customer perception about reliability and how this can be used a marketing tool in retail industry
choose ONE of the following topics for your paper:
a)Select 2 contemporary communication technologies and discuss the legal issues that have arisen. Using a critical analytical approach account for the social, political, economic and/or cultural concerns relevant to the examples, and provide your views on the examples informed by peer reviewed and other sources.
b) Read the following article published in The Guardian on October 1st, 2012 entitled “Why are so few women working in technology”, see http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/oct/01/so-few-women-working-technology?newsfeed=true. Critically analyse this article, provide alternative perspectives, and use concepts and core ideas from the course to discuss the social, cultural, and economic consequences of this article in an age of new media?
c) Contemporary communication technologies are sometimes used in developing countries to “leap frog” their economic and social development. Choose a specific country and critically discuss the use of one specific new media/communication technology that is considered to be improving economic conditions in that country. Consider alternative viewpoints and conclude with your opinion informed by peer reviewed and other sources.
• Briefly explain each of the page ranking techniques MacCornick describes. For each trick indicate what property the trick was supposed to measure or problem the trick solved. (Check with a friend or parent to see if your description makes sense to someone else.)
• Discuss which of the tricks was fooled into giving DecorMyEyes a high page ranking by Google.
• If the UltraNoir article doesn’t provide pertinent techniques, propose a modification to Google’s ranking algorithm to solve the type of problem that DecorMyEyes situation presented. (MacCormick alluded to the problem on page 35 of his book.)
• Discuss one positive factor and one negative SEO factor from Vaughn Aubuchon’s site.
Explain the relationship between page ranking and “googlebombing”.
Information should come from the book: 9 ALGORITHMS THAT CHANGED THE FUTURE
◦How do the films present science and the scientific method?
◦How are the “academies” depicted in the two films?
◦How do issues of ethos/character and “moral flexibility” compare or contrast?
◦How do feeling and emotion intersect with reason and judgment in both films?
◦What attitudes do Naylor and Kinsey and their communities have about information, inference, evidence, facts, judgments, and logic?
◦How are scientists and lobbyists similar or different?
◦How is the protagonists’ credibility maintained or undercut?
◦How is the protagonists’ passion for rhetoric and research presented, and how do their ideas about speech or argumentation change?
◦How do Naylor’s and Kinsey’s presentation styles (ethos, credibility, understanding of audience, oration and debating skills) compare and/or contrast? Who is more credible? Who is more persuasive? Who is more influential?
◦How is the topic of spin (media publicity) addressed in both films, particularly when the issues are about smoking and sexuality?
◦What role does public opinion play in the films?
to summarize what the article says about the issue and provide a responsible, critical analysis of the issue at hand and who is affected by the issue. In those instances where there is a negative influence, briefly outline a proposed solution and how they would advocate for that change. briefly state how this article relates to substance abuse treatment services. use article and SAMSHA as the only 2 references.
how the concepts of animism, the numinous, and the lack of distinction between sacred and secular help to account for the artifacts and mythology of the Paleolithic
What do these concepts mean?
Which artifacts and myths do they help to explain?
How do they help to explain them?
Structure your response around these three questions. Be as thorough and complete as possible. For additional details, please refer to the Short Paper/Case Study Rubric document in the Assignment Guidelines and Rubrics section of the course.