Customers" focuses on the critical analysis and investigation of the effectiveness of using social media to engage customers....
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Meaning and Definition of the Small-Group Learning Activity
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The paper "Meaning and Definition of the Small-Group Learning Activity" states that team working has been a quite effective method of solving problems.... It can be considered as the division of a complex situation into smaller parts which can be addressed by a specialist.... ... ... ... It can be considered as the divisioning of a complex situation into smaller parts which can be addressed by a specialist....
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Barriers to Using Learning Management System
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Various reviews of literature (Fathema et al.... This literature review "Barriers to Using Learning Management System" focuses on a review of the literature around LMS revealing that the barriers to LMS adoption are broad, but can be grouped into four main categories including institutional issues, technology issues, and academic issues.... review of the literature around LMS revealed that the barriers to LMS adoption are broad, but can be grouped into four main categories including institutional issues, technology issues, academic issues and student issues....
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The Role of Women in Workplaces in Saudi Arabia
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This literature review "The Role of Women in Workplaces in Saudi Arabia" discusses the role of women in the workforce in Saudi Arabia.... This relates bibliographic resources to the review of literature which according to Singh and Bajpai (2008) is about collecting the relevant data on the topic of study to see how, when, where and who have contributed previously to the identified research problem.... The authors continued that review of literature starts once a research problem is identified....
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Does Breastfeeding Reduce the Risk of Breast Cancer
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reviews in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2(4), 222-231.... reviews in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2(4), 222-231.... his literature review looks at the research on the link between breastfeeding and the reduction in the risk of breast cancer to establish the truth in the hypothesis that breastfeeding has a reduction effect on the likelihood of contracting breast cancer.... The data for the literature review was collected by conducting searches for journal articles from MEDLINE and PubMed databases....
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Public Confidence in the Policing Services of the Emirates of Abu Dhabi
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The paper "Public Confidence in the Policing Services of the Emirates of Abu Dhabi" is a great example of a social science literature review.... A literature review gives an account of what has been written down and published on a certain topic by scholars and researchers who are fully accredited by professional bodies.... The paper "Public Confidence in the Policing Services of the Emirates of Abu Dhabi" is a great example of a social science literature review....
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Structure Of The Human Powered Aircraft And The Industry
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A literature Review for the Structure of the Human Powered Aircraft and the Industry By Candi s FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, DEPARTMENT OFAERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING (This page intentionally left blank) Introduction Human beings have always had a fascination with flying, and this has served as an impetuous for design of all types of devices that will fulfil their dreams (Abzug, 2002, Pp.... This literature review presents an examination of designs for human powered aircraft and hang gliders that will most likely present a winning entry for the Worthing International Birdman Festival....
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Comparing the Patient Satisfaction Survey Results on Care Provision in the NHS Hospitals
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Comparing the Patient Satisfaction Survey Results on Care Provision in the National Health Service Hospitals to Private and Community Care Satisfaction Outcomes from Patients a literature Review ... omparing the Patient Satisfaction Survey Results on Care Provision in the National Health Service Hospitals to Private and Community Care Satisfaction Outcomes from Patients a literature Review ... The purpose of this report therefore is to identify and review the literature that examines patient satisfaction and complaints within the national care and the private and community care to come up with the best methods in order to improve the level of care....
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How Religious and Cultural Values Influence Polio Immunization Uptake in Northern Nigeria
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literature Review 3 1.... literature Search 8 ... literature Review ... literature Search ... This particular notion can be justified with the help of analysing certain facts that can be attained from numerous literature studies conducted with emphasis to the same issue.... The literature studies and articles that have been reviewed in this study mainly depict about how polio immunization is inappropriately executed in the northern region of Nigeria....
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Meta-Analysis of Omega N-3 Supplements
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The anomalies noted in the literature could be the result of these alternate sources.... Evidence Based Practice literature Review Strategy Association between methylmercury exposure from omega n-3 supplements fish consumption in prenatal / fetus and child development.... A careful review of the available literature exposes some of the difficulties discovered in finding an answer to this question.... o provide the best possible evidence for the benefits and risk factors of increased natural consumption of omega n-3 fish oils or the addition of chemically or naturally produced supplements to diet, this study will concentrate on examining available literature from a variety of field studies and researches....
