Abstract This paper explains that, with her recognizable Asian face, intense interviewing tactics and controversial techniques, Connie Chung has been a staple in broadcast news reporting for almost four decades. The author points out that, in the early 1990s, Chung became one of the most recognizable faces on television when she went back to CBS to be the anchor and correspondent of "Saturday Night with Connie Chung" and the Sunday edition of the "CBS Evening News". The paper relates that, in 1995, the reason for Chung's dismissal ranged from her poor work relationship with Dan Rather, to her controversial interviewing techniques, to charges of sexism by Chung.
From the Paper "Living in Washington, D.C., the Chung family was like any other family - celebrating holidays, enjoying picnics, and attending school. Like many Chinese families, education was very important to the family. One of the best educators for Chung was the television. As a child, she would pretend the vacuum hose was a microphone and would make up interviews with people. Chung attended Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, MD, and then went on to pursue at first Biology and then Journalism at the University of Maryland. Since their family had no sons, Connie wanted to be the successful daughter to carry the family name."
Abstract In this paper the author takes a close look at the Coca-Cola Corporation. The author looks at the management and how Douglas Daft came to the helm with his new philosophy of thinking "local", rather than global management. The author examines what has happened to Coca-Cola over the last few years in various countries and how this has effected its reputation. The author them moves on to discuss Coca-Cola's relationship with its bottlers, trade unions and profit margins. Finally the author looks at how Coca-Cola has re-established itself in China, creating a new business model and its wars with competitors.
From the paper:
?Coke's overwhelming success in the U.S. is in large part due to its bottlers. Daft's decentralization strategy reassigns much of the work performed by 29,000 laid-off employees to the ?anchor bottlers? (for marketing and sales) and to sub-contractors (for plant and office maintenance) resulting in fewer direct employees worldwide. This strategy allows the company to concentrate its efforts on garnering market share while not having to take responsibility for global industrial relations. The anchor bottlers, Coca-Cola Enterprises and Cola-Cola Amatil, actually have more employees than Coca-Cola Company (CCC). The company relies on them to bottle and distribute the lion's share of its products.?
Abstract The paper reveals how business has determined that money is not the only thing that employees want. The paper looks at compensation trends today and how they are being used in the automobile industry. The paper explains how the career anchors that an employee has (i.e., what is important to the employee), strongly influences what will motivate him/her to work harder and continue to perform at a high level. The paper shows how the trend, therefore, is to compensate employees based on what they need and want. The paper concludes that if the automobile industry continues to do this, it will also continue to please its customers.
Outline:
Introduction
Trends
Career Anchors and Motivation
Conclusion
From the Paper "There are many trends when it comes to employee motivation and compensation, because big business has determined that money is not the only thing that employees want. Instead, these employees are motivated by different things. It used to be that everyone assumed that employees wanted more money, and they could do any job forever, as long as they were given periodic raises and/or bonuses. In other words, the employer assumed that money was all that mattered to these people that worked for the company. However, employers eventually began to realize that praising employees made them smile, and having a casual day once a week made employees more relaxed."
Abstract This paper examines how the basis of the thesis created by Postman and Powers is that words and images, especially in the television broadcasting medium, are created to distort the reality of events and how, even when such distortion is unintentional, it still occurs as a result of certain fundamental assumptions made by these two authors. It looks at how the assumptions pertain to the spoken word and to the images accompanying the words spoken by broadcasters and anchors. This thesis is investigated using Peter Jennings's "World New Tonight".
From the Paper "A further problem with television news broadcasting is the fact that time is limited. Often a story with multiple facets is illuminated only from one perspective, thus unintentionally biasing the viewer. To alleviate this problem, pictures are used to illuminate the various meanings that may be derived from a news broadcast. However, these also have their own distorting qualities. Pictures accompanying television broadcasts are usually in motion in order to catch the viewer's attention. They also have a certain emotive quality, evoking emotion from the viewer regarding an issue. This in itself may distort the reality behind the images."
Abstract This paper presents an analysis of the necessary skills required for a career in broadcast journalism (being a news anchor). It looks at the training and education required for the position and then discusses the tasks, duties and responsibilities that are essential in this career. The paper concludes by describing the future job outlook for broadcast journalism and related fields of work.
Table of Contents:
Description of the Career
Skills Required
Training and Education Required
Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities
Work Environment
Future Job Outlook
Related Occupations
From the Paper "There are a variety of skills required for those seeking to be a news anchor. First, and foremost, the individual must have outstanding reporting skills. In addition, they must have excellent on-air presentation skills. Live reporting skills are also typically essential to the job, as is excellent written and verbal communication skills. Because news anchors often report live, they must be able to think quickly and have strong problem solving abilities. In addition, the individual must be able to meet strict deadlines and be detail orientated. As in any career in journalism, a high-degree of ethics and standards is necessary to excel in the industry ("News Reporter")."
