http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/2525/2781 2026-04