Manufacturing Desire

Author : Arthur Asa Berger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351507097

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Manufacturing Desire by Arthur Asa Berger Pdf

The average person in America watches four hours of television per day and spends the equivalent of nine years of his or her life in front of the television set. If the attention most people devote to popular culture - listening to the news, watching soap operas, reading the comics-were added up, it would reveal that most people spend an enormous amount of time with popular culture which becomes in large measure, their culture. "Manufacturing Desire" is a study of how the mass media broadcast or spread various popular arts; further how the media and popular arts play a major role in shaping our everyday lives.The television shows we watch, the movies we see, the radio programs we listen to, and all the comic strips we read influence social behavior. They give us ideas about what is good and evil, about how to solve problems, and about how we should relate to others. If we understand this, says Berger, then the way we think about our media-influenced culture will be far different than if we see popular culture as mindless entertainment. Berger provides an analysis of the way popular culture and the mass media simultaneously reflect and affect various aspects of American culture and society. He examines commercials, television shows, comics, film, humor, and everyday life in terms of what beliefs and values are found in them, what attitudes toward ourselves, and our societies are contained in them, how they achieve their effects, and what they reflect about present-day American culture and society.This book is analysis of the impact mass media have across America, cross-culturally, and internationally. "Manufacturing Desire" will provide the general reader as well as specialists in communication and information, sociology, and psychology with a better understanding of the effects of mass media and popular culture on contemporary society.

Author : Hans-Peter Wiendahl
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642577437

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Load-Oriented Manufacturing Control by Hans-Peter Wiendahl Pdf

Load-Oriented Manufacturing Control is unique as it gives comprehensive and self-contained principles for the implementation of an appropriate production control technique of general applicability. It is based on the "funnel model", a new approach to scheduling and scheduling control which has an extensive monitoring and diagnosis system. Its most important system components include throughput diagrams, load-oriented order release, schedule-oriented capacity planning and control. The "funnel model" is getting increasing implementation in manufacturing companies. It is available in numerous variants and is especially significant for the job-shop and series production. Load-Oriented Manufacturing Control provides a large number of practical examples and is therefore relatively easy to understand. It offers direct implementation of this new important technique in manufacturing scheduling and control.

Author : Tina Burrett,Jeff Kingston
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000859393

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Routledge Handbook of Trauma in East Asia by Tina Burrett,Jeff Kingston Pdf

This handbook explores trauma in East Asia from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, assessing how victims, perpetrators and societies have responded to such experiences and to what extent the legacies still resonate today. Mapping the trauma-scape of East Asia from an interdisciplinary perspective, including anthropologists, historians, film and literary critics, scholars of law, media and education, political scientists and sociologists, this book significantly enhances understandings of the region’s traumatic pasts and how those memories have since been suppressed, exhumed, represented and disputed. In Asia’s contested memory-scape there is much at stake for perpetrators, their victims and heirs to their respective traumas. The scholarly research in this volume examines the silencing and distortion of traumatic pasts and sustained efforts to interrogate denial and impunity in the search for accountability. Addressing collective traumas from across East Asia (China, Hong Kong, Japan, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam), this book is a valuable resource for students and scholars of Trauma and Memory Studies, Asian Studies and Contemporary Asian History more broadly.

Author : Shamaine Henry
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-03-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781412253338

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This Burning Desire by Shamaine Henry Pdf

Damion Hyde, a self-made lawyer, sets out to seduce financier executive Monet Robinson in order to prevent her from breaking up his cousin Melodie's marriage. Damion witnesses what he believes is a lovers' tryst between Monet and Hugh Spacey, her former love and Melodie's new husband. Planning to divide and conquer, Damion finds every excuse to ingratiate himself into Monet's life. He does not count on the passion and attraction that ignites between them. Now, he must reconcile the home-wrecker image he once had of Monet with the fun-loving, independent, vibrant woman he has come to love. An array of circumstances, which include Hugh's declaration that he is still in love with Monet, as well as an emotionally unstable Melodie seem to come between Damion and Monet whenever they are together. Will Monet's love for him be threatened when she realizes why Damion approached her in the first place?

Author : Professor Teresa Ortiz-Gómez,Dr María Jesús Santesmases
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781409454045

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Gendered Drugs and Medicine by Professor Teresa Ortiz-Gómez,Dr María Jesús Santesmases Pdf

Drugs are considered to be healers and harmers, wonder substances and knowledge makers; objects that impact on social hierarchies, health practices and public policies. This book focuses on the ways that gender, race/ethnicity and class, influence the design, standardisation and circulation of drugs throughout several highly medicalised countries. Seventeen authors from eight different countries, both European and non-European, analyse the extent to which the dominant ideas and values surrounding masculinity and femininity shape the research, prescription and use of drugs by women and/or men within particular social and cultural contexts.

Author : Pennsylvania
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Law
ISBN : IOWA:31858018800155

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Laws of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Passed at the Session by Pennsylvania Pdf

Appropriation acts before 1911 published in the Laws of the General Assembly; 1911- in a separate volume.

