Essays on Communication

Casablanca is a 1942 Warner Brother classic which is near the top of the critical assessment of the best Hollywood movies of the all-time. Casablanca is more than a great movie and deals with topics head-on. It further deserves a lot more respect than it…

Many writers create a book to influence a particular audience and to accomplish this, they use different rhetorical methods to persuade. “The Qualities of the Prince” written by Niccolo Machiavelli discusses the qualities he believes a prince should have to be a strong leader. Some…

In 1960s Alabama there was a lot of civil unrest, especially in a city called Birmingham. Martin Luther King, Jr. was leading protests and eventually got arrested. This led to the letter called A Call For Unity, which is a statement by Alabama clergymen addressing…

Introduction/Background Public speaking is the art of designing and delivering a message to an audience. This involves understanding the audience and speaking goals, selecting elements for the speech that will engage the audience with the topic, and delivering the message skilfully (Wrench, Goding, Johnson &…

How can four simple words change the world? What effect did they have on African-American history? Martin Luther King Jr, an American civil rights activist, spoke out against issues regarding race in the United States, during his famous speech referred to as “I have a…

Introduction The presence of nostalgia can be seen within various aspects in everyday life, from television and movies (Cui, 2015) to advertisements and retro products (Shields & Johnson, 2016). The use of nostalgia in advertising has been met with a largely positive response because of…

Overview – Nostalgia as a Selling Point Nostalgia is one of life’s greatest feelings that can be incredibly gratifying. Everyone is easily drawn back to a better, simpler time in her/his life. In a time where everything is monetized, can Nostalgia be a selling point…

Introduction This research paper presents the details of converting audio signals to text using Google’s speech to text API. Then, using the semantics of Natural Language Processing we break the text into smaller understandable pieces which requires Machine Learning as a part. Data sets of…

Deafness is one of the disabilities that we wish no one would suffer. It is a real burden for anyone who has this lifetime condition. We can say that this kind of condition may not be life threatening literally but the fact that this disability…

Costa Rica is a journalistic oasis in Latin America. Ranked sixth by Reporters Without Borders (2017), the country’s press is independent of government influence and has constitutional protections. It is not without its limitations, as it has many laws regarding defamation, though some of the…