An example of a physical barrier could be the geographical distance between sender and receiver. Another example of a physical barrier could be something as simple as a wall. Systematic Barriers. Systematic barriers to communication may exist in structures and organisations where there are inefficient or inappropriate information systems and communication channels, or where there is a lack of understanding of the roles and responsibilities for communication. In such organisations, individuals may be unclear of their role in the communication process and therefore not know what is expected of them.
This shows why some sociologists may not use questionnaires as with a low response rate they can lack generalizability. It is argued that a higher response rate can be obtained if follow up questionnaires are sent out, if they are collected by hand or even if they sent out by email. However these methods tend to be either more time consuming or more costly. As well as this a great danger with low response rates is the fact that those that are returned are usually from people that aren’t fully employed or an isolated group of society and therefore means it lacks representativeness. Another reason why sociologists may not want to use questionnaires is their inflexibility.
If you were using the cognitive approach you would only get qualitative data which could be a problem as not everyone interprets the same answer in the same way. This would be more objective. This would also mean it is not valid as you are measuring why you think
Borrowers who did not meet their standards were forced to pay higher interest rates to subprime lenders, but the companies essentially persuaded investors to treat a vast number American families as if they were interchangeable. They took messy bunches of loans, with risks as variable as snowflakes, and created securities of uniform quality, easy to buy and sell. The result was one of the most popular investment products ever created. And in its absence, experts on housing finance say that fewer borrowers would qualify for the best interest
The tires with the words wages and prices depicts inflation and how the war boom raised the prices and wages too much and too fast. 2) The artist was definitely not in favor of F.D.R's policies because even before the war, they were not solid enough to create a favorable result. The air releasing from the tires while they are trying to pump up the wages and prices shows that Roosevelt's attempts to boost the economy was having little effect and when the war boom hit, he lost total control. 3) The second image is ironic due to the fact that the depiction of American life was glamorous and care free
One of the main problems with the needs-led approach was that professionals focussed on the immediate situation and support required rather than the bigger picture and any future needs/changes. The identification of `needs’ is very subjective, and due to needs changing this could not be measured accurately as this lacked direction and purpose and was impossible
Wal-Mart does not care about the American economy because they are thriving the way the economy is now, so American citizens have to stand up for their communities. According to the book, How Walmart is destroying America and what you can do about it, when you are a huge rich company and all you want to do is get huger and richer, it turns out a lot of smaller, poorer people have to get hurt in the process. Wal-Mart with all its size and power, could hurt people or help them in a lot of situations. Which do you think it normally chooses to do (Bill Quinn 102)? The answer for so many years has obviously been hurt people.
Economic changes are slowly taking place to accommodate the intermixing of cultures. The city of Oakland, California passed a rule in April of 2001 that required applicants for most city jobs to be proficient in at least two languages. Businesses are faced with many hard choices in dealing with the diversity in cultures. They have to determine how to conduct business when minorities are not necessarily the minority group, when a racial category doesn’t measure race, and when so-called disadvantaged groups have more education and income than advantaged groups. When millions of people are so genetically mixed that they go beyond any racial label, it seems that change is
Eddie Martinez Professor Kellen English I September 24, 2012 The American Dream Redefined, Again In his article, Brandon King defines the state of the American dream this way “I would redefine the American Dream today as the potential to work for an honest, secure way of life and save for the future” (573). 47 percent of the American population believes this redefinition needs to be redefined again. Since 2011, when his article was published, the economy has actually gotten worse for many Americans. For the last 50 years people rarely found themselves in ever growing fear of losing or finding a job, home, car or basic needs. In the past they found homes and apartments affordable, and food available at reasonable prices.
Behind any word there is a meaning. However, meaning is not a “transparent” representation for a definition. Meaning varies from culture to culture and differs between individuals. It is constructed and is interpreted by many contrasting views. What one chooses as a definition of democracy can cause a discrepancy for another with a conflicting point of view.