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Mythic Critical Analysis of "Time After Time", 2008.
This paper presents a mythic critical analysis of the film "Time After Time" (1979), directed by Nicholas Meyer and written by Karl Alexander and Steve Hayes.
1,059 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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The paper explores some of the ways in which the popular science fiction movie "Time After Time" (1979) expresses and unfolds its narrative in mythic terms. The paper defines the expressions "mythic criticism" and "the archetype" and shows how the film reveals more of a mythic substratum than its makers may even have intended. The paper concludes that the filmmakers of "Time After Time" have followed the lead of much science fiction by their innovative utilization of fact, fiction and fantasy to create a new myth for the scientific age.
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"According to A Handbook to Literature, the critical perspective known as mythic criticism is defined as that "which explores the nature and significance of the archetypes and archetypal patterns in the work" (Harmon and Holman 136). In this context, myth can be defined as that which portrays "a projection of social patterns upward onto a superhuman level that sanctions and stabilizes the secular ideology" (338). The same definition goes on to explain that myths, among their other functions, "attempt to explain creation, divinity, and religion; to probe the meaning of existence and death; to account for natural phenomena; and to chronicle the adventures of cultural heroes" (338). In reference to the archetype, the same handbook defines this term as a "primordial image" which draws upon the "prelogical mentality" (subconscious) of the reader / viewer and is frequently encountered in myth and folklore (41)."
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The New York Times vs. The London Times, 2002.
This paper uses the story of the Cuban child Elian Gonzalez as the base to compare the professional journalistic approach of the New York Times and the London Times.
3,265 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 21 sources, MLA, $ 93.95
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This paper discusses the differences between the way the story of the Cuban child Elian Gonzalez was told in the New York Times and the London Time. The author believes the stories differ because of the differing interests and the application of different frames used on both sides of the Atlantic for shaping and delivering the story to the public. The author selected the New York Times and the London Times because they are both venerable institutions, not just in their own countries but also around the world, serving as models for how a newspaper should be run and as sources for major stories and issues.
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Introduction
Newspapers
Preliminary Observations
Media Frames
Coverage
Conclusion
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"The first filter is the fact that ownership of the media is highly concentrated among a few dozen of the largest for-profit corporations in the world, and many of these have extensive holdings in other industries and nations. Their desire for profit severely influences the news operations and overall content of the media. The second filter is advertising, which is responsible for most of the media's income and shapes what is discussed by proscribing certain issues on threat of withdrawal of support. The third filter is the need for sourcing, whereby "the mass media are drawn into a symbiotic relationship with powerful sources of information by economic necessity and reciprocity of interest" The fourth filter is the development of right-wing corporate antagonists to the media to put pressure upon them to follow the corporate agenda, a filter developed extensively in the 1970s when major corporations and wealthy right-wingers became increasingly dissatisfied with political developments in the West and with media coverage. The fifth filter is the ideology of anticommunism, which was long integral to Western political culture."
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"Time After Time", 2008.
An analysis of the film "Time After Time," directed by Nicholas Meyer, through a Marxist interpretation.
1,471 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper explores the ways in which the popular 1979 science fiction film "Time After Time," directed by Nicholas Meyer, can be interpreted from a Marxist perspective. It discusses the definition and parameters of classic Marxism as outlined in "A Handbook to Literature and Film Studies: Critical Approaches" by William Harmon and Hugh Holman. It then relates these definitions to the film.
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"In conclusion, the filmmakers of Time After Time have, consciously or not, presented a science fiction fable with certain Marxist ideology in the way their work addresses such issues as history, technology, and gender, and how these human elements change or fail to change over time. The greatest irony may be that though the historical H.G. Wells was indeed a lifelong socialist utopian, he was also for the most part anti-Marxist in his thought, and generally elitist in his view of human governance. If anything, the view of the film, which after all accurately depicts the events that took place during the 20th century and life as it is lived in the modern day, stands as a critique of Marxist (and socialist) expectations for a world state and utopian revolution."
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Hard Times for "The New York Times", 2006.
This paper examines how "The New York Times" reported the war in Iraq as well as the paper's questionable relationship with the Bush administration.
