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Public opinion is very essential in any democratic society. It is the opinion of people towards issues that makes them important and worth discussing during elections. Media plays a pivotal role in creating, sustaining, moulding and... more
Public opinion is very essential in any democratic society. It is the opinion of people towards issues that makes them important and worth discussing during elections. Media plays a pivotal role in creating, sustaining, moulding and evaluating public opinion. In recent years, public opinion surveys have become an important part of the political process by which newsmen and political leaders appraise the public sense of social priorities. Social scientists and others study people’s opinion not only out of curiosity but also at times in the hope of influencing themt. Due to this, time and again such surveys are in controversy. Research about impact of such surveys on voter has been conducted mainly in western countries. In India very little is known about how voters perceive these surveys. This paper is an attempted to highlight how Indian electorate perceives opinion poll surveys. The study was conducted in Delhi during 2004 LoK Sabha elections aiming at exploring how general public perceives these surveys and whether these surveys have any impact on their voting decision.
This paper inquires on the options pricing modeling using Artificial Neural Networks to price Apple(AAPL) European Call Options. Our model is based on the premise that Artificial Neural Networks can be used as functional approximators and... more
This paper inquires on the options pricing modeling using Artificial Neural Networks to price Apple(AAPL) European Call Options. Our model is based on the premise that Artificial Neural Networks can be used as functional approximators and can be used as an alternative to the numerical methods to some extent, for a faster and an efficient solution. This paper provides a neural network solution for two financial models, the BlackScholes-Merton model, and the calibrated-Heston Stochastic Volatility Model, we evaluate our predictions using the existing numerical solutions for the same, the analytic solution for the Black-Scholes equation, COS-Model for Heston’s Stochastic Volatility Model and Standard Heston-Quasi analytic formula. The aim of this study is to find a viable time-efficient alternative to existing quantitative models for option pricing.
Today children are bombarded with powerful images, words, and sounds from various media, which are designed to win their minds and hearts. Adults can use their vast experience and education, as filters to navigate these powerful messages.... more
Today children are bombarded with powerful images, words, and sounds from various media, which are designed to win their minds and hearts. Adults can use their vast experience and education, as filters to navigate these powerful messages. For  children it is difficult. For them mass media is everywhere, all the time in school, at home, at shopping malls, in parks. They are growing up in a media saturated environment and with this burgeoning media availability came the problems like media’s connection to increasing obesity, body dissatisfaction, aggressive behavior, promoting stereotypes etc. Out of all these problems people seem to have been complaining about violence in the media a lot. Newspaper, Television, video games and social networking sites are loaded with the violet content in the form of news, stories and innumerable games with the violent streak. Few years back after the school shootings at columbine, newspapers and magazines articles began to decry the negative effects of violent programmes and video games on young people. Same happened in India few years back when class IX student shot at a school mate with an air gun after a small tiff during cricket match. Majority of the people started blaming media content for such incidents. In this paper the issue of media violence will be addressed by focusing on two fundamental topics underlying the issue. First, the topic of effects will be analyzed and then the topic of the nature of violence in the media will be analyzed. The purpose of this paper is to expand perspective on media violence so that we have better informed opinion about media violence.
While examining the issue of Media Violence and negative impact of the same on children, the concept of media literacy and the role of teachers will be discussed.
Today children are bombarded with powerful images, words, and sounds from various media, which are designed to win their minds and hearts. Adults can use their vast experience and education, as filters to navigate these powerful messages.... more
Today children are bombarded with powerful images, words, and sounds from various media, which are designed to win their minds and hearts. Adults can use their vast experience and education, as filters to navigate these powerful messages. For  children it is difficult. For them mass media is everywhere, all the time in school, at home, at shopping malls, in parks. They are growing up in a media saturated environment and with this burgeoning media availability came the problems like media’s connection to increasing obesity, body dissatisfaction, aggressive behavior, promoting stereotypes etc. Out of all these problems people seem to have been complaining about violence in the media a lot. Newspaper, Television, video games and social networking sites are loaded with the violet content in the form of news, stories and innumerable games with the violent streak. Few years back after the school shootings at columbine, newspapers and magazines articles began to decry the negative effects of violent programmes and video games on young people. Same happened in India few years back when class IX student shot at a school mate with an air gun after a small tiff during cricket match. Majority of the people started blaming media content for such incidents. In this paper the issue of media violence will be addressed by focusing on two fundamental topics underlying the issue. First, the topic of effects will be analyzed and then the topic of the nature of violence in the media will be analyzed. The purpose of this paper is to expand perspective on media violence so that we have better informed opinion about media violence.
While examining the issue of Media Violence and negative impact of the same on children, the concept of media literacy and the role of teachers will be discussed.
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