Essays Tagged: "hype"

Under the Spell. A travel tale. Ireland.

ture of quaintness bordering upon myth. Cute I thought it wouldbe, but never as much as the tourist hype I had read. I donned my suit of armor constructed ofcynicism, forged by age. Protected thus fro ... had read. I donned my suit of armor constructed ofcynicism, forged by age. Protected thus from the hype, I the ancestral child would see Irelandas it really is. Mind you, no tourist hype for me.The s ...

(19 pages) 175 4 3.9 Mar/1997

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Generation X.

eristics, but I fail to see the reasoning in all the name calling and insults. The media builds the hype about Generation X, therefore making typical stereotypes seem overwhelmingly to the generation. ...

(3 pages) 127 0 4.9 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

An evaluation on two dancers in dance performance class(advanced dance) also explains echniques used in a dance class.

Were they just going through the motions or were they really to do whatever it took for them to get hype.Maria: She was not very concentrated on the stretching/warm-up. She was still trying to wake-up ...

(2 pages) 145 3 4.3 May/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts

Is the Virtual Community of Any Value? If so what are the Advantages of Online Discussion Forums over Real Society?

There are some that raise warnings about the 'hype' surrounding the recent exponential growth of the Internet. They rightly observe that high prom ... become so much more rare in today's electronic entertainment age.Many have pointed out that similar hype and promises were present in the early days of television, but striking differences stand out. ...

(5 pages) 131 1 4.8 Sep/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Generation X

eristics, but I fail to see the reasoning in all the name calling and insults. The media builds the hype about Generation X, therefore making typical stereotypes seem overwhelmingly to the generation. ...

(3 pages) 33 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Generation X

eristics, but I fail to see the reasoning in all the name calling and insults. The media builds the hype about Generation X, therefore making typical stereotypes seem overwhelmingly to the generation. ...

(3 pages) 62 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Generation X

eristics, but I fail to see the reasoning in all the name calling and insults. The media builds the hype about Generation X, therefore making typical stereotypes seem overwhelmingly to the generation. ...

(3 pages) 37 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Hype used in advertising

ADVERTISING HYPE!!The art of hype pervades advertising of all kinds. You can see it everywhere you go. It's char ... xpect no one to read, leading the consumer to save very little to no money at all. Advertising uses hype to get a false message across to the viewer; understanding the makeup of this hype will change ... viewer; understanding the makeup of this hype will change one's reaction to advertising.Nowhere is hype more prevalent, and indeed necessary, than in advertisements. The very fact that hype is so pre ...

(4 pages) 91 0 3.4 Nov/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

The effect and probability of the melting of the polar ice caps - as well as possible prevention (or lack of it)

iscussion over the effect of global warming on the earth. Though much of this discussion was mostly hype or hoax, there is one effect that can cause considerable change to the earth's environment: the ...

(3 pages) 106 0 4.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Steroids, An Overview.

ing biceps you have always dreamed of having." Many people find themselves getting caught up in the hype of becoming fit, stronger, faster, and even looking better. There are many ways to become all o ...

(1 pages) 51 1 3.5 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Freedom.

nd the teenagers still have their curfews and can't just take the car anywhere. That takes away the hype of using "freedom" so freely. It honestly contradicts the meaning that many othere see. To mill ...

(3 pages) 96 1 4.5 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Should digital property be given the same protections as physical property?

. The paradigm shift has now shifted the focus from not merely on quantity of product and marketing hype but rather on the quality of product.Another part of the argument against digital file sharing ...

(5 pages) 176 2 3.1 Jun/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

Business Process Reengineering.

ecome popular thanks to much publicity by different management authors and due to the fact that the hype about BPR made it look like a magic potion for ailing industries. BPR looked like a miracle sol ...

(9 pages) 569 0 4.6 Oct/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Professional Athletes as Role Models.

on an extraordinary importance in our society. Fair play and sportsmanship have taken a backseat to hype and promotion. Children watch and mimic their favorite athletes. They act like them; they play ... athletes. They act like them; they play like them; they watch their every move. The hope that this hype and promotion has given fans across America is amazing.A majority of proffessional level athlet ...

(3 pages) 192 0 1.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Games today, too violent?

umIntroductionEver since its advance, there has been a popular turn towards the electricity-powered hype known as "video" - motion imaging. As technology grew more and more advanced, electronics began ...

(10 pages) 270 1 4.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Future Cars of America

ay will help to explain how the hybrid car works and how these cars are quite possibly more then a "hype" or "fad" as some sayTrue electric vehicles do not seem to achieve the requirements of the Amer ...

(2 pages) 140 1 3.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

The Internet: its effects and its future

inframes in research establishments to modest PCs in people's homes and offices. Despite the recent hype, the Internet is not a new phenomenon. Its roots lie in a collection of computers that were lin ... ed quickly and easily anytime.However, the most exciting part of the Internet is its multimedia and hypertext capabilities. The Web provides information in many different formats. Of course, text is s ...

(23 pages) 1233 0 3.9 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Canada's Part In The North American Free Trade Agreement

imination on most barriers between the two nations, allowing access to each country's goods. As the hype grew Mexico decided to join in this economic growth factor. On January 1st 1994 the Free Trade ...

(11 pages) 142 2 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History

The Internet

ainframes in research establishments tomodest PCs in people's homes and offices. Despite the recent hype, the Internetis not a new phenomenon. Its roots lie in a collection of computers that werelinke ...

(2 pages) 47 0 2.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Movie Analysis of "Life Is Beautiful".

flipping through the channels and saw that Life Is Beautiful had just started. I had heard a lot of hype about it so I decided to watch it. All I knew about it was that it was a Holocaust movie, that ...

(2 pages) 139 2 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies