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Global Communication In chapter 14 on his book Global Communication in the twenty-first century, Stevenson focuses on the topic of persuasive communication. He presents a brief analysis of propaganda, or using his term, public diplomacy, making reference to the United States Information Agency (USIA). He also speaks about advertising highlighting that international advertising is increasing. Stevenson refers that the new global communications systems are efficient tools for governments and economics sectors to reach and influence public opinion, I suppose that it is understood that always communications systems have been efficient to influence people. It is much what scholars have writing about persuasive communication and it is much what we have read about this. Stevenson just presents a compact information with different examples which permit illustrated the topic. In the formation of stereotypes, influence in the self-identity and the role of the media in this process, an example comes to my mind. The refuse of the â€Å"stigma† of being Indians, commonly seen in many countries of Latin America. At this respect, Carrasco in a study about Indians migration in Ecuador points out that they â€Å"change their clothes in the bus terminal bathroom in Riobamba, in order to arrive in Guayaquil without seeming Indians.... They return talking like costeà ±os, and some refuse to speak Quechua even in the local community† (Carrasco, 105). Obviously, in this case, this comportment not only responds to an impact of the media over this people, in fact, many of them do not have a direct relation with media. Other factors like history, socio-economic relations, believes and culture are probably much more important than the portrayal of the Indians in the media, nonetheless, it is important to mention how media contribute. We could allege Mexican good selling TV novelas or soap operas, with large acceptancing among audience in Ecuador and other Latin American countries, Indians roles here are poor and with a lack of values. Probably a better example is a disgusting but popular series called â€Å"La India Maria†, where the protagonist is a dumb, dirty and poor Indian woman. The latter produced by â€Å"Televisa† in Mexico. In relation with this program and attending critics from some sectors of the audience, Televisa president, Emilio Azcarraga, said â€Å"to educate is a task of the government and not of Televisa†. Personally I think that for good or bad, nobody has influenced the formation (or disformation) of today Mexican minds as Televisa and Azcarraga family.

My thoughts and ideas Essay

Firstly I would like to congratulate you on your excellent audition for the part of Juliet. As time is limited and due to our individual work commitments, we are unable to meet up before rehearsals begin. Therefore, as the stage director I thought it maybe helpful to discuss some of my thoughts and ideas for the play and give you some background information that will be useful in helping you prepare for the part of Juliet. Shakespeares’s Romeo and Juliet was written during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I although it is unknown exactly when it was set. During this time people were taught that there was a divine way of doing things and that God has instituted a church and ordained a monarchy so that the people could be ruled over in a proper way. Despite the country being ruled by a powerful woman, women had very little freedom socially, economically or legally. At the time of this play marriages were comparably different to today’s idea of marriage. Firstly the common age for girls to be married was fourteen and they had little or no say in the choice of husbands who were often chosen by families. Husbands were often chosen for their status in society so they could be rich and powerful allies to a family. Within families the father ruled over the wife and children just as the monarch did over the state. Religion played an important part in everyday life and children were taught about their duty to God and attendance at Church services was compulsory. Services were carried out by licensed clergy. This meant that the authorities were able to keep checks on citizens and monitor conformity. Julia, at this point a brief overview of the play maybe useful to you. Essentially it is about two chief families in Verona, the rich and noble Capulets and the Montagues. An old feud between the two families had grown in deep hatred that affected not only the family members but also anyone associated with each household, including the staff. Chance meeting often led to brawls and bloodshed disturbing the quietness of the streets of Verona. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. The play is a tragedy and the main theme is love and hatred. The first two scenes in Act 1 set the scene for the play and are mainly about the males and establishes the violence between the two families. Your first appearance as Juliet in this production is in Act 1 scene III. This scene is very important as we meet the main female character and two others: Lady Capulet who has a rather formal and distant relationship with her daughter and the nurse who is Juliet’s carer. We learn that Juliet is nearly fourteen years old in the play. In Act I Scene III Lady Capulet asks the nurse to summon Juliet then Lady Capulet asks the nurse to leave her and Juliet alone as they â€Å"must talk in secret† but then immediately asks her to â€Å"come back† as she has known Juliet from a young age. This demonstrates the nurse’s closeness to Juliet and the Capulet family. It also establishes her importance in the play. I would like you to portray Juliet as the young, polite and quiet girl she appears to be at this point although as we know her character changes after she meets Romeo. In Act 1 scene III Juliet is respectful and polite to her mother in a formal way. This is clearly demonstrated when Juliet replies to Lady Capulet after being summoned, â€Å"Madam, I am here, what is your will? † You should speak these words in a quiet soft voice and you could make direct eye contact with Lady Capulet before looking away towards the Nurse so the audience sense Juliet’s respectful but shy nature. Lady Capulet appears to want to stick to convention and asks Juliet to agree to look at a possible husband during the feast that night at the Capulet’s home. Lady Capulet reminds Juliet that she was the same age as Juliet when she gave birth to her. â€Å"By my count I was your mother much upon these years† and that girls younger than Juliet were â€Å"already mothers. † The nurse is present throughout this conversation and establishes her importance in the play. She cares for Juliet as she almost replaced the nurse’s own daughter who had died. At this point the nurse starts to tell stories about Juliet as a baby. Juliet is embarrassed particularly when she recalls how she got her to stop breastfeeding. There are some sexual implications in the nurse’s speech here and you need to show the shock and embarrassment that the naive Juliet will feel. We know that she has cared for Juliet since she was a baby as she talks about her childhood. You need to portray Juliet’s embarrassment about her childhood stories. The Nurse explains that it would be an â€Å"honour† to see her married. You may be taken by surprise at the abrupt way the question of marriage is asked by Lady Capulet. â€Å"Speak briefly can you like of Paris’ love? † You will need to convey that although Juliet’s in awe of Lady Capulet she seeks parental approval. So even though Juliet has not met Paris before and does not know whether she can love him she agrees to look at him during the festivities that night. After a quick glance at the nurse again I want you to pause slightly before replying to Lady Capulet in a soft, formal manner, â€Å"I’ll look to like, if looking like move But no more deep will I endart mine eye Than your consent gives strength to make it fly† This shows Juliet’s willingness to do as her mother says. The audience should sense your anxiety in anticipation of Lady Capulet’s response and then the relief you feel, when as you finish your sentence, Lady Capulet smiles with approval at your response. In Juliet’s reply there is some mirroring of language between her and Lady Capulet, words such as â€Å"look† and â€Å"like. † This adds to the idea that at this point Juliet is willing and keen to get approval from her mother. As Lady Capulet and the nurse leave you can show further relief as you relax the animated posture and drop your shoulders. After a few seconds you could portray a sense of excitement and anticipation of the dinner. The lights fade as you jauntily exit the stage. The next scene that Juliet appears in is Act 1 Scene V. In this scene Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time. Romeo spots Juliet while standing to the side during the dancing at the banquet. He immediately falls in love with her. Romeo is so struck by Juliet’s beauty he is inspired to speak a monologue in tribute. He uses light and dark imagery to stress her beauty. He says it seemed to him that she could â€Å"teach torches to burn bright† and â€Å"she hangs upon the cheek of night as a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear†. Shakespeare continues this theme of light and dark imagery by using metaphors such as â€Å"snowy dove trooping with crows† to demonstrate how Juliet shines above the other ladies there. Though