...Analysis of Magazine Front Covers This essay is about the semiotic codes of the front covers of two magazines to demonstrate how the media constructs the image and behavioural ideology of their target audiences. I will analyse “Cycling Monthly” (January 2008) and compare it with “Footy Focus” (January 2007). I selected these texts as they are popular mainstream magazines that are available in most newsagents and therefore represent to the reader what constitutes a typical cyclist and a typical football fan. These are also fairly recent issues and therefore show an up to date representation of constructed cyclist and football fans in our media and society. Magazines are a collection of signs including title of the magazine; the fonts; the layout; the colours; the texture of the paper; the language adopted; the content of the articles. Each of these signs have been selected to create a meaning. The magazine genre is therefore a complex collection of sings that can be decoded and analysed by us as readers. The Cycling magazine is clearly targeted at cycling fans who either aspire to cycle or who regularly cycle as a hobby. The representation of the cyclists is clearly conveyed to the audience through the large colourful image of a fit cyclist who is partially standing as he cycles through the grass; giving the intended audience the idea that cycling is hard work, fun, enjoyable and healthy. The Footy Focus magazine has a large image of William Duff Gordon kicking the ball...
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...mental pictures to go along with a story instead of the picture being perfectly thought out and visually created by someone else. In the cartoon, the two characters in the two images look like identical old alien men. One picture shows a thought blurb or bubble with multiple images and concepts created in the man’s brain through the written word. The other picture shows the very same character watching television. His thought blurb or bubble is empty and represents a brain without creative images, and leaves the viewer to believe the character is without thought. The artist is also trying to show a visual picture that ties the whole “imagination” aspect together and how the character’s imagination has already broadened his mind. The image also seems as if it appeals to adults more because adults like things that are out of the ordinary and strange, which may help captivate their attention and curiosity. The illustration also shows that it will cause the reader to be more creative when one reads, because the reader must develop images in the mind as he reads. Retention of the material can be stronger and longer lasting due to the fact that information and can be read over and over. The picture in the reading man’s brain blurb shows atoms, Albert Einstein’s face, the world, letters and even a Peace Sign. Looking at all of those images inside of the thought bubble in the...
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...Basic Book Design | What goes on the cover?Cover imageTitleAuthorPublishing info (Company or logo) | | Cover Image:This is probably the most important image choice you will make.Captivating & strongTrue to the content of the bookInclude space to comfortably incorporate text (title, author) | The book SPINE should carry the same information as the cover. | | Back coverYour choice!Often a big full-bleed imagePerhaps some type such as reviews, descriptions, etc.Perhaps just a blank color that blends well with your front cover. | Presentation of interior images | Thick Margin: * Classic, traditional presentation * “Quiet” * Top & side margins are equal. * Bottom margin slightly larger | | Thin Margin * More contemporary * Bolder | | Full Bleed * “Bleed” means that the images flows off the page on all side. * Very bold, “loud,” dynamic * Notice the magenta trim line (picture extends beyond the trim line) | | Gutter Bleed (full)This image bleeds across the gutterThe gutter centers the bleed | | Gutter Bleed (equal margin)This image bleeds across the gutter | | Interior image presentation, continued | | | Gutter Bleed (offset)This image bleeds across the gutter | | Gutter Bleed (multiple image)This image bleeds across the gutter | General Layout Tips & Tricks | | The image above shows: Front/ back cover dust jacket, spine, and inside front/ back flaps of the dust jacket. This view is called a “full...
