Advantages of Effective Oral Communication Skills in Business
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A 5 page paper discussing why organizations need effective oral communications more than ever before. It is no longer sufficient for managers to dictate, now they must lead. True leadership requires that the leader gain the dedication of the ranks, and that can be accomplished only through effective oral communication. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSbusCommAdv.rtf

Advertising and Gender Roles
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5 pages in length. It is nearly impossible to escape gender stereotypes, for they exist all throughout society. Advertisers especially seem to draw upon assumptions about male and female roles. Such intolerance has even been experienced from one's own significant other. From where do such harmful and often distorted images originate, and why have they not decreased over the past several decades? If one considers the fact that each person is a product of his own environment, it is easy to see that the influence of his surroundings is critical to forming his gender image. Attitudes are spread from generation to generation, community to community and person to person; there is virtually no way to avoid becoming tainted in a society that harbors negative or pre-formed stereotypes. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: JGAadsex.wps

Advertising and Public Relations -- Codependent Media Landscapes
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This 7 page report discusses the media landscapes of public relations and advertising and the ways in which they interact in the larger processes of public communication. The relationship between the two demonstrates how the line between where the media landscape of one reality and the next blur. The report also briefly discusses how the radical transformation of the business environment in recent years has been reshaping business communication. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWmedlnd.wps

Advertising and the Negative Affects on Young Women
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A 5 page literature review of three articles which discuss the negative affects of advertising on young women. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAgrlad.rtf

An Analysis of an Interview
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This 6 page paper provides an analysis of an interview submitted by a student. It concerns a telephone interview situation where a professional converses with a client. Several factors inclusive of preparedness and technique are discussed. No bibliography.
Filename: SA219int.rtf

An Analysis of Communication
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This 5 page paper takes two hypothetical situations and analyzes the communication that had taken place. Communication theory is used. Nonverbal communication is touched on. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA 108Com.wps

An Experience in Critical Thinking
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This 5 page paper presents a student's observations and conclusions regarding strange behavior at a Unitarian Church. The student cautions that as a result of that experience she has learned to be less hasty in jumping to conclusions. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PPthinkCrit.rtf

Analysis of a Speech
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Another 3 page (persuasive communications perspective) analysis of Lee P. Brown's May 1994 speech about the War on Drugs...Bibliography lists 1 textbook source and reference to the speech itself.
Filename: Brwnspch.wps

Analysis of Diesel Jeans’ Print Advertising
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In eight pages this paper analyzes the print advertising of Diesel jeans in a consideration of ideology, feminism, globalization, and semiotics. Four sources are cited in the bibliography.
Filename: TGdieselad.rtf

Analysis of Social Influence in the Media
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A five page paper which looks at the way in which social influence in the media may be analysed, in terms of advertising strategy, target audience, and the theoretical and pragmatic aims of the advertiser.
Filename: JLads.wps

Approaches to Communication: Functionalist, Interpretive, and Critical
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A 6 page outline of the many approaches to communication. Delineates between three most basic of these: the functionalist, the interpretive and the critical. Defines the functionalist approach as one which relies almost solely on emotion. Clarifies that the intensity of an individual's approach and whether it is directed at explanation or an attack of another approach is what distinguishes between the interpretive and the critical approaches to communication.
Filename: PPcomSt2.wps

Arabic
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of the Arabic language, emphasizing the distinctions made in use and concluding that, contrary to popular belief, Arabic is not differentiated along socioeconomic classes but, rather, in terms of the formal, written style and the informal, oral tradition. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KTarabic.wps

Argument Questions
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A 3 page paper answering 3 questions addressing topics of critical thinking, stereotyping and effective argument techniques. The questions are answered from the personal perspective of a single mom. No sources listed.
Filename: KScommArgQ.rtf

Argument: The Revisions to IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) 2004 are Good for Both Students and Teachers
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This 6 page paper serves to support the position that the revisions to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 are good for teachers and students. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVIDEA04.rtf

Article Critique/Sollod on Curriculum
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A 4 page analysis that examines the essay "The Hollow Curriculum" by clinical psychologist Robert N. Sollod. In this essay, Sollod argues that there should be more focus on religion and spirituality within the curricula of institutions of higher learning. This examination of Sollod's essay focuses on its style and organization, rather than the validity of his points. In other words, this critique endeavors to answer the question of whether or not Sollod convincingly uses the elements of rhetoric to persuade his readers that he is correct in his viewpoint. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khsollod.rtf

Article Review: Lessons Learned By Journalists
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A 2.5 page paper that reviews: Lessons Learned: A Lawsuit's Impact on Journalistic Behavior by Paul S. Voakes. This essay provides the purpose of the study, the hypotheses, the, methodology, the results and implications. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PGjnlst.rtf

Barbados: The Geography, Economy and People
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8 pages in length. All about Barbados, the geography, culture and facts of this island colony. Includes statistics on population and information on relocating to the island for permanent living. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: JGAbarbd.wps