...| Film essay 1 | | Ninotchka | | Film essay 1 | | Ninotchka | In the past propaganda was used rather obviously, especially during the war and battle. Posters, comics and movies showing the ‘opponent’ as being malicious and horrifying were shown, while the antagonists were portrayed as tough and nearly divine. In my paper I will be discussing propaganda and its uses in the film industry, by examining the power of the Communism shown in the movie during the Second Red Scare. The plot is shaped to show that an average Soviet resident, far from being an ideological, given the opportunity, will be tempted by capitalist advantage . Ignoring that, the movie differentiates itself by giving the communist a human face. Ninotchka can be seen as one of the first movies which came out as Hollywood propaganda against Communism, it shows a rough Russian woman sent to Paris, where she meets a French “gigolo” called Leon who appears to characterize everything against her beliefs. The movie illustrates Russia as harsh, unsympathetic and depressed, whilst showing France as magnificent and lovely. By falling for a man who stands against everything Ninotchka is thought to support, the movie also shows how much superior Western civilization is in comparison to the strict, dreadful conditions in Russia at the time. The humor in the movie derives from differences between life in the East and the West. Three incompetent Soviet envoys Buljanoff, Iranoff, and Kopalski arrive to Paris...
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...MKTG203 Investigative Essay: Consumer Influence on Brand Meaning The marketing team or the end consumer: Who determines the underlying meaning behind an established brand? By design, the marketing of a brand or product is undertaken with the intention to stir a response within a consumer about the apparent value attributed to that product or brand, and ultimately result in the consumer making a purchase. With that in mind, one could assume that the definitive meaning of a brand would be formed as the general intention of the marketers who have either created the brand, or currently work on it. This essay will debate that it may indeed be consumers that have the capacity to determine a brand’s meaning, rather than the marketer responsible for the brand, and that this newly developed meaning may not even be remotely comparable to the marketer’s initial intended meaning. The underlying meaning behind a brand, whether intentional or not, can be conveyed and interpreted through the influence of multiple factors. From culture, religion, politics and travel exploration in an increasingly global landscape; to multiple media platforms including film and television; to internal factors such as past experience and memories revived from childhood; consumers can use their own awareness, surroundings and experiences to form their own interpretations on a brand’s meaning. Culture can often have a great influence on brand meaning. The addition of all the customs, beliefs and values that...
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...University of Phoenix Material French Revolution and Napoleonic Era Worksheet 1. Essay Explain, in 1,050 to 1,400 words, how the following ideas and ideals influenced the events and motivated the participants in the French Revolution: • Liberty • Equality • Brotherhood • Hubris • Fiscal irresponsibility • Democracy • Technology Please see bottom of paper for essay 2. Napoleonic Timeline For each date and location, identify the significant event that occurred and write a single-sentence description of the event. |August 15, 1769 |Napoleon Bonaparte is born in Ajaccio, Corsica. | |Ajaccio, Corsica | | |July 4, 1776 |The 13 original colonies met in Philadelphia to sign the Declaration of Independence, | | |declaring themselves free of British rule and taxation." | |Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |July 14, 1789 |Citizens of Paris started the French Revolution by storming the Bastille prison and | | ...
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...Berkley Professor of Economics and Finance. Stern professors have made regular contributions to research and are authors of books and articles in top journals. In 2011, Stern Professor Thomas J. Sargent won the Nobel Prize for Economics in the wake of other Nobel Laureates from Stern—Wassily Leontief (1973), Friedrich Hayek (1974), Michael Spence (2001), and Robert F. Engle (2003). Besides academic departments such as those of accounting, finance, and marketing, Stern has developed research centers including the Berkley Innovation Lab, Center for Business Analytics, and Center for Globalization of Education and Management. Programs: Stern has a variety of MBA programs, such as Full-time MBA (two years), Tech MBA (one year), and Fashion and Luxury MBA (one year); part-time MBA at Manhattan and Westchester (two to six years); dual degrees, such as MD/MBA, JD/MBA, MBA/MFA; executive MBA programs, such as EMBA New York City (22 months) and EMBA Washington, DC (two years); TRIUM Global MBA for senior executives offered by Stern, LES, and HEC Paris (17 months); undergraduate courses; master’s programs; PhD programs; executive programs for companies and individuals; and certificate programs. Curriculum: The two-year full-time MBA at Stern is customizable. The first-year curriculum comprises the required core and menu core courses. The required core courses consist of financial accounting and reporting, and statistics and data analytics. Under the menu core, which includes firms and markets...