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Donations from Alumni are an Important Source of Income for Universities
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Ficano and Cunningham (2001) and Terry and Macy (2007) further added to the existing literature by suggesting a number of factors that have profound impact on alumni giving.... Overall, considering the current literature, a majority of alumni donation comes from individuals who feel connected to the university or institution and believe in its welfare.... t has been previously discussed in the literature that prestige is one of the motivating factor that facilitates donation by alumni....
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How Celebrities Charm Influences Crowdfunding Success
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is a good example of a literature review on management.... is a good example of a literature review on management.... literature Review Crowd funding:According to Jacob H.... In the literature review, a brief description was provided about the various types of crowd funding and the steps for a successful crowd funding.... romotion of the campaign:A constant buzz in media platforms will help in bringing the attention of the investors to the campaign....
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Geographical Imaginations of Fantasy and Nature
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literature Review Introduction The advent of camera brought manifold innovations on the way various forms of images are portrayed.... In the recent years, there have been intense and extensive discussions in geography concerning the “representation and meaning and the reading/writing ‘landscape', film and literature'” (Sidaway 2002).... eographies of literature ... ouching on another aspect of literary geography, there have been manifold efforts in the past that aimed at mapping literature....
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Why Companies Pay Dividends
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, based on dividend literature, discusses why companies pay dividends; why investors pay attention to it; do dividends affect an organization's value and how do managers use dividends in the organizational financial management.... ummary of literature Review ... he review on the current dividend literature provided in the following section is particularly focused on the areas related to the positive and negative characteristics of dividends to business organizations....
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Ebola: Emerging or Re-Emerging Communicable Disease
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(2014) reviews filovirus ecology to determine the virus' infectivity.... In his synthesis of current and past literature on the virus' epidemiology and pathogenesis, Michalek et al.... In their review of literature, Hatfill et al.... In a related study, Burd (2015) mentioned in his review of literature that theoretically, the half-life for Ebolavirus is nearly 15 minutes, while the time for nearly 99 percent of the initial ebolavirus concentration is approximately 104 minutes....
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Myths in Media Reporting on Sexual Violence against Women
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Language and literature, 21, (3): 247-259. ... This paper "Myths in media Reporting on Sexual Violence against Women" asserts the media may not portray the incidents accurately.... Harmful Myths in media Reporting on Sexual Violence against Women Affiliation Myths in media Reporting on Sexual Violence against Women ... This paper will analyse the harmful myths that affect the effectiveness of the media reporting on sexual violence against women. ...
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Relevance of Current UK IT Law as Applied to Cloud Computing
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his, therefore, confirms that despite the great steps that have been taken in the UK to manage cloud computing through legislation, there are still notable shortcomings as pointed out in the above literature review and which if improved would increase the performance of the legal framework in the management of cloud computing.... The paper "Relevance of Current UK IT Law as Applied to Cloud Computing" discusses that one of the areas that the information technology act in the UK affects is information control and audit; this act is meant to give contracts that are made using electronic media legal enforceability....
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Comparison of Carl Ernsts Following Muhammad and Mona Siddiquis How to Read the Quran
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Choice reviews Online 41.... Ernst investigates Islam ethics development on the Qur'an provided foundations and Hadith literature, and through interaction with several other traditions like Greek philosophy, their elaboration in the fourth chapter of his book.... The genesis of literature in Islam: from the aural to the read.... The author primarily directs the book towards the non-Muslims, whose assumptions that are driven by media are lamented constantly, but the book is also of interest as a refreshing departure from the standard Islam and Muslim accounts to the Muslims (Ernst, 14)....
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Rich Complexities by Wordsworth, and Expostulation and Reply by Coleridge
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anguage and literature 3 ... tylistic literature 7 ... anguage and literature ... In the realm of language and literature, it is difficult to bank on any premise other than rationalism to express views and conclusions (Rimoldi, Eleanor; 2000). ... anguage and literature are constrained by the rules of grammar and other basic features such as phonology, graphology, morphology, syntax, lexicology, semantics and pragmatics (Simpson, Paul, p5)....