Abstract The paper discusses the core premise of this article that people are not influenced as much by factual probability data as they are by cognitive heuristics when making a decision or judgment. The paper examines the article's idea of three important heuristics; availability, representativeness and anchoring. The paper agrees with the authors' identification of heuristics, but does not agree with the extent of their influence or role in judgment. The paper maintains that other factors also come into play and must be accounted for.
From the Paper "The authors maintain that when a person is making a decision about something, he is likely to assign them probabilities. In the process, he will eliminate those possibilities, which have a zero probability. Once they are removed, the rest of the possibilities will be arranged according to a sub-process, which is based on three important heuristics. These heuristics are defined as availability, representativeness and anchoring. Availability is the heuristic device that is used to assess the frequency and possibility of some event. In this case frequency is connected with the number of times this event occurred in the past and possibility is connected with likelihood of it happening in the future."
A look at the events surrounding the CBS news report by anchor Dan Rather's regarding apparent gaps in George W. Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard.
Abstract On September 8, 2004, CBS news anchor Dan Rather aired a report on apparent gaps in presidential candidate George W. Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard. In order to portray these gaps as evidence that Bush had received preferential treatment, Rather relied on memos that had allegedly been written by Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Killian, one of Bush's superiors during the early 1970's. Immediately after Rather's report, bloggers across the Internet began to raise doubts about the authenticity of these memos. By describing how the bloggers' suspicions eventually led to Rather's downfall, this paper attempts to show that the scandal revolved, not around the actual facts of Bush's service, but around the methods that CBS had used to gather and present documentary evidence.
From the Paper "The report that aired on "60 Minutes Wednesday" featured an exclusive interview with Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas and speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, who said that he helped get Bush into the Texas Air National Guard at the pinnacle of the Vietnam War. As mentioned above, the report included documents from 1972 that were allegedly written by the late Lt. Col. Jerry Killian, one of Bush's former commanders. The Lt. Col. had previously alleged that Bush's Guard records had been "scrubbed" to hide information. The story was part of an investigation alleging that Bush benefited from political favoritism in getting out of commitments to the Texas Guard. The documents, supposedly made by Killian, included criticisms of Bush's service in the Guard and allegedly showed that Bush disobeyed orders. "
Abstract This paper examines the 5th and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution and applies them to the current issues regarding illegal immigration. The paper also argues that the US should not deport foreign born parents of children born in the U.S., who have full citizenship as anchor babies.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Problem
The Amendments
From the Paper "The illegal immigrants have been increasing in America and have been able to gain benefits through health care, educational opportunities and other perks of living in the country, without having to submit the same paperwork that citizens and legal immigrants are required to submit. This has begun to create tension throughout America as jobs become less available and funding begins to get tightened. Whether the funding and employment issues are a direct result of illegal immigration or not does not sway the detractors who insist the illegal immigrants not only be forced to leave the country, but are also beginning to request that American born children by illegal immigrants not be allowed to attend public schools."
Abstract This paper looks at the importance of mall architecture vis-a-vis the anchor stores, the effect that these anchor stores have on other stores and several of the ways in which the physical design of malls tends to manipulate the behavior of shoppers in those malls.
From the Paper "Most of us have probably never thought a great deal about the ways in which the typical shopping mall, such as the Galleria, is laid out. We all know that there are anchor stores that are at the psychological (although not geometric) "corners" of the mall, and that in between these anchors are smaller, more specialized stores, most of them selling clothes, make-up and jewelry, with the second most important category of merchandise being items that are sold for the purpose of entertainment, including books and CDs and other forms of recorded music. The third most important single category of stores/merchandise at a typical mall (and the Galleria is in no important way substantially atypical in terms of the ways in which architecture is designed to lead to an increased degree of both the desire to consume and the actual process of consumption itself) is that of the restaurant. "
Abstract This paper describes the history and significance St. Mark's Basilica. This church is a major architectural and historical "anchor" of Venice, Italy. It details the church's unique architecture, and gives an historical account of how it was built and by whom. It provides an in-depth description of the church, interior and exterior, and also provides excerpts from stories and myths concerning the church.
From the Paper "It's a given fact that countless great cathedrals, monasteries, and other holy places have been built over the ages as a testament to man's devotion to God. In point of even more practical fact, that devotion was often tempered and blended with a generous portion of servitude to one's feudal lord as well, with the unspoken incentive that one got to keep one's property, position, or even one's life if one gave good service . . . and if one did not, well, things may not go as well as one would hope! But St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy, may well have an additional distinction of its own?not only as a sign of devotion to God, but as an edifice that stands uniquely in itself as a visual means of atonement for sin, an effort at retribution for what might well be termed a "divine crime " . . ."
