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Radio's unique storytelling through listener imagination and sound design

Like all artistic media, there are subtle and unique elements to radio which distinguish it from other forms such as the written word, TV or film. Nowhere must the radio producer be more cognizant of the uniqueness of radio than in the radio documentary.

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Structural racism in Chester Himes and Americo Paredes

Chester Himes and Americo Paredes tell stories that compel readers to be concerned about structural racism in America. Though the settings are circa 1900s and 1940s, the stranglehold that bigotry has on America -- particularly in the South -- has not been eliminated.

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How organizational communication undermines knowledge management effectiveness

When and How can Organizational Communications Undermine and/or Damage Knowledge Management Different scholars have defined knowledge and its management in their own way.

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Violent and misogynistic lyrics in gangsta rap

SPIN Magazine [1: The one source you requested I use was taken from Spin Magazine, and I modeled everything after this article: http://www.spin.com/articles/big-four-play-their-first-us-show (citation below) Weingarten, C. "The Big Four Play Their First U.S. Show." Spin Magazine. 2011. ]

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Marco Polo's account of ethnic divisions in Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty

The Yuan Dynasty only lasted for a little less than a century in China, but has captured the imagination of western historians mainly because it was during this period of Mongol ascendancy that China was first "discovered" by Europe.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement

Martin Luther King, Jr. The mid-twentieth century was a time of much reform for many Americans, and even more push for equality amongst African-Americans.

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Law enforcement interviewing and interrogation techniques in criminal investigations

Interviewing and interrogation is an imperative component of the criminal justice system, particularly in cases with limited or non-existent physical evidence.

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Complexity in Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"

Christopher Marlowe's short lyric "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" has exercised an influence on English verse which hardly seems indicated by the limpid faux-naif quality of the poem itself, written in simple four-line stanzas, each composed of a pair of simple rhymed octosyllablic couplets.

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Katie Makanya and Florence Nightingale's visions of nursing and pastoral life

Florence Nightingale's seminal text Notes on Nursing was written after the author's experiences nursing during the Crimean War, and was part of her efforts to establish nursing as a unique profession of respect and dignity.

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Anger and reason in Frances Beinecke's Arctic Refuge article

People from all areas have tried for years to get the public to react to the dangers oil companies pose to our environment.

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