Can I get an answer fast please
1 write a speech on the topic assisted suicide
2 Article on the topic dumping of media
2) Physician -assisted suicide has been a conflict in the medical field since pre- Christian eras, and is an issue that has resurfaced in the twentieth century. People today are not aware of what the term physician assisted suicide means, and are opposed to listening to advocates? perspectives. Individuals need to understand that problems do not go away by not choosing to face them. This paper?s perspective of assisted suicide is that it is an option to respect the dignity of patients, and only those with deathly illness are justified for this method.
To begin with, what is physician suicide? Physician assisted suicide is confused with euthanasia, and even though they fall under the same category these terminologies do differ. The definition of physician-assisted suicide is when a physician provides necessary information intentionally for the patient to commit suicide, but the physician does not actually harm the patient. Euthanasia is when the physician performs the act by giving patients a drug that easily releases their pain and suffering. Individuals who wish for these methods are those who have life threating painful illnesses and desires for a swift death to end their suffering.
Now, this issue has many controversial arguments because people have different perspectives. Those who agree with the assisted suicide method argue that we have to respect the dignity of those lying in hospitality beds. People who plead for assisted suicide law argue that people who have no chance of living a dignified life should have the freedom to choose to end their own lives. Alternatively, those who oppose this method argue that advocates are devaluing human lives.
Although there are controversies about physician-assisted suicide, the posing discussions over giving patients the option of having this hasty death.?
2) Since becoming a prominent part of modern human society, the media has always been a source of controversy. In particular, the media has often been accused as playing a significant part in the so called ?dumbing-down? of society. The term ?dumbing-down? is used to describe the lack of a clear distinction between high culture and popular ?Pop? culture in society today. While high culture were activities, usually relating to the classical arts, that were held in the highest regard by society in the past, and usually practiced by the rich upper-class, it has evolved to appeal to the masses now. Similarly, popular culture which are considered ephemeral and commercial, thus inferior to high culture have gone on to invade parts of our upper-class societies today. In this essay, I am going to investigate the blurring line between the differences in high and popular culture and use this as a pivot to critically assess the media?s role in this phenomenon and ultimately determine if the media is indeed responsible for the ?dumbing-down? of society.
?Dumbing-down? is believed to be present in many spheres of contemporary society, from the arts to even the quality of education that our generation are getting today. This is based on the premise that the Arts such as Theatre Productions and classical music have become more and more commercialised and overly-simplified in order to appeal to larger audiences. Similarly, the study of certain university courses ranging from Sociology to Media Studies and Animal Management have been labelled as inferior to the more traditional courses such as Law, Medicine and Politics. These so called ?Mickey Mouse? degrees (which coincidentally were first made public by the media tabloids), coined by the then UK education minister Margaret Hodge were deemed to be less rigorous and thus unworthy of an actual University degree.
Modern media itself is often criticised for putting ratings and audience popularity ahead of quality. Media institutions are run as businesses and are therefore more focused in creating productions that attract widespread interest and thereby maximise the chances of the ?sell? rather than actual high quality productions. This can be seen through a number of examples, notably through news circulating productions such as Newspapers and News Broadcasting. The 1980s saw a sharp rise in the popularity of Tabloid Newspapers. Tabloids are based on the newspaper format seen in traditional Broadsheet Newspapers, but are smaller in size and feature exaggerated and often sensationalised stories. They often include much less ?hard news? such as politics and global affairs to their Broadsheet counterparts, instead focusing on human interests and entertaining news stories (i.e. Celebrity Gossips, Scandals). There are also much fewer words and more pictures in a Tabloid than a Broadsheet. This form of ?junk food news? is best described by researcher and writer Professor Bob Franklin in his book ?Newszak and News Media? as being ?More bitesize McNugget journalism, which is small, tasty, bright coloured and easy to digest? (Marr in Franklin, 1997: 5). Frankin came up with the term ?Newszak? and asserted that there was a growing compulsion within British journalism to retreat from the publishing of ?hard news? in favour of light hearted ?softer news?.
The popularity of tabloids has resulted in many broadsheet newspapers adopting numerous characteristics of tabloids. This is evident in UK newspapers such as ?The Independent?, ?The Times? and ?The Guardian? who have switched to the more compact ?Berliner? format used by most tabloid newspapers. Reasons given to this change include that it allows people who commute to easily hold and read it on public transports, and that smaller-sized newspapers would allow for easier reads for other readers as well. These changes have however been criticised by loyal broadsheet readers who have argued that the loss of the traditional broadsheet format have led to a loss in quality of the publishing of news. They reiterated that with Broadsheets adopting tabloid-like characteristics, there is slowly becoming less and less differences between the 2 types of Newspapers. In a 2007 interview with then British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, Blair commentated about the ongoing struggle in which Broadsheets and Tabloid face to gain readership by becoming more similar to one another. In his words ?Broadsheets today face the same pressures as tabloids; broadcasters increasingly the same pressures as broadsheets. The audience needs to be arrested, held and their emotions engaged. Something that is interesting is less powerful than something that makes you angry or shocked.?
