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Mass Transit and the needs of the Masses, 2002.
Examines public transportation service in downtown East Side Vancouver.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 11 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper will consider the relation between the British Columbia public transit service's new "Stop Request" program, in relation to the transportation needs of Vancouver's Downtown East Side residents. This paper will examine these issues with Beauregard's (1989) modernist/postmodernist perspective; and the usefulness of Young's (YEAR) discussion of the five faces of oppression, as a way to more specifically characterize the people of East Side Vancouver in relation to their marginal location in the city and in the society and their relation with issues of "safety".
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Mass Transit, 2006.
A look at the advantages and disadvantages of mass transit systems.
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper begins with a discussion of the advantages of mass transit systems, pointing out that they are better for the environment in terms of energy efficiency and air pollution, more cost effective and beneficial to business. It then takes a look at why, with all of its advantages, mass transit is still not as popular as it should be in the U.S., suggesting that the primary reason is that mass transit systems are typically found to be too inconvenient for most people . The paper further explains that with an increasing population and increasing urbanization, mass transit systems are going to become more and more of a necessity that we must all learn to use and take advantage of.
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"Mass transit is a shared public transportation system that does not involve any formal ticketing procedures. Traditionally mass transit has been buses and subways. However mass transit also includes commuter trains, car or van pools, trolleys, light rail transit systems, ferries, bullet trains, aerobuses, and people movers. The development of mass transportation systems coincided with the urbanization of America that began occurring in the late 1800s. Throughout the first two decades of the twentieth century ridership of mass transit systems steadily rose. However, the numbers plummeted during the years of the Great Depression. The peak of ridership was reached in 1946, and after that time there has been a steady drop in the number of people making use of mass transit. There was a slight increase in during the energy crises of the 1970s, but America is decidedly a nation of independent car drivers. In addition to the low levels of ridership, mass transit systems have also been plagued with a lack of funding from government sources."
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Mass Transit and Urban Protest: The Battle over Public Transportation, 2003.
A complete analysis of the political movement surrounding the implementation of public transportation in the San Francisco Bay Area.
3,239 words (approx. 13.0 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 93.95
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This paper tells the story of the controversy that surrounded the San Francisco Bay Area proposal to build a mass transit system aimed at connecting new suburbs to existing cities. The story is recounted from the beginning of the planning stage to the outcome of one community's fight against the transit authorities. The paper considers the effects that the unrest and political action happening across the United States had on the efforts to build the transit system, the effects of the dramatic suburbanization of the country, which resulted in a subsequent boom in the construction of transportation infrastructure, and the racial, economic, ethnic, and political issues that highlighted the controversy. Includes an analysis of the political climate at the time and the efforts of political groups, such as the Black Panthers.
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"Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is the primary public transportation system within the Bay Area. It connects residents in three separate counties and covers numerous different cities. However, a great deal of controversy surrounded BART during its creation and construction in the 1960?s. The most heated debate occurred in the neighborhood of West Oakland, one of Oakland?s poorest minority communities. West Oakland residents complained of BART?s intrusion in their neighborhood, from the intrusive system lines that divided the community to the numerous residents BART officials displaced and alienated. The battle that developed between BART officials and West Oakland residents was about more than BART?s invasion of West Oakland; the debate encompassed many difficult issues facing the Bay Area, as well as the nation, at the time. This paper attempts to tell the story of this controversy, from the BART?s beginnings to the outcome of West Oakland?s fight against BART."
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Mass Transit and Urban Development, 1999.
An examination of the location theory and relationship of transit and development in the Northeastern U.S. from 1840 to the 1990s, focusing on 19th century.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 11 sources, $ 71.95
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"Mass Transit and Urban Development
Introduction
This research examines the relationship between mass transit and urban development. A brief consideration of location theory follows this introduction. The major discussion in this report then follows. This discussion reviews the relationship between the development of mass transit systems and urban development generally in the Northeastern United States from the early history of the country to the contemporary period.
A Brief Consideration of Location Theory
Location decisions and patterns are capable of having significant impacts on regional economic growth (Fusfeld and Bates 91). Studies have demonstrated that a variety of factors..."
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Mass Media, Mass Communication and Globalization, 2006.
An essay that defines the concept of globalization and what it means to all aspects of modern life.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper defines globalization as a process that is leading the world towards economic integration that goes beyond states and local economies. The paper discusses how globalization refers to the growing sense of interconnectedness throughout the world and not in just an economic sense. The people asserts that, on the contrary, globalization is evident in all the key arenas of modern life.
