What are the main trends in book publishing?
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: Increasing numbers of books are being published and purchased by consumers, students, and businesses. Large publishing houses are consolidating even as smaller ones proliferate. Electronic books are beginning to make inroads on conventional distrubution methods.
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a. preoccupation b. defensive listening c. boredom d. emotional listening
Langdon Winner argues that political, economic, social, and cultural conditions shape the creation of technology--which adds ______ to the technological determinism approach.
A. human agency B. societal pushback C. worldwide constructivism D. media materiality
In Schenck v. Pro?Choice Network, a 1997 decision, the Supreme Court held that:
a) abortion protesters can be forbidden to enter a 15-foot “floating buffer zone” around clinic patrons; b) a 15-foot “floating buffer zone” around clinic patrons is unconstitutional--protesters have a right to approach patients; c) abortion protesters can be ordered to stay 500 feet away from clinics; d) abortion protesters can be barred from demonstrating anywhere in the same town as a clinic that does abortions; e) this decision did not concern abortion protests.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Roberts argues that all mediators should assume that everyone shares the same cultural assumptions. 2. Professional and state’s codes of conduct provide a consistent message about a mediator’s ethical standards that are applicable in all states. 3. The community circle model of mediation uses chairs in a circle rather than a desk and table. 4. To be efficient, mediations can proceed when the majority of stakeholders are present. 5. Mediators must avoid asking about the disputants’ root culture as a means of avoiding stereotyping.