Smash about the hidden message and the meaning behind it. ... The subliminal messaging within the episode seemed a bit implausible. ... He claimed that inserting text or images into his movies would increase his theater sales by luring the subconscious mind into buying his products (Pratkanis, 1992). ... A visual stimulus is accomplished by flashing an image or text for a fraction of a second before the participant can become aware of it. ... Visual messages can be presented and understood by the brain much faster than audio messages, therefore, VSS are presumed to be more effective (Kudlak, ...

• Word Count: 1946
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

AAA recommends that motorists turn off their phone before driving or pull over to a safe place to talk, send texts or use email. AAA also has launched a legislative campaign to advocate for a text messaging ban in all 50 states. ... Text messaging is particularly hazardous because it involves all three types of distraction -- visual, manual, and cognitive -- and it is an increasingly common behavior. ... The odds of being involved in a safety-critical event (crashes, near-crashes, crash-relevant conflicts, and unintentional lane deviations) are 23 times greater for commercial vehicle drivers w...

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A message board I frequently visit, and the subject of my analysis in this report, is the message board for a band called Sparta, from El Paso, Texas, USA. ... The message was made and sent fairly quickly, without a great deal of forethought. ... I assembled my post in my head and then edited it as I typed it into the text box. ... I can now assume that the channels used by the receivers reading my message are Seeing; all the viewers of my post would have seen the topic heading on the main page of the message board. Then Touching; inquired as to the rest of the message by physically clicking t...

• Word Count: 1578
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Amendment 28 would be the "No Texting Amendment." ... The law enforcement agents would also have the right to check the driver's cellular telephone to check for any text message within the last couple of minutes, depending where the traffic stop was to occur. If the traffic stop would be in the city, the agent could check for text messages in the last five minutes. If the stop would be on the highway or a heavily traveled thorough fare, they the agent could check for text messages in the last ten minutes. If the traffic stop would be on a major interstate highway, the agent could check f...

• Word Count: 1738
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Every text constructs its own truth. ... Upon analysing a text and deconstructing it by use of literary techniques, a deep insight into the subtext and meaning can be found. ... The picture and text combine to produce a powerful message to the unsensitised catholic reader, "He's out to destroy you, not even your faith will save you". ... The message is carried across with the use of many poetic techniques. ... Line 37 sums up Billy's message "they"ll let you get away with murder". ...

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However, others, particularly graphic designers, tend to focus on the decorative powers of text. Regardless of the artist's intentions, the appearance of text within art can shift our appreciation of their sound and meaning. ... The introduction of text within Holzer's work occurred gradually however, over time, they have entirely replaced images. ... Through the use of text in art, Holzer is able to transmit powerful environmental, social and political messages that reveal beliefs and myths and show biases and inconsistencies that highlight her social and personal concerns of today&...

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When unwound, one was unable to read the message. ... In most cases, they protect the message from wondering eyes. ... Cipher text-only attack is the result of an attacker who works from cipher text only. ... The message is sent to the other user. ... The recipient generates a post hash code from the message. ...

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What were these carefully cultivated messages? ... Body Text Catch 22 is a novel that quite literally laughs in the face of death. ... Again, the comedy serves as a message: the Bureaucratic system is incompetent. ... Heller also uses absurdity as a message about society. ... This is not an isolated message from Heller, in his later novel Picture This, Heller's main message is people have always been bad throughout time, usually because there are always a few bad people. ...

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The final screen contains the text "Where do terrorists get their money? ... This message is in bold white on a black screen. The color and font of this text could stand for several ideas: (1) the commercial's message is pure and untainted by politics, (2) the drug trade is surrounded by evil (black), or (3), simply that the text is meant to stand out. ... In addition to the terrifying images, clear text messages at the end point a big patriotic finger at drug dealers and drug users. ... The words "some" and "might" in the ending text are meant to cover the actual facts by wholly generali...

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This type of communication is composed of all those messages that people exchange beyond words themselves. ... First, I will discuss the central aim of the text. ... The central aim of the text is us. ... No matter what you do, you are sending the other person some message. ... Nonverbal communication also plays a role in the perception of the actual message we are trying to convey. ...

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The non believer can find meaning in Genesis by relating the messages in the text to their own experience. ... You need to look at the message in the text and be able to relate that to yourself and your experiences. ... It leaves readers to think for themselves, even disagree with the text. ... Readers need to look at sacred texts such as Genesis in a different way. For those both of and not of faith it is important to put your beliefs aside and try to look at the bigger message of the text. ...

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Among all the positive moral properties spelled out in the Qur'an, belief is at the center of the text. ... The messages from the text are conveyed with various literary structures and devices. ... Also in the context of being a religious text, it is beneficial to get the point across through repetition. Brown summarizes that the seeming disorganization of Quranic literary expression is in fact a literary device capable of delivering profound effects as if the intensity of the prophetic message were shattering the vehicle of human language in which it was being communicated. ... In concl...

• Word Count: 1297
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Simpson described how easy it was for him to text a meaningful message to Sarah and how much more time it took him to express his real feelings through pen and paper to Patti. ... From my personal experience, I only recently realized that my over usage of text messaging and social networking only was my downfall to my, what I count as now, not real or true relationships. ... Though Haadi has enlisted in the navy and has been there for almost a year now, he and I communicate through phone calls, emails, text messages, and Skype. ... Haadi and I fell more and more in love with each other every w...