To begin with, what is physician suicide? Physician assisted suicide is confused with euthanasia, and even though they fall under the same category these terminologies do differ. The definition of physician-assisted suicide is when a physician provides necessary information intentionally for the patient to commit suicide, but the physician does not actually harm the patient. Euthanasia is when the physician performs the act by giving patients a drug that easily releases their pain and suffering. Individuals who wish for these methods are those who have life threating painful illnesses and desires for a swift death to end their suffering.
Now, this issue has many controversial arguments because people have different perspectives. Those who agree with the assisted suicide method argue that we have to respect the dignity of those lying in hospitality beds. People who plead for assisted suicide law argue that people who have no chance of living a dignified life should have the freedom to choose to end their own lives. Alternatively, those who oppose this method argue that advocates are devaluing human lives.
Although there are controversies about physician-assisted suicide, the posing discussions over giving patients the option of having this hasty death.?
2) Since becoming a prominent part of modern human society, the media has always been a source of controversy. In particular, the media has often been accused as playing a significant part in the so called ?dumbing-down? of society. The term ?dumbing-down? is used to describe the lack of a clear distinction between high culture and popular ?Pop? culture in society today. While high culture were activities, usually relating to the classical arts, that were held in the highest regard by society in the past, and usually practiced by the rich upper-class, it has evolved to appeal to the masses now. Similarly, popular culture which are considered ephemeral and commercial, thus inferior to high culture have gone on to invade parts of our upper-class societies today. In this essay, I am going to investigate the blurring line between the differences in high and popular culture and use this as a pivot to critically assess the media?s role in this phenomenon and ultimately determine if the media is indeed responsible for the ?dumbing-down? of society.
?Dumbing-down? is believed to be present in many spheres of contemporary society, from the arts to even the quality of education that our generation are getting today. This is based on the premise that the Arts such as Theatre Productions and classical music have become more and more commercialised and overly-simplified in order to appeal to larger audiences. Similarly, the study of certain university courses ranging from Sociology to Media Studies and Animal Management have been labelled as inferior to the more traditional courses such as Law, Medicine and Politics. These so called ?Mickey Mouse? degrees (which coincidentally were first made public by the media tabloids), coined by the then UK education minister Margaret Hodge were deemed to be less rigorous and thus unworthy of an actual University degree.
Modern media itself is often criticised for putting ratings and audience popularity ahead of quality. Media institutions are run as businesses and are therefore more focused in creating productions that attract widespread interest and thereby maximise the chances of the ?sell? rather than actual high quality productions. This can be seen through a number of examples, notably through news circulating productions such as Newspapers and News Broadcasting. The 1980s saw a sharp rise in the popularity of Tabloid Newspapers. Tabloids are based on the newspaper format seen in traditional Broadsheet Newspapers, but are smaller in size and feature exaggerated and often sensationalised stories. They often include much less ?hard news? such as politics and global affairs to their Broadsheet counterparts, instead focusing on human interests and entertaining news stories (i.e. Celebrity Gossips, Scandals). There are also much fewer words and more pictures in a Tabloid than a Broadsheet. This form of ?junk food news? is best described by researcher and writer Professor Bob Franklin in his book ?Newszak and News Media? as being ?More bitesize McNugget journalism, which is small, tasty, bright coloured and easy to digest? (Marr in Franklin, 1997: 5). Frankin came up with the term ?Newszak? and asserted that there was a growing compulsion within British journalism to retreat from the publishing of ?hard news? in favour of light hearted ?softer news?.
The popularity of tabloids has resulted in many broadsheet newspapers adopting numerous characteristics of tabloids. This is evident in UK newspapers such as ?The Independent?, ?The Times? and ?The Guardian? who have switched to the more compact ?Berliner? format used by most tabloid newspapers. Reasons given to this change include that it allows people who commute to easily hold and read it on public transports, and that smaller-sized newspapers would allow for easier reads for other readers as well. These changes have however been criticised by loyal broadsheet readers who have argued that the loss of the traditional broadsheet format have led to a loss in quality of the publishing of news. They reiterated that with Broadsheets adopting tabloid-like characteristics, there is slowly becoming less and less differences between the 2 types of Newspapers. In a 2007 interview with then British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, Blair commentated about the ongoing struggle in which Broadsheets and Tabloid face to gain readership by becoming more similar to one another. In his words ?Broadsheets today face the same pressures as tabloids; broadcasters increasingly the same pressures as broadsheets. The audience needs to be arrested, held and their emotions engaged. Something that is interesting is less powerful than something that makes you angry or shocked.?