The Impacts of the Pandemic on Communication   Name Instructor Course‘   Sean L.Vassell Framingham State University COVID-19 triggered fear, anxiety, and anger among people, as people felt more vulnerable. People were forced to adapt to new ways of living and means of communicating. The key to healthy relationships has always been effective communication. Covid-19 has impacted all aspects of life and how we communicate is no exception. During the mandatory quarantine, people were encouraged to work from home hence no to little face-to-face interactions, except with family members (Sutton et al. 2020). Communication being a significant part of life, this paper is an interview report of a survey conducted on the impacts of COVID-19 on communication, particularly its effects on people. In conducting the survey, the platform used was online as it is one of the most convenient and cheapest means of collecting data and includes very limited influence from social bias. Despite online surveys seeming the convenient method to use, to get quality responses, there must be an effective distribution plan.…

              Organization Culture and Leadership of Apple Company First Name Last Name Institution                                                       Introduction Apple Company is a multinational technology company whose headquarters are in Cupertino, California. It produces various products such as iPhones, iPods, tablets, among others. The company is among the big companies in the technology industry, and its main competitors include Samsung, Microsoft, Lenovo, among others. During the period in which I worked part-time in the organization, I was able to gain knowledge that will help in the application of various concepts learned during the course. These concepts include leadership theories and the organization’s cultural concepts, which will be mainly discussed (Felipe et al., 2017). The main idea will be discussing how these concepts learned can be applied in the organization. The paper will also discuss organizational artifacts, organizational communication concepts, the application of concepts to artifacts, and the various implications. Organizational Artifact Northcott…

1) Please describe how you have prepared for your intended major, including your readiness to succeed in your upper-division courses once you enroll at the university.   My journey to my intended major of Psychology did not follow the ordinary route. I began my college courses at Glendale Community College with my mindset on majoring in Business with the hopes of expanding my small family business into a successful corporation. As time progressed, I was faced with a life-changing health issue; I suffered from a severe lumbar protrusion in my lower back. Aside from the obvious physical pain I endured, I also experienced a series of psychological aftermaths, such as anxiety and panic attacks. Suffering from these attacks daily sparked my curiosity as to how the mind and body are intertwined. As a result, I decided to change my major to Psychology. This switch in my major allowed me to pursue Psychology with an incentive, as I was dealing with mental health issues that I had no idea how to resolve. By embarking on a journey down a new road, I…

The Greek Philosophy Theologies have been developing and changing as the social and political trends of the world change, which echoes the development of monotheism and the influence between the involved religions of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Through various historical settings, these religions have changed tremendously. Going through the influence of the Greek culture and influential political times, these religions have adjusted to several practices, enabling both elevation and challenging phases. The nature of these religions is monotheistic. They share many similarities, from sentiments of the nature of worship to the references they have on their faiths’ historical development. They all can be traced to Genesis, Abraham’s faith concept, and several Old Testament stories such as the Tower of Babel. Hellenism has been majorly influencing these religions through the influence that the Greek culture and lifestyle had on these religions. There were different sentiments of the Greek culture that were incorporated into these religions and their beliefs. As Hellenism took over places like Western Asia, Middle East, and Egypt, the more the Greek lifestyles and methods of study influenced the…

Name Introductory Psychology Fall Term, 2020 Professor I chose the topic because I wanted to understand thin slices of expressive behaviors on interpersonal perceptions. I chose the article to understand if accurate predictions can be made from observing expressive behaviors quickly. The topic relates to my personal experiences considering my behaviors and emotions influence my daily decisions and judgments. What I understood before about the topic is that expressive behaviors are influencing our judgment about others. Also, one can observe someone’s behaviors within a short time and conclude their attitudes and emotions. I find the topic interesting because it is part of my study. Besides, it provides me knowledge on how thin slices of our expressive behaviors can influence our attitudes or judgments towards others. The introductory part of my article asserts that impressions are made from moving, speaking, and using gestures. It also asserts that thin slices of expressive behaviors affect our daily judgments significantly. Theoretical or practical issues that prompted the research is to establish whether brief observations of expressive behaviors can be accurate when making judgments about…