Romeo is awestruck by your perfection you are unaware that you are being watched so you continue to dance in the background however your movements must be light, graceful but spirited to convey your youthful innocence. Shakespeare uses metaphors to create a positive image about Juliet’s beauty. Romeo also describes Juliet’s beauty as â€Å"To rich for use, for earth to dear! † This is one of the many references to the theme of wealth in the play. This scene will be challenging for any actress as you are on the stage all the time. Eventually Romeo finds Juliet and touches her hand. At this point I want you to look at his hand and then slowly wonder your gaze up to make eye contact with Romeo. This is an electrifying point in the play and as such the audience need to be made to actually feel the sudden love at first sight. You and Romeo speak in a sonnet form to one another. Your tone is soft and flirtatious yet clear and precise. This makes the verse more noticeably poetic and allows the audience to believe in your love. At this point you are at the centre of the audience’s attention but you need to be totally focussed onto Romeo’s face. You need to make the audience believe they are almost intruding into your emotions and feelings. They need to sense the strength of your love. This is a very significant part in the production as Romeo and Juliet do not know each others status but the audience do. The audience will realise that it will be impossible for Romeo and Juliet to be together despite their passionate love for each other. This is known as dramatic irony as the audience knows something that the characters do not. Around you the festivities will be continuing with the other actors, dining and dancing. You and Romeo are totally engrossed in each other so much so that you do not notice that Tybalt has recognised Romeo as a Montague and is forced to restrain himself by Capulet not to cause a brawl in the middle of the festivities. Romeo eventually gets to kiss Juliet â€Å"Let lips do what hands do† that is join together. The poetry in lines 92-109 is between Romeo and Juliet. They share the same images and thoughts and their words flow together giving us the idea that they complete each other. The content of the sonnet has a religious theme and is an example of how religion is related to love. It uses imagery of saints and pilgrims. Romeo takes Juliet’s hand in the gentlest manner calling it a â€Å"shrine†. The use of religious words and references shows that Romeo sees Juliet as a blessing. The imagery for the audience needs to be that if Romeo is a pilgrim then Juliet is a saint and his love is holy devotion. Juliet tells Romeo that they should not kiss but she does not really mean this in fact she says â€Å"The have my lips the sin that they have took. † You need to show the contradiction in what you are saying and your body language should support this. Move your face closer to Romeo’s face as if inviting him to kiss her again. The couple are engaged in this loving exchange when Juliet is called away to her mother. You need to show reluctance in having to leave Romeo to respond to your mother’s call. Then hurry away after a little hesitance showing your desire for Romeo. The nurse tells Romeo that Juliet is a Capulet and he realises he has fallen in love with someone from the enemy but this does not lessen his feelings towards Juliet. Juliet also begs her nurse to find out who Romeo is. â€Å"Go ask his name- if he be married My grave is like to be my wedding-bed† The nurse returns and informs her that he is Montague. Juliet is taken back that she has fallen in love with someone that she has been brought up to hate. You need to react to this in a stunned manner moving onto momentary despair and confusion. â€Å"My only love sprung from my only hate. † Juliet appears to be thinking out loud. She realises that she must love her enemy even though family considerations should induce her to hate Romeo. The audience needs to sense your predicament leaving the audience wondering what she will do. By the end of the scene the audience will understand that Juliet is a stronger character than she appears to be in Act 1 Scene III. She is willing to break with tradition to be with Romeo. Juliet’s behaviour is changing, she is showing signs of defiance and her tone is more assertive. As the stage director I am attempting to send a message that despite this tragedy, love triumphs over hate. I want the audience to have warmth for Juliet as she dies for love and sense the needless tragedy that has occurred. I hope the information in this letter will help to you prepare for the production. I’m looking forward to working with you in rehearsals. Feel free to contact me if I can be of any further assistance.

