1. Leisure as Big Business
Changing demographics
11th largest industry profits in 2006
Annual revenues of over $100 billion
Triad—amusement, entertainment, recreation leisure activities
Entertainment content—live performances (theatre, musical concerts), interactive experiences (recreation, amusement parks, travel, gaming) and media (m
Communication Programs Work, first printed in 1989, which the Office of Cancer Communications of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) developed to guide communication program planning. During the 25 years that NCI has been involved in health communication, ongoing evaluation of our communication programs has affirmed the value of using specific communication strategies to promote health and preven
The Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis
The first language system interferes with the second language system.
Structural analysis on the two language would enable teachers to predict the difficulties in acquiring second language.
It is quite common to detect where the speaker is from just by listening to his/her accent.
e.g.) French
Ladies and gentlemen
and more diverse than ever now. Thus, there are many chances for workers to communicate with people from other country. As you can see from above, the incident of President Bush with Aussies proved that the nonverbal cue could interpreted differently based on culture. According to Birdwhistell, well known scholar for nonverbal communication studies, no expressive movement has a universal meaning
Image of the universal family
-Living with family in the kinship of couples, parents, children, brother, and contact is made by the community or members
-Groups to share special feelings with other groups that are separated
-Family transcend time and space exist on the fundamental group anduniversal social institution