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Requiem Masses of Giuseppe Verdi & Gabriel Faure, 1996.
Compares late 19th Cent. composers' interpretations of "Mass for the Dead."
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 9 sources, $ 95.95
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"The requiem mass is a curious case of a text that has been given hundreds of different musical settings in many different forms -- from plainsong to polyphonic to orchestral -- and styles. The words of the traditional Latin form of the mass are, in themselves, very moving. But the choices composers have made over the centuries have contributed enormously to the emotional and spiritual impact of the text. Each composer who addressed the problem of setting this text had his own motivations and produced a work that bore his individual stamp. A comparison of two requiems, those by Giuseppe Verdi and Gabriel Faur?, demonstrates how the same subject and the same words can be given radically different interpretations by two fine composers. Curiously, in a religious form, neither man was a believer. Yet their Requiems possess the same or even greater spiritual..."
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Mass Murder in History, 2001.
This paper discusses mass murder throughout the ages.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 3 sources, $ 57.95
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This paper discusses the lessons that can be learned on why political mass murder has occurred, how it can be prevented in the future, and an analysis of the history of western civilization since the 17th century.
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"Mass murder like mass hysteria is a terrifying phenomenon to which the Western civilization has succumbed to all too easily in the bygone eras. As the term suggests, mass murder is the brutal killing of a massive population for a variety of reasons that can be either religious, moral and social or political, bigoted and racist in nature. Whatever the causes, mass murder remains one of those episodes in the history of Western civilization, which one would gladly like to forget. However not many measure up to the extermination of European Jews that occurred during the Second World War. This was a tragedy of insurmountable proportions and can be attributed to Hitler?s propagandist campaign that successfully mobilized the German masses, particularly the youth of the country. This incident better known as the Holocaust can be described as the extermination of European Jews by the Nazis during the years 1939-45."
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Mass versus Micro Marketing, 2007.
A description of trends away from mass marketing to more customized advertising and marketing approaches.
2,071 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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This paper examines new approaches to marketing that are more specialized than those in the past. The paper defines mass marketing and micro marketing and gives examples of when they are most effective. Additionally, the paper reviews an article by Anthony Bianco, Tom Lowry, Robert Berner, Michael Arndt entitled "The Vanishing Mass Market," which analyzes the shift from mass marketing and mass production to micro marketing and mass product customization. The paper also discusses the implications for the economy of the shift from mass marketing to micro marketing.
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"The revolution consumers want starts with advertising tailored specifically to their tastes, followed by products that can be customized to their needs. The article by Bianco, Lowry, Berner, Arndt (2004) analyzes the shift from mass marketing and mass production to micro marketing, and with that shift, mass product customization. The differences the authors provide between mass marketing and micro marketing is best crystallized in the shift consumers are continually forcing towards more individualized, relevant, and tailored messages. This move to more specific advertising and promotion to consumers is making mass marketing, through the mediums of TV, print, and radio, less effective for marketers to use. In their place, the development and refining of messaging for Web sites, cell phones, PDAs, and highly specific media buying on cable networks that have themselves tailored their content to the needs of a specific audience...."
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Mass Hysteria, 2002.
A comparison of the mass hysteria of the witch-hunts in "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller and the mass hysteria caused by the September 9 terrorist attacks.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper compares The Crucible by Arthur Miller with the most recent terrorist attacks on America. It explains how the townspeople were in mass hysteria over the witch-hunts and the witch trials, which is quite similar to the way America is responding to the terrorist attacks.
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The Future of Mass Media, 2008.
A discussion of mass media, its history, social implications, and possible future.
2,850 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 84.95
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This paper provides a critical look at mass media throughout history. It begins with the first significant use of the printing press and the impact it had on information dissemination to the common public. It also focuses on the influences of contemporary mass media, through television and Internet, on the masses. The paper is wary of the overweening influence the mass media exercises in contemporary society. The paper postures that media is driven solely by prospective commercial gain and it is entirely possible that content providers do everything in their power to guarantee passive and therefore loyal audiences. The paper concludes that one should constantly be aware of mass media's possible ulterior motives.
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"Mass media's portrayal in Orwell's disutopian masterpiece 1984 is still the most sinister I have ever read. The idea that a television set constantly monitored by the state is watching you watch it, registering your every response to a steady stream of propaganda, is chilling indeed. Almost as chilling in fact as my deepest fears about how the mass media may evolve in my lifetime."
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Tango and Mass Culture, 2005.
