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- 1661: Linking Media with Fitness Perceptions: A Study on the Affect of Media on Fitness and Body Image
- ... data. The results indicate the students attitudes towards social fitness views and self-acceptance. It was my hypothesis that a correlation between media and the fitness concept will be found but the idea of a personal body image will remain fixed as body image is a determined part of one's psyche. A significant correlation was discovered between those who viewed the thin package and their attitudes on social fitness. However ... concept within all participants. This supports my statement that there would be a connection between the fitness concept and the media packages as well as a constant self- concept maintained by all participants. In assessing personal attitudes it is often important to measure not only what an individual feels towards others but also his/herself. Prior research indicates this is especially important when measuring attitudes towards physical issues. It has been ... sought to assess the attitudes of high school students towards fitness and body image in the presence of different physical media icons. By monitoring the individuals response to both a third person scale and a personal scale, true attitudes can be assumed. In this study, the different groups were the independent variable, here in described as Group A, those exposed to the thin images, Group B, those exposed to athletic ...
- 1662: Watching The Box Watch Peter H
- ... busy watching Julia Child teach how one should choose the ingredients for Beef Wellington or enjoying the high humor and quick wit of some cartoon or comic opera. In "Watching TV", three citizens share their personal experience with television and conception of the medium and its role in their individual lives. The writers are not professional journalists or professional commentators. Instead, they are members of the general public who felt the ... was ashamed at being so enamoured of something which many consider "stupid and banal" (604). Once she became married, television no longer was her main companion in life. Television took the back seat, as a personal place which she could escape to when the pressures of the world, of her family, becomes too much to bear (604). In sharp contrast to these positive views of television is the observations of Theresa ... the television set played a smaller role in her life. Television does, however, play an important role in the life of her now elderly mother; instead of having positive human connections, her mom has television. Personal contact with other people has faded away with the death of her husband and other major life changes, but he connection to television remains. For her, "TV is good company" (604). My own experience ...
- 1663: History Of Computer
- ... aced on a single chip, became increasingly common. Many companies, some new to the computer field, introduced in the 1970s programmable minicomputers supplied with software packages. The size-reduction trend continued with the introduction of personal computers, which are programmable machines small enough and inexpensive enough to be purchased and used by individuals (Rogers, 153).One of the first of such machines was introduced in January 1975. Popular Electronics magazine provided ... and Steve Wozniak, founders of Apple Computer, built a much cheaper, yet more productive version of the Altair and turned their hobby into a business (Fluegelman, 16).After the introduction of the Altair 8800, the personal computer industry became a fierce battleground of competition. IBM had been the computer industry standard for well over a half-century. They held their position as the standard when they introduced their first personal computer, the IBM Model 60 in 1975 (Chposky, 156). However, the newly formed Apple Computer company was releasing its own personal computer, the Apple II (The Apple I was the first computer designed by ...
- 1664: Contrasting Poets Lawrence and Shapiro in Their Views of Nature
- ... are D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Joseph Conrad, Dylan Thomas, and H.G. Wells. D.H. Lawrence views on nature are more humanistic, rather than natural. He loves individuality and "inner self" (Magill, 1686). His writing were pure because of his adolescent puritan environment (Becker, 5). D.H. Lawrence, although in the twentieth century, is a die-hard romantic (Albright, 1). To Lawrence, nature was an item of beauty and creativity ... the world was flat" and "faltered at each brilliant entity - drawn like a prize from a magician's hat (Magill, 2542). He was more interested in social meaning rather than nature (Stepanchev, 485). He bean writing on the philosophy that "everything we are taught is false" (Spears, 487). "Karl Shapiro's poems are fresh and young and rash and live: their hard clear outlines, their flat bold colours create a world ... ideas. Shapiro cared more of social issues rather than the quest for a meaning of nature. In conclusion, even though two poets are in the same century, they may not have the same views and writing techniques. One major idea of conflict within century poets is the concept of nature. Many poets are either before or behind their own time. Karl Shapiro wrote as a twentieth century poet, while D. ...