Author : Josh Flagg
Publisher : HarperCollins Leadership
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781400230440

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The Deal by Josh Flagg Pdf

LEARN STRATAGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL DEAL MAKING Star of the hit show Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, Josh Flagg shares his secrets to mastering any negotiation in any industry and at any level. Throughout his career, Josh Flagg has faced off with challengers of all kinds in negotiations over the world’s most expensive and sought-after real estate. He has seen and put into practice what works and identified the “common tricks” that don’t. Josh has curated ten rules that, when applied to any deal, will significantly increase your chance of success, and make you the master negotiator your clients need you to be. Sample rules include: Rule #1: Don’t Sell Garbage- you are what you sell. Rule #2: You Only Have One Client- focus on the one you’re with. Rule #3: Up Your Attitude- be the person people want to represent them. Rule #8: Play the Psychologist- you are your client’s best friend. Rule #10: Know Your Worth- you are your best advocate. If you want to be the best, you have to look and act like the best. Josh learned this rule young and has applied it to every client relationship he has ever had. He began his real estate career as a student at Beverly Hills High School—swung big and hit—landing him in the perfect position to take on some of LA’s largest, most exclusive real estate listings and, eventually, a spot on Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles. Apply the lessons in the book to become the negotiator who closes million-dollar deals.

Author : Susan E. Thomas
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443807807

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What is the New Rhetoric? by Susan E. Thomas Pdf

The Age of Information has spawned a critical focus on human communication in a multimedia world, particularly on theories and practices of writing. With the worldwide web impacting increasingly on academic and business communication, the need has never been greater for advanced study in writing, communication, and critical thinking across all genres, sectors, and cultures. In recent decades, the definitions of 'new rhetoric' have expanded to encompass a variety of theories and movements, raising the question of how rhetoric is understood and employed in the twenty-first century. The essays collected here represent variations on these themes, with each attempting to answer the title?s deliberately provocative question, addressing particularly: -How the classical art of rhetoric is still relevant today; -How it is directly related to modern technologies and the new modes of communication they have generated; -How rhetorical practice is informing research methodologies and teaching and learning practices in the contemporary academy.

Author : United States. National Recovery Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1334 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Administrative law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132181889

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Proposed Code of Fair Competition for the Boot & Shoe Manufacturing Industry by United States. National Recovery Administration Pdf

Author : Mark Duckenfield
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351574488

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Battles Over Free Trade, Volume 2 by Mark Duckenfield Pdf

After the collapse of the Doha Development Round of the World Trade Organization talks, agricultural subsidies and market liberalization went high on the political agenda. This work features historical documents that address the thorny relationship between trade and politics, the appropriate role of international regulation, and domestic concerns.

Author : John A. C. Conybeare
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0742528294

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Merging Traffic by John A. C. Conybeare Pdf

John Conybeare examines the motivations at work behind the consolidation of the automotive industry worldwide into six giant conglomerates. He shows that the publicly anticipated goals are not always achieved and reveals that the real reasons behind mergers are not always what they seem to be.

Author : Steven L. McKenzie,John Kaltner
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664238162

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New Meanings for Ancient Texts by Steven L. McKenzie,John Kaltner Pdf

"As . . . newer approaches [to biblical criticism] become more established and influential, it is essential that students and other serious readers of the Bible be exposed to them and become familiar with them. That is the main impetus behind the present volume, which is offered as a textbook for those who wish to go further than the approaches covered in To Each Its Own Meaning by exploring more recent or experimental ways of reading." „from the introduction This book is a supplement and sequel to To Each Its Own Meaning, edited by Steven L. McKenzie and Stephen R. Haynes, which introduced the reader to the most important methods of biblical criticism and remains a widely used classroom textbook. This new volume explores recent developments in, and approaches to, biblical criticism since 1999. Leading contributors define and describe their approach for non-specialist readers, using examples from the Old and New Testament to help illustrate their discussion. Topics include cultural criticism, disability studies, queer criticism, postmodernism, ecological criticism, new historicism, popular culture, postcolonial criticism, and psychological criticism. Each section includes a list of key terms and definitions and suggestions for further reading.

Author : John Horswell
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781420023244

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The Practice Of Crime Scene Investigation by John Horswell Pdf

The Practice Of Crime Scene Investigation covers numerous aspects of crime scenes investigation, including the latest in education and training, quality systems accreditation, quality assurance, and the application of specialist scientific disciplines to crime. Written by authors specifically chosen for their expertise in this specialized field, the book includes discussion on fingerprinting, dealing with trauma victims, photofit technology, the role of the pathologist and ballistic expert, clandestine laboratories, and explosives. This comprehensive book is a valuable reference for everyone interested in forensic science and the broader application of the justice system.

Author : Nir Eyal
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780143193524

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Hooked by Nir Eyal Pdf

How do successful companies create products people can't put down? Why do some products capture widespread attention while others flop? What makes us engage with certain products out of sheer habit? Is there a pattern underlying how technologies hook us? Nir Eyal answers these questions (and many more) by explaining the "Hook Model" -- a four steps process embedded into the products of many successful companies to subtly encourage customer behavior. Through consecutive “hook cycles,” these products reach their ultimate goal of bringing users back over and over again, without depending on costly advertising or aggressive messaging. Hooked is based on Eyal’s years of research, consulting, and practical experience. He wrote the book he wished had been available to him as a startup founder – not abstract theory, but a how-to guide for building better products. Hooked is written for product managers, designers, marketers, startup founders, and anyone who seeks to understand how products influence our behavior.

Author : Christine Gledhill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134940905

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Stardom by Christine Gledhill Pdf

In the past stars have been studied as cogs in a mass entertainment industry selling desires and ideologies. But since the 1970s, new approaches have reopened debate, as film and cultural studies try to account for the active role of the star in producing meanings, pleasures, and identites for a diversity of audiences. Stardom brings together for the first time some of the major writing of the last decade which seeks to understand the phemomenon of stars and stardom. Gathered under four headings - The System, Stars and Society, Performers and Signs, Desire and Politics - these essays represent a range of approaches drawn from film history, sociolgy, textual analysis, audience research, psychoanalysis, and cultural politics. They raise important issues about the politics of representation and the cultural limitations and possibilities of stars.