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  • The Effects of Pornography in Our Culture Today

    The Effects of Pornography in Our Culture Today

    The Effects of Pornography in Our Culture Today Pornography is a constant debate. Everyone has an opinion on the subject. Many people say pornography is bad for society as a whole. There are many negative effects of pornography, such as an increased likelihood of sexually aggression, the objectification of women, and the imbalanced relationship in pornography may be integrated into real life relationships. Pornography has extensive, destructive effects that are too great to defend. Pornography,

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    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: David
  • Abnormal Psychology and Culture-Bound Syndromes

    Abnormal Psychology and Culture-Bound Syndromes

    Abnormal Psychology and Culture-Bound Syndromes As many of us know, there are unlimited differences in cultures around the world from religion to the way we communicate with one another. What many of us may not know, however, is that there are actually specific psychological disorders found only in certain areas of the world. There are several well known culture-bound disorders as well as variances in disorders and on theoretical reasons behind the disorders themselves that

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    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: Janna
  • The Clash Between Nigerian Culture and Western Ideas and Traditions

    The Clash Between Nigerian Culture and Western Ideas and Traditions

    The British took Nigeria as a colony around 1885 and into the early part of the 1900s. In 1914, Northern and Southern Nigeria were brought together to create one single entity known as Nigeria. The British created a legislative council in 1922. The council started off mainly Britains but slowly began to incorporate Western educated Africans. In 1947, the Britains established a new form of government in Nigeria based on a system of three regions.

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    Essay Length: 1,311 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Cultural and Gender Comparison of Russia and the Us

    Cultural and Gender Comparison of Russia and the Us

    Cultural Comparison of Russia Gender roles in Russia have dramatically changed since the fall of the former Soviet Union and the fall of communism. It is hard to look directly at the constitution of Russia seeing as though the drafting and redrafting of their constitution is still underway. However, looking at the constitution of the former Soviet Union, you can see it is clearly stated that: “Women and men have equal rights.” It is very

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    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Cultural Mirror of the Roman Empire: Gladiators

    Cultural Mirror of the Roman Empire: Gladiators

    Cultural mirror of the Roman Empire: Gladiators In most of the societies sport games have a precious place for people because they are seen as a way of amusement. The favorite sport game may differ from society to society according to their life styles and characteristics. For example, the most popular game in U.S.A is American football, which may prove us the violence in American people; where as the most popular game in Turkey is

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    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Victor
  • Korean Culture and Traditions

    Korean Culture and Traditions

    Ruth Benedict was quoted saying, “Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex.” In many ways, through studying a foreign country or culture, this statement is very true. In most cases, cultures do pass from generation to generation. But this has nothing to due with biology. Obviously, cultures can be passed through music, art, folklore stories, and games. But some of the best ways that culture and tradition are passed on are often overlooked. For example,

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    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Bred
  • Report on Culture for Ntcs

    Report on Culture for Ntcs

    Report on Culture for NTCS (Nip & Tuck cosmetic Surgery) By Savraj Gata - Aura Executive Summary This report depicts the services NTCS (Nip & Tuck cosmetic Surgery) provide within the cosmetic alteration and augmentation market and an analysis of the services provided using the BOSTON matrix. A spider diagram is displayed to show the firms initial ideas along with an evaluation of the culture within NTCS. Word count: 50 Contents Page Introduction Page

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    Submitted: February 18, 2010 By: Mike
  • British Culture Sports

    British Culture Sports

    British Culture: Sport Sports play an important part in the life of the Englishmen and is a popular leisure activity. Many of the world's famous sports began in England, including cricket, football, lawn tennis and rugby. 1.Cricket Cricket is an England's national sport. Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams, usually of eleven players each. A cricket match is played on a grass field, roughly oval in shape. How to play Cricket Teams

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    Essay Length: 529 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 18, 2010 By: Mike
  • Religion and Culture in Modern Japan