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...moving from scary dolls to fussing over boys. He’s moving house and gets in scrapes; he misses his grandparents and best friends, which are problems we can all relate to. They’re mundane (everyday) problems, though to nine-year old Bruno, they’re rocking the centre of his world. We feel for him - as we all were nine once, less wise and less able to cope. We might have nine-year old brothers or sisters. He seems very innocent and vulnerable. He has no control over the elements in his life. In short, it seems like an everyday book. If you read the blurb though, there’s a disturbing mood even before you start reading. We’re told we’ll go on a ‘journey with a nine-year old’ but that this ‘isn’t a book for nine-year olds’ - as if it’s not suitable, or too scary. What’s horrible about this is that the boy in it is nine, which makes us afraid that his life is too scary for him. John Boyne builds up the mystery from the start. The blurb says ‘we think it’s important that you start to read without knowing what it’s about.’ Not knowing is unsettling. The first scenes of the film of the novel clearly show Nazi flags, and soldiers in a town. But in the book, there are no clues at first. Because we don’t know their true identity, we’re lulled us into a false sense of security. We think of Bruno and his parents as being ‘normal’ in a way we don’t normally think of the Nazis. This makes the shock of discovery, when it comes, even more intense. Little clues gradually dawn on us, like when...
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...solving behavior from 8 through 18 months and categorize them according to Piagetian and information processing theories. Note that 8 months is included, so you'll need to use the time-line to look back at 8 months for examples. 2. Email this question to Mrs. Greg: Analyze your baby's temperament in more detail at 18 months than you did at 8 months. How would you describe your baby in terms of the five aspects of temperament utilized by the Virtual Child program (activity, sociability, emotionality, aggressiveness vs. cooperativeness, and self control)? Has Rosa's temperament been stable over the first 18 months? A blurb defining and providing examples of the five aspects of temperament is provided at 12 months, but you should seek out further explanations of temperament from your textbook. Explain how the concept of goodness of fit (also discussed in the blurb on infant temperament) applies to your interactions with your child. 3. Were you surprised by anything in the developmental assessment at 19 months? That is, does your perception of your child's physical, cognitive, language and social development differ from that of the developmental examiner? Give specific examples. If you were not surprised, write instead about some aspects of your child's development that need the most work. Questions at 2 ½ or 24 months 1. ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form 1. Have there been any environmental events in your child's first 2 1/2 years that...
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...PACO 506 Welcome to PACO 506 – Integration of Psychology and Theology! I am Rev. Dr. Mario Garcia, Jr., your professor (coach) for this course. We are going to be spending a great deal of time together in this learning journey. As directed above, keep this information. I have found that many learners do not keep this information available; thus, unnecessary questions are generated. In addition, many learners will attempt to begin the course without spending quality time with ALL of the information provided in the links of this course. I can usually tell when that has been the approach. It is my desire that we all work from the same frame of reference, so I am urging you to get involved with this material now and you will be informed well enough to do a work of excellence later. 1. The first thing you should do is make sure that you have the correct text books ordered. You will find the text books you need to purchase for PACO 506 at Course Overview and Guide under the link: About Your Course. 2. Quickly review the course syllabus and course schedule, noting how the course is set up and what the various folders contain. Then go back through it carefully and clarify requirements, expectations, and deadlines. In this course, the week begins on Monday and ends on Sunday night at 11:55 EST. 3. Everything needed to get acclimated into this course is in “Course Content” (see upper left screen, third link down). The most important document in "Course Content" is “Introduction...
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...What seems to be the biggest roadblock of the action plan is the power dynamics involved. Gentrification is a problem that positively impacts some at the expense of others. The three main pieces of this puzzle are the families currently living in Johnson City, the future families of Johnson City, and Binghamton University. The University appears to be the piece with the most power of the three, but the study they’re currently involved in is greatly skewed toward the future direction of Johnson City rather than the very real implications of the “improvements” to come. If Binghamton University were to participate in this action plan they would have to put money toward redeveloping other buildings (perhaps outside of Johnson City). This would...
