Technologies clés de 2010 Le rapport du Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie sur les "Technologies clés 2010" a été largement repris par la presse, qui, on le comprend, a plutôt relayé le communiqué de presse que synthétisé les 345 pages et 83 technologies-clés repérées par la centaine d'experts auteurs du rapport. Ce type d'exercice prospectifs valant tout autant, sinon plus, pour ce qu'ils révèlent d'une époque que pour ce qu'ils préfigurent du futur, il nous a semblé pertinent de le confronter à la lecture des deux rapports qui l'ont précédé en 1995 et 2000. Que sait-on prévoir ? Les techno clefs en 1995 On y lisait également que le succès mitigé des applications multimédias "laisse penser qu'un tel marché n'est pas mûr et que l'expression claire d'un besoin par le grand public fait encore défaut. Il n'est pas impossible que le manque d'imagination des concepteurs d'applications soit en cause". 2000 : l'émergence des usages Vers une "économie fondée sur la connaissance" En aparté
Gagarin Lexical Analysis of 2008 US Presidential and Vice-Presidiential Debates - Who's the Windbag? Lexical Analysis of 2008 US Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debateshome | Martin Krzywinski : projects contact 1 minute summary Metrics of speech structure of candidates fall within narrow tolerances, suggesting high degree of wordsmithing and rehearsal. For example, noun/verb/adjective/adverb ratio spread is very small with candidates' values within 2%. Analysis of the Biden/Palin debate suggests that speech of Vice-Presidential candidates is less complex and more repetitive than that of their Presidential counterparts, with Biden being the most repetitive speaker and Palin having the longest sentences, of all four debates. ^Thematic profiles of all three Presidential Debates (large) (PDF) show parts of the debate in which specific topics were discussed: nuclear issues, fear mongering, military matters, economic crisis, health concerns, energy and the environment. Introduction The analysis presented here explores word usage in the 2008 US Presidential and Vice-Presidential debates.
Rhetoric Rhetoric Rhetoric is the study of effective speaking and writing. "That form of speaking which has the intention of making an impact upon, persuading, or influencing a public audience." Rhetorical devices are frequently used consciously in advertising and in public speeches to create an effect. Rhetoric may be used to present a case in the most effective way, showing verbal dexterity. Examples of Rhetorical Devices Onomatopoeia (sounds suggest meaning) Metaphor (a thing is spoken of as being that which it only resembles) Syllogism (a logical argument in three parts - two premises and a conclusion which folows necessarily from them) Irony (deliberate use of words to mean the opposite of their literal meaning) Allegory (a symbolic narrative) Isocolon (the use of clauses or phrases of equal length) Antithesis (words balanced in contrast) Anaphora (repetition of a word at the beginning of consecutive sentences) Hyperbole (exaggeration) Two basic principles of Socrates: 1. The Skills of Rhetoric
China over the top Eniac pierwszy komputer The genius of Jodie Foster's speech | Film Reading this on mobile? Click here to view the video It's a considerable thing to deliver a speech that is at once artfully put together and emotionally affecting. At the Golden Globes – where in accepting the Cecil B DeMille award for lifetime achievement, she made the first public acknowledgement of her sexuality – Jodie Foster managed both. What's striking is not what the speech gave away, but the control and delicacy with which it delivered its payload. The art of rhetoric is, at root, about the relationship between a speaker and an audience. But Foster didn't just take their attention for granted. She teased their expectations. By using anaphora (1) ("we've giggled ... we've punched") and polysyndeton (2) (all those ands), she made the sentence sound loose, spontaneous, a little out of control. Writ large, that's the same technique she used when she approached the meat of her speech. She teased it out. Big, nervous laugh from the audience. Finally her peroration (6).
Do euphemisms soften the impact of war or mask the truth? Casualty ‘He had been trained to take out other men. We had made sure his weaponry was smart, And softened up the enemy with carpet Bombing. By some friendly fire.’ Instead he could have taken out some girls, The mirror having proved him smart enough; And one, perhaps, happy to take him home, Might have softened up on some dark carpet By some friendly fire. In his short poem ‘Casualty’, Gerry Abbott responds to the use of euphemisms for killing often seen and heard in the media. He looks first at the use of euphemisms in daily life as a way of avoiding delicate or taboo subject matter and refers to these as ‘respectful’ euphemisms. He then turns his attention to the increased use in recent years of military euphemisms used in war reporting. Of course, as Abbott acknowledges, euphemisms thrive in spheres other than military contexts. The main thrust of this paper, then, is that the use of euphemisms in these contexts points to a lack of truthfulness. Abbott, G. (2010).
Le Monde as usual : Actualités à la Une Rewoluja naukowa -techniczna How do political leaders justify their actions? We’ve probably all been in a situation where we felt the need to justify or ‘legitimise’ our behaviour or actions in some way. This legitimisation usually takes the form of providing arguments which can explain our actions or even our opinions about something. There can be many reasons why we do this; to gain social acceptance; perhaps an attempt to get or maintain power; to improve relationships or maybe to achieve popularity or fame. Whatever the reason, in most cases when we do this, we’re looking to get the support or approval of the person or people that we’re talking to. A good example of where we see this process of legitimisation in action is in political discourse. Politicians (or ‘political actors’) need the support of the electorate and they must therefore justify their actions, non-actions or their ideological standing on a particular issue in order to gain that support. The third strategy is legitimisation through rationality.
Ideology and Symbolic power: Between Althusser and Bourdieu. Western Marxism has often laid considerable stress upon the ideology of modern capitalist societies. This focus upon ideology stems from the failure of proletarian revolution to have either occurred, or establish socialism within Western Europe. The exact nature and function of ideology became paramount in Marxian explanations of the continued stability of Western capitalism after the Great War and Great Depression. Marxian conceptualizations of symbolic domination (under the notion of ideology) remain in the realm of consciousness and intellectual frameworks. Like Bourdieu, Althusser endeavor to understand symbolic domination was derived from the problem of social production and reproduction of stratified social structures. The conception of ideology developed by Althusser differed in some respects to prior theoretical expositions of the concept, but it still retained essential elements common to Marxian analyses. Written by Mathew Toll. Bibliography.
La rentrée 2010 - Actualité Theatre La frénésie des courses de Noël à peine terminée, la dinde encore tiède et les chocolats tout juste entamés, 2010 arrive. Après les bombances matérielles, il est temps de se tourner vers des nourritures plus spirituelles. Evene vous propose sa sélection. Car que l'on préfère le théâtre ou la danse, que l'on soit jeune ou moins jeune, la rentrée de janvier s'annonce elle aussi pleine de jolis cadeaux. 'Un tramway', mise en scène de Krzysztof Warlikowski En 2007, le metteur en scène polonais avait investi le théâtre de l'Odéon avec un 'Krum' poignant. Voir toutes les dates 'Le Cas Jekyll', mise en scène de Denis Podalydès Denis Podalydès dans Le Cas Jekyll, mise en scène de Denis Podalydès(c) Elisabeth CarecchioPubliée en 1886, la nouvelle de Robert Louis Stevenson propose l'une des visions les plus marquantes de la complexité de l'homme. Voir toutes les dates
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