Which source of knowledge - books, websites, the media,personal experience, authorities, or some other do you believe are mostreliable and why?
John 2/09/03 Which source of knowledge - books, websites, the media, personal experience, authorities, or some other do you believe are most reliable and why? Knowers are presented many different sources when trying to obtain knowledge. Websites, books, authorities, personal point of views, and the media all provide reliable information, though some more reliable than others. In my view, personal experience is the most reliable source of obtaining knowledge. Of all knowledge sources, non-fiction books would have to be the second most reliable, just behind books. Before knowledge is written in a book, it has been most likely been verified many times. In the case that there is false information in a book, many readers will call the company and make them aware of the mistake so it can be changed in the next edition or printing. Thus books will be more reliable if the edition is more recent. The books that are not recently written or changed decrease the reliability of books slightly. There is very little reliability in the media. There is a contrast between printing everything that is known, selecting information to disregard, and presenting information that is simply false. Media personnel representing a major bias have an affect on facts that are being analyzed by the masses. Thus, reliability in journalism is important to help an informed public make decisions. The
Business website design.
Executive Summary Here are the sections which are included in this proposal Introduction A brief statement about the company and what is required from the client Client requirements Here is what the client would require from the website in detail User needs A description of the target audience and what they require and expect Objectives The purpose of the website and what it hopes to achieve Explanations for Here is why specific options were chosen as opposed to others reason of treatment Proposed contents What the website compromises of Human resources The professionals which are required to produce the website Breakdown of Breakdown of the tasks within the project project Introduction Zak Autospare is a medium sized business based in Huddersfield. The main line of business is a wide range of car products from car parts to car audio. The business has a large amount of clients varying from mechanics to people with need of car parts. There are five workers at Zak Autospare, one of these being a manager and another the owner. The new website will advertise the business nationally as opposed to being only local at the moment, it will allow clients to purchase via the web, the main emphasis here will be upon car audio and car accessories such as alloy wheels, seats, steering wheels, etc. The website will be an advantage to Zak Autospare because as well as
21st Century Internet Traps
Kuen-fu Chung Instructor Somer English 1A 24 May 2004 21st Century Internet Traps In 21st century, the Internet has become very popular around the world. Since technology has improved, many people can use the Internet at home. From the Internet, people can write or receive emails, get information from around the world, or chat with friends or other people in different countries in instant messages with clear voices and images that shorten the distance from person to person. Also, there is no time limit. One can use the Internet whenever one wants. In addition, it is very inexpensive, so it is a very convenient type of media. However, some companies or people set up a lot of traps through websites, emails, or instant messaging to advertise their erotic business or to commit crimes, so we have to be careful. On the Internet, people can see websites around the world. Recently, friend finder websites have become very popular. They provide stages for people to make friends. On the websites, people can list some of their personal information, for example sex, height, weight, pictures, or interests, so that we can search and make friends according to the information. We can contact them by leaving a message or contact methods in the websites, and people might contact us. Therefore, from these websites, we can make more friends around the world. However, some companies take
DVD or Digital Versatile Disc.
DVDs There are a lot of new media technologies around today and more are being invented each day. DVD is one of the most recent developments and is getting more and more popular each day. DVD stands for the term Digital Versatile Disc and is generally like a CD but can store a lot more data on it. Due to the size of DVDs they can store a whole film on one disc, the quality of these films is really good and the sound can be amazing. They can also store large amounts of extras like deleted scenes from the film, extended scenes and documentaries. DVDs are the replacements for both VHS and CD due to the fact that you can now buy music DVDs and the main use of DVD which is for the storage of films. You can now also buy recordable DVDs and DVD writers so you can now record things from the television and put it onto DVD. Due to these facts DVD has become the fastest growing consumer electronics technology of all time. There are three main types of DVD; these are DVD-Video, DVD-ROM and DVD-Audio. DVD-Video was created to meet the requirements of the film industry by having great picture and great sound on one disc. DVD also offers features like surround sound, extras and different viewing angles. DVD-Video is now the fastest growing consumer electronics technology of all time. Several thousand titles and millions of players are now in use around the world, with annual sales of
Is there really a drug problem today, or is it merely an invention of the media?
Is there really a drug problem today, or is it merely an invention of the media? Even though there is a lot of drug coverage in today's media I do not think that there is a serious drug problem. Although there is evidence of drug usage in today's society, the media do tend to over-exaggerate these facts. The fact that all young people take drugs is merely an invention of the media. When visiting so-called "high drug abuse" areas, visuals of these statements are not all over. All right, there may be a few scraps of evidence but not enough to suggest a serious drug problem. It is also worth noting that the overall figures of drug users has decrease rapidly since 1979 when there was 25million illicit drug users, to under 15million in 1996. Many people believe the statement: "drugs can kill", but how many people have actually died from taking the pure drug? It is only when the drugs are combined with other substances, for example nicotine, and wrongly used when death becomes apparent. For instant the usage of heroin is legal when prescribed by a doctor, as it has healing properties and acts as a painkiller. So why should some people be allowed to take drugs but not others? Some people preach the fact that heroin is a highly addictive drug, but they don't mention the reality that heroin is only addictive when injected into the blood stream, not when snorted or
Roswell Documentary Analysis
Roswell The 'Incident At Roswell' video sells itself as an objective documentary but it is in fact a light entertainment. After analysing this video and other mediums I wonder was 'Roswell' just a money making scam? On the evening of July 2nd 1947 a bright light was seen over the small town of Roswell, New Mexico, during a violent thunderstorm. The next day a rancher Mac Brazel was checking for storm damage. Scattered over the ground was wreckage. This wreckage has puzzled the world ever since. Was it a flying saucer? Was it a weather balloon? After just reading the blurb about the video I could tell it was not going to be an objective documentary but a subjective light entertainment. 'In the early hours of the 5th July 1947, near the small town of Roswell in New Mexico, something extraordinary happened' - This is the first sentence of the blurb. Firstly they have the date wrong. The Roswell incident did not happen on the 5th July 1947, in fact it happened on the 2nd July 1947. Also 'extraordinary' is just the start of the over used dramatic language that is clear throughout the blurb. 'Rigorously suppressed', 'remarkable evidence', 'sensational', and 'remarkable' is just an example of the exaggerated language in this blurb. There is also a picture of an 'Alien' on the front, back and middle of the video cover. The repetition of this picture ensures that whichever
To what extent can sources published on the internet help historians of crime overcome the problems encountered when using printed or manuscript sources alone?