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Reviewing Two Books in Religion
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Summarizing the thoughts or the subject matter of both books, this thesis intends to produce a brief account of the interesting and stirring points discussed in these writings along with addressing the effectiveness of the literature to bind the attention of their readers throughout.... Unconventionally, the piece of literature aims to connect the sayings of the Holy Qur'an with the modern religious practices to quash the negative description advocated by the Western culture about Islam....
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Various Advantages of Christianity over Paganism
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n conclusion, Stark also reviews the aspect of torture and death which involved individuals called martyrs (Stark 163).... In fact, this book entails a momentous and exciting literature on the early Christianity (Stark 31).... n this publication, Stark suggests that Christianity grew through conversions via the social media (Stark 8)....
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Social Networking and Recruitment
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The paper "Social Networking and Recruitment" is a wonderful example of a literature review on human resources.... SOCIAL NETWORKING AND RECRUITMENT: literature REVIEW Affiliation Empirical Review Technology In modern perspectives, technology has been increasingly present in work contexts and is a highly debated topic in today's business environment.... here is a massive number of evidence from literature which has laid claim to the increasing trend of information technology, and its effect on selection of candidates and recruitment in modern day organizations....
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Trends in Video Games and Gaming
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Citing relevant literature and inclusion of statistical data makes the article a credible source.... A literature Review of Gaming in Education, 2012.... ummary: This is a literature review that has immense information on gaming in education.... ssessment: The literature review gives massive statistical and theoretical evidence showing why video games should be incorporated in the education system.... Quoting different scholars in the literature review assist in supporting his five claims....
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Pseudomonas Genus of Pathogens
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This paper reviews literatures from scholars on pseudomonas and the isolation of bacteria which fall in that group discussing positive and negative effects in relation to isolations and the environment.... ochrane Database of Systematic reviews 2006, Issue 3 ... Methods of isolation, characteristics of the bacteria and medium of breading are also explored in the pseudomonas literature.... , 1990, The use of selective media for the isolation of Pseudomonas pseudomallei i n cl i n ica I practice....
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Social Networking
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literature Review The emergence of internet as a communication means dynamically altered the concept of marketing.... have used social media to redefine their relationships with the customer and other important audiences.... He said that companies such as Dell, IBM, and P&G etc have used social media to redefine their relationships with the customer and other important audiences.... Social media networks can be used to generate 1:1 conversations with the customer....
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Are Social Networking (Facebook, Twitter Etc) Sites Effective Means of Recruitment
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The review of empirical literature has been carried out on the effectiveness of social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc.... as means of recruitment.... ... ... ... The social networking sites like the Facebook, Twitter, etc have changed the ways and style of communication between two or more people and thereby offering a greater reach to the acquaintances and promptness in the delivery of communicated messages....
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Economic Crisis and Volkswagen Marketing in Asia
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All relevant literature dealing with the impact of the global financial crisis on the automotive industry in general and a special note on its impact on the automotive industry in Vietnam's automotive sector has been included in this chapter.... Hence reviewing the literature for the changing consumer behavior related to the automotive industry worldwide and in Vietnam would serve as a precursor for assessing the needs and requirements of the automobiles consumers in Vietnam which could be further utilized to formulate an optimum marketing strategy by any companies like Volkswagen....
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Role of Citizen Journalism in Combating Corruption in China
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This literature review gives information on the extent to which citizen journalism has influenced the reporting of corruption activities in China.... Role of Citizen Journalism in Combating Corruption in China literature Review This literature review gives information on the extent to which citizenjournalism has influenced reporting of corruption activities in China.... From the view of political science and economics literature, information transparency is fundamental in reducing cases on corruption within national jurisdictions (Bellver and Kaufmann, 2005)....
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How Do the Negative Effects Outweigh the Positive in the Effects that Violent Video Games Have on Children
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Nevertheless, there are valid objections and concerns about these conclusion that shall be addressed in turn; none of these counterarguments or critiques of the research literature hold much weight.... A brief review of the literature does not yield any reliable statistics on that point; however, studies on the effects of violent video games are overwhelming. ... Because of the extensiveness of the research literature, it makes sense only to look at meta-analyses of these studies, one of which found that in 54 neutral studies of video game violence and aggression, with a total of 4,262 research subjects, there is a statistically significant link between playing violent video games and “aggressive behaviors, aggressive cognitions, aggressive emotions, increased physiological arousal, and decreased pro-social behaviors” (Anderson and Bushman 354). ...