    Religion and Culture in Modern Japan

    Religion and Culture in Modern Japan Due to the younger generation of Japan’s increasing apathy towards religion, Japan’s rich culture, identity, and national pride is in jeopardy. This can be concluded by reviewing the connection between religion and culture through Japanese history, and comparing it to the state of the two in modern Japan. By fading away from traditional religion and culture, Japan will continue to adopt western culture and form a new, blended culture,

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    Submitted: February 18, 2010 By: Edward
  • Essay on Convergance Culture and Trends of Music Sharing online

    Essay on Convergance Culture and Trends of Music Sharing online

    Using an illustrative case study from the Web (site, application, event, etc.), analyze and discuss the significance of what Henry Jenkins calls �convergence culture’. Make specific reference to two or three of the major areas of tension he identifies as shaping the contemporary media environment. Significant innovations have occurred across the business or intermediate services sectors and the domestic or consumer service sectors, across the fields of entertainment, communication, and information sharing and the website

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    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Kung Fu Hustle: A Spoof of Eastern and Western Cultures

    Kung Fu Hustle: A Spoof of Eastern and Western Cultures

    What do you get when you mix American culture from the 40’s and Chinese culture? The answer to this question is Stephen Chow’s film Kung Fu Hustle (2005). In this motion picture, there are clearly aspects of not only physical comedy but also a comedic spoof of both Chinese and American cultures. Being a Chinese film, it is obvious that there would be an eastern cultural influence, but throughout the film there are many instances

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    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: David
  • Impact of Language on Corporate Culture

    Impact of Language on Corporate Culture

    Corporations, like any organization, define and are defined by a shared culture. This culture is created through the use of language first in the creation and implementation of a shared vision articulated in a company mission statement. This vocabulary steers the organization toward what will become their shared culture. This culture is then reinforced through all manners of language, evidenced in corporate communications such as press releases and company policy, the semantics of job titles

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    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Jack
  • Rastafari Culture - the Extreme Ethiopian Rasta Vs. the Mellow Dallas Rasta

    Rastafari Culture - the Extreme Ethiopian Rasta Vs. the Mellow Dallas Rasta

    Rastafari Culture The Extreme Ethiopian Rasta Vs. The Mellow Dallas Rasta Many people throughout the world have a hard time understanding what it means to be a Rasta. For some their troubles in understanding Rasta’s come because they look as Rastafari as only a religion. When one does this they run into many problems. This is because Rastafari is much more than a religion. It is a way of life, a social movement, as well

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    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Janna
  • Cultural Analysis: Brazil

    Cultural Analysis: Brazil

    Alisia Valdez Cultural Analysis: Brazil Brief History The Portuguese colonized Brazil in the 1500. The Native tribes originally occupied the land, became slaves along with the Africans after the colonization. In 1822 Brazil became independent and slavery was abolished. An end came to the royal family in 1889 and a dictator ruled throughout the 1950's. After a great deal of turnover civilian rule was created in 1985. Geography Location. Brazil is located in South America

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    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Anna
  • Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas

    Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas

    The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas Starting any type of business is risky but for an American to start one in the Czech Republic brings about different types of challenges. Steve Kafka, an American of Czech origin born in the United States, has decided to expand his Pizza business into the Czech Republic. This paper will (1) identify major differences, incompatibilities, risks, and mitigation factor Steve faces, (2) identify comparative advantages that exist and

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    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Mike
  • Culture and Civilization of Spain

    Culture and Civilization of Spain

    Daniel Ables Culture and Civilization of Spain (MWF 1200p) Dr. Perez 03 September 2005 Juana la Loca Juana la Loca had many hardships throughout her life. She battled with her mother's expectations as well as her husband's expectations. Joan was mainly concerned about maintaining her marriage rather than running a country. These conflicts led to Joan going mad. Joan was the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. Joan was sixteen when her catholic parents

