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The net loom large in people’s lives nowadays, so it isn’t strange that some of them decide to interact via social networking sites. Despite unease of critics, who claim that these trend leads to death of face-to-face interactions, loneliness and lure into dangerous liaisons, researches paints a positive picture of this. For example, the Internet gives an opportunity to get and stay in touch for those who are separated because of geography, physical infirmity or social anxiety. Moreover, there are groups, which offer support for people with grave illnesses and researchers suggest that virtual relationships can be as intimate as face-to-face or ever more. At one point some people decide to move beyond and they begin with letters by “snail mail” or talk on the telephone. Then, if they are ready, come to a meeting. Also, romantic relationships that begin on the Internet seem to be as stable over two years as traditional. Moreover, 94% from a poll of 1000 internet users reported that it m...

Nonverbal communication is an inseparable part of general communication with another human being. It concerns gestures, facial expressions, eye communication and touch. Often we do  not even think about it, it is involuntary. However, it is worth to learn how it works in different  cultures and for different gender and to improve awareness, because the emerging differences can  cause unwanted problems.  For sure we have to watch out for gestures. The same movement can mean something  completely different for two different people from different cultures. For example:  Folding your arms over your chest would be considered defiant and disrespectful in Fiji Gesturing with your thumb would be rude in Australia Resting your feet on a table or a chair would be insulting and disrespectful in some Middle Eastern countries   As we can see, for different countries, and thus their cultures, different behaviors may be perceived differently, while ...

Disneyfication is the term that describes our reality, which is, according to many sociologists  and philosophers, this what we can find in Disneyland. It resembles the commercial  transformation of society for who the only value is globalization and consuming material goods. This term isn't really positive because it refers to emotional labor, consumerism, merchandising. On Wikipedia, we can read about different aspects of Disneyfication: theming – infusing a place or object with a particular idea. hybrid consumption – a collection of multiple consumption opportunities in a particular location. merchandising – promoting goods or services with objects bearing promotional images or logos. performative labor – making employees not only providers of services, but also entertainers   According to French   philosopher   Jean Baudrillard, Disneyland is actually the most real place in the entire US, because it isn't...

Yes, I study French, but it doesn't mean I'm not keen on different cultures and countries. This time I'll talk about Russian and extraordinary rock musician Zemfira. She has been performing since 1998 and has gained a huge audience, not only in Russia. She has sold over 3 million records. At the age of 4, Zemfira became interested in music, entering a music school her older brother Ramil introduced her to rock music, which became her real passion – she listened to Black Sabbath, Nazareth, and Queen, and has started to play guitar. After graduation (1996) Zemfira spent her days making advertisement recordings at the station where she recorded the songs that would later become the singles "Why" (Почему), "Snow" (Снег), and "Weatherman" (Синоптик). From 1999 to 2005 Zemfira has been more and more popular. The best-known singles at the time were "AIDS" (СПИД), "Arrivederci" (Aриведерчи), and "Rockets" (Ракеты). On 1...

Is the gender a concept imposed on us from the outside or it's an integral part of ourselves? By explaining a difference between gender being performed and gender being performative, Judith Butler, a philosopher and gender theorist from USA, shares her point of view in one of many interviews given which is called "Your Behavior Creates Your Gender". First idea discussed by Butler is ana idea of "gender being performed" - sh compares gender to a role and the behaviors associated with it to act in a specific way. The role-play is essential to show the society our gender - by acting a certain way we can claim affiliation with it. On the other hand, "gender is performative" implies that the ways we act around construct our gender. Butler uses a personal anecdote to illustrate that other person assumed her gender and sexuality just by looking at her - which means her superficial appearance and the way she moved created an assumption of her being a "...