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- 731: Collective Action Frames
- ... imagery of a social movement's framing strategies. We first examine the concept of the collective action frame with an eye to its usefulness in mobilizing social movement support. Next, we describe According to Robert D. Benford there is an underdevelopment in literature on frame analytic methods, and an over-development of frame types that are specifically related to a social movement. Recent theoretical and empirical developments responsible for the concept ... of collective action frames????? BIBLIOGRAPHY “Adbusters Culture Jammers Headquarters” Online. Internet. 26 July, 1998. Available: adbusters.org/Info/Foundation.html Bellori, Giovanni Pietro. Le Vite de 'Pittori, Scultori ed Architetti moderni, Rome, 1672. Benford, Robert D. 1993a. “Frame Disputes within the Nuclear Disarmament Movement.” Social Forces 71 (3): 677-701. ---. 1993b. “You Could Be the Hundreth Monkey: Collective Action Frames and Vocabularies of Motive within the Nuclear Disarmament Movement.” Sociological Quarterly ... 67 (4): 409-30. Blumer, Herbert. Symbolic Interactionism. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Transaction Books, 1969. Feree, Myra Marx. 1992. "Political Context of Rationality: Rational Choice Theory and Resource Mobilization." In Frontiers in Social Movement Theory, Aldon D. Morris and Carol McClurg Mueller. eds., 53-76. New Haven: Yale University Press. Friedlander, Walter. Caravaggio Studies. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1955. Gamson, William A. 1988. “Political Discourse and Collective Action.” In From Structure ...
- 732: Being A Doctor
- ... known physicians who really gave a basis for medicine. His enthusiasm in medicine helped him in his quest to help humanity. Hippocrates developed a set of medical ethics that influences medical practice still to this day (Hopke 494). Physicians that are starting to practice medicine generally take the Hippocratic Oath, which Hippocrates gave to his peers that were starting medicine. Becoming a doctor is probably one of the hardest fields. To ... a person must be emotionally stable to handle any kind of situation. What if he had a patient that died right in front of his eyes? Physicians have to handle these kinds of situations every day. A person wanting to become a doctor has many responsibilities, including being devoted to many hours of schooling. Hard labor in a hospital and tension in medical school may lead a person to a conclusion ... over 535,000 working physicians. A physician generally earns $75,000 to $200,000 a year. Depending on the situation, a physician may earn more than 200,000 a year. Physicians generally work during the day, but some have irregular hour working at night. Even though a physician is paid well, he has many responsibilities in this field. Besides the working part of a physician he has to worry about ...
- 733: Modern American History
- ... his life. During his youth, he was an important author, contributing to one of the first papers, and also writing the Poor Richard s Alamack. His autobiography is also a very important work to this day. Franklin was also an important scientist of his time. His personality influenced many of the leaders of the baby American government. This coupled with his exceptional achievement made Franklin a great inspiration to the people of his time that lasts to this day. Alan Greenspan is a recent figure in history, but his impact on the present and future economics of America is incalculable. The chairman of the Federal Reserve, Greenspan is in charge of setting interest rates and reporting to the government on the state of the entire economy. In essence, Greenspan s job is running the day-to-day and long-term economies of the United States. He is involved in international and domestic trade. In addition, he regulates the stock market. The effect he has had on the American public ...
- 734: The Effects of Stress, Alcohol Outcome Expectancies, Gender, Coping Styles, and Family Alcoholism on Alcohol Consumption
- ... and female drinkers. The study showed that 64% of men versus 41% of women were current drinkers. Second, men were more likely to consume alcohol on a daily basis (17.5 grams of ethanol per day versus 8.9 grams for women). Third, men were more likely to be classified as heavy drinkers. In fact, when the classification measure of a "heavy drinker" was changed from five drinks or more per day to nine drinks or more per day the ration of male to female heavy drinkers increased by a factor of 3. Stress Are the theories mentioned above about stress-induced drinking accurate? There have been studies which disprove the Tension Reduction ...
- 735: The Computer and Mass Communication
- ... is thrown into the driveway. The paper is an amazing achievement, more than one hundred pages of news, data, photographs, and advertisements pulled over electronic threads from around the world, processed, organised, and delivered. Every day at about noon the mailman brings mail to the box at the end of the driveway. It has been collected, sorted, moved, and delivered: a traditional information stream, but an important one. Behind me as ... enormously effective information distribution mechanism, every bit as impressive an achievement as the most modern computer network. Some have been obtained through interlibrary loan, a system that moves thousands of books around the country every day. I swim in an ocean of information. We all do. In this essay, I will be discussing about the communities that were developed through newspapers and television. I will then discuss the communities that have ... Basil Blackwell, 1989. Jacobs, N., (ed.) Culture for the Millions? Mass Media in Modern Society, Boston, Beacon Press, 1971. Lubar, S., Infoculture: The Smithsonian book of Information Age Inventions, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company,1993. Lyon, D., The Information Society: Issues and Illusions, Oxford, Polity Press, 1988. Markley, R., (ed.) Virtual Realities and their Discontents, Baltimore, John Hopkins University Press, 1996. McLuhan, M., Understanding Media, London, Routledge, 1995. McQuail, D., Towards ...
