Bücher von Lioba Frings

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, University of Bonn, language: English, abstract: How do US-American and British TV show hosts of talk shows differ in terms of compliment use? In what part of the show, how often, on what topic and in which context do they use compliments? This paper aims at answering these questions with a focus on late-night talk shows, exemplarily shown with one episode in each case. The US-American late-night talk show that was chosen to take data from is The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the British counterpart that was picked for this compliment research is The Jonathan Ross Show, concentrating on the compliments of the hosts, namely Jimmy Fallon and Jonathan Ross. First there will be an overview of previous research on compliments on the one hand and talk shows on the other, coming to the method that has been chosen to gather the data, the structure of talk shows in general and in the case of the late-night talk shows this paper deals with, ending with presenting the results of this research on compliments.

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - Region: USA, grade: 2.7, University of Bonn, language: English, abstract: This paper focuses on the analysis of financial resources such as fundraising and personal net worth in conjunction with media coverage as well as other aspects and the impact of money on the presidential elections in 2016. Money is an essential necessity in order to make a political campaign successful as it contributes to the name recognition of a candidate even more when the respective candidate has access to sufficient resources and thereby more access to voters than candidates with less financial resources and less financial contributions by others. In the 2016 presidential election process two well-known candidates have been nominated. Both already previously have made their mark and have become prominent members of the American society and media sphere.The impact of finances in political processes is of interest to both scholars and laymen. Two major issues are mostly being focused on: ¿the sources of campaign contributions¿ and ¿the impact of campaign contributions on electoral outcomes¿, meaning the relationship betweeen fundraising and the success within the respective election. The correlation between the number of votes and expenditures is crucial to the process of voting: ¿if campaign expenditures do not translate into votes, then expenditures are irrelevant¿.Since candidates are eager to raise more money than all the other candidates and since the public contributes to a candidate¿s finances, money must matter within the framework of political elections, otherwise money would be ignored and not raised. It has been found that electoral outcomes are influenced by four factors: ¿campaign expenditures, incumbency, party strength, and idiosyncratic factors¿, which are campaign styles, scandals, local issues and other factors. While generally higher expenditures lead to more votes, additional expenditures after having convinced apathetic supporters do not have a significant effect anymore, which means campaign expenditures function according to the principle of diminishing marginal returns.

Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Communications - Movies and Television, grade: 2,0, University of Bonn, language: English, abstract: In this paper the following horror movies will be analyzed: The Blair Witch Project (1999) and Blair Witch (2016), Paranormal Activity 1 (2007), Cloverfield (2008) and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), The Ring Two (2005) and Rings (2017).These movies are being analyzed since their marketing campaigns concerning virality, word of mouth, interactivity and storytelling show many similarities but also some of them bring innovation to the marketing of horror movies. In the viral marketing of horror movies the strategies of storytelling and word of mouth are major factors in order to generate virality and to expand the fictional world consisting of characters and plot both online and offline. How the marketing campaigns of the studios regarding the movies listed above make use of these strategies and how viral marketing of horror movies has changed in terms of interactivity, mediality and storytelling since The Blair Witch Project will be examined in this paper.

Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 3,0, University of Bonn, language: English, abstract: A woman¿s life in nineteenth-century American society was limited to the domestic sphere, or the household as well as church, and restricted with regard to current and future duties as mothers and wives. While young girls on the one hand need to learn how to fulfill their future duties as mothers and wives, their mothers and teachers on the other hand need to pass their knowledge regarding these duties on to their daughters. Certain gender roles served as the framework for women in society, mainly shaped by the Cult of True Womanhood. Other factors that influenced the role of women were the therewith connected virtues, which a woman was supposed to embody, as well as the common and well-known definition of a ¿True Woman¿. With regard to the protagonist in The Morgesons the author ¿simply disregards the ¿cult of true womanhood¿¿ (Weir 430). Autonomy with regard to women was rare, or even non-existing, and normally unwished-for, especially from the perspective of men, husbands or fathers, who expected every woman to simply take care of household and descendants.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 2,0, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Haus der Bildung wurde als neuer Standort der Volkshochschule Bonn und der Stadtbibliothek im August 2015 am Mülheimer Platz in der Bonner Innenstadt eröffnet, circa ein Jahr später als geplant. Durch diese kombinierte Unterbringung nach umfangreichen, vor allem die innere Struktur betreffenden Umbaumaßnahmen am Alten Stadthaus und dem Anbau eines neuen benachbarten sowie räumlich verbundenen Gebäudes sollen die Volkshochschule Bonn und die zentrale Stadtbibliothek in einem aus zwei Bauten räumlich und architektonisch kombinierten Standort ¿gemeinsam ihrem Bildungsauftrag nachkommen¿ können und durch die verbesserte Raumaufteilung mit erhöhter Effizienz zusammenarbeiten, allerdings soll auch eine getrennte Arbeitserledigung innerhalb der beiden Institutionen durch den Anbau des Neubaus ermöglicht werden. Das Haus der Bildung umfasst demnach sowohl das Alte Stadthaus als auch den benachbarten Neubau, geplant vom Berliner Architekten Alexander Koblitz, als räumlich und strukturell nicht isolierten Anbau an dieses.Zu dem Zweck wurde die Sanierung des Alten Stadthauses durchgeführt und ein weiterer Teil, der zum Haus der Bildung gehören sollte, als Neubau am Standort des abgerissenen Siemens-Hauses angebaut.[...]Koblitz hat mit diesem Entwurf und dem dezent abweichenden fertiggestellten Bau versucht, den Stil bereits bestehender Bonner Gebäude, insbesondere den des angrenzenden Alten Stadthauses, aufzugreifen. Wie dieser Versuch schließlich sowohl im Entwurf als auch im Endergebnis umgesetzt wurde und inwiefern er sich mit der Architektur des Alten Stadthauses letztendlich deckt, wird im Folgenden erörtert und mit dem Stil des Siemens-Hauses mit Bezug auf die architektonische Eingliederung in dieselbe Umgebung verglichen.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 2,0, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ein Großteil von William Hogarths Werken mit historischen beziehungsweise biblischen Bildmotiven befindet sich in sozialen Einrichtungen. Die Wahl der Motive ist dabei nicht etwa willkürlich, sondern dem zukünftigen Ausstellungsort angepasst. Allerdings war Hogarth relativ frei in der Gestaltung und dem Bildmotiv seiner Werke, da diese meist keine Auftragsarbeiten darstellten und er sie anschließend spendete.Insbesondere bei den im Titel genannten Werken ist ein Zusammenhang der Wahl des Bildmotives und der Einrichtung, für die das Werk angefertigt wurde, deutlich zu erkennen.