Visual grammar Visual grammar was proposed in 1996 by Kress and van Leeuwen based on the findings from semiotic school, which was mainly concerned with illustrating linguistic written words. Halliday ((1967) saw language as a depiction of semiotic mode represented by ideation, interpersonal, and textual metafunctions. Kress and van Leeuwen built their theory by redefining the words used by Halliday, such that they called them representational, interactive, and compositional metafunctions, respectively. In this new definition, representational connotation focuses on how pictures created in any particular piece represents the participants used in the image. It is split into the narrative and conceptual representations, according to the Transitivity framework developed by Halliday. Narrative representation gives extensive actions and events, change processes, and transitory spatial arrangements. Interactive meaning concerns the social links between interactants and evaluative orientations that actors or reactors adopt towards one another and to the area symbolized by the text. Its discernment relies mainly on attitude, modality, contact, and social distance. Social distance describes the links between the viewer and the producer of the image and the represented participant as…

                                                                                                                                                                                          Homework     Student’s Name: Institution: Course: Date:               The public charge rule, majorly, occurs to foreigners in need of several various visas in the United States. Technically, it involves tourists, guests’ workers, students, and temporary visitors. The rule elaborates on the historical results in-depth on immigrants not receiving status in the United States based on a bureaucrat’s suspicions that they use welfare. The law is fundamentally distorted and directly negatively impacts the taxpayers by segregating Americans from family members[1]. Besides, the rule prohibits the immigrants from receiving legal status in the United States based on a bureaucrat’s projection that they might become dependent on the government in the coming days. However, this might indirectly affect some immigrants from bidding for their security measures. Stone implied that on the disability program, where the beneficial strategy was all well elaborated and directives towards certifications and the determining factors. However, the persons’ certification and determination of benefitting from the disability insurance program are accompanied by various problems. The medical officers instantly…

Law enforcement institutions Law enforcement institutions are entrusted with the tasks that require a high degree of integrity within the police; police officers may become vulnerable when they act unlawfully outside their remit. It’s quite a prerogative experience when tasked with the overwhelming burden of investigating the tremendous incident of police brutality; the experience got me to wonder whether the law enforcement agencies are held accountable for their actions. The fundamental rights enriched in the constitution are quite inherent for every individual. According to Our civil rights, we are not supposed to be inflicted with any cruel and unusual punishment. According to my research, the police is to ensure that human rights are well protected. However, most of the people tend to mistake police officers for robots. These arouse my different emotions and attitudes towards police (Weisburd). Heriot, Gail claims that the fundamental principle of democratic society for police to be held accountable for their actions. However, police brutality is one among other forms of police misconduct, where they use violence and increase the use of deadly force in subduing…

Persuasive Speech about my Dream Job Name Institution Professor Course Date   Imagine having such a great job that you cannot wait to get out of your bed in the morning! We all have our dream job. It is always paramount to love what you are doing because you will be busy with it most of the time. The thinking that your career may remain the same up to the end of your life may be somehow frightening. That is why some people opt to change their careers often. But my viewpoint is that before taking a particular career path, you should be sure of it. Career is a responsibility. My dream is to be a project manager at Google. The career path in project management is not usually a smooth one. If you ask one of the people who work as project managers how they came to be in their current field today, they would tell you that it was circumstantial. They were in the right place at the right time when a vacancy for a project manager popped…

Name Professor Course Date POST-RECONSTRUCTION ERA Reconstruction era refers to the phase following the American civil war from 1865 to 1877. During this period, the United States scuffled with the defiance of re-merging the thirteen states into a union and ascertaining African- Americans’ admissible status. The reconstruction aimed to re-organize southern states after the civil war, incorporating them into the union and regulating the relationship between the blacks and the whites in a non-slave society (Perrone & Giuliana, 161). The post-reconstruction era was ushered by state bargain to procure southern support in the presidential general election in 1877. The state armed forces were relinquished from the south, and the Caucasian democrats resumed political influence in each southern state. Jim Crow laws that discriminated against the blacks from whites were amended, giving the blacks equal rights with the whites (Frampton & Thomas,1654). Post-reconstruction challenges to the African-Americans Racial discrimination; although Jim Crow laws prohibited racial discrimination in public amenities, the laws were not adhered to in the south by the whites. The court system further ruled racial discrimination cases in favor…