Teaching and Entertainment are Inseparable - 1100 Words

Teaching and Entertainment are Inseparable (Book Review Sample) Content: Name:Instructor:Course:Date:ESSAY: Teaching and Entertainment are InseparableIntroductionPostman thesis lays emphasis on television articulating to define the true picture about how media of communication conveys information. Different media type favors contents and has the capacity to take a command on culture. This means that the communication media in a culture influences social preoccupations and cultures intellect to be formed. Therefore, speech is a medium since it is the determinant of ones thinking capacity in terms of view of the world. As a result, different languages have a different views and recreates new culture. Examples of this medium are television or typography and language, and they ensure an orientation is made on expression, thoughts and sensibility. In other words, the languages one speaks are forms of media. According to postman the main objective of writing the book was to express how America had undergone a change because of the media metaphor . This media made the public discourse behave like nonsense (Postman, 2006).Postman lays his emphasis on television, articulating to define the true picture about how media of communication conveys information. Postman outlines that the truth about the media gets linked with biased form of expressions. For every culture, there is the truth and definition. Therefore, currently the truth got expressed inform of numbers, while in the old days, it was through parables and riddles that might seem childish to the current generation. Hence, culture transform as language grows (i.e. from oral to writing to printing and then to televising). Thus, the growth of epistemology that is television based, got accompanied by the fall of epistemology that is print- based which resulted to public life consequences. As a result, the author does not give a clarification on how the media affects the mind and capacities of people. Instead, he discusses on how the media brings about changes in the symbolic environment from gradual to additive, which is electronic media and thus change of peoples way of thinking.Therefore, generation born and raised under the influence of television view the world in a different perspective, in comparison to generation rose without the influence of television. People, who depend on television as the source of their information, find themselves not having time to think critically concerning what the news casters say. For instance according to postman people should not think, neither does the news broadcaster wants them to think. The acceleration is by the fact that in television after every thirty minute there is a new event with a different context and texture of emotions. Thus, these events get structured in a manner that event program presented might stand as complete (Postman, 2006).In cases where, these groups of people join schools where information passed is not colorful or it does not involve the change of images(like television) they reject or struggle with the concept of the form of teaching. Therefore, they face a rough time to teach the generation with that form of media. The student has the perceptions that even in schools; they have to be taught in the manner that is colorful as they have gotten used to in their early age. Collateral learning is a lesson that takes place when grammar taught is in a meaningful context. The grammar context teaches the students application skills in life, e.g. teachers teaching students on how to write resumes or how to acquire drivers license. Majority of the students learns from current and emerging issues in real life. That is, learning from inspirational people like the Sudan lost boys with their startling struggle and people who are engaging like Sullenberger Chesley the hero pilot. Students like to relate their learning to events especially from people who have overcome odds. Whenever teaching, to make grammar lesson entertaining there is a necessity to teach other things to mak e the lesson collateral. Therefore, according to the author it does not mean that television is entertainment, instead it is had transformed entertainment to represent all experiences in nature. Thus, the contribution of television to philosophy of education is what makes the idea that entertainment and teaching are inseparable. So television teaches by expecting children to practice whatever they watch. This precision gets totally different from what happen in class whenever they are reading some books.Majority of postman time was devoted in analyzing the key differences between viewing television and reading books. The rise of television (non- printing media) culture based, the lives of many revolve around images and viewed media rather than words. This has affected peoples ability to think for themselves or an account of whoever they are and what they believe. Postman has been seconded by researchers and writers in the belief of the brain activity necessary for readers is more f lexible compared to that required for viewers. Therefore, through the process of readers trying to comprehend makes them adept cr...