An examination of Theodor W. Adorno's theories of mass culture and how they can be applied to the tango dance.
2,415 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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The paper begins by introducing Adorno's theories on mass culture and commoditization, which were one of the fundamentals of post-modernism as it appeared in the 20th century. It then looks at how the tango dance is one of the most representative forms of manifestation of the Argentinean spirit and people. Born in the mid-1800s, tango was quickly exported to Europe and became a true success story, until its downfall in 1955. It was reborn in 1983 and has been a success ever since. This paper investigates Adorno's theories and applies them in the case of tango, and looks at whether this is the best example we may choose to argument the truth in Adorno's statements. It explains that, while on one hand, tango can be considered an element of mass culture because, in many ways, it has partly embraced the mercantile character of mass culture that Adorno insists upon, in many other ways, tango is still something in its own, a form of art, a form of expression.
Paper Outline:
Introduction
Adorno's Theory of Mass Culture
History of Tango
History of Tango
Adorno's Theories applied to Tango
Conclusion
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"Tango is still too imaginative and too expressive to be assimilated as a product of mass culture and classified as a commodity. If we were to pursue on this theoretical path, we would tragically arrive to the conclusion that feelings, emotions and passion are all for sale. However, there were inspired people, like in any other forms of cultural manifestation, that were keen to partly transform tango into a form of entertainment. As any for of entertainment, it could be sold and profit could be obtained by promoting something that was well received in its audience and segment of consumers. Passion sells, many might say. While this argumentation may work in some occasions, passion isn't always understood and passion only addresses a certain category of people. Passion is not a mass culture product."
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Mass Media and Education, 2002.
A look at the role of mass media in education including its relationship with schools and curriculum.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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This essay examines the role of mass media in education. First the relations between mass media and social life are considered, as well as the relations of media with schools and curriculum. This essay explores the interactions of mass media with audiences, and indicates how a critical education with mass media can cultivate media literacy in education and society.
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Mass Media, 2002.
A study into the advantages and disadvantages of mass media on society.
1,903 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper explores the effect mass media has had on society in America. The paper looks at the influence of media on politics, religion, economics, family and society in general. As well as the obvious benefits provided by mass media, such as the ability to access information easily, the paper reviews a number of the negative aspects as well, including the growing power and influence of mass media which has resulted in dysfunctional effects of the mass media in the society.
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"The mass media as an institution has become an essential element in the society, for the mass media helped shape the culture of American society, especially those concerning the values, traditions, and norms of the society. The mass media also helped proliferate the need of the people to access and know everything and every issue that is of public interest and concern to the society. Because of its influential ability to provide people with information and knowledge that are current and up-to-date, the mass media as a communication institution gradually transformed to be an economic, cultural and politically-influenced institution as well."
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Ownership of the Mass Media, 2002.
This essay outlines the concept of mass media in general and the internet in particular.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 86.95
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This paper examines the current status of the internet as a method of decentralizing ownership of the mass media, and of giving the power of reaching the masses to individual people; a power which has traditionally been monopolized and regulated by the mass media conglomerates.
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"Traditionally, all of the Mass Media have been in the hands of the few and broadcast to the many, and the audience members were essentially voiceless in the face of the messages being presented. There have always been some movements of resistance against this, as is evidenced by Naomi Klein?s works on "Culture Jamming" but even she states that these movements have usually amounted to no more than a ?drop in a bucket.? However, there is one mass medium which has given the individual so much power that it has raised the ire of the major producers of entertainment content: The Internet. "
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The Influence of Mass Media on Political Decisions, 2006.
Examines the role that the mass media has on the general public's decision to vote.
2,197 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper examines mass media coverage of election campaigns and, in particular, Presidential election campaigns and looks at the influence the mass media has on voters' decisions. The paper contends that, when it comes to election campaigns, presidential candidates concentrate their mass media efforts on assuring that members of their party get out and vote, on trying to get members of an opposing party to switch to the candidate of the other party and on trying to capture the independent voter.
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"We will examine two political decisions in America- the decision to run for office, namely the Presidency, and- connected to that decision, the decision to vote by the general public. In both cases, the mass media- especially television, holds the key. The mass media today contradict the notion that America is a nation of free, and independent thinkers. It is unfortunately true that 250+ million Americans are, for the most part, not only uninterested, but uniformed about the democratic processes that their ancestors fought and died to preserve. Rather than keeping up with current events, especially now in an election year, at best people tune in for 30-second sound bites on the nightly news (whose ratings are slipping year after year). The fault- for the most part- may lie with the media."
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