- 736: Cryogenic
- ... physical processes. There is another field of interest associated with very cold temperature-cryonics. Cryonics is the practice of freezing of people, or just their heads, in liquid nitrogen after death in hopes that one day they can be thawed to the out cured of what killed them. "This could be the most profound revolution in human history. It is the change to live as long as you want." (Goodavage, 1990 ... removed, it is about minus 112 degrees Fahrenheit. Next, the body is moved to another large brown box, the bottom-lined with liquid nitrogen. For another week, it’s slowly lowered, a little further each day, as more liquid nitrogen at a t4emperature of minus 320 degrees Fahrenheit. The Final step moves you to a cryostat to be stored with other bodies immersed in liquid nitrogen. The storage units are topped ... James H. Bedford, who on Jan. 12, 1967 became the first cryonically frozen human. He is a 73-year-old retired psychology professor from Glendale, California, dies of kidney cancer. If it works, if some day doctors can resuscitate Bedford's body, his name might be remembered like Christopher Columbus or Neil Armstrong. If it fails, if it is simply so much scientific fantasy, Bedford will just be another forgotten ...
- 737: People In The Government
- Approval of the Journal 1. The Speaker shall take the Chair on every legislative day precisely at the hour to which the House last adjourned and immediately call the House to order. Having examined and approved the Journal of the last day’s proceedings, the Speaker shall announce to the House his approval thereof. The Speaker’s approval of the Journal shall be deemed agreed to unless a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner demands a vote thereon ... in the latter's absence, and in the event of the death or resignation of the Secretary would act as Secretary in all matters except those duties as disbursing officer of the Senate. On the day after the first organization of the Senate, a Doorkeeper was chosen whose title was eventually changed to Sergeant at Arms. His duties are to execute the Senate's orders as to decorum on the ...
- 738: Isdn For Small Business
- ... speed phone connection that can be used for voice as well as data. ISDN completes a digital connection between a user and the telephone provider. Small businesses and individuals are requiring internet access to conduct day to day transactions. The connection speed to the internet could be the key to a business’s’ success and a source of unnecessary expense to an individual. This can be a confusing and complicated process. Today an ... view of the PRI ISDN. How BRI Works BRI makes sense for small branch offices or residential users. Basic Rate Interface ISDN divides the telephone line into 3 digital channels: 2 "B" channels and one "D" channel, each of which can be used simultaneously. The B channels are used to transmit data, at rates of 64k or 56k (depending on your telephone company). The D channel does the administrative work, ...
- 739: Resurrection of Jesus
- ... four gospels mention Jesus' return to life. A brief summary of the resurrection of Jesus would be the story in the gospels about a group of women who found Jesus' tomb empty on the third day after his crucifixion. Then as told in the bible, an angel confirmed the resurrection of Jesus with a message from God. Christians celebrate Jesus' return to life on Easter Sunday. This paper will reflect on four sources and their discussion and meanings of resurrection. The four sources are The Reality of Jesus by D.Lane, The Eucharist, the Resurrection, and the Future by J. McKenna, What Are They Saying about Resurrection? by G.Collins, and Hope for the Flowers by T.Paulus. Although we can not fully understand the ... Resurrection entails a transformation that includes both aspects; "The risen person in an enduring ecstasy breaks free to enjoy union with god and the world". In the future, most Christians believe that on the last day of the world, the dead will come to life and be reunited with their physical bodies. The early Christians lived their lives in the light of resurrection. They look forward to this day because ...
- 740: Christopher Marlowe
- ... Marlowe and his fellow writers of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, impacted the course of writing, which preceded their life. Their works continue to be read and studied by numerous people, to this day. Christopher Marlowe was a dominant English poet and playwright, who perhaps was William Shakespeare s most important predecessor in England (Britannica 917). Of all writers in the Elizabethan era, he was perhaps the most dashing ... crown, luxury and power. However, his conquests were damaged by his absurdity. Tamburlaine marked the birth of the Shakespearean drama. The following lines from Tamburlaine illustrate Marlowe s opinion of human glory: Nature that fram d us of four elements Warring within our breasts for regiment, Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds: Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planet ... in 1604. The following lines from this work show the possible redemption through Christ s blood: The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike, The devil will come, and Faustus must be damn d. O, I ll leap up to my God! -Who pulls me down? - See, see, where Christ s blood streams in the firmament! One drop would save my soul, half a drop: ah, my Christ! - ...
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