Communication and media
Case study - 6 pages - Journalism
Communication is the process of exchanging information usually via a common system of symbols and "Communication studies" is the academic discipline which studies communication. Almost every university that has a journalism program also offers a distinct program often from the same...
Nuit Blanche: Paris 2007 - published: 18/05/2009
Case study - 23 pages - Journalism
In 2002, Christophe Girard, deputy major in charge of the culture suggested to Bertrand Delanoe, mayor of Paris, to create an artistic course devoted to the contemporary art for a whole night in Paris. It was imagined by Jean Blaise, the creator of the festival ‘The lit ‘(‘switched...
New British second homeowners in the French countryside: The Cathar country's case - publié le 16/01/2009
Case study - 24 pages - Journalism
The study examined the motivations of the British buying a second home in France and more particularly in the “Cathar Country”. The research then focused on their economic impacts on the region, and their integration in the local community. Antagonism of the British second homeowners...
Qualitative vs. quantitative research techniques in tourism - publié le 13/01/2009
Case study - 10 pages - Journalism
Research in the field of tourism has not been very important until the early nineteen seventies; it has begun to spread only since that time. Marketing research is a broad concept including various techniques, but a main distinction should be done between quantitative and qualitative research...
Entertainment industries and globalization: Focus on the music industry - publié le 09/01/2009
Case study - 8 pages - Journalism
For the past decades, globalization has represented the center of each and every interest from the populations, the firms, the states and the international organizations. It has invaded every aspect of our lives in a way or so, from the way we dress to the things we buy and the leisure we have....
Identity sags in transition
Case study - 6 pages - Journalism
In February of 2005, the state of Virginia proposed a “Droopy Drawers” bill. The House voted 60-34 for this bill (Bellantoni), but was later shot down by the Senate. If passed, one would have been facing a fifty-dollar fine for sagging. “It's not an attack on baggy pants,”...
An ethics case study: A photo that had to be used
Case study - 4 pages - Journalism
On September 14, 1989 a man entered a printing company named Standard Gravure and killed nine people, including himself. The shooting spree in Louisville, Kentucky was covered by the Louisville Courier-Journal who decided to include in the front page story, a photo of one of the deceased victims....
