You are the training officer in your department. Your agency has been receiving an unusually high number of Bivens Actions (lawsuits and complaints) from citizens stating that officers have been using excessive force to make arrests. The Chief has tasked you with developing a training program that will teach officers …
How an officer can use verbal judo to de-escalate a volatile situation. Read More »
You are the training officer in your department. Your agency has been receiving an unusually high number of Bivens Actions (lawsuits and complaints) from citizens stating that officers have been using excessive force to make arrests. The Chief has tasked you with developing a training program that will teach officers …
How an officer can use verbal judo to de-escalate a volatile situation. Read More »
Review the crisis communication case studies in the Liberman texts; review the assigned readings and watch Conversations In Crisis 4 with Arturo Nunez.. (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) In at least three brief paragraphs (30 to 50 words each): 1 — Choose one or more Nike communications crises and describe …
Several authors discuss the role of advertisers and advertisements in shaping culture. Explain two or three of these views and relate them to the concepts of mass culture, individuality, and use values rendered through public and popular press.
Culture has been given many definitions. Through the readings, trace how the anthropological and the humanistic definitions have changed over time. Point out three key moments and explain the advantages of adopting the new definitions.
According to Adorno, what is the “industry” of the culture industry? How does this industry generate value from autonomous works of art?
According to Thomas Frank in his chapter in The Conquest of Cool, how did the rise of counterculture in the 1960s affect the advertising industry?
How does Gramsci’s concept of hegemony relate to his definition of common sense?
What were the cognitive and social challenges in convincing consumers to buy player pianos in the early 1900s?
How does the “interpretative community” introduce new ideological readings of black female rappers of the 1980s?
