scholarly journals Book Review: The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative Leadership from the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, Robert Iger

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (04) ◽  
pp. 118-121
Author(s):  
Ajay Arora ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Walt Disney Company ◽  
Walt Disney ◽  
Creative Leadership ◽  
The World ◽  
Bill Gates

Laying out the Vision and Executing It – the Disney Way There haven’t been many organizations which not just survive but continue to thrive during their lifespan. One of these is the Walt Disney Company, among the most valued firms (current market cap of $325 billion) in the world, an American diversified multinational mass media, and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in California.Having had a shaky start, with its predecessor having filed for bankruptcy, Disney has continued to innovate and evolve during its existence of nearly a century.The Ride of a Lifetimeis authored by Robert Iger, Disney’s sixth CEO since establishment in 1923 comes out as an absorbing business book. In the words of Bill Gates, “unlike most books on leadership, this one is worth the time”. He has already suggested it to several friends and colleagues, including Satya Nadella.

scholarly journals Engaging Learners during Online Teaching

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 70-73
Author(s):  
Ruchie Sah ◽  
Mridu Sah
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Comfort Zone ◽  
Walt Disney ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Video Lectures ◽  
Home Work ◽  
The World ◽  
Bill Gates ◽  
At Home

All the great things may not start from your comfort zone. Also, it is undeniable and something very usual that one needs to step out from the comfort zone to achieve something big. But Nature has its own plans. The way it taught everyone recently during the pandemic, to step out of the comfort zones. It has also given a chance to achieve whatever plans people had from their very own comfortable dwellings i.e., their very own homes. WORK FROM HOME is something that is on everyone’s mouth in the present times when the world is hit hard by a pandemic known as COVID 19 that can be expanded as Corona Virus in December 19. The pandemic brought down every aspect of human productivity and made it confined to their own homes. We have seen the world-famous names such as Walt Disney, Bill Gates and many more who started their journey from their own very homes and now we are stuck in a scenario where we have no other option but to EAT AT HOME, WORK AT HOME, WORK FROM HOME. The kids had no more parks but they need to STUDY AT HOME AND PLAY AT HOME. People are getting ample of time for the things they have always wanted to do but time became a major issue. The teachers of many institutes have now got the time to be double productive with the same input. Could we ever imagine teaching our kids online by creating our video lectures which we send them to study and the same video lectures are being used to be posted online on our own blogs and YouTube channels. On the smarter side if you’re smart enough to upload them on YouTube first and then sending the link to your students. It’s like BOOM to have 100 views in a day. Even the students are much curious to like and subscribe these videos. So, one can easily achieve a great number of followers on their blogs if using the time wisely. Working from home is not only by choice but also a necessity or the need of the hour. Equally important is to keep the students involved and engaged in the online classes. The paper discusses various measures for the same.

The commercial side of virtual play worlds

2018 ◽  
Vol 99 (6) ◽  
pp. 14-19
Author(s):  
Tolga Kargın
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Walt Disney Company ◽  
Walt Disney ◽  
The World

In recent years, virtual play spaces have become enormously popular among young children around the world. As yet, though, there has been relatively little research into the ways in which children interact on such sites and what they learn in the process. This article describes a study of kids’ experiences with one such virtual world, Club Penguin, created by the Walt Disney Company, which was for many years a leading online destination for children ages 5-10. The author focuses specifically on the commercial nature of Club Penguin, concluding with suggestions for parents, teachers, and researchers as to how they can help today’s young children to become conscious customers and responsible digital citizens.

scholarly journals Riots on the News in West Borneo

Al-Albab ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dian Kartika Sari
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Conflict Studies ◽  
The West ◽  
Global Issue ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Parts

Book Review: Zaenuddin H. Prasojo, Riots on the News in West Borneo Pontianak: STAIN Pontianak Press, 2008 West Borneo had a long story of visible social conflict among ethnics dwelling within different parts of regencies in the West Borneo many years ago. The conflict itself was not merely about the distinction of ethnicity, however, the powerful factors contributed to the event namely social and economic. Furthermore, the conflict which turned to violence became a global issue since mass media kept an eye on the news intensely. The news, moreover, could shower peace among the audience, on the other hand could aggravate the riot. Thus, the issue of conflict studies or conflict resolution has caught the attention of many scholars to learn more about conflict from all over the world. One of the scholars who also concerns on the conflict and originally comes from West Borneo, Zaenuddin has written a book about conflict studies, “Riots on the News in West Borneo”. This book, actually, is the development of his thesis, hence, it would be highly recommended for those who concerns on anthropology, social, and cultural issues to consume this book.