High-Context Culture and the Low-Context Culture - 825 Words

High-Context Culture and the Low-Context Culture (Other (Not Listed) Sample) Content: Reflection paper[Name][Institution Affiliation]IntroductionThere is a unique way in which one perceives the contemporary society. This is influenced by the things that happen around us. Personal experiences and influences from the people around us contributes to, a greater extent, in our way of thinking. I was an audience of two presentations and a video on three crucial topics in the society. The first topic was about the high-context culture and the low-context culture which was a presentation. The second topic was about finance, which was a video. The last topic was about racism, social classes, and religion. In this paper, I will be giving my reflection on the three topics mentioned above. This reflection essay will also critique the three topics. The impact of the three topics on how I perceive the society is also discussed.DiscussionThe first topic was about high-context culture and the low-context culture which was a presentation by Ron Kazvo Miagushi. He prese nted the topic so well and made me have a critical thinking of the society I live in.According to Ron Kazvo, high-context culture is the culture where there is a collective responsibility in the society as opposed to the low-context culture where there is individualism. He talked about how people fail to value their culture until they are out of it. I feel that this is true in my society. I live in a low-context culture where everyone is concerned about himself or herself. People rarely get time to do some communal work together and very little culture values are passed on to the children.This topic can affect me and my society in various ways. My society has more of individual responsibilities than the collective responsibilities. This topic has affected my way of thinking and I am now more inclined to do collective work in the society. This presentation taught me the importance of collective responsibility. Ron Kazvo gave us an example of the evacuation of Japanese in the US in 19 66. It was successful due to the collective responsibility of the Japanese people. The spirit of teamwork is enhanced by high-context culture. The topic also affects the society in the way of upbringing children. This topic emphasizes on the importance of preserving the culture and passing it on to the next generations. The speaker emphasized on how the children should be brought up in the society. This is a message to the whole society since raising of children is a collective responsibility.I have experienced low-context culture all my life. There has been individualism in my culture ever since I can remember. Little cultural values are passed on from generation to generation. This has led to the erosion of my culture over the years. An example of how the low-context culture has affected me is on how I relate to the members of my extended family. We rarely meet unlike in the cases of high-context culture where members of a family are close and meet regularly.The second topic was a bout finance, which was presented in a video. This topic discussed about the world economic crisis that occurred in 2008. I think that this crisis would have been prevented by the financial institutions. In countries like Iceland, the government regulators failed at regulating the amount borrowed by banks. The banks borrowed 10 times the economy size of the Iceland. This led to too much money in circulation. I feel that the central banks of some country have failed in the past. There has been a lot of criminality in the financial institutions which consequently led to the fall of the economy in many economic zones.I think that the financial institutions would have shielded the people were it not for their greed for wealth. The video made me critically think of how evil some people could be. I believe their selfishness caused the global recess.The financial crisis has a direct impact on me and on my society. In cases of financial crisis, inflation and retrenchment are often inevitabl e. A past example is the cost of houses in the United States and Iceland during the financial crisis. The cost of houses almost doubled. Employeesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ layoff was increased. This led to the highest amount of unemployment of all times in 2008. In cases of a future recess, such crisis will affect me greatly.The economic crisis in 2008 hit me hard. Some of my family members were retrenched due to decreased manufacturing by the companies. We had to share the little resources we had. This led to strained living standards.The third topic was about ... High-Context Culture and the Low-Context Culture - 825 Words High-Context Culture and the Low-Context Culture (Other (Not Listed) Sample) Content: Reflection paper[Name][Institution Affiliation]IntroductionThere is a unique way in which one perceives the contemporary society. This is influenced by the things that happen around us. Personal experiences and influences from the people around us contributes to, a greater extent, in our way of thinking. I was an audience of two presentations and a video on three crucial topics in the society. The first topic was about the high-context culture and the low-context culture which was a presentation. The second topic was about finance, which was a video. The last topic was about racism, social classes, and religion. In this paper, I will be giving my reflection on the three topics mentioned above. This reflection essay will also critique the three topics. The impact of the three topics on how I perceive the society is also discussed.DiscussionThe first topic was about high-context culture and the low-context culture which was a presentation by Ron Kazvo Miagushi. He prese nted the topic so well and made me have a critical thinking of the society I live in.According to Ron Kazvo, high-context culture is the culture where there is a collective responsibility in the society as opposed to the low-context culture where there is individualism. He talked about how people fail to value their culture until they are out of it. I feel that this is true in my society. I live in a low-context culture where everyone is concerned about himself or herself. People rarely get time to do some communal work together and very little culture values are passed on to the children.This topic can affect me and my society in various ways. My society has more of individual responsibilities than the collective responsibilities. This topic has affected my way of thinking and I am now more inclined to do collective work in the society. This presentation taught me the importance of collective responsibility. Ron Kazvo gave us an example of the evacuation of Japanese in the US in 19 66. It was successful due to the collective responsibility of the Japanese people. The spirit of teamwork is enhanced by high-context culture. The topic also affects the society in the way of upbringing children. This topic emphasizes on the importance of preserving the culture and passing it on to the next generations. The speaker emphasized on how the children should be brought up in the society. This is a message to the whole society since raising of children is a collective responsibility.I have experienced low-context culture all my life. There has been individualism in my culture ever since I can remember. Little cultural values are passed on from generation to generation. This has led to the erosion of my culture over the years. An example of how the low-context culture has affected me is on how I relate to the members of my extended family. We rarely meet unlike in the cases of high-context culture where members of a family are close and meet regularly.The second topic was a bout finance, which was presented in a video. This topic discussed about the world economic crisis that occurred in 2008. I think that this crisis would have been prevented by the financial institutions. In countries like Iceland, the government regulators failed at regulating the amount borrowed by banks. The banks borrowed 10 times the economy size of the Iceland. This led to too much money in circulation. I feel that the central banks of some country have failed in the past. There has been a lot of criminality in the financial institutions which consequently led to the fall of the economy in many economic zones.I think that the financial institutions would have shielded the people were it not for their greed for wealth. The video made me critically think of how evil some people could be. I believe their selfishness caused the global recess.The financial crisis has a direct impact on me and on my society. In cases of financial crisis, inflation and retrenchment are often inevitabl e. A past example is the cost of houses in the United States and Iceland during the financial crisis. The cost of houses almost doubled. Employeesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ layoff was increased. This led to the highest amount of unemployment of all times in 2008. In cases of a future recess, such crisis will affect me greatly.The economic crisis in 2008 hit me hard. Some of my family members were retrenched due to decreased manufacturing by the companies. We had to share the little resources we had. This led to strained living standards.The third topic was about ...