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...Meaning of alcohol in five different societies: Native Americans, Maori, Chinese, French and Russian This essay was conducted in order to look over whether the meaning of ‘alcohol’ differs across various cultures. The essay will compare how tribal people conceptualise the definition of this substance and how it is explained by contemporary societies in developing and developed countries, and also in the post-Soviet country. Contemporary or postmodern period is known as the latter 20th and the 21st century (Johnson, 2001). This paper will provide examples of indigenous societies from North America and New Zealand, and also societies from China, France and Russia. The essay will briefly review the way their attitude to alcohol changed since earlier times. It seems that in practice relation with alcohol is usually understood by drinking alcoholic liquids. The behavioural consequences of drinking depend as much as on a people’s idea of alcohol does to a person as on the physiological processes that can result from alcohol abuse. It would be advisable to say that alcohol as a ‘drink’ played an important role in almost all societies’ cultures since Neolithic times. Alcohol helped to drive the globalisation of trade since 17th century (Hames, 2012). The role of this substance was usually described in relation to religious experiences or by enhancing the enjoyment of life. Historically, alcoholic beverages also were widely used as sources of antiseptic nutrients in medicine. In modern...
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...of 11,265,000 of total audience. 88% of the audience are women, in particular women with above average income and higher education. Even though the pages overflow with glamour and luxury, the magazine is highly appreciated by women with average income, too (Nast,C.). For some Vogue can be a reality, for the less lucky it means the possibility to dream. It is a highly intellectual magazine as well, as it responds to current socio-political issues and promotes the cross connection of fashion and politics. With a vast audience comes great responsibility of those behind the creation and edition of the magazine. After all, fashion is a tool of communication that sets roles and promotes ideas and participates at the formation of its followers. A lot of criticism was ascribed to Vogue as a promoter of unrealistically perfect bodies and flawless visages that reinforce our stereotypes of what beauty consists of and what not. Nevertheless, besides the magazine's promotion of stereotypical beauty, at the same time other stereotypes are being attacked and broken down by the Vogue magazine. Vogue is mainly a collection of photoshopping ads of luxury products and models that do not capture reality but stereotypical representation of women. According to some readers, listing through the photographic essays, one is being transported into a dream-like world. The fantasy, the fairy-tale models with perfect figures make us dream for a while. However, one has to take into account the impact...
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...AP World History Survival Guide Name ________________________________ Teacher __________________________ Block _________________ Table of Contents | Pages | AP World History Overview | 3 – 7 | The AP Exam | 3 | World Regions | 4 – 5 | Five Course Themes | 6 | Four Historical Thinking Skills | 7 | Essays Overview | 8 - 15 | Document-based Question (DBQ) | 8 – 12 | Change and Continuity over Time (CCOT) | 13 – 15 | Comparative Essay | 16 – 18 | Released Free Response Questions | 19 – 20 | AP Curriculum Framework | 21 – 38 | Period 1 (Up to 600 B.C.E.)—5% | 21 – 22 | Period 2 (600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.)—15% | 23 – 25 | Period 3 (600 to 1450)—20% | 26 – 28 | Period 4 (1450 to 1750)—20% | 29 – 31 | Period 5 (1750 to 1900)—20% | 32 – 35 | Period 6 (1900 to the present)—20% | 36 – 38 | Help with Some Confusing Subjects | 39 – 43 | Chinese Dynasties | 39 | Political, Economic, and Social Systems | 40 | Religions | 41 | Primary Sources | 42 | “Must Know” Years | 43 | * Many of the guidelines in this study packet are adapted from the AP World History Course Description, developed by College Board. The AP Exam Purchasing and taking the AP World History exam are requirements of the course. This year, the AP World History exam will be administered on: ___________________________________________ Format I. Multiple...
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...AP World History Survival Guide Name ________________________________ Teacher __________________________ Block _________________ Table of Contents | Pages | AP World History Overview | 3 – 7 | The AP Exam | 3 | World Regions | 4 – 5 | Five Course Themes | 6 | Four Historical Thinking Skills | 7 | Essays Overview | 8 - 15 | Document-based Question (DBQ) | 8 – 12 | Change and Continuity over Time (CCOT) | 13 – 15 | Comparative Essay | 16 – 18 | Released Free Response Questions | 19 – 20 | AP Curriculum Framework | 21 – 38 | Period 1 (Up to 600 B.C.E.)—5% | 21 – 22 | Period 2 (600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.)—15% | 23 – 25 | Period 3 (600 to 1450)—20% | 26 – 28 | Period 4 (1450 to 1750)—20% | 29 – 31 | Period 5 (1750 to 1900)—20% | 32 – 35 | Period 6 (1900 to the present)—20% | 36 – 38 | Help with Some Confusing Subjects | 39 – 43 | Chinese Dynasties | 39 | Political, Economic, and Social Systems | 40 | Religions | 41 | Primary Sources | 42 | “Must Know” Years | 43 | * Many of the guidelines in this study packet are adapted from the AP World History Course Description, developed by College Board. The AP Exam Purchasing and taking the AP World History exam are requirements of the course. This year, the AP World History exam will be administered on: ___________________________________________ Format I. Multiple...