Embodying Animal, Racial, Theatrical, and Commercial Power in The Lion King

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 3-9
Author(s):  
Ken Cerniglia ◽  
Aubrey Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
First Century ◽  
Walt Disney Company ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Walt Disney ◽  
Global Age ◽  
The World ◽  
Creative Team ◽  
Process Product ◽  
Double Event

Disney stories and characters have delighted international audiences for nearly nine decades, but as The Walt Disney Company has sought to reach new markets in the twenty-first century, Disney's live theatrical productions have served a unique and powerful ambassadorial function in which body and representation play vital roles. In 1997, Julie Taymor's production of The Lion King, which is inspired by several cultural traditions, opened on Broadway to critical and popular acclaim. The musical has since been translated into six languages and has played in over a dozen productions around the world.While the characters are animals, The Lion King is a human fable, and Taymor was determined that audiences see the fictional animals and real, live humans at the same time–what she termed the “double event.” With her unique vision as a guide, she enlisted an international creative team: film co-director Roger Allers and co-writer Irene Mecchi as book writers, Rhodesia-born Brit Richard Hudson as set designer, Michael Curry as puppet co-designer, Garth Fagan as choreographer, and a handful of diverse composers and lyricists to create the score–Elton John and Tim Rice, Lebo M, Hans Zimmer, Mark Mancina, and Taymor herself.Despite consciously postmodern, internationalist, and postcolonial aims–which have earned both economic and political rewards–the creative process, product, and reception have not arrived without challenges, complications, and criticism. This paper examines how The Lion King attempts to harness animal, racial, theatrical, and commercial power for diverse audiences in a global age.

Sex Differences in Mass Media Preferences Across Four Asian Countries

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 186-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malini Ratnasingam ◽  
Lee Ellis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
Female Students ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Evolutionary Explanation ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Media Preferences

Background. Nearly all of the research on sex differences in mass media utilization has been based on samples from the United States and a few other Western countries. Aim. The present study examines sex differences in mass media utilization in four Asian countries (Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, and Singapore). Methods. College students self-reported the frequency with which they accessed the following five mass media outlets: television dramas, televised news and documentaries, music, newspapers and magazines, and the Internet. Results. Two significant sex differences were found when participants from the four countries were considered as a whole: Women watched television dramas more than did men; and in Japan, female students listened to music more than did their male counterparts. Limitations. A wider array of mass media outlets could have been explored. Conclusions. Findings were largely consistent with results from studies conducted elsewhere in the world, particularly regarding sex differences in television drama viewing. A neurohormonal evolutionary explanation is offered for the basic findings.

Book Review

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 386-389
Author(s):  
Eduardo Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
City Image ◽  
European Capital Of Culture ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The World ◽  
The City ◽  
The Olympic Games

Evinç Doğan (2016). Image of Istanbul, Impact of ECoC 2010 on The City Image. London: Transnational Press London. [222 pp, RRP: £18.75, ISBN: 978-1-910781-22-7]The idea of discovering or creating a form of uniqueness to differentiate a place from others is clearly attractive. In this regard, and in line with Ashworth (2009), three urban planning instruments are widely used throughout the world as a means of boosting a city’s image: (i) personality association - where places associate themselves with a named individual from history, literature, the arts, politics, entertainment, sport or even mythology; (ii) the visual qualities of buildings and urban design, which include flagship building, signature urban design and even signature districts and (iii) event hallmarking - where places organize events, usually cultural (e.g., European Capital of Culture, henceforth referred to as ECoC) or sporting (e.g., the Olympic Games), in order to obtain worldwide recognition. 

Horror and Death: Rethinking Coco's Border Politics

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
Orquidea Morales
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Horror Film ◽  
Walt Disney Company ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Walt Disney ◽  
Day Of The Dead ◽  
Animated Film ◽  
Border Politics ◽  
The Dead ◽  
The U.S

In 2013, the Walt Disney Company submitted an application to trademark “Día de los muertos” (Day of the Dead) as they prepared to launch a holiday themed movie. Almost immediately after this became public Disney faced such strong criticism and backlash they withdrew their petition. By October of 2017 Disney/Pixar released the animated film Coco. Audiences in Mexico and the U.S. praised it's accurate and authentic representation of the celebration of Day of the Dead. In this essay, I argue that despite its generic framing, Coco mobilizes many elements of horror in its account of Miguel's trespassing into the forbidden space of the dead and his transformation into a liminal figure, both dead and alive. Specifically, with its horror so deftly deployed through tropes and images of borders, whether between life and death or the United States and Mexico, Coco falls within a new genre, the border horror film.

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