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Question: Discuss About the Australian Education Growing In University? Answer: Introduction Competitive business environment is significant for the business organizations regarding gain the competitive advantage. The main of this marketing plan is to analyse the marketing and competitive environment of the CQ University. Though, different external environment factors are considerable for the University for increasing the global presence towards the different competitors. At the same time, it may create the problem for the University brand while applying the competitive strategy for measuring the academic performance of the students. On the other hand, University analyses the different external factors for evaluating the marketing and environmental analysis like PEST analysis, competitor analysis, segmentation and targeting, SWOT analysis, value and brand positioning, marketing mix strategy, and budget allocation. Consequently, these external factors may help to improve the University performance and environment. Background CQ University is the one of the largest regional University of the Australia, which is situated in the North Rockhampton, Australia. Over more than 35000 students are registered in the University in various programs (CQ University Australia, 2017). Though, University provides more than 300 courses in 25 campuses in more than 20 locations. This indicates the goodwill of the University is strong in the Australian education sector. In doing so, University rejoices the 25 years anniversary as a regional University in the Australia. Moreover, it provides the flexible study environment to their students so that it can improve their learnings and skills. On the other hand, University offers various academic courses like research, graduate, post graduate, and vocational courses. In order to provide better education and training, University amalgamate in 2014 with CQ TAFE. Moreover, University is also focused towards the research activities through collaboration and partnership with the commu nity and industry. In this manner, University achieved an award of Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) in 2015 (CQ University Australia, 2017). Instead of this, University future marketing plan is to conduct the various courses and research activities through distance learning. Market Summary and Demand Analysis of University Marketing plan of CQ University is to enlarge the student skills and knowledge thereby; they can easily face the future global challenges. Similarly, there are different factors, which are increasing the demand of CQ University such as it provides the good learning to their students through the highly experienced tutors (Kassens-Noor, 2016). Concurrently, University supports in different online vocational courses, conduct training programs, and conduct various research activities. Here analyze the market summary and demand estimation of CQ University trend Above diagram depicts the student admission ratio in the CQ University. It shows the ratio of graduate and postgraduate students are continuously rising. It indicates that the enrollment of international and local students may get a rise in the future in different academic programs. Thereby, it helps to increase the market share of the University as well as it raises the opportunity for quality education in the Australia (Braun, et al., 2014). However, University facilitates to provide the good learning environment to their students, which will help to create more demand towards the different programs of University. At the same time, University provides the different research activities, online courses and vocational courses, which will quite helpful to attract more students towards them. Segmentation and Target Market Analysis CQ University is the leading regional University in Australia. In order to increase the academic courses, University should identify the people who have an interest in higher studies. Further, the target market of the University should be domestic and meritorious students. Concerning this, University should conduct the advertisement campaign in their neighbourhood countries so that it can retain and attracts the more students (Hemsley-Brown and Oplatka, 2015). Likewise, University marketing plan is to achieve the target of 50000 students across the global. This can be done through the students studying in the school and other sources. Moreover, Australian education sector is continuously rising. Thus, it can be said that University has sufficient space to spread the information across the Australia. PEST Analysis Over the years, Australian education is raising thereby, many of neighbouring countries students are getting enrolled in the Australian universities. Concerning this, Australian Bureau of Statistics is also indicated that the no of admission is increasing over the period. Although, 14% Australian adults opting the further higher studies. Here use the PEST analysis for the CQ University in terms of analyzing macro environment of the University. Political and Economic factors Large no of international and local students are enrolled in the Australian University due to effective courses, research activities, and training. Political factor is quite effective for the CQ University, because the stability of the government is existing in the Australia, thereby, government is already invested the $200,000,000 amount annually in order to provide quality education to international as well as domestic students. For this, University can easily invest more in academic activities, social activities, and research and innovation activities (Ho, 2014). On the other hand, economic conditions of the Australia and neighbour countries have been improved. High employment rate is quite effective for the University in terms of large quantity of students registered in different courses (Feng and Liu, 2017). For this, students can easily get the higher education through loans. Social and technological Australian people having a high living standard, which demonstrates the level of education is high. Higher education level enables the University to retain more students towards the different courses. Concurrently, high