1,795 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 57.95
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This paper explores the recent controversies surrounding "The New York Times" during the buildup to the war in Iraq in 2003. This paper delves into the controversial matter of veteran Times reporter Judith Miller who wrote a series of articles that validated the Bush administration's claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. This paper also focuses on Times reporter Jayson Blair who broke every journalistic rule by fabricating stories and lifting material from other newspapers as well as selecting details from photographs to create the impression he had been somewhere or seen someone when he had not. The writer explains how these incidents along with others detailed in this paper shook the editorial board of "The New York Times."
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"During the buildup to the war in Iraq, the New York Times sent their veteran reporter, Judith Miller, to the Middle East to report on the developments in that region. Ms. Miller had worked for the New York Times for nearly thirty years and had a reputation for being a hard-nosed journalist with expertise in intelligence and security issues. She also had many highly placed political sources, which made her an important reporter for the newspaper. At the time, the Bush administration was getting tough on Saddam Hussein, the leader of Iraq."
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"Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle "( Stephen Jay Gould ), 1997.
Reviews work on evolution of geologists' understanding of the concept of deep time in 17th Cent.-19th Cent.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 1 source, $ 79.95
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"In Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle, Stephen Jay Gould discusses the evolution of geologists' understanding of the concept of deep time. Gould studied texts by Thomas Burnet, James Hutton, and Charles Lyell--three scientific writers who approached this question in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. Traditionally, readings of these three writers tended to focus on the degree to which each man employed the scientific method in investigating the question of the Earth's age. The greater the scientist's dependence on scientific method, the historians reasoned, the closer he came to the truth. Thus, these scientists have often been ranked, and understood, on the basis of their adherence to standards that are familiar to the twentieth century, but were still evolving when they wrote. In the course of his repeated close readings of the texts, in which.."
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"Time and the Art of Living" by Robert Grudin, 2002.
The paper provides a review of the book "Time and the Art of Living" by Robert Grudin, which discusses how we co-exist with time, and how to make time more meaningful in our lives.
1,862 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 59.95
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The paper analyzes the main concept put forward in Grudin's book that people do not make the best use of their time and looks at the way this philosophy explains much about our time oriented society. The paper examines society's preoccupation with time, and the way the author encourages the reader to think more about their goals and aspirations, rather than their day-to-day existence. The paper admires Grudin's effective arguments yet criticizes his use of duplication throughout the book.
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"One important theme Grudin talks about in the book is how we are "impoverished in time" (Grudin 6). This is an interesting and compelling thought, and bears deeper investigation. Literally, all we have in life is time, and yet, there is never enough of it. Grudin explains this phenomenon in a variety of ways, but ultimately breaks it down between people who look toward the future, and people who can only see their day-to-day existence."
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Time-Life, Inc., 1996.
Examines the history, product line, & market of Time-Life Inc., the publishing subsidiary of Time & Time-Warner.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 8 sources, $ 23.95
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"Time-Life Inc. was founded in 1961 and has its national headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. In its brief thirty-five year history, Time-Life has become an extremely diversified corporation featuring the marketing of books, periodicals, CD-ROM titles, on-line services, newspapers, video and music services, motion pictures, and home video tape distribution. Although the company distributes some of its books through various national retail bookstores, the main part of its product distribution comes through direct mail sales and its book clubs. Time-Life is an immediate subsidiary of Time Inc., which in turn is a major division of the multinational media conglomerate, Time Warner Inc. (Books growing in new directions, 1995).
The company's book division alone has published well over 2,000 titles in a variety of fields including, science and ..."
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"Traditional Grammar Teaching Is Waste of Time, say Academics", 2005.
An article review on "Traditional Grammar Teaching Is Waste of Time, say Academics", from "The Times".
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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The paper analyzes four newspaper articles that mention English or grammar. The paper summarizes each article into one paragraph and the writer provides personal comments on the articles. The writer describes the articles as "on the border of humorous with a blend of seriousness." The writer further discusses how people often make mistakes in their writing and fail to proofread their work; these grammar mistakes can sound humorous.
