1. Topic: "If it bleeds it leads." Elaborate on the motto that some news stations adhere to: If it bleeds it leads. Compare it with the policy of some more prominent news stations (such as the BBC) which omit distressing images (ISIS videos, footage of injured or dead soldiers, civilian casualties). Is this censorship? Report on the story of Christine Chubbuck, a 29-year-old TV presenter who killed herself on live TV, whose final words were: “In keeping with Channel 40’s policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts and in living colour, you are going to see another first – an attempted suicide.” What is the effect of too much exposure to this type of news? Watch the video below.
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Give a presentation on one of the below-mentioned subcultures:
1. Punks 2. Skinheads 3. Goths 4. Mods 5. Hippies Focus on: 1. their origin - social/political/ economic circumstances which led to their emergence (answer the 3 W-questions: WHERE did they emerge? WHEN did they emerge? WHY did they emerge? ) 2. their core beliefs (ideology) and behaviours 3. music and appearance (clothing) 1. National Sorry Day - Australia Topics to cover: a) the Lost Generation b) the origin of the 'Sorry Day' (who initiated it) c) Was the Lost Generation compensated in any way? d) Should a nation apologize for the crimes of its past? 2. American Politics of Apologizing Topics to cover:
a) apology to Japanese Americans sent to Internment Camps b) apology to Tuskegee Study Participants c) Has the US issued a public apology for dropping the atomic bomb on Japan? d) Should it apologize for any other crimes? e) What do victims gain from public apologies? 1. Overcoming challenges: Paralympics Issues to cover: a) the importance and history of the event b) who's eligible to compete c) important athletes d) cheating on the the Paralympic Games 2. Overcoming challenges: Malala Yousafzai Topics to cover: 1. How she got her name 2. Before the attack 3. After the attack 4. the Nobel Peace Prize (How did she react when she found out?) Robert Oppenheimer (the father of the atomic bomb): 'We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita...
"Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of world." What is the significance of the 'grammatical error' in "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"? This an example of an old style of present-perfect tense. Early Modern English used "to have" and "to be" as the auxiliaries for the present perfect. This usage has practically disappeared from Modern English. Examples of this conjugation can still be found in older texts: Madam, the Lady Valeria is come to visit you. -- The Tragedy of Coriolanus by William Shakespeare I am come in sorrow. -- Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad |
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