literacy rate would be helpful for the University regarding retain more students (Shabanova, et al., 2015). Concerning this, University grants the permission to their students in terms of making the unity inside the diverse classroom. Despite to this, Australian government invests the large amount in the research and innovation, and technology. This will be helpful for the University to spread the information in different campuses as well as it enhances the skills and knowledge of the tutor and students (Ab Talib, et al., 2014). Similarly, University slowly moves towards the digitalized campus. For this, it switches their different courses through the online gateway. This will significantly increase the students ratio in the University different campuses. Meanwhile, U niversity facilitates to provide the Wi-Fi connectivity to their students and tutors in order to teach in a better way as well improves its productivity at the global level. Competitor Analysis CQ University has effectively provided the learning environment to their students. At the same time, there are different competitors of the CQ University, which provides same courses such as The University of Melbourne, University of Technology Sydney, The University of New South Wales, Victoria University, Western Sydney University, and Australian National University. Despite to this, some global competitors of CQ University is the National University of Malaysia, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and RMIT University. Though, these universities are also competing with each other regarding same courses for gaining more market share in Australia (Fleisher and Bensoussan, 2015). In order to take a competitive advantage, University offers the distance education and research courses through online to their students, which can be helpful to increase the University feasibility (Hollensen, 2015). Similarly, highly qualified and globally staff would be helpful to increase the University presence in the different subject field like natural science, social science, media and communication, engineering and so on. Moreover, University also enjoys the competitive advantage through effective research activities. In the current environment, students of University are satisfied with different running courses. Though, University more focuses towards the social innovations, students empowering, which strengthens the students skill and knowledge. Thus, there are some other competitive factors of the University are learning environment, tutor support, effective R D activities, and good corporate governance (Luxton, et al., 2015). CQ University is also tie up with different u niversities and industry so as to fulfil the required skills. This can be helpful to increase the students employability. Apart from this, the aim of the Australian Universities is to overcome any issues, which may impact on the student academic performances and college campuses. Likewise, Competitors aims to provide every type of academic support and guidance to their students. The objective of the every University is to become the largest Australian University as well as to become the role model of other global universities. On the other hand, promotional marketing of the Universities is to promote the different courses through social media network and other promotional tools, which can be helpful to increase the University presence towards more people (Hubbard, et al., 2014). SWOT Analysis Here analyzes the strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat of the CQ University as follows: SWOT Analysis of CQ University Strength (S) Weakness (W) High goodwill of the University Provide more than 300 courses on 25 campuses Award of Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) Tutors support in academic Harder to implement changes in different campuses at the same time (Bull, et al., 2016). Large competitors regarding same courses Different location creates the problem while implementing any new changes Opportunity (O) Threats (T) Australian government support the higher studies Local schools students may create the opportunity for the University in terms of retaining more students. University may face the problem related how student obtain visas for higher studies Fear of losing academic faculty due to a good opportunity (Mackay, et al., 2016). Value and Brand Positioning CQ University is one of the largest Australian regional universities, which has created its own brand image across the Australia. Though, there are different factors, which are created the value for the University such as tutors support, quality education, learning environment, effective research and innovation, and more than 300 programs (Gengler and Mulvey, 2017). Similarly, University strengthens the skills and capabilities of the students through providing effective teaching methods and training. In terms of value, University has five values, which underpins the students and staff regarding participation in different campus activities. For this, University design the effective study culture, which creates the develop opportunities for the students. Likewise, effective values enable the University to maintain the good relationship with its stakeholders (Sirianni, et al., 2013). CQ University should participate at a global level in terms of research activities in such a way that it presents good track record. Moreover, it should create the buzz towards its different courses so as to raise its marketing. In context brand positioning, University must create the positive learning environment in such a way that student can easily learn multiple things and raise its skills through other activities. As a result, it can be helpful to improve the quality education and productivity of University, which may positive impacts on the University brand positioning (Khanna, et al., 2014). Further, CQ University increases the employability and capability of their students through collaboration with different colleges and universities. Thus, above values are significant to raise the brand positioning of the University. Though, effective research innovations and ideas have also generated the values for the community. This can be positive impacts on