Read two or three front pages from different newspapers - Analyze the way each has been constructed and include similarities and differences.
Tabloid Newspapers Read two or three front pages from different newspapers. Analyze the way each has been constructed and include similarities and differences. A tabloid is different to a broadsheet newspaper because for one reason a tabloid is a small newspaper, which can be held easily, and you can easily see the whole page. A broadsheet is a large newspaper, which you need to lay out on the table or on the floor to see the whole page. A tabloid also is written in a different style to a broadsheet. Its stories are sensationalized or exaggerated, and they use a lot of alliteration and puns on words, whereas a broadsheet is clearly factual and they stick more or less to the story line. The tabloids generally focus on entertainment rather than political news and you often hear of the tabloid press harassing the celebrities. To hear about a broadsheet press reporter, harassing celebrities is very unusual and rare. The broadsheets focus on politics and the sport rather than entertainment. Tabloids are written in simple language and are aimed at working and 'lower middle class' people, whereas broadsheets are aimed at more intellectual people and they are written in a different style. We are studying 3 tabloid newspapers. 'The Sun', 'The Express' and 'The Mirror'. All three newspapers are dated the 21'st may 1998 and they all focus on the two nurses accused of killing a
Describe and evaluate models of memory.
Claire Harvey DISCRIBE AND EVALUATE MODELS OF MEMORY What is memory? Memory is involved in all aspects of our lives, is it a cognitive thinking process or a way of retaining information or is it a number of connected stores or even actual information retained. According to Reber (1985), it is possibly all of theses. Memory has not been defined as a single process or fact and several theories exist about its nature, character and structure. We have vast amounts of information stored in our memory systems which we are able to access quickly and effortlessly, this implies that knowledge stored must be highly organised to allow us to retrieve the appropriate information for a given situation. This organising will be determined by the way that information is encoded into memory. The way the knowledge is organised will determine the type of process required to access that information in the future. Atkinson and Shiffrin (1969) suggested that memory comprised of three separate stores. The sensory memory store, the short-term memory and the long term-memory each store has a specific and relatively inflexible function. This was called the multi-store model. There are two main memory stores short term memory (STM) and long term memory (LTM),they are studies in terms of there ability to encode, which means make sense of information, also by there capacity, how much information is
Review of the article "Supply Chain Analysis at Volkswagen of America".
The article "Supply Chain Analysis at Volkswagen of America" gives a review about the existing distribution system of Volkswagen of America and also specifies the opportunities for changes with significant savings. The article was written by two external consultants who were participants in the study on how to reengineer the distribution process at Volkswagen of America. One of the authors is a consultant from IBM Supply Chain Optimization Practice at Michigan and another is a consultant from Production Modeling Corporation at Michigan as well. The third author of the article was an actual employee at Volkswagen of America located in Michigan. The actual his position is not mentioned in the article. In 1995, Volkswagen of America assigned a project team to evaluate the existing vehicle distribution process and to develop a new improved distribution model. The company's objectives were to improve responsiveness and reduce costs from customer to customer throughout the world. Volkswagen of America, a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG (Germany), imports and distributes Volkswagen and Audi vehicles in the United States. The vehicles assembled in Mexico or Germany are distributed to a network of Volkswagen dealers across the United States. The authors point out that the existing distribution system had served the company for many years and had been hardly ever examined. The main
Benito Mussolini.
Benito Mussolini Benito Mussolini was a fascist dictator in Italy from 1925-1944. He was presented as a "superman" and for a while seemed to unite the Italian people in their support for him. Mussolini had gained power rapidly and lost it through wanting too much power and changing his views and decisions to whatever seemed to be best for maintain power. There were several reasons why Fascism developed in Italy in the 1920's and why Mussolini was able to establish his dictatorship. One issue was the great disappointment among the Italian population due to the impact of the First World War. There were about 500,000 people that died in the war (Cambridge University Press). In addition there was disappointment over the little gains that were achieved by the government in the Paris Peace Conference. Italy didn't get as much land as they hoped, only some territories in Tyrol, Trieste, Istria and parts of Albania. Then there were several problems with democracy. Only coalition governments could be built, there were about 31 different governments between 1860 and 1914 (Cambridge University Press) and paralysis resulted. No proper decisions were made, since every single party held a totally or slightly different opinion and didn't agree. As a result democracy became unpopular. And also the economic and political situation was instable. High inflation and a collapse in the lira
The Cold War.