- 1665: Biography of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... was the record of an actual voyage. After two years in New York, Poe moved on to Philadelphia and began editing Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. A contract for a monthly feature set him to writing some of his stories of horror and the supernatural. These stories were collected and published under the title, Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840, followed by The Prose Romances of Edgar Allan Poe ... appropriately eerie tone. With The Raven,Poe reached the height of his fame. Nevertheless, his reputation brought him little money, and the family remained desperately poor. Few free-lance writers can make a living by writing only; most depend upon editorial and other positions. Poe worked briefly on the Evening Mirror, the Broadway Journal, and wrote a series of sketches for Godey's Lady's Book. he was successful in getting ... the house. Virginia grew steadily worse. Poe sank deeper into melancholia. In the depth of winter, Virginia died. With the loss of his wife, Poe's last hold on reality vanished. He worked feverishly at writing a book, Eureka, which he believed would be an expression of profound truth. It was more nearly a curious hodge-podge of unproven scientific statement and wild imagining, springing from his disturbed state. He ...
- 1666: Violence 2 -
- ... the great authors of his time. His pieces have been studied and critiqued. Over the years his works have gained respect from the writers community. Poe s life, with all of its heartache, influenced his writing style a great deal. One particular essay called The Oval Portrait is a good example of the life and writing relationship. Poe s problems began at an early age. By the age of six Poe had become an orphan. His birth father deserted the family, and his mother died before Poe was three. To a ... used as an escape. Throughout the adult years of his life, Poe was know to be a drinker and gambler. It was a way for him to escape the realities of his life. Perhaps his writing was also a method of escape for him. In his works, he may have found a world that allowed him to be undisturbed by the realities of his life. One of the reoccurring themes ...
- 1667: George Bernard Shaw and His Short Story About the Cremation of The Narrator's Mother
- ... see it, but it is wonderful” and he “saw the real thing.” The narrator is acknowledging a general fear people share about facing the mechanics of cremation, and in doing so is admitting his own personal fear. He is also focusing on the accurate reporting of his mother's disposal and the statement that he was able to observe it and face it, thereby overcoming the fear. An order is provided ... provide a loose chronological structure to his process of release. These details also provide an emotional way out for the reader who can share Mama's sense of humor about her own cremation thereby replacing personal fear about death with a feeling of the continuation of life and ones spirit. The first person narration of this letter hightens the focus and insight of the principal subject. “I went behind the scenes,” and “I found the violet coffin” bring the focus down to a personal experience, not just a documentary of a similar event. By following the narrator's personal journey, certain truths about death and eternity are understood. The narrator goes on to recall certain truths about his ...
- 1668: Gerard Manley Hopkins
- ... this was a big mistake, but in the same sense this portrayed realism to its fullest. Although some of Hopkins’ poems seem disturbing, they are actually excellent pieces of work. He portrayed realism by only writing about things that were realistic to him and his society. People did not accept Hopkins’ poetry because they did not like him; they did not accept it because it went against everything they believed in ... preserved forever as one of the greatest poets in the world. His worked changed many views of people and it also caused more people to write about things that were on their minds instead of writing only of what they knew and had already experienced. Works Cited Bergonzi, Bernard. Gerard Manley Hopkins. Macmillan: New York. 1977. Bloom, Harold ed. Modern Critical Reviews: Gerard Manley Hopkins. Chelsea House Publishers: New York. 1986 ... this was a big mistake, but in the same sense this portrayed realism to its fullest. Although some of Hopkins’ poems seem disturbing, they are actually excellent pieces of work. He portrayed realism by only writing about things that were realistic to him and his society. People did not accept Hopkins’ poetry because they did not like him; they did not accept it because it went against everything they believed ...
- 1669: Niccolo Machiavelli
- ... Arezzo and Valdi. Machiavelli examined the policy by Caesar Borgia closely and carefully : Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, Signore Pagolo and Duke Gravina's killing which is bound with Duke Valentino's behavior (1503). This writing was so important in Machiavelli's history of political thought as well as the two other works of him written in the same year : the first work he harshly criticizes the hesitant character of the ... jail time. Later it is decided that he is going to be kept under surveillance and at his home. But since he was obsessed with the politics he spent most of his time thinking and writing about his thoughts. His friends were writing letters about the new government and keeping him aware of everything. In 1513 on the first ten volumes of Livius' History of Rome, he started writing Discorsi. This work was finished in 1519. Also ...
- 1670: 1984 Orwell 2
- ... in Oceania. Winston knew that he was guilty of thought crime, but he went farther and farther in his efforts to rebel against Big Brother. Eventually his original thoughtcrime had turned into action. First as writing creative works in his diary and eventually to sexual acts with other members of the party. Winston justified his writing. "He could not help feeling a twinge of panic. It was absurd, since the writing of those particular words was not more dangerous that the act of opening the diary........ Whether he wrote DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, or whether he refrained from writing it, made no difference. Whether he ...
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