• Word Count: 1468
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Internet offers a myriad ways of interaction between people, but text based messaging is still the most common form of communication., partly because it's the most interactive form and is the most engaging and text based messaging has been the foundation on which modern forms of online communication have been built. ... It is based on the primary message systems, which were introduced by Hall (1959), i.e. ten areas of human activity which combine to form a culture. Stamp predicts that these ten primary message systems be examined to evaluate the effect of computer mediated communication i...

• Word Count: 2254
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The text in this particular commercial uses underlying messages to tell its viewer, "If you buy this product, then you will not only look and feel better and more confident, but you will get a beautiful woman that you want." ... All in all, I thought this commercial was an excellent way to look at not only the entire text of the commercial, but underlying messages that it contains. ... Text in commercials speak to us in different ways and different styles. ... There is always text in media and there are many ways that it can be explained, analyzed and comprehended. I personally thing tha...

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While these differences are blatantly palpable, through character, plot and setting, the values, morals and messages conveyed through each text are essentially the same. ... The two texts are set apart from each other in the fact they are of two completely different textual forms. ... While there are many obvious differences between Austen's Emma and Heckerling's Clueless, both texts use similar characters with analogous values to convey the same messages. ... Emma and Cher are protagonists used to convey the message that selfishness, vanity and prejudice do not advance a person&...

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Myth today, Barthes says, is a message - not a concept, idea, or object. More specifically, myth is defined "by the way it utters its message", it is thus a product of "speech", rather than of "language". ... Other first order signs in this ad are the text, the bottle of Chivas. There is text just to the right of the woman's head that says: "Yes, God is man". ... The text "It just doesn't get any sweeter than this". ...

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The varying settings used in the text are an integral part of Sean and David's story, furthermore the way in which Sean describes and interacts with his surroundings is equally important to the creation of the story as an anti-travel text. ... This therefore proves that the way in which Sean creates outback Australia has an anti-travel message, where traditional tourism guides promote the outback as an extreme of nature and natural beauty, Sean focuses on the bland scenery and "nothingness." ... Sean's language through the text is very descriptive, sarcastic and distinctly Austral...

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Read an essay, analyze the ideas, and write a paper using your analysis to bring the text to a new light. ... As difficult as it was to bring forth Butler's message, I made out that the uncertain values of life and the body are dependent on the state of beings in which I underlined above. ... Like in music (hip hop or country) or film (comedy or thriller), literature also shows that there is a plethora of different ways in which ideas and messages can be conveyed. It is obvious that Bordo and Butler's essays approach its readers in drastically different fashions; Bordo may be more ef...

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o Do the design and layout components complement the message? ... Message and Written Text o Is the information accurate? ... o Is the text grammatically correct? ... o What is the implied tone of the message? ... o Does the message ask the reader to respond? ...

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(Gillian Dyer, 1982) As quoted on the previous page by Gillian Dyer, you can see that messages that are passed through from a sign can have different meanings to different people, as they relate to the cultural understandings of the person who is receiving the message. ... It basically means that you are highlighting what you want as the preferred reading of the text. ... Roland Barthes defines anchoring as a "parasitic message designed to connote the image" (Barthes, 1967) (Watson and Hill, 1997:4) I have chosen for my semiotic analysis an advertisement for body spray. ... The adver...

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To what extent do your chosen texts raise interesting ethical issues? To consider the characters ethics within the chosen texts it is essential to look at the different societies from which the characters are moulded. ... His only way of getting his message across to the misguided invaders was to write this tale of truths. He knew the strength of the society from which he came, so fact based text would be his strongest ally. ... Achebe's message is a forced one of how right his society is, in contrast to Conrad's pleading message to understand, just, how wrong, his society is. ...

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One image is chosen over another as it connotes a message that the selectors of the photograph want to communicate. ... The very fact that this picture took up such a huge proportion of the front page of the newspaper, sends a message to us that this story is of large significance, demanding our attention. ... Intertextuality, according to Schirato and Yell (1996, p.217) refers to the different cultural literacy's we apply to the reading of a text, to help us make sense of it. ... However every reader comes to the newspaper with a set of codes with which to decode the text, and these...

• Word Count: 1907
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In his frame the author is conveying message that there is little joy in our education system. ... The text shows a great deal of material in a single frame. ... This text is clearly showing one error in our methodology of instruction to students. ... The author of the text is bringing light to this. ... The Joy of Learning is one text to open our minds to begin to contemplate such thoughts....

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However, biblical texts provide an incontrovertible message in which Christian disciples must support their neighbors. ... In addition, James" message is coherent with the actions and beliefs of Jesus Christ. ... The life of Jesus Christ, in conjunction with the message of biblical texts, presents insight about how to deal with our responsibilities towards our neighbors in the context of modern daily life. ... Thus, Biblical texts and Jesus Christ guide all of us to answer God's call by evaluating our neighbors" requests as if we were in their situation. ... Biblical texts stress...

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