the brand position of the University. Proposed Marketing Aim and Promotional Objectives for 2018 with Justification In the current education era in the Australia, the aim of the CQ University is to facilitate to offer the specialize education and conduct various training programs for enhancing the academic performances and students employability. Simultaneously, University has also an aim to coordinate with different sponsorship activities and its suitability, which will be helpful for the students regarding facing the global challenges (Eteokleous, et al., 2016). Moreover, University plan will align the high education programs and conduct the research seminars so as to improve the practical skills of the students. Likewise its plan is to invest the huge amount on extracurricular activities, which helps to raise the sustainability of the University. On the other hand, promotional objectives of the University for 2018 are to spread the academic excellence of the University of the Australia. Concurrently, the future promotional objective of the CQ University is to attract the international students towards the different academic courses. Another promotional objective is to build up the corporate image of the University around the world so that more students will enrol. University also reflects his promotional strategy by effectively using the social media (Stelnicki, et al., 2015). This can be helpful for the CQU in terms of his effectively academic excellence. Marketing Mix Strategies CQ University is largely based on the traditional approach, it has a large no of Face book followers. Concerning this, approx 62890 followers like the University page on Face book, which has a positive impact on the more people. Marketing mix strategy is significant for the companies while promoting the new products. There are different types of marketing mix strategy that can be used by the CQ University like price, place, promotion, and product (Huang and Sarigll, 2014). For this, product shows the different academic courses, which are offered by the University is like graduate, vocational courses, post graduate, PhD Courses, and research. However, pricing strategy of the University is different as per the local and international students. At the same time, University is also fixed the process of different courses through different aptitude exams like GRE, SAT, and GMAT. Further, there are different promotional tools that can be used by the University while promoting the different courses such as a magazine, email, WebPages, Uninews, newspaper, Facebook, online ads, yellow pages, banners and leaflets, and digital signage (Fan, et al., 2015). Thus, these tools are effective to enhance the brand image of the University towards the more people. Similarly, above tools are also helpful to retain more international students in respect of the different academic courses. Along with this, University especially uses the social media for images, which can be helpful to reach out to more students. Further, University is located at North Rockhampton and its main aim is to provide the effective learning to their students in open environment. Thereby, University provides the online platform to their students for registering its name in different academic courses (Armstrong, et al., 2014). As a result, this strategy is effective for the University while promoting the new academic courses. In terms of future marketing strategy, University should take participate in special fairs and college associations, which can be helpful for the students to getting learn more things in the future. Competitive strategy Competitive strategy helps the organization to gain the competitive advantage. There are a different competitive strategy that can be used by the CQ University such as cost leadership, cost focus, differentiation leadership, and differentiation focus. Therefore, CQ University is used the differentiation strategy, because it helps to target the international and domestic students towards the academic excellence and different more than 300 academic courses. Along with this, it offers the different quality programs and vocational courses, which is significant to strengthen the competitive edge of the University (Santandreu, et al., 2015). This strategy creates the value for the University thereby; student gets attract more and enrolled them. Media and Budget Allocation The following table summarises the media and budget allocation of the CQ University Media and Budget Allocation for 2018 Particulars Amount ($) Advertisement in newspaper 2500 Advertisement in TV 8000 Advertisement in outdoor media 4000 Social media marketing 1700 Collaboration with industry and Universities 5600 Sponsorship of Events 10200 Others 8000 Total $40000 Above table depicts that the media and budget allocation of the CQ University. This indicates the CQ University make the investment plan for future with the help of different media, it means it invest the $40000 in different academic and research activities in 2018. This can be helpful to raise the University presence at the global level (Zhang, et al., 2016). Consequently, it will be quite helpful for the university in terms of more students enrolled in different academic courses. BCG Matrix Here analyses the current position of the CQ University through BCG Matrix Above diagram shows the four quadrants of the BCG matrix, this indicates that the CQ University offers the various academic and vocational courses, which comes from the cash cow quadrant. Because of this, University has low growth as compared to other top Universities in Australia. Meanwhile, the market share of the university is high. Though, it has the opportunity to grab the star through effective strategy related to providing the effective student's solutions (Shanbhag, et al., 2016). Conclusion On the basis of above analysis, it can be examined that the CQ University is leading the regional University of the Australia. It can be analyzed that the more than 35000 students are enrolled in the different courses in 25+ campuses. Simultaneously, tutor support and effective courses would be helpful for the University in terms of attracting more students. 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