To what extent can sources published on the internet help historians of crime overcome the problems encountered when using printed or manuscript sources alone? By Sarah Kennedy Word Count: 1204 In today's society you can find pretty much anything you want on the internet, ranging from the obscure to that of education value, the internet is also easy to use for most and also easily accessible. You can't go somewhere today without finding an internet café or somewhere with wireless connections, the internet is the tool for any modern thinking person, but is it useful? There are many reasons as to why internet sources could help anyone, especially a historian researching in a specific area of time or genre, in the case of studying crimes there are now a variety of internet resources that a historian could easily use to be able to overcome the problems of having to use printed materials. One main reason would be because the sources on the internet are far more easy to access then say rare books or manuscripts of cases that they were looking at, this is due to the fact that most of the printed materials that could be used, may not be accessable to the public or the originals could have been lost to name a few examples, like in the Old Bailey database site. Also everything is all in one place, which means that you wouldn't have to go from library to library or even country to
Case Study for Wingspanbank.com.
Case Study for Wingspanbank.com .0:Problem Identification Wingspanbank.com was launched on June 24, 1999. It was a freestanding Internet bank under the auspices of the First USA division of Bank One. It was an Internet-only bank that marketed itself with the claim, "If your bank could start over, this is what it would be.? Created in a record four months and launched with a huge advertising campaign in year 1999, Wingspan provided one-stop shopping for financial services. At first glance Wingspanbank appeared to be a hugely successful startup, and in a way, it was because it had met virtually all of its goals and led the industry. However, the First USA division had performed poorly since then, it suffered $70 billion in outstanding receivables and shares of Bank One had fallen more than 40 percent since May 1999. Finally, "Wingspanbank was downgraded to be a test lab because it didn't attract enough customers? Bank One officials said in September 2000. But was Wingspan, a standalone Internet bank, a flawed business model or a good idea doomed by circumstance? The answer may be both. Internet pure plays don't have staying power, especially in banking. "Pure online banks are beginning to look like failed dreams,?said a report issued by Newton, MA-based Meridien Research. However, the bad management in Wingspanbank also contributed to its failure. The internal problems
The Dangers of the Internet
The Dangers of the Internet In early 2000 a man named Robert Colehill was sentenced to six months imprisonment. His crime? Not small-scale theft or violence, as the sentence suggests, but the intended abuse of many young children. Colehill, a 53 year old man from West Sussex, posed as a teenager to lure children into meeting him. After his arrest, many children stepped forward to talk of their own experiences with Colehill on the Internet, and it was revealed that he had approached literally hundreds of children. Some had ended conversations with him after he got too 'pushy' trying to set up meeting places, some arranged to meet him but left as soon as they saw his true identity, but one teenage boy actually met with Colehill, who tried to force himself on the boy. The boy's parents alerted the police and one officer posed as a 13 year old boy online to gather evidence, which eventually led to his arrest. Despite outcries from many parents of his intended 'targets', Colehill could only be accused of the abuse of one boy and so got a fairly lenient sentence. He was released later that year, free to roam the Internet again. The case of Robert Colehill was one of the first chatroom-related incidents recorded, and it, along with that of Patrick Green, shocked the nation. Hundreds of parents were suddenly made aware of the ease with which potential child abusers had
CRITICAL EVALUATION OF A2 MEDIA PRODUCTION COURSEWORK (website)
CRITICAL EVALUATION INTRODUCTION For my AS Production I constructed a series of three A4 advertising posters and an accompanying leaflet to raise awareness of the problems of child abuse in primary school children. The target audience was primary school teachers who might need help to spot the symptoms of child abuse. The need for this poster campaign was identified following a research questionnaire of primary school teachers who mostly felt that they would like extra help to inform them on whom to talk to in confidence if they suspected that a child was being abused. The posters also provided a telephone number for the fictional child protection organisation SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now). Each poster was created using two different original images of child actors photographed with an Olympus C-50 Zoom digital camera and then cropped and edited using Adobe Photoshop. The logo for SCAN was created using the Paint programme. The leaflet was created using Microsoft Word and the SCAN logo was imported from Paint. The posters were designed to be displayed individually in staff rooms and also to be placed as newspaper advertisements in the Times Educational Supplement, a weekly paper for teachers. The leaflet was designed to be added into the Times Educational Supplement as a flyer and also posted to individual primary schools. For the Advanced Production for A2, I am going to
