Berger and Luckmann propose 3 steps in the social construction of reality
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann discuss the social construction of reality in their work, The Social Construction of Reality, published in 1966. Reality, as defined by Berger and Luckmann, is a combination of norms (socially acceptable ways of acting and thinking) and...
The reality of perceiving environment
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” by Wallace Stevens presents the reader with exactly what its title expresses—thirteen distinct perspectives all involving a blackbird in some form. These perspectives each provide a kind of brief snapshot into thirteen unique realities....
Dreams and reality: the Kurdish issue
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
The current Turkish incursion into Northern Iraq, within the framework of the struggle against the Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK and its activities, is reflective of the strength of the tensions at the border between Iraq and Turkey, as well as the stakes underlying the Kurdish issue. The...
The French reality TV programme landscape and the Star Academy programme
Essay - 8 pages - Television
The television landscape has changed years ago with the incredible growth of new programmes. Indeed, reality TV knows a huge development among TV viewers raising key issues around ethics, politics, truth-telling and realist representation. Even if reality television is totally a new...
Paul Auster's Brooklyn: between fiction and reality
Book review - 9 pages - Literature
Brooklyn is best described as a city within the great New York City. It is a place associated with top-notch artists such as Walt Whitman, Hart Crane or quite recently Woody Allen; and one of New York boroughs where one cannot ignore the ongoing process of multiculturalism. There are several...
"No artist tolerates reality" - Nietzsche. To what extend is this true in the work of Yeats and Eliot?
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
"No artist tolerates reality", as far as this quotation of Nietzsche is concerned, it is true that artists - and therefore writers - cannot tolerate reality, and that is the reason why they often aim at changing this reality through their art, and in the case of writers,...
Reality Blights
Essay - 2 pages - Literature
No matter how hard a person tries, he cannot escape a world exploding with discrimination, violence, and blind hatred. The smell of death permeates the streets as wars rage and the taste of man's inhumanity lingers in the air. An idealistic individual attempts to shield himself from the evil,...
The EU Foreign Policy - Myth or Reality?
Dissertation - 22 pages - European union
European Union (EU) critics are a very heterogenic group. Amongst them, there are people who think that this organization has too many responsibilities. Sometimes this disapproval is summarized in only one word: ‘Brussels', the city where several institutions of the EU and especially the...
Does reality TV have any ill effects on the participants and the viewers? To what extent?
Essay - 4 pages - Television
This literature review deals with the contemporary topic of reality TV. It is particularly focused on the examination of the ill effects of reality TV shows for both contestants and viewers. The study found out that the appeal which encourages people to participate in such shows is...
Is e.government still more a dream than a reality ?
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
Information Technology, especially the Internet, has definitely opened the political scene to the public. Its influence on politics relies on a new and widened visibility, mixed to a clearly new approach of communication. Indeed, it has become a common tool. And adding to the low cost of access,...
Journalism: fiction and reality. The figure of journalists in films.
Essay - 3 pages - Medias
In most of the movies or TV series, journalist characters are often represented in one way: stereotyped. Namely, a man in his 30's and single. Journalism is filled with stress due to the constant awareness those workers face since the news stays ongoing. The job of a journalist is infinite;...
The Mark on the Wall - Virginia Woolf (1917) - What is the significance of the "gaze" in this short story?
Text commentary - 3 pages - Literature
"The Mark on the Wall" by Virginia Woolf is a modernist short story that delves into the complex nature of perception and the workings of the human mind. The story is characterized by its stream-of-consciousness narrative, which allows the reader to explore the inner thoughts and reflections of...
What are problems and how do we deal with them?
Presentation - 5 pages - Philosophy
Faced with the same event, several people can react in totally different ways. Better still, the same person, at different times, can react in a completely different way when faced with the same situations. All of this allows us to affirm that it is perhaps not reality itself that causes...
Metaverse: Opportunities and Challenges in Higher Education
Essay - 3 pages - Educational studies
The Metaverse, a vast virtual world where digital and augmented realities meet, marks the start of a new era for higher education. Combining technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and immersive game-based learning can bring the emergence of a digital frontier that...