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...Program Description Program Title: ALC Simple Machines Special Program Author(s): Molly Rosig, Bob Vosatka Program Format: Special Residency Grade Level(s): Special Ed K1-2 Overview: Rationale: Big Ideas: Advertising Blurb for Web and Publications: Resources/Materials Required: 1. Large Lever 2. Large Pulley Demo 3. Basket of simple machines (pulleys, hammers, etc) 4. “Mousetrap” 5. Photos of Mousetrap, crayons to circle, photos of simple machines to find 6. Spring scales (1 per student) 7. Car (1 per student) 8. Shoe box with hook (1 per student) 9. Books for inclined plane 10. Worksheet to record spring scale data 11. Video: This too shall pass by OK go 12. rulers Background Information: Residency Day One Program: Simple Machines (approximately two hours) What are simple machines? Learning Objectives: Students will be able to: 1. explain what a machine is and how it makes work easier. 2. describe an inclined plane, explain how it makes work easier, and give examples from their outside world. 3. describe a lever, explain how it makes work easier, and give examples from their outside world. 4. describe a pulley, explain how it makes work easier, and give examples. 5. describe a wheel and axle, explain how it makes work easier, and give examples. Motivation: Large Lever Mouse trap game Activity 1: Lever 1. Students given rulers and books. SE demonstrates ruler...
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...CPT Codes Mary Fazzi HCR/201 May 20, 2016 University of Phoenix CPT Codes CPT As Easy As I II III Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) is a medical code set to use to report medical, surgical, and diagnostic procedures and services to entities such as doctors, medical insurance companies and authorization organizations. The American Medical Association was the first to produce the CPT codes and there are guidelines that need to be followed. The CPT code has three different categories. Category I which normally are mostly numbers. They are five digits without any decimals. Each of the codes has a description that is a blurb of explaining what was done. There are office visits, anesthesia for a procedure, removing of an indwelling, radiology, laboratories test, and intravenous infusions. Some examples of category I can be going to a doctor for a annul visit. Surgery can be any part of the body that needs to be fixed or maintain. With radiology is of course x-rays but can also be ultrasounds or other types or ultrasounds needed. There might be times when a doctor might have to use a surgery code for draining an abscess in the office or removing of a growth. Most coder’s will only use category I for most of their jobs. Now category II are four digits and the fifth digit is a letter. These are not paid by insurance, but just notes for the doctor to keep an eye on things and to see that the right treatment is going on. Examples of this can body mass recorded or has...
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...in Moscow was spoken to by VKHUTEMAS, which was the school for craftsmanship and outline created in 1919. Gabo later expressed that educating at the school underscored political and ideological discourse instead of craftsmanship making. Regardless of this, Gabo himself planned a radio transmitter in 1920 (and would submit an outline to the castle of the Soviets rivalry in 1930). Jan Tschichold, a Western radical planner was profoundly affected by the book plans of Rodchenko, El Lissitzky and others, for example, Solomon Telingater. Numerous constructivists took a shot at the configuration of publications for everything from silver screen to political purposeful publicity: the previous spoke to best by the brilliantly colored, geometric blurbs of the Stenberg siblings (Georgii and Vladimir Stenberg) and the last by the agitational photomontage work of Gustav Klutsis and Valentina Kulagina. The constructivists' fundamental early political supporter was Leon Trotsky, and it started to be respected with suspicion after the removal of Trotsky and the Left Opposition in 1927-8. The socialist party would progressively support realist workmanship amid the course of 1920s (as right on time as 1918 Pravda had whined that legislature trusts were being utilized to purchase lives up to expectations by untried specialists). Nonetheless, it was not until around 1934 that the counter teaching of Socialist Realism was initiated in Constructivism's spot. Numerous constructivists kept on delivering...
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...observation about the authors response to prejudice is that he chooses, perhaps unconsciously, to remain a shadow to the subject. Staples states, Timid, but a survivor. Lastly in “Why Looks are the Last Bastion of Discrimination”, Rhodes seems to feel that appearance related bias exacerbates disadvantages based on gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation and class. She doesn’t seem to understand why not simply ban prejudice based on appearance. One question I had about the narrator in “Girl” was what situation was she placed in to result in being told such belittling comments and instructions? Perhaps getting these orders from a master? A question I had about the paragraph structure was why was it just one large run on sentence blurb of writing? Why not any sentence structure at all? My opinion of “Just Walk On By” was that I thought it was a rather sad reading considering that such events that Staples had experienced actually do occur in everyday life. I view it as a disgrace. I was appalled to hear in “Why Looks are the Last Bastion of Discrimination” all the events in which people were targeted for their appearance alone. Especially in the work force. Mostly the only qualities that should matter when applying for a job is your worth ethic and character; certainly not your appearance. I thought that “Girl” possibly demonstrated a brief view of what slaves had experienced on a daily basis. The laundry list of tasks being iterated to them, with little room for responses...
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...GENIUS HOUR ESSAY Genius Hour is an activity where we have to build or create a project, or picking something you are passionate about, researching it building a project or creating something if able, blogging about it to an audience is part of it, too. All of this goes beyond our imagination. We were allowed to do anything we could think of so it is kind of like making a new invention. Most of the students had an idea of what our outcome was suppose to be or what we wanted it to be. At first when our teacher first told us what was to it, I was a little unsure of what to do or if I would get it done. It was when I was in sixth grade so I kind of didn’t have good ideas until I was done with the project and did it this year. I chose to do...
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...+You Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive Calendar More Sign in Screen reader users, click here to turn off Google Instant. About 140,000,000 results (0.11 seconds) Search Results Nigeria FORMAL EDUCATION/WESTERN - OnlineNigeria.com www.onlinenigeria.com/education/?blurb=537 FORMAL EDUCATION/WESTERNFormal education in Nigeria is traceable to the efforts of European Missionaries around 1842. Education at this time was ... Education in Nigeria - Maps of World www.mapsofworld.com › Nigeria The Christian missionaries introduced the western education system in Nigeria in the mid-nineteenth century. In 1990, three fundamentally distinct education ... Contribution of Western Education to Development in Nigeria - Term ... www.termpaperwarehouse.com › Social Issues Dec 11, 2010 – The contributions of western education to development in Nigeria. If a man is born blind, he may not appreciate what it means to see the light, ... Nigeria-EDUCATION www.mongabay.com/history/nigeria/nigeria-education.html Western-style education came to Nigeria with the missionaries in the mid-nineteenth century. Although the first mission school was founded in 1843 by ... History of western education in Nigeria wiki.answers.com › ... › Countries, States, and Cities › Nigeria The history of business education in nigeria? education is it a business. What...
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...Introduction: I will analyze the legal, ethical and operation issues in relation to the use of business information, and by including appropriate examples. Legal, ethical and operational issues all contribute to the overall success or failure of Tesco. The legislations set in place by the government is the law and must be followed otherwise Tesco could fall under many legal problems resulting in the closure of the organization. The many various acts are there to not only prevent Tesco from performing illegal acts but also to protect them as well, as this ensures that they are not falsely accused and protects Tesco from any other individuals or organizations who have violated any legal areas against Tesco. The ethical issues allow Tesco to remain morally and legally successful if they behave appropriately. If Tesco follow the codes of practice correctly then they won’t have any problems arising with the ASA and the OFT. If the ASA or the OFT get involved for inappropriate conduct of the codes of practice Tesco could receive heavy fines, this could disrupt Tesco’s profit margin as these fines would be an added expense. The operational issues are yet another issue which contributes to Tesco’s overall success, as these are what relate to how Tesco operates their procedures and policies within the organization. If all 3 of these areas fail to function according to legislation and government bodies Tesco cannot, and will not be successful. One main example of Tesco...
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...destinations in Boy, its sequel Going Solo, and any other places you think appropriate – perhaps some of the places (real or fictional) mentioned in his other books. Provide a full list of activities for your travellers to do on their trip. Section Two: 3. “An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details. This is not an autobiography.” (Roald Dahl, Boy, page 7) Do you agree with the above statement? Why/why not? How does Boy fit the mould of autobiography? In what ways does it differ? OR 4. “Who can tell where Roald Dahl gets his ideas from? Perhaps some have their roots in the remarkable things that happened to the writer as a boy and as a young man” (Inside cover blurb to Boy) To what...
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