... culturally and historically dependent. A major contemporary concern within popular music research and the popular music industry is the impact of the Internet on producing and consuming popular music. On one hand, some perceive the Internet as a threat to the music business involving dramatic financial losses due to piracy and peer-to-peer file sharing. On the other ... hand, others celebrate the freedom the Internet affords as bands and artists are able to share their music without being signed to a particular record label and consumers can illegally obtain music ... ...

• Word Count: 2711
• Approx Pages: 11
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• Grade Level: Graduate

... between nations will create a form of global nationalism which we are yet to see. The extremely significant advances in technology and the mass media in recent years has certainly gone hand in hand with a resurgence in nationalism, perhaps hinting that Anderson's concentration on the role of the printed word in creating imagined communities and placing elites on the same level as the ... ...

• Word Count: 3295
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Graduate

... point, using a plethora of examples, but emphasises the actions of the Kwakiutl tribe, where "it did not matter whether a relative had died in bed of a disease, or by the hand of an enemy, in either case death was an affront to be wiped out by the death of another person."3 When a Kwakiutl Chief's sister and her daughter were presumed ... ...

• Word Count: 1818
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... , snowy trousers, a clear necktie, and varnished boots...hair parted, brushed, oiled" (Conrad 31). The natives mentioned on the same pages, however, are evaluated in a completely different manner. On one hand, the chief accountant is an individual with personality, while on the other "black shapes [crouch]," "black shadows of disease and starvation [lie] confusedly," and one " ... ...

• Word Count: 662
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Graduate

... economically, politically, socio-culturally and environmentally detrimental to host countries given that they tend to undermine and stifle indigenous cultures and bring about social and environmental problems. On the other hand, a strong argument can be made that tourism and globalisation can have positive consequences on indigenous peoples which include, economic growth, employment creation and infrastructure development. However, for these to have ... ...

• Word Count: 1995
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... only Indigenous and non-Indigenous relations, therefore the children who were born "half caste", usually had a European parent who accepted having nothing to do with them. While on the other hand, many whites who had chosen to raise their "half caste" children only to have them also removed, despite them being white, experienced equally the trauma and grief, capsulated also by ... ...

• Word Count: 2033
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• Grade Level: Graduate

... contain both an affective and a cognitive side, but because a person is capable of reflecting on his attitudes, the cognitive processes play a major role in attitude formation. Values, on the other hand, primarily have an affective basis as they are predominantly unconsciously held and not subject to reflections. Values represent "the way things are" - a taken-for-grantedness in relation to the other ... ...

• Word Count: 1677
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... electronic commerce strategies and B2C internet retailing. When customized products are of high cost, it is less likely that they will be successfully sold through the Internet. On the other hand, commodity-like products, even of high cost, can be successfully sold over the Internet. Even within an industry, Firm Level Cultural Issues, as well as the collective organizational culture, will ... ...

• Word Count: 1119
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Graduate