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    MDIA 202 Television Studies Faith Holloway 300314105 Assignment One: Institutional Essay Recent and historical events throughout television history have demanded a redefinition of the medium in contemporary culture. Throughout its history television has predominantly relied upon industry practices established early in the 1960s, however, the turn of the century has produced such divergence from these practices that some scholars are defining it as an entirely new era of television. Lotz, for example

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    deployment as a means of preparing soldiers for ethical challenges and to ensure that those soldiers demonstrate behaviors that align with the U.S. Army’s organizational values. This paper will explore the importance of ethical leadership, examine a historical event involving an ethical challenge, and discuss character development methods that prepare soldiers to address future ethical challenges with character, integrity, and distinction. Ethical Leadership A personal definition of ethical leadership

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    In Salem Village, Massachusetts, 1662, two-hundred people became inaccurately accused, hundreds imprisoned, and twenty-four executed. What historical event caused this? In the fall of 1661, nine girls began exhibiting possession like symptoms and they seemed to have only one explanation, witchcraft; however, the symptoms they experienced have caught the eyes of historians and resembles a disease we now know today as Ergotism. The start of the accusations began in Autumn of 1661, nearly one year

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    In Salem Village, Massachusetts 1662, two-hundred people became inaccurately accused, hundreds imprisoned, and twenty-four executed. What historical event caused this? In the fall of 1661, nine girls began exhibiting possession like symptoms and the situation seemed to have only one explanation, witchcraft; however, the symptoms they experienced caught the eyes of historians and resembles a disease known today as Ergotism. The start of the accusations began in Autumn of 1661, nearly one year

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    The film that I watched for my history report was United 93. United 93 focuses on the historical event of 9/11. On September 11th, 2001 was a day where the U.S was under a terrorist attack by Al Qaeda. The terrorists took charge and hijacked four passenger planes. Two of which went into the World Trade Center, bringing both towers down. Another plunging into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. United 93 focuses on the plane that didn’t reach its target. Their goal was to hit the White House. The film

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    The use of events in novels from history is not uncommon. Harper Lee does this in her historical fiction novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. The setting of the book is the 1930s, because this was an important decade of change for America. Harper Lee utilized cultural parallels between important historical events and ideas in To Kill A Mockingbird to show the hardships of the 1930s that influenced corruption of the human mindset. One of the largest, and most crippling events of the 1930s was the Great

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    “To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength.” ~Lawrence Clark, a writer. This might be what the writers of the Renaissance had in mind: what all people of the Renaissance had in mind. The Renaissance happened during the 15th and 16th centuries. The Renaissance gets its name from the French word ‘rebirth’, which is what the Renaissance is seen as by bringing back the great ancient Greek and Roman works. From the

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    Historical Events that Impacted Contact Improvisation Dance has evolved greatly throughout the centuries. It began with ballet and has led up to contact improvisation. This form of dance begun in the early 1970's and was started by a man named Steve Paxton and a group of postmodern dancers from New York City. Contact improvisation is a partnering form of dance and known as the art of moving spontaneously with a group or another person. This form of dance does not require the exact set

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    Should writers change a historical event ? I am con towards this because we need the truth about the -monuments, and black lives matter movement , plus It's called Lying - future generations will have trouble with truth , show heros in their true colors and not in black and white - seen more human . And it will tell why I think they should not change it . First reason is the black lives matter movement that is still happening today and that why they should not change it because it's showing

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    Comparing Historical Events The American Civil Rights Movement of 1960 broke through barriers and walls for equality. It was a major win for the efforts of many against racial oppression. Allowing individuals of different races to participate in the same schools, equal voting rights, and much more, this movement paved way for several others in succession. One reason why the movement was so successful was due to its sheer reason. It was a voice for the millions struggling with unequality, slavery

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