Carefully read Peter Brown’s text and then suggest an analysis of it based on addressing the following two questions: 1. How does Brown explain the radical shift in the social worldview between the classical world and the post-classical world? How is the explanation different from the explanations offered by researchers before him? 2. To what extent does Brown apply Mark Bloch’s call to dialogue between the various historical periods?
Discuss the numerous social problems of how Americans work-from long hours, to mass layoffs that we see now with the Corina Virus, to under-employment and to discrimination in the work force due to someone’s disability, race, gender, sexual orientation.
“What great managers do” and answer the following questions:
Consider the metaphor used in the article differentiating managerial and leadership roles (average managers play checkers, great managers play chess and great leaders rally people toward a better future). Does it adequately describe and differentiate these roles? Why or why not?
Do you think that the same set of qualities required for a manager are also needed for project managers? Why or why not?
What’s a journalist? Used to be journalists covered news events as objectively as humanly possible. Now we have bloggers who write in real time and pundits who analyze the news and offer their opinions. One poll even found a quarter of all Americans 18-29 years said they turned to The Daily Show and Saturday Night Live to learn about and understand the news. Are these shows informing, entertaining, or editorializing? Should news be entertaining? Please review “The Journalist’s Role” in the Handbook of Independent Journalism located in the Course Resources and Chapter 2 in The News Manual before tackling this discussion prompt. In addressing the main questions of this discussion prompt, please also discuss some mix of the following questions in your response. Are bloggers and pundits crossing the line to editorializing with their biased questions, interpretative news and public advocacy? Or are they adding the kind of texture and depth to the news that unbiased writers cant offer? Is a pundit a journalist, or do pundits give journalists a bad name? What exactly qualifies one to be a journalist or a pundit? What does a journalist do that’s different from a pundit and vice versa? Is Stephen Colbert a journalist or a pundit? What about Seth Meyers? John Oliver? Trevor Noah? What were Jon Stewart, Chris Matthews, Larry King and Lou Dobbs?
In many ways the events depicted in The Rejection seem hyperbolic and satirical, but when one looks closely, one might ask: Are these events actually common?
-Are these events actually common?
-Do the events depicted in The Rejection have their antecedents in reality?
-What are the notions of class that are portrayed in this story?
-How does this story interpret the notion of justice and/or meritocracy?
-How do hyperbole and satire enhance the narrative and illuminate the narratives point?