Understanding Heraclitus: The Philosophy of Fire, Change, and Unity
Essay - 4 pages - Philosophy
Discover the profound insights of Heraclitus, a pioneering philosopher who shaped Western thought with his dynamic understanding of reality. His revolutionary ideas on the unity of opposites, perpetual change, and the hidden nature of things have influenced metaphysics, physics,...
Strategic Analysis - Meta, the new name of the Facebook Group
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
Meta as a metamorphosis, but also as a metaverse: that's it, it's done. Facebook has just changed its corporate name. Recently announced during Connect 2021, which took place on October 28, the blue logo platform formalized its mutation. During this media event, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of...
Deconstructing the Balance between Left and Right Hemispheres: A Critical Analysis of Human Cognition
Text commentary - 2 pages - Psychology
In this thought-provoking chapter, Iain McGilchrist challenges the conventional wisdom that the left hemisphere is the seat of rationality and reason. He argues that a balanced collaboration between the left and right hemispheres is essential for an authentic relationship with the world. This...
Pierre Faure: Photographer of Silence
Biography - 6 pages - Arts and art history
Discover the work of French photographer Pierre Faure, known for his black and white images capturing human reality and environmental context.
Designing Acceptable Assistive Robots for Diverse Age Groups
Book review - 2 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology
A mixed-methods study explores user preferences for assistive robot design using augmented reality, revealing age-related differences in design acceptance.
Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Presentation - 2 pages - Literature
Summary and analysis of the 17th-century Spanish play Life is a Dream, exploring themes of reality, dreams, and deception.
The Illusion Comique: Lies and Comedy in Corneille's Masterpiece
Book review - 1 pages - Literature
Explore the themes of deception and comedy in Pierre Corneille's 17th-century play, The Illusion Comique, a tragicomedy that blurs the lines between reality and theater.
Madame Bovary: Emma's Dream Analysis
Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature
Discover the analysis of Emma Bovary's dream in Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary, exploring the themes of escape, exoticism, and the harsh return to reality.
Marketing Plan for a Media Advertising Company in Spain
Thesis - 26 pages - Medias&communication marketing
In the current advertising landscape, where consumers are constantly exposed to a multitude of promotional messages, it is essential to ensure the relevance and added value of advertising campaigns to captivate the attention of the target audience. The success of the strategy will depend, in this...
Inflation - Brief case study
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
There are more subtle or safer to destroy the basis of society than to corrupt its currency. This process mobilizes to destruction, all the hidden forces of the laws economics. As currency value variations were, for all that involved, among the most significant events of economic history of the...
Nescafe's Global Communication Strategy
Case study - 5 pages - Communication
In the globalized market of today, dynamic marketing communication strategies are the key for brands that want to relate to the diverse consumer niche from different cultures and markets. Nescafe is one of the most popular instant coffees on the market, which is owned by a huge company - Nestlé....
New digital tools for hospitals - CHU Saint-Pierre
Presentation - 12 pages - Medical studies
This presentation gives points as to why hospitals need new digital tools to treat and take care of their patients.
Immersive Media Course for Deep Meaningful Learning for a Physics Course
Course material - 4 pages - Educational studies
The constructivist learning technique acknowledges that learners are more capable of understanding course content when they can relate new information with the existing knowledge (Thomas et al., 2014). It is worthwhile to observe that evidence in the field of education has established that...
Marketing of Arts and Cultural Industries
Market study - 18 pages - Marketing theories
This document provides insights into the challenges and specific issues faced by marketers in the arts and cultural industries. It offers an analysis of various cultural markets and explains how to leverage the unique characteristics of cultural markets to deliver value to both consumers and...
Screen Use Among Children and Adolescents
Dissertation - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
This study examines the impact of screen use on children and adolescents, analyzing frequency, duration, and types of devices used, as well as its implications for mental health and development.
Marketing Mix - Facebook - publié le 20/05/2021
Case study - 4 pages - Brand management
Facebook is an American company headquartered in California. It is a social network initially created in 2004 to bring together and connect students from Harvard University, then extended to other universities, and finally to the rest of the population. The network has grown very quickly. Sixteen...