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...Idealistic leaders can become corrupt because of the influence that absolute power can have on one’s morals. This pattern constantly repeats itself throughout history because of mankind’s ignorance to the past. Animal Farm represents the Russian revolution and the events and actions that took place. As Napoleon, Snowball, and Old Major evolve and show the effects of having power, is it obvious to see how absolute power corrupts potentially great leaders. Napoleon, an overall strong leader, lets power take over his views and morals for ultimate corruption. After Old Major dies, Napoleon is fortunate to be one of the next renowned leaders for the farm and soon to be a leader for the rebellion. As time passes, Napoleon experiences the luxuries and the benefits that come with having power— the power is now beginning to go to his head. He begins eating much food, sleeping on a bed, and wearing clothes (all of which the animals swore never to do in animalism). Napoleon is beginning to think of himself above all others rather than as still an equal. At one point in the book, Napoleon sell the loyal and hardworking boxer to a factory for alcohol. This goes to prove that he only cared about what he wanted, not his hard working citizen. By many events and actions done by Napoleon, it is easy to see how Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin. “Stalin was the undisputed dictator of USSR.” As Stalin did, Napoleon disposes of anything that comes to threat his beloved power. Both leaders...
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...DIVINE WORD UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF PNG STUDIES AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS UNIT: IR205 FUNDAMENATALISM AND GLOBAL POLITICS ASSESSMENT TASK ONE TOPIC: ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN CONFLICT SEMESTER TWO WEEK 13 DUE DATE: 30TH, SEPTEMBER, 2014 UNIT LECTURER: MR GORDAN KUIAS STUDENT NAME: PUP JOSIAH YEAR LEVEL: TWO (2) MARKS: /30 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction1 General description about this conflict2 Historical background of the conflict3 The actors involved in the conflict with their reasons………………………………………………………………………. Findings on politics, social and economy and religious impact of this conflict4 General Evaluations of the conflict5 Conclusion6 References…………………….................................................................................…………………………………………….7 Introduction In this course Fundamentalism and Global Politics, I learnt divergent world religions and world politics. They are categorized into main subtopics; comparative politics of third world, Governance networks in public, International politics, Global classifications and Theories of politics. Hence, Politics are the activities associated with governance of a country or area and fundamentalism a form of Protestant Christianity which upholds belief in the strict in literal interpretation of the bible. As such, we were given the topic on conflict between the Israeli-Palestinian to base our investigations. Conflict has been commonly codified as “man against self”, “man against man”...
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...Essay: GLOBAL MARKETING Impact of Cultural Differences on Global Marketing Popa Cristina-Adelina IEBA, 1-st year * SUMMARY * Origins of the company * Marketing Globalization * L’Oreal Marketing Strategy in India * INCREASING THE CUSTOMER BASE * SEGMENTING MARKETING * L’OREAL MARKETING STRATEGY IN CHINA, JAPAN * L’OREAL MARKETING STRATEGY IN NETHERLANDS * L’OREAL MARETING STRATEGY IN USA * WHY L’OREAL NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES? * CONCLUSION * Origins of the company L’Oreal, which was started in 1909 by a French chemist named Eugéne Schueller and now is the largest cosmetic and beauty company in the whole world. With 100 years of proficiency in cosmetics, the company has 23 global brands in 130 countries around the world and 649 patents in 2009. The company has made its presence in all major markets in the world. The company’s main focus is on hair insignia, skin care, protection from sun, perfumes, etc. This company is more vigorous in dermatology and pharmacy fields and is leading patent holder in nanotechnology in USA. The company accounts for 50% sales outside Europe and has acquired brands in those countries. Not only to women, but the company offers beauty products to even men. The brands of the company are grouped by the particular markets like mass, professional brands, luxury products and active cosmetics. The “Consumer products” are high technology ones at aggressive costs through mass-marketing...
