Additionally, survey administrators will be required to maintain the confidentiality of all records and information collected during the survey, and will reiterate the significance of confidentiality to participants during the data collection process. In line with the voluntary participation requirement, a provision will be made, allowing participants to withdraw from the process at any time, or to refuse to respond to any question that they feel infringes on their personal space (Cozby & Bates, 2012)
Face-to-Face (FtF) The inferiority of CMC as a means of relationship maintenance is supported to a large extent by the media richness and media naturalness hypotheses, both of which base their arguments on the fact that the asynchronous nature of CMC hinders a receiver's ability to seek clarification and therefore interpret the sender's emotions and feelings accurately (Perry, 2010). The media naturalness hypothesis, for instance, postulates that, ceteris paribus, "a decrease in the degree of naturalness of a communication medium (or its degree of similarity to the face-to-face medium) leads to" decreased physiological arousal and increased likelihoods of communication ambiguity and cognitive effort (Kock, 2005, p
The authors report that practice makes perfect, and hence, psychological intimacy/closeness develops as one becomes more accustomed to the channel used for communication. This conclusion is based on the finding that those CMC participants who communicated more with other group members felt closer to their colleagues, compared to those who communicated less often (Mallen, et al
Based on this background, this study seeks to identify the predictors of psychological satisfaction in CMC-based romantic relationships and determine techniques that could be used to increase the significance of these factors, and hence the level of relationship satisfaction. Problem Statement Researchers contend that more and more people are getting involved in CMC-based relationships, particularly romantic relationships (Perry, 2010; Anderson & Emmers-Sommer, 2006; Wrench & Punyanunt-Carter, 2007)
As long as this perceived similarity is there, psychological satisfaction will be present. Commitment: relational commitment refers to the extent to which one desires to remain in the relationship; and how much they anticipate its continuity (Sidelinger, et al
Popular social outlets that AE uses include Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Use comments rose when LinkedIn was added and crescendoed to more than 60% with addition of Facebook and Twitter (Gillin, Stephen (September 7, 2011))
They no longer have to clip coupons or show a digital coupon through their smart phones. All they do is tweet (Lies, 2012) This AE promotional tool, accomplished through social media, is therefore highly intelligent and effective
com, thinks that AE's promotion endeavors will soon move to mobile too as the company will look to making he most of the partnerships that it has with these providers. Facebook, many think, has already become and will continue to intensify as a key promotional tool since it exudes a family and friend kind of atmosphere (Skowronski (February 03, 2012) One of the promotional strategies that AE has recently launched is called
Mobile American Express also promotes via mobile games that it has launched over iPhone . According to Richard Harris, vice president and head of acquisition at American Express, New York: "The game provides an ideal way to create brand awareness," (Tsirulnik, (Nov
Since the event was covered as a crime story rather than political one, it enabled the public to understand terrorism and assume personal responsibility for the well-being of the country. Third, the 1983 terror attempt to destabilize Kuwait through attacking American and French embassies failed miserably due to media coverage that resulted in the arrest of several members of the Iranian-Shi'a group (Anderson, 1993, p
First, the media's coverage of Timothy McVeigh's terrorist act of bombing the Murrah building contributed to reduction of the number of American terrorists. While McVeigh had only participated in few militia meetings, media coverage of this event helped many Americans to dissociate themselves from activities that would result in the death of fellow Americans (Mahan & Griset, 2008, p
225). Secondly, media coverage of 9/11 terror attacks was a demonstration of what it could do at its very best (McDonald & Lawrence, 2003, p
The objective of course in transferability is not to generalize, but to determine if indeed, the same results will hold true for other groups that share the same characteristics from which the results of the study came from (e.g., cultural sub-groups within the American Indian culture) (Babbie, 2003:211)
Forums were a way of brining people together, for individuals to make contact with others who were also on the internet. The prominence of the forums has declined, as with sites and applications such as Facebook taking over the main social roles (Fuchs 154)
Their bodies, their image, their respect and everything they do are now revolving around men and their satisfaction and approval. Although women are now standing up for their rights and fighting to attain an equal stance in society, this indifference towards their own degradation is costing them a lot because all their attempts will fail as they are doing nothing about this objectification (Dahlberg, 2008)
The following section presents scholarly arguments and some theories that deal with the reasons and the ways in which women are sexually objectified in the media and the implications that this has on the society and how it gives rise to numerous problems. It will also deal with why this is such an important issue to know about and deal with in order to put an end to women commoditization (Galician, 2004)
The following section will however focus on the actual advertisements and role of media that it plays to objectify women and how dismemberment of the women's body is taking place added with the emphasis on external beauty. Some of the advertisement will however show how women are being used to sexually satisfy and eroticize the men in the places and products whereby they were not even required (Gammel, 1999)
Any individual who has access to any form of visual media today knows how the issue of "sex" has become a common term in the media. It is used in different ways and on different levels in different countries but it is reasonable to state that the sexual objectification is being used in media today and is presented in such an open manner that it can simply not be disregarded anymore (Hall, 1998)
Kilbourne, 2002 has taken up the research process of getting to the bottom of the role of media in this development of conscious attitudes and the prevalence of the women portrayal. This has led to serious dismemberment of the women population in our society and the main link that can be traced back to this objectification (Kilbourne, 2002)
They did however reflect that this portrayal of women in media did change the way in which females tended to spend money on buying products. They may not have given so much importance to taking care of their physical appearance before but they eventually started noticing how this was becoming an important factor (M. Tiggemann, 2004)