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    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Artur
  • Caribbean Crucible: History, Culture, and Globalization

    Caribbean Crucible: History, Culture, and Globalization

    Caribbean Crucible: History, Culture, and Globalization Kevin A. Yelvington In the present age of globalization, it is often forgotten that these world-encompassing processes were initiated with European expansion into the Caribbean beginning more than five hundred years ago. We now see the proliferation of overseas factories enabling owners, producers, and consumers of products to be in widely distant locales. It seems to us that in the search for profits, commercial activity has recently spread to

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    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Culture of Time and Culture

    Culture of Time and Culture

    Culture of Time and Culture By: Stephen Kern As a better understanding of Mass Communication and Society we were encouraged to read the book The Culture of Time and Space by Stephen Kern and analyze the information given from the book and express our ideals and outcomes from it. I believe that the ideas given to the readers from the book were very appealing and interesting, especially when combining the ideas of technology and culture.

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    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Jack
  • A Cultural Analysis of Mexico

    A Cultural Analysis of Mexico

    To help better understand Mexico’s culture, a brief overview of Geert Hofstede’s study of different cultures would be useful. Hofstede’s cultural taxonomy helps in the understanding of cultural differences. Hofstede proposed that people carry mental programs that are developed during their childhood and are reinforced by their culture (Lustig, Koester, 2006, p.114). Through these programs, the ideas of a culture are expressed through its principal values. Hofstede conducted a study of over 100,000 IBM employees

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    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: July
  • Educating America’s Children on Culture

    Educating America’s Children on Culture

    Educating America’s children on Culture The diversity that America is known for derives from the fact that American foundation is based on many cultures. The mixture of so many cultures makes it hard to pinpoint what the “American Culture,” really is. A major problem within the American society is the misunderstanding of the diverse cultures that are intertwined. Today many would blame discrimination and racial profiling on ignorance, but on whose part? The definition of

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    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Victor
  • Culture

    Culture

    Chapter II Culture The United States is one nation with many ways of life. Understanding what we mean by “culture” and how this country is a multicultural society is the focus of this chapter. In global perspective, of course, ways of life differ even more. The 6.2 billion people living on the Earth are all members of a single biological species: Homo sapiens. Even so, differences between people within the United States, and so

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    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Mike
  • Culture Transplant-Nummi Case

    Culture Transplant-Nummi Case

    A Great Experiment Of Culture Transplant Cross-culture management, Prof. Alfred Kieser XiaoJun Ma Culture is a set of basic assumptions, which shared solutions to universal problems of external adaptations and internal integration—which have evolved over time and are handed from one generation to the next. This is a general definition of culture. Actually there are many definitions exist, some concentrated on values, others on shared patterns of behaviors and meaning. And what we are going

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    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Top
  • Culture in My Organization

    Culture in My Organization

    Culture in my organization I work for government funded non-profit organization Catholic Charities. I will address few organizational behavior aspects in my organization: communication flow, diversity and language. Effective commutation in every organization is important and it leads to success of one organization. It is a widely recognizable fact that the communication flow is what keeps any company or organization running. However, if the communication process in the organization is in some kind of a

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    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Tommy
  • American Pop Culture

    American Pop Culture

    I would describe popular American culture as things we do for entertainment as a society. Something you can safely assume that your neighbor does too. Over the course of three days I compiled a list of what I assume is popular American culture. They are going to eat at Carl’s Jr., McDonald’s, Panda Express and Taco Bell. We also watched a few movies like Awake, Rendition and Just Friends. I also watched a show on

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    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Mike
  • Culture

    Culture

    Steve Kafka would like to take a chance. A chance of opening a business in a country where he was not born, however he has some cultural history associated with the country of choice. It will take a lot of determination, patience, creativity, and a lot of fortitude. Mr. Kafka would like to open his pizza business in the Czech Republic. Steve’s origin is of Czech, however, does not speak the language and is prepared

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    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Artur