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		<title>An Insight into Media Communication Theories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are 5 theories I would like to discuss today. Each theory, I believe each has its advantages and disadvantages.
The powerful effects theory, more commonly known as the magic bullet theory states that the media is the most influential and audiences are passive. By now, most of you guys would have guessed what the problem here is. It assumes that audiences are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shaminiras.wordpress.com&blog=2516564&post=9&subd=shaminiras&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://shaminiras.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/an-insight-into-media-communication-theories/</link>
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		<title>When Individualism meets Collectivism&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week we are learning  about intercultural communication. One of the main aspects of Intercultural communication is individualism and collectivism. Individualist cultures&#8217;s social behaviour is largely determined by their personal goals, attitudes and values whereas collectivist&#8217;s behaviour is largely determined by conformity , mutual sympathy and self-sacrifice for in-group members. Miss Hui mentioned that most of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shaminiras.wordpress.com&blog=2516564&post=8&subd=shaminiras&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://shaminiras.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/when-individualism-meets-collectivism/</link>
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		<title>Interpersonal Communication</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week we learnt mainly about interpersonal communication which is basically communication between individuals. Like Miss Hui said during lecture today, this is based solely on personal experiences and one cannot possibly evaluate the usage of interpersonal communication in films or movies.
I would like to concentrate on one main process of relationships between individuals; relational formation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shaminiras.wordpress.com&blog=2516564&post=7&subd=shaminiras&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://shaminiras.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/interpersonal-communication/</link>
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		<title>The Simpsons and Verbal Communication</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of the public would have most probably watched The Simpsons.
Have you guys thought about the voice -overs for the characters? I have, on numerous occasions, given much thought to who could be the voice- overs for the unique personalities of the unique characters.
Firstly, I thought Bart Simpson (son of Homer Simpson) would be voiced over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shaminiras.wordpress.com&blog=2516564&post=6&subd=shaminiras&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://shaminiras.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/the-simpsons-and-verbal-communication/</link>
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		<title>If only looks could kill&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, this week we learnt mostly about non-verbal communication and the various types of non-verbal communication technics that can be used.
One that particularly interesed me was oculesics (I hope the spelling is right!). Oculesics basically refers to the usage of one&#8217;s eyes to convey a particular message. Especially in my culture (I am Indian if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shaminiras.wordpress.com&blog=2516564&post=5&subd=shaminiras&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://shaminiras.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/if-only-looks-could-kill/</link>
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		<title>The Mist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I watched a movie entitled &#8220;The Mist&#8221;. It&#8217;s actually a book by Stephen King which was adapted for the screen. Initially, I did not really want to watch the movie since I was not a big fan of Stephen King&#8217;s books. The funny thing is I first read his book when I was in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shaminiras.wordpress.com&blog=2516564&post=4&subd=shaminiras&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://shaminiras.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/the-mist/</link>
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		<title>Weird or Real?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I never have really thought much about communication. Therefore, when I had to take the module this semester, I did not realise that it had so much to with psychology. It was surprising that, communication, just like psychology, had different perspectives, and theories. What I thought would be a boring module has actually turned out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shaminiras.wordpress.com&blog=2516564&post=3&subd=shaminiras&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://shaminiras.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/weird-or-real/</link>
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