Assignment 1 question 1 The Cold War In 1945, the United States and the Soviet Union were the most powerful nations in the world: the Soviet Union because of the size and the proven fighting record of her armed forces, her large population and her potential rather than actual economic strength; the United States because of her military, industry and her scientific and technological know-how. The co-operation and understanding between the wartime Allies was eroded by the growing distrust and suspicion. In the post-war period, the world was gradually divided into two sides. The Soviet Communism and the American Capitalism. Open hostility between the two groups broke out even more obviously after the war although they had set up already since long time ago. This hostility led to a serious international crisis- THE COLD WAR. The term 'Cold War' is used to describe the tension and hostility which developed between the capitalist and communist blocs in the post-war period. The Cold War was 'cold' because both the United States and the Soviet Union did not directly resort to war. Both of them realised that a real war between them could mean the total destruction of each other. For this reason, the Cold War was a war without actual fighting. Instead, they took the form of economic competition, military alliances and arms race. Whenever crises broke out, both sides usually
history of sport
Sport in British society has remarkably undergone a variety of alterations in terms of how they are played nowadays, and how they were performed back in the 19th century. The 19th century was a time of remarkable change and growth. Britain was one of the initial industrial urban powers of the world which created a huge impact upon sport within the United Kingdom before many other countries. This essay will outline the history of sport after 1800, allowing for the changes occurring throughout it and then will assess boxing, horse racing and rugby. To understand the reasons for change within sport in 19th century Britain, it is important to acknowledge the pace of industrial, social and educational change. Barry, 2002 explains how "sport after the 1800s underwent the transformation from rural to urban society which brought various changes to patterns of play". With the urban revolution, the leisure patterns of the working classes changed remarkably. However, there was a long wait between urban growth in population and municipal provision for recreation. The base of evil pastimes had disappeared slowly, reflecting the alteration in social attitudes. The speed of the industrial revolution brought about 'Saint Monday' which was a consequence of the unwillingness of the working classes to give up their recreations. Employees simply took the day off to go to prize fights or other
A Comparison of "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Tennyson with "Dulce Et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen
A Comparison of "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Tennyson with "Dulce Et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen War poetry is written for a variety of reasons. They may be written from the poet's personal experience or from second-hand knowledge; often an important factor affecting the poem's significance and viewpoint of war. A war poem may be written to console the bereaved: to reassure them that a soldier's death is a noble and heroic sacrifice. Glorifying war in poetry has also been used as government propaganda to keep public morale high and to encourage patriotism during a war. A poet who has served in a war may wish to express their personal reaction to the battle scene, they may write of the grief, terror and bitterness of war. A war poem could be written to depict the reality of warfare, a true image that aims to dispel the mythical vision of war seen by the public. "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Tennyson is a narrative poem based on Russel's account in the Times of the Charge, which took place during the Crimean War. The poem describes the Light Brigade's hopeless charge towards the enemy's main artillery position. Their commander had mistaken his orders, and instead of sending the cavalry to retrieve some captured British guns, he sent them into a valley where the Russians were waiting with their firearms. The 600 men armed only with sabres could not
"Evacuation was a great success." Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
"Evacuation was a great success." Do you agree or disagree with this statement? The government's aim of evacuation was to move children, teachers, blind and disabled people and pregnant women out of the major cities at risk from bombing, to reception areas, mostly in the countryside, so they would be safe, away from the bombing. On the 1st September 1939 the first evacuation began. 827,000 school children and 524,000 mothers and pre-school children moved in the following three days. 13,000 pregnant women, 7000 blind and disabled people and 103,000 teachers were also evacuated. During the phoney war many evacuees returned home as there had been no bombing in Britain. According to the official figures, by the 8th January 1940 almost 900,000 of the evacuated adults and children had gone home: though when the threat of invasion emerged in May 1940, the whole process began again. A couple of hundred thousand evacuees were moved back to the reception areas. This second evacuation was much better conducted and more happily resolved on all counts. Evacuation was a great success for the government because at the time they managed to persuade people that evacuation was the right thing to do. They persuaded people to evacuate using propaganda. Most government propaganda shows evacuation to be a success. Source H from the question sheet is an advertisement issued by the government
Evaluate the evidence from throughout the course that there are two distinct modes of cognitive processing.
Evaluate the evidence from throughout the course that there are two distinct modes of cognitive processing. Models and experiments presented throughout the 'Cognitive Psychology' course indicate that within the 'Information Processing' framework, 2 distinct modes of cognitive processing exist. The first, concerned with low level cognition is characterised by processing which is parallel, automatic, bottom-up and not very limited by capacity. This is most clearly demonstrated by the number of things we can hear simultaneously, see simultaneously, smell, taste and feel simultaneously. This type of low level cognition, along with skills which have been proceduralised, can also be performed automatically; performed without conscious attention. Automatic tasks do not employ a great deal of mental effort. Automatic tasks such as swimming, driving, and peeling the potatoes can all be accomplished whilst holding a conversation. They can be performed in parallel without making heavy demands on the limited capacity of working memory. The second mode of processing, concerned with high-level cognition, is serial, attentional (within conscious control ), top-down, and a high consumer of working memory's limited capacity. It is usual to only be able to focus our attention (from one modality) on one thing at a time, for instance we can switch our attention from a piece of music to
Read the Short Stories the Three Strangers By Thomas Hardy, and a Vendetta By Guy De Maupassant. Compare and Contrast the Way the Authors Develop a Sense of Mystery In These Stories.
READ THE SHORT STORIES THE THREE STRANGERS BY THOMAS HARDY, AND A VENDETTA BY GUY DE MAUPASSANT. COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE WAY THE AUTHORS DEVELOP A SENSE OF MYSTERY IN THESE STORIES. Both these stories build up mystery. However, because they are written in different ways, there is significant contrast in the way the two stories are built up. Hardy's story is longer, and has much more detail than Maupassant's. Hardy's has more characters and there is a twist in the tale. Maupassant's is simpler, to the point and only has one character. These differences in structure contribute to the contrasting styles in which the mystery is built up. The setting at the beginning of 'The Three Strangers', plays a big part in creating mystery. Thomas Hardy describes 'a lonely cottage' (page 130) as 'solitary'. The way he describes this leads the reader to think that if anything happens out there, no one would know about it. Hardy's descriptive use of the weather when he says 'the level rainstorm' (on page 131), creates an atmosphere that plays on the readers emotions. The setting for Maupassant's story builds up mystery too. It opens with a horrific murder. On page 201, we are told that the victim was 'treacherously knifed'. This is important, as straight away there is some action in it, which makes us wonder what's going to happen next. This is a clever way to build up mystery. Like