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...Volkswagen Table of Contents Executive Summary p.3 Global Business Environment p.5 Key Competition p.8 Technology p.10 Legal and Regulation p.13 Culture and Society p.15 Sustainability p.18 Stakeholders p.22 5year Operating Performance p.26 Conclusion p.28 Work Cited p.34 Executive Summary Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer founded in 1937 by the Nazi Trade Union. In the mid 1930’s, with the German economy in a depression and the German auto industry composed of mostly luxury vehicles, the Germany people couldn’t afford any of the cars. This opened a new market for the “peoples’ car” in Germany. Volkswagen, which means “peoples’ car” in German, wanted to produce good quality cars that were affordable to the people. The car for the people was a blue ocean market in Germany, and the company quickly grew. Despite WWII and the effects it had on Germany and its economy, Volkswagen survived and soon became a symbol of hope for the German future. In 1969, Volkswagen merged with what is now called Audi, to grow and expand the company. As Volkswagen grew and became more profitable they continued to expand globally and acquire new companies becoming the Volkswagen Group. The Volkswagen Group consists of Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Ducati, Porsche, Suzuki, Skoda, SEAT, Scania, and MAN. This once small German car company for the people is now comprised of several...
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...In Peter Singer’s paper on “The Singer Solution to World Poverty,” he explores the possibilities of each and every American giving up about 2/3 of their income. However, rather than simply talking about his own solution as another theory, he tells the reader in so many words that they are wrong. In this paper, I will argue that Singer fails to establish that we are morally required to give to charity. In Peter Singer’s paper he makes the claim that we ought to give up any surplus money we might have and send it to places like Bengal to prevent people from suffering or dying. However, is this really something we are obligated to do? Peter Singer relies on two main principles that help him establish his conclusion. The first principle state that, “…suffering and death from lack of food, shelter, and medical care are bad” and that “if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable more importance, we ought, morally, to do it” (605). The first principle is most likely unable to be refuted as almost everyone can agree that suffering and death has nothing to do with good. Now the second principle can be explained by the example Singer gives that if you were in a situation where you were walking past a pond and see a child drowning you ought to pull the child out resulting in wet or muddy clothes, which in no means outweighs the death of a child. In other words, preventing something bad will always compensate ruining a...
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...[CN]Chapter 1 [CT]Overview of Financial ManagementThe Financial Manager and the Firm SUMMARY OF QUESTIONS BY STUDYLEARNING OBJECTIVE AND BLOOM’S TAXONOMY |Item | |1. | |126. | |81. |4 |C | | | | Item |Type |Item |Type |Item |Type |Item |Type |Item |Type |Item |Type | |1 |TF |12 |TF |20 |TF |22 |TF |23 |TF |25 |TF | |2 |TF |13 |TF |21 |TF |3358 |MC |24 |TF |4873 |MC | |3 |TF |14 |TF |2954 |MC |3459 |MC |3560 |MC |4974 |MC | |4 |TF |15 |TF |3055 |MC |81 |ESS |3661 |MC |5075 |MC | |5 |TF |16 |TF |3156 |MC | | |3762 |MC |5176 |MC | |6 |TF |17 |TF |3257 |MC | | |3863 |MC |5277 |MC | |7 |TF |18 |TF | | | | |3964 |MC |5378 |MC | |8 |TF |19 |TF | | | | |4065 |MC |5479 |MC | |9 |TF |1742 |MC | | | | |4166 |MC |5580 |MC | |10 |TF |1843 |MC | | | | |4267 |MC |83 |ESS | |11 |TF |1944 |MC | | | | |4368 |MC | | | |126 |MC |2045 |MC | | | | |4469 |MC | | | |27 |MC |2146 |MC | | | | |4570 |MC | | | |328 |MC |2247 |MC | | | | |4671 |MC | | | |429 |MC |2348 |MC | | | | |4772 |MC | | | |530 |MC |2449 |MC | | | | |82 |ESS | | | |631 |MC |2550 |MC | | | | | | | | | |732 |MC |2651 |MC | | | | | | | | | |833 |MC |2752 |MC | | |...
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...A term paper On Competitive Dynamics Submitted to: Kashfia Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Business Administration East West University Submitted by: The Radiant Group Group members Name: | ID: | Anam Hossain | 2013-3-10-143 | Sourav Saha | 2013-3-10-155 | Md Faqrul Hoque | 2013-3-10-173 | Mousumi Akter Mila | 2013-3-10-024 | Letter of Transmittal 9th April, 2015 To, Kashfia Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Business Administration, East West University Dhaka-1212 Bangladesh. Subject: Submission of term paper on “Competitive dynamics regarding Toyota Motor Corporation& General Motors.” Dear Madam, We have successfully prepared the term paper titled “Competitive Dynamics regarding Toyota Motor Corporation & General Motors” which we the members of the Radiant group, are submitting along with this letter. The report has been prepared by visiting the website of the company and by taking information from their website. Through our best sincerity, we have tried to uptake all the issues in the report with several limitations. We all had a very good time while collecting the information and preparing the term paper. We really hope that the experience that we have got from working on this paper will help us in future. We sincerely hope that the contents of our paper will meet the requirements of this course and fulfill your expectations. Therefore, we would like to place this paper for your kind judgment and valuable suggestions...
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