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Year three: War on Psychobabble

Friday, 27 March 2009 00:34 administrator
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Looking at the confessional pieces there's way too much psychobabble and pop psychology. This is a very stodgy, meaningless and euphemistic and euphonius type of writing of the type despised for example by George Orwell. Try and stick to concrete nouns and verbs. Some of the victims you got hold of may have been trained to speak psychobabble, but part of your job is to translate it back into normal plain American - thus 'attention deficit disorder syndrome' becomes 'can't concentrate' and  'post traumatic stress disorder' becomes 'shock' or 'nerves'; and 'paranoid' becomes 'worried' and 'delusional' becomes 'crazy' and 'supercalifragelisticexpialidotious' becomes 'good'. My favourite bit of psychobabble was a 'new' disease called G-A-D or General Anxiety Disorder which some charlatans tried to get up and running a few years ago. See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1112509.stm. 

Last Updated ( Friday, 27 March 2009 00:38 )
 

A profitunity.....

Wednesday, 25 March 2009 15:54 Graham Mole
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Paul Manning has been asked if any students would like to take up internships with the Aziz Corporation, based near Winchester.

Basically it's a corporate communications company run by a former TV presenter Khalid Aziz. It also does media training for clients.

In found this on their website so if you are interested DO NOT approach the firm directly but let me know and I'll co-ordinate it.

www.azizcorp.com

Interns – We are currently seeking outstanding students who are interested in gaining experience in an account management or sales environment. Short internships of 4-12 weeks are offered and in return for those successful candidates who rise to the challenge and show potential there is the opportunity of being offered a permanent account manager's position.
Internships
 Candidates must demonstrate a strong desire to follow a career in sales within a professional services environment. 
Pre-requisites include:
 Excellent verbal and written communication skills, a bubbly personality, diligence for administrative tasks and a confident telephone manner.
 Ability to meet deadlines without getting stressed 
Also important you are eligible to work in the UK and speak English fluently There is no pay for this role but an allowance will be made to assist with travel and subsistence costs. In the first instance send your CV and a short covering note explaining why you want to join us to: 
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 April 2009 16:30 )
 

SECOND YEAR PRESENTATIONS

Wednesday, 25 March 2009 10:21 Brian Thornton
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Here is the list of the presentation topics in Contemporary Issues:

 

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Winchester Journalism on You Tube

Tuesday, 24 March 2009 00:14 administrator
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There's a large number (nineteen) short videos about the journalism course at Winchester and related matters at this URL: http://www.youtube.com/user/Winchesterjournalism. Or go to You Tube and search using the terms Winchester University.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 24 March 2009 00:15 )
 

year three - investigative journalism

Friday, 20 March 2009 13:45 administrator
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A few links for you further to this week's discussion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbcsOzmVmy0 - Granada TV World in Action and The Birmingham Six. Then there's very much the other end of the scale - the case of trade union leaders Sacco and Vanzetti 100 years ago in New York - framed by the WR Hearst tabloids working - and murdered in the electric chair.

See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcgYwTnBIIQ. And here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3SuTTcj2u8

For an account of what the electric chair does to its victim, read the chapter on the Ruth Synder case (also framed) in Tabloid Nation. 

Last Updated ( Friday, 20 March 2009 23:53 )
 
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