Abstract This paper shows the advantages and disadvantages of making investigative reporting a career. It discusses ways one could break into this field, the monetary gains, the risks involved, as well as a typical day in the life of an investigative reporter.
From the Paper "Being an investigative reporter has both its benefits and drawbacks. In my opinion the biggest benefit of this career is that each day is different. On any given day, an investigative reporter can be doing any of the following things: doing undercover work in the field, editing tape, writing script, interviewing sources, attending local meetings, or doing research on the internet or at the courthouse. Unfortunately, the advantage of getting to do something different each day also causes the biggest drawback in the field of journalism. The long hours and unsteady lifestyle of being a journalist are the drawbacks of this career."
From the Paper "Introduction
The ease with which beer can be made, and the relative ease with which ingredients can be obtained, means that a number of individuals have brewed their own beer for years. This was particularly true during Prohibition, but some beer drinkers have found that they can create more interesting and flavorful beers in their basements than the largest beer manufacturers can create and bottle. In recent years, these so-called home brews have been taken to market and shared with local restaurants and consumers within a particular region; some companies, such as Anchor Brewing and Boston Beer, have capitalized on the renewed interest in more flavorful beers, and have even done much to promote that interest themselves. Today, brewpubs and restaurants serving local beers are common in many large cities, and even in places with.."
Abstract This paper examines at length the American writer William Faulkner's novel, "As I Lay Dying". It provides a detailed synopsis and analysis of the novel and its characters. The paper explores the family situation in religious terms and describes the issue of religious faith for all the main characters. The author states that the importance of the central figure, the family's mother, to her children stands as the central issue of the book, and she provides an anchor for each character to find his or her own identity. The paper illustrates that the family's journey is a rejection of spirituality and faith in favor of a new material objects and a new wife.
From the Paper "In his novel As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner explores a family situation in religious terms, with the central figure of Addie Bundren serving as the touchstone for the rest of the family and as one who serves a religious purpose for several of her children, notably Darl. The issue of religious belief and faith is raised for virtually all the central characters, but Darl is the Bundren most given to introspection and so to consideration of religious meaning.
Point of view in this novel changes. There are fifteen narrators in Faulkner's novel, shifting points of view around the central figure of Addie, the mother. Her importance to her children stands as the central issue of the book, and she provides an anchor of sorts for each character to find his or her own identity. While family is central to As I Lay Dying, family is more a burden than a blessing. Addie believes her father has never loved her, and her new family, her children, becomes an escape from the old. Addie sees her own life as a failure, including her role as mother, yet it is her death which becomes a means of bringing the family together. Her "consciousness" realizes this, yet she succeeds only partially, for while the family does what she wants, they mostly do not become closer or more aware of their debt to her in the process. Darl is the only character with an awareness of this and other facts about life, and he ends up in an asylum, showing Faulkner's pessimistic view of the family and perhaps of religion as a salvation from this world."
From the Paper "Those who belittle ratings in the news business are naive...But it is how we get those ratings, what we do to make us competitive, that bothers me..." -- Walter Cronkite (May 10, 1976)
Introduction
Walter Cronkite, the most believable man in America, and the fictitious newsman Howard Beele in Paddy Chayevsky's "Network" share a common concern for broadcasting in the late 20th century. As ad dollars become scarcer, competition from independent networks and powerful cable programmers continue to shrink the market for traditional news presentations: offering news to viewers 24-hours a day. How "new" is news now when the viewer can ..."
Abstract In the course of human growth and evolution, theories of justice and ethics such as Utilitariansim have arisen to solve man's ethical dilemmas. However, when these theories depart from a measure of absolute right and wrong, they create inevitable logical dilemmas. This paper examines examples of these dilemmas such as forgotten debts. The paper also looks at the problem within the context of the novel "City of Light" by Lauren Belfer and other texts.
Paper Outline
Utilitarianism - Definition
Consequences of Given Actions
A Measure of Greater Happiness
Practical Dilemmas
Beating a Masochist
b. Repaying a Loan
3. City of Light
a. Popular Ethics Culture of the Time
b. Abusing Slaves
c. Even the Smallest
d. The Modern Loss of a Moral Anchor 4. Other Ethical Dilemmas
a. In a Nazi Concentration Camp
b. On Becoming a Moral Person
c. Lebacqz's Six Theories
5. Conclusion
From the Paper "In the final judgment, by rejecting absolute values, each person could be led to many situations in which an acceptable course of action to a utilitarian would be an immoral one. Utilitarianism is a defensible theory in so far as someone who agreed with it would consider its moral conclusions right. It has major flaws in its doctrine of calculation, that lead to what would seem intolerable or contradictory "morally right" courses of action. When trying to rectify the seemingly immoral results from the theory, by the introduction of rules, again the theory, or peoples belief in it is open to debate. Overall utilitarianism seems to fall flat on its face in too many situations to be called an adequate moral philosophy."
