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Structure and Code in Structuralism and Semiotics and Their Use in Film: “Gone with the Wind” as an Example of Cinematic Coding
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This is an 11 page paper discussing the use of structure and code in film. Structuralism and semiotics and their use of codes and cues to define the underlying structures in society were first theories applied to the social sciences and then to the world of narrative literature. Marx and Freud further used semiotics to demonstrate how codes can be used effectively to psychologically affect those within society. Using this premise, during the early days of feature films semiotics were used to analyze the underlying structures of films. A good example of cinematic coding is used in the classic film “Gone with the Wind” made in 1939. The film uses coding on two different levels to define the structures within society. Firstly, the film uses references and themes relevant to the era of the Civil War depicted in the film. Secondly, and probably more importantly, the film uses coding to define the structure of society during the 1930s when the film was made. Specific contrasts of bad and good, black and white, pure and scandalous, affluence and poverty are portrayed using visual, narrative and auditory codes.
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Suicide Bombers and Social Theory
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This 9 page paper provides an overview of social theory as it can be applied to an understanding of suicide bombers. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Survival of the Fittest
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This 3 page essay looks at Herbert Spencer's contributions to sociology. His primary concept is illustrated using modern day examples.The concept of the roles that war and morality play is included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Symbolic Interactionism
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This is a 4 page paper discussing symbolic interactionism as a theory of social life and change. Symbolic interactionist theory is based on the subjective awareness that individuals perceptions of self and society is constructed through interaction between humans and the meanings assigned to symbols within society. Communication is based on the assigned meaning of these symbols and the definition of self is based on communication within society. The constant symbolic interaction between individuals not only defines individuals’ concept of self but also how others are viewed in society and how individuals perceive they must act in society. Philosopher George Mead and sociologist Erving Goffman are just two of the many social scientists who have adopted this subjective approach to social interaction and change. The interactionist approach is considered to be subjective as individual action within society is considered flexible, shifting and ever changing in that individuals and society interpret each other’s actions rather than merely react to each other and their actions are directly based on the meanings assigned to such actions.
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Systems Theory
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the use and application of systems theory. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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T.J. Clark
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A 5 page paper which examines the following statement made by T.J. Clark: “the city is the sign of capital: it is there one can see commodity take on flesh.” Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Tadeusz Borowski & Moral Complacency
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One of the saddest attributes of the human race is the ability to get used to anything. When something becomes commonplace, no matter the horror involved, humans will switch to automatic and assume that all is right
with the world. Add to this an acceptance of circumstance as a matter of fate and the result is likely to be moral complacency. Tadeusz Borowski has compiled a series of
short stories that have at the heart of each just that: moral complacency. This is a 5 page paper that examines the issue of morality in the face of death as seen through the eyes of Tadeusz Borowski's work, “This Way For The Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Talbot Parson’s “The Sick Role”: A Study in Education
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A 7 page proposal for evaluating the impact of Talbot Parson’s sociocultural model of the sick role in the academic environment. This paper recognizes that the “sick role” can impede academic performance and speculates that this impedance would be the greatest when a physically impaired student was placed in special education classes rather than kept in mainstream classes. This paper proposes a comparison of nationalized tests scores of the two groups of physically impaired students, those in special education classrooms and those in mainstream classrooms, to assess this speculation. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Talcott Parsons and His Theories
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This 5 page paper focuses on the theories of this famous sociologist. Systems theory is fully examined and the subsystems of adaption, goal attainment, integration and pattern maintenance are each detailed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Technological Determinism, Social Shaping and Social Construction
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This 6 page paper provides an overview of three principle sociological elements: technological determinism, social shaping and social construction. Theorists have considered the issue of technological determinism as a means of considering who uses technology, how it is used, and how it is created in consideration of utility. These elements are related in terms of modern change. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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