Mass Communication and Para-social Interaction Donald Horton and R. Richard Wohl Extract from Horton, Donald and R. Richard Wohl (1956): 'Mass Communication and Para-social Interaction: Observations on Intimacy at a Distance', Psychiatry 19: 215-29 This is a classic paper which is very widely cited but hard to locate. It introduced the notion of 'parasocial interaction' between viewers and those whom they watch on the television screen. Although the paper is now very old it is useful to reflect
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disposal of trash on land, and careless beachgoers. These are all significant problems that people do not realize until all of the damage is done. There are very few methods of controlling this pollution and more need to be developed in order to try and control these problems immediately. The first few causes of water pollution include sewage and nutrients from fertilizers being dumped into water. This causes a problem for all the organisms because the nutrients cause the algae and water plants to grow
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OUTLINE FOR TRIANGLE Misery lane-Manhattan’s Charity piers was where the bodies were laid out whenever disaster struck. March 26, 1911-makeshift morgue at end of pier where 100 women and two dozen men were laid out. March 25, 1911- Triangle fire took place. Most important and deadliest work place disaster for 90 yrs. Fire lasted ½ hour. 146 dead. Workplace safety was scarcely regulated, workmens comp was considered newfangled or socialist. Triangle fire was different because it was the crucial
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ENHANCEMENT OF VETERINARY TRAINING AT THE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. A PROPOSAL FOR THE REVIEW OF VETERINARY EDUCATION AT THE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY TO FACILITATE LINKAGES WITH THE KANSAS AND IOWA STATE UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HASSAN, Adamu Zoaka MARCH 2011 1.0 INTRODUCTION When Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) was established in 1962, it was decided to give particular attention to Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine. Therefore, in 1964, the Faculty of
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education Bottom of Form Details Amongst the well-drilled headlines that define what is happening inside the British education system in the 21st century, one might be forgiven for not noticing what happened to freedom, the space that once existed for individual creativity and personal goals. It is not that in bygone times the system ever aimed to create that space where those values could take root - a state education system was never going to do that - rather, it is the way a space that existed by default
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FOCUS Mission Success Safety Always - Mission Success Safety Always - Mission Success Safety Always - Mission Success Safety Always - Mission Success January 2012 FOCUS Republic of Singapore Air Force Safety Magazine Issue 70 The Dirty Dozen Inside: >> Stress >> Distraction >> Project Management and The Dirty Dozen >> Fokker-50 At Gulf of Aden Mission Success Safety Always - Mission Success Safety Always - Mission Success Safety Always - Mission Success Safety Always -
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BACHELOR OF BUSINESS (MANAGEMENT) [pic] MKTG1199 MARKETING PRINCIPLES PRACTICAL ASSIGNMENT – MARKETING PLAN [pic] ‘WORK HARDER, PLAY SMARTER’ LECTURER: ONG CHIN CHOO GROUP MEMBERS: |Cheong Shu Juan |3320564 | |Gayathiri Chandran |3321634 | |Lim Zong Da |3321074 | |Ong Cindy |3320646 | |Quak Mei Juan
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descent, in Chicago. His developed a love for drawing and trains while living on a farm in Marceline, Missouri. One of his elderly neighbors would pay him to draw pictures. While attending Benton Grammar School he met Walter Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer was a theatre aficionado. He introduced Walt to the world of vaudeville and motion pictures. Even thought Walt knew that you could make money from drawing pictures. Pfeiffer open his eyes to possibility of movies. Disney created ads for newspapers, magazines, and
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RESEARCH DETAIL TITLE : Effectiveness and Appropriateness of Therapeutic Play Intervention in Preparing Children for Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study. RESEARCHER: 1. Cheung Li, PhD, is an Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing Studies, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. 2. Violeta Lopez, PhD, is a Professor and Head of School, School of Nursing (NSW and ACT), Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, NSW
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process and the provision of quantitative and non-quantitative information for planning, control, and decision making. Topics include management control systems; results controls, action, personnel and cultural controls; control system tightness; control system cost; designing and evaluating management control systems; financial responsibility centers including transfer pricing; planning, and budgeting; incentive systems; financial performance measures; the myopia problem; uncontrollable factors; corporate
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