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"This article came from the newspaper, The Times, with the article, "Traditional Grammar Teaching Is Waste of Time, Say Academics." Notice the title has a mistake in it. It should be "says." The article states that English grammar does not give students writing skills. A study was completed by an English review group in York. The article states that no evidence in over 100 years has connected grammar with better writing skills. While sentence combining, has been beneficial in helping students gain improvements in their writing."
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"A Geography of Time", 2002.
A review of the Robert Levine's work, "A Geography of Time: The Temporal Misadventures of a Social Psychologist, or How Every Culture Keeps Time Just a Little Bit Differently".
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 1 source, $ 71.95
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This paper answers three questions on Robert Levine's work, "A Geography of Time: The Temporal Misadventures of a Social Psychologist, or How Every Culture Keeps Time Just a Little Bit Differently". This book is a unique research project into how different cultures address the nature of time. Levine explores a series of countries and compares their perceptions of time against that of the United States, where time traditionally "dictates" human actions through creating an unavoidable social structure.
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How Does the Perception of Time Differ between Cultures, 2008.
A look at how different cultures view the concept of time.
3,830 words (approx. 15.3 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 105.95
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This paper discusses the differences in perception and use of time between cultures. Although time carries with it different aspects and holds different values, it is constrained and used as a tool to constrain the actions of the individual for the betterment of a society. The author of this paper concludes that from the constraints of time there are rewards and punishments to allow a society to control individual behavior.
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Introduction
Sources
Analysis
Perception of time of each culture
The reason for time
Cultural valuations of time
Nature, event and clock time
Linear and Monochronic Time
Conclusion
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"Culture can be defined as a shared behavior--a behavior that unites people together in their actions and allows them to co-exist with each other--of course this is not to say that there are not rewards and punishments for helping the group to be functional or not co-operating with the group at all. Time then is a way in which a group (society) maintains a certain amount of functionality by exercising the constraints of time on everybody in the group. Those who do not work within these constraints of time cause chaos within the subsets in the group. Each culture has its own definition of time constraints--many European countries have siesta in the afternoon, in areas if the US where the heat in the summer is well over 100 degrees people schedule their days so they won't be out doing physically labor during the hottest part of the afternoon and in the United Kingdom they have tea time which is different than the traditional American supper time. The concept of time is one way that a culture is defined."
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"Dasein" and the Nature of Time, 2007.
A discussion of the nature of time and authentic temporality, according to Martin Heidegger's essay "The Concept of Time".
1,590 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper analyzes Martin Heidegger's essay "The Concept of Time", which examines the nature of time and his concept of authentic being-in-the-world, or "Dasein". The paper takes a look at Heidegger's inquiry into prevalent notions of 'what time is' , his attempt to account for the continuity of existence experienced by human beings, and subsequently into the temporality of time. Ultimately, the paper addresses the idea that "Dasein", in its ability to interpret its own being, may run ahead to the indeterminate certainty of its own non-existence to expose the entirety of its own time, rendering it accessible in its authenticity as 'how', not simply 'what' or 'when'.
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"Heidegger observes that even the everyday is running ahead to the future, albeit in an inauthentic manner that loses its own past. "The future is now that to which care clings--not the authentic, futural being of the past, but the future that the present itself cultivates for itself as its own." The present constantly jumps ahead to the next present 'now' in a succession of events analogous to its facticity of objectively rendered significances. The 'fallenness' of Dasein into everydayness causes it to appropriate an irretrievability of the past through the everyday clinging to the present. Authentic history is lost in the material obsession with the now of the present as present: the past is inaccessible as material events that are no longer present. "Because this history and temporality of the present utterly fail to attain the past, they merely have another present." In the everyday experience of present as simultaneity of 'what'-points in space, the past is rendered as a present forever separate from the immediate present. The 'how' that opens from Dasein's being futural gives access to authentic past in the ability to repeat the experience in its interpretation instead of its transient materiality."
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Reaction Time and Automobile Risk Avoidance Aptitude, 2004.
Discusses how insurers could use principles based on reaction time in order to enhance the quality of their services.
