¶ … Psychological Topics are Reported in the Mass Media News Article: The news article, 'The Flight from Conversations,' demonstrates how technology and the internet are changing the social aspect of humanity. It explains how online communications are fast replacing face-to-face interactions; and how we are increasingly getting used to the culture of paying attention only to those things that interest us. Society is fast moving from conversation to connection; but what is rather disturbing is how this shift has led us to shortchange ourselves, stop caring about others, and engrave ourselves in some type of cocoon, where we live our lives as "a tribe of one, loyal to our own party" (p. SR1). The traditional face-to-face interaction model has been replaced by social media platforms, online chatrooms, and instant messaging services; and with this, the virtue of patience, characteristic of the former has lost meaning -- we are developing a culture of expecting fast answers and fast solution to problems; and in order to effectuate the same, we dumb down or comments and ask each other simpler questions. With over 300 friends on Facebook, we find no need to build trust; and the result -- a society that not only communicates less with...
The main point is that technology has only created new ways of doing traditional, conventional, and old things, and has not really changed the way people live their lives. Technology presents people with ample opportunities to structure their interactions more effectively, so that they are able to better meet their intended needs. Rather than portray technology as a replacement for face-to-face interactions, the author demonstrates that people only use it to supplement the latter so that they are in a position to address the interpersonal and personal issues in their lives more effectively. A socially anxious person, for instance, would use the internet to minimize the anxiety and stress that comes with face-to-face interactions; and then once they have built the art of confidence, they would carry the same…
Physical and mental disorders are often comorbid, reflecting an entire system that is out of balance. A healthy state, both physically and mentally reflects a state of equilibrium and stability that every organism wishes to achieve (Wallace, 2008).When one portion of the system is out of balance, the entire system can be out of balance. The degree to which the system is out of balance determines the degree of
Mass Media Promotes Democracy The journalistic side of the twentieth century can be defined as the struggle for democracy and an independent media against propaganda and subservience to the state. That struggle culminated during the first half of this century in the seizure of the means of communication by the demagogues of the 1930s and 1940s -- Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin -- and their Cold War reincarnation of the 1950s,
The opposing side, which sports a more eclectic set of disciplinary backgrounds and prides itself on a more sophisticated and inclusive perspective, divides human abilities into broad classes -- logical, spatial, interpersonal, verbal, etc. -- and labels each class an "intelligence." The two sides then proceed to talk past each other. (Casse, 1998, p. 33) The resulting controversy then falls back to the idea of socio-cultural differences, and race/gender/culture/environment. (Skidmore
2. Freedman, Jonathan. (2007). "No real evidence for TV violence causing real violence." Retrieved July 7, 2010 from: http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/commentary.aspx?id=18490 This source is an Internet editorial article published online on April 27, 2007 by Jonathan Freedman, a Psychology professor and former department chairperson at the University of Toronto. Professor Freedman has taught previously at Stanford University and Columbia University and has chaired the department at the University of Toronto. Professor Freedman's central thesis is his fundamental opposition
Cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) has become the treatment of choice for a wide range of psychological disorders and its efficacy has been demonstrated by numerous quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods studies (Spates & Pagoto, 2010). In order to develop a thorough understanding of CBT and its applications, this paper provides a review of a series of quantitative and qualitative research articles as well as a mixed methods study and a
Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Next Terror: Assessment of How a Significant Terrorist WMD Attack Might Be Conducted by a Non-State Actors Perpetrator and Why They Can't Stage an Attack Weapons of Mass Destructions (WMD) have considerable effect to the economies of both developed and developing countries. In the modern world, most terror groups have resolved to use Weapons of Mass Destruction to harm their enemies. The entire syndicate comprises
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