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Does the Internet Make Humans Smarter - Opportunities Given by Modern Information Technologies
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The freedom to create media has increased; thus, the creation of novel literature (Shirky 1).... he author is of the thought that digital media has made the distribution of sound, texts, and images extremely easy and cheap.... The media freedom will also create a collaborative effort that will create a platform for discussion of issues as redistribution of information is easy.... igital media link over a billion people into the same network....
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Volunteering: Serving to the Society
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Writing Integrative literature reviews: Guidelines and Examples.... This section reviews literature on the concept of volunteering in the general sector.... This literature review "Volunteering: Serving to the Society" is about the definitions of volunteering and volunteerism which range from being altruistic to engaging in unpaid activity.... The literature review reveals that volunteering in general and in sports has the same characteristics, the same age demographics, and the same gender similarities....
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Analysis of Hollywood's Movies: Ideas and Ways of Thinking about the World
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It will be important during this analysis to consider whether these films represent a typical or atypical death penalty case as these are defined within criminal justice literature, primarily as issues pertaining to race, class, economic and other social factors come into play.... he available literature demonstrates a tendency within Hollywood to choose only those stories of death row inmates who have a sympathetic side, such as the death row inmate Stanley ‘Tookie' Williams who was recently executed in California....
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Areas of Concerns about Childrens ICT Use
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In normal classrooms, language classes usually handle only the local literature.... It is difficult for children to get exposure to international literature in such classes.... A review of New Zealand and International literature.... Concerns about harmful physical effects Recently, the media like the internet, television and other related platforms are optimised for the modern spreading of information and advanced and effective communication process integrated with high technology....
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Myocardial Infarction
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The purpose of this essay is documentation of critical analysis of two articles on myocardial infarction.... One article is on diagnosis especially in critically ill individuals who were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) while the other article is on various options for managing a case of myocardial infarction....
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What Are the Effective Ways of Managing Post-Operative Complications among Patients
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is a forceful example of a literature review on nursing.... is a forceful example of a literature review on nursing.... The paper 'What Are the Effective Ways of Managing Post-Operative Complications among Patients?... The essay focuses on the management of post-operative issues among respective patients....
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A Review of the Literature Relating to Gender Differences in Major Depressive Disorder
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"A Review of the literature Relating to Gender Differences in Major Depressive Disorder" paper identifies the state of research into the prevalence and expression of, and risk factors for, depressive disorder are different for women, compared to men in 1988.... his paper presents a critical review of the literature relating to gender differences in major depressive disorder.... he following discussion will present a critical review of the literature relating to this increased prevalence of depression in women....
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Fashion Marketing of Luxury Branding
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Marketing Table of Contents Chapter 2: literature Review 3 Reference List 10 Chapter 2: literature Review 2 Fashion Industry Fashion is regarded tobe most creative, dynamic and exciting global business.... Social media Marketing (SMM) ... In order to compose customer assets via means of effective communication with the customers, luxury brands have started focusing on the social media.... Social media tools like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are evaluated to be the best techniques for luxury brands....
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The Socio-Political Equations of American Diplomacy by Edward Said's Work
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For example, since the publication of the book in 1978, many sociologists and political scientists have made critical reviews of it, bringing to light some flaws in Said's arguments.... On balance, though, it is perhaps a reflection of the veracity of the book's claims that thirty years after its publication Edward Said is considered by students of literature, political science, sociology and cultural studies as one of the pioneers of the post-colonial movement in criticism and multiculturalism in politics....
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Prevalence Of Lower Back Pain In Professional And Amateur Golfers
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This paper analyses the literature available to know the exact reasons and possible remedies to back pain commonly seen among professional and amateur golfers.... literature Review: Prevalence of Lower Back Pain in Professional and Amateur Golfers Introduction According to Reed & Wadsworth , “Back pain is one of the most common reasons cited for patients to see a physician.... This paper analyses the literature available to know the exact reasons and possible remedies to back pain commonly seen among professional and amateur golfers....
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Environmental Reporting
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literature Review literature Review Environmental Reporting The effect of the media in influencing the perception and subsequent reaction regarding a reported issue is magnanimous.... Examining the handbooks on environmental journalism: A qualitative document analysis and response to the literature [pdf] (Doctoral dissertation, University of South Florida).... The paper "Environmental Reporting" focuses on the effect of the media in influencing reaction regarding a reported issue....
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The Color Purple
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ome of the media tended to point the finger at all black women writers suggesting that their only intent is to manufacture a best seller instead of worthwhile literature.... Watkins writes, “Those black women writers who have chosen black men as a target have set themselves outside a tradition that is nearly as old as Black American literature itself.... Black American literature forum.... ontrary to black womens positive feedbacks for the novel and film, on the other hand, black male disapprovals of both started to achieve much more media space in years to pursue the release of the film....
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Fraudulent Financial Reporting
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While auditors have traditionally used analytical reviews as a key tool to detect the potential risk of financial statement fraud (Mahoney & Carpenter, 2005), other suggestions were to expand the methods to detect and mitigate the risk of financial fraud. ... A review of the literature regarding fraudulent financial reporting showed emerging themes, that fraud is sometimes difficult to detect, difficult to eliminate, and that no company is immune from financial fraud (Black, 2003; Wells, 2007)....
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Strategic Sports Marketing
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The paper 'Strategic Sports Marketing' is a brilliant example of a marketing literature review.... The paper 'Strategic Sports Marketing' is a brilliant example of a marketing literature review.... The paper undertakes a literature review of the consumer behavior in the marketing of sports and games.... Most of the literature about sports events marketing mainly addresses the marketing of products and not specifically sports events and the research was unable to find sources that specifically address the marketing of sports events using entertainment only....
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Standardisation versus Adaptation
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The paper under the title "Standardisation versus Adaptation" touches on a review of the academic literature on Standardisation versus Adaptation in the context of International Communications Planning.... MARKETING Standardisation versus Adaptation Faculty literature Review Conclusion References This paper is a review of the academic literature on Standardisation versus Adaptation in the context of International Communications Planning.... This literature work is being produced to understand various factors of the controversial Standardisation versus adaptation strategy of international communication strategy....
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Art Management-festival comparison
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This thrilling era was marked by a multiplicity, owing to the concurrent existence of graceful art deco (which restrained the powerful impacts of the.... ... ... sic modernism” that was marked by the Bauhaus), and what had a deep upshot on well-liked experience in Hungary, the pseudo-rustic and eclecticism trends....
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Nicholas Cage - Celebrity
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The paper "Nicholas Cage - Celebrity" is an outstanding example of a social science literature review.... The paper "Nicholas Cage - Celebrity" is an outstanding example of a social science literature review.... His father, August had achieved a lot in the field of academics as he was a well known professor in Comparative literature at Cal State, Long Beach.... Thereafter, his father moved with his son to San Francisco when he initiated him to a wide range of artistic pursuits that included Film, Classical music and literature. ...
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The Improvement of Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) Control
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In the paper 'The Improvement of Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) Control' the author utilized both qualitative as well as quantitative design in reviewing its ten key articles.... She also utilized a systematic review of books as well as websites that provided scholarly content.... ... ... ...
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The Use of Technology in Education in Saudi Arabia
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In particular, from a survey of literature, it would appear that little research has been undertaken to evaluate e-learning in general.... In response to this gap in literature, this report examines the e-learning environment in Saudi Arabia. ... his study reviewed related literature.... Features of web-based multimedia were identified, based on the evidence literature and discussion results.... Despite the fact that it may be time-consuming, a large body of literature has concluded that preparation is decisive....
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Media Framing - Looking at the Occupy Movement
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The reviews were generally found to be in favour of the administration rather than the public.... media Framing and Social Movements in the Digital Age: The Case of Occupy Abstract: This study is aimed at examining the manner in which 'The Occupy Movement' was framed in the mass media and analyse the impact and implications of the same.... Various alternative sources of media such as YouTube and generic internet blogs were reviewed along with mainstream media sources such as television and print media (including magazines, journals, and newspapers) in order to enable a comprehensive understanding of the issue....
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