1,450 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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Studies of reaction times have been of interest to a wide variety of people for several centuries. Among one of the industries that stands to benefit the most from a more comprehensive understanding of reaction times is the automobile insurance industry, which charges customers premiums based on the risk that they might get into an accident. There is reason to believe that this propensity is directly correlated to reaction time. This paper shows that, whereas, in simple reaction time experiments, there is only one stimulus and one response, in choice reaction time experiments, the user must give a response that corresponds to the stimulus. This system most closely resembles that of driving. The paper shows that insurers have found that reaction time is determined as the time required for a driver to perceive a hazard and apply the brakes or turn the steering wheel. As a result, reaction time tests used to measure driving competency would have to focus on this particular metric.
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"Other studies have shown that reaction times improve when there is a sense of anticipation in the subject, which bodes poorly for the method?s use to the automobile insurance industry. Sanders (1998, p. 21) This has two implications to the industry: first, people with higher reaction times will tend to be better drivers and people who engage in reaction-time intensive activities such as video games will have higher reaction times. Secondly, testing will not reveal skills as well as might have been thought. Brebner and Welford (1980) report that reaction times are faster when the subject has been warned that a stimulus will arrive soon."
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Time Management, 2004.
Examines the importance of managing time efficiently in the running of an organization.
2,508 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 76.95
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Time management has taken on strategic importance for organizations and corporations due to the value of money associated with the time. This paper examines time management tools and models, which assist organizations with the problem of completing tasks in the required time. It also discusses time management on an individual level.
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"Effective time management can be achieved if the tasks to be completed are listed alongside the material or resources that will be required to complete the task. It is a total waste of time to start working on a project without having the necessary tools to complete it and then having to go back and pick up the project at a later date. While the virtues of multitasking and completing a wide variety of projects is much sought after in organizations today, there is always a downside. Every time a worker picks up a new task, he or she may require a few minutes to review where they left off."
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"The Ring of Time", 2004.
An examination of the essay, "The Ring of Time", by E. B. White.
1,220 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper analyzes the essay, "The Ring of Time", by E. B. White. It also contains an interpretation of the essay's meaning and theme. It explains that, at first glance, "The Ring of Time" just seems to be an essay about the excitement and magic of the circus and of circus performers. However, if the reader looks deeper, "The Ring of Time" is really about time and how time passes so quickly in our lives.
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"White talks about the circus ring, and the horse going round and round, but that is really a metaphor for the circle of time. Time is measured in a circle of a clock, and our lives also follow a circle of time, from infancy to death. He talks about the passage of time even in the circus, and how in a few days the ring would be different, the girl would be different, and even the horse would be different because of the time that has gone between the practice session and the show. As White says "Then time itself began running in circle, and so the beginning was where the end was, and the two were the same, and one thing ran into the next and time went round and around and got nowhere" (White 144). Time seems as if it goes on forever, but in reality, there is an end to everything, even our own time on earth."
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Reaction Times of Gamers and Non-Gamers, 2006.
This paper is a complete experiment comparing the reaction times of video game players with the reaction times of non-players.
1,465 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 48.95
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This paper reports that the results of the experiment were consistent with the hypothesis that people who play video games at least 10 hours a week will have improved reaction times over people who do not play video games. The author points out that, for the purposes of this study, gamers were defined as participants who played video games ten hours a week or more, while non-gamers were defined as those who played video games less than ten hours a week. The paper relates that an online survey was created through www.surveymonkey.com and administered to obtain demographics, information about the gaming habits of participants and whether or not they participated in any other activity that could increase their reaction times.
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Introduction
Methodology
Participants
Materials and Measures
Online Survey
Online Reaction Test
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
Appendix: Gaming and Reaction Time Survey Questionnaire
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"Laming (1968) found that reaction times for recognition reaction time tests averaged 0.384 seconds. The means obtained from the current experiment are lower than the expected means for a reaction time test. The mean reaction time for gamers was 0.248 seconds, while that of non-gamers was 0.305 seconds. This may be due to the fact that the measures used in the current experiment were more accurate than those used by Laming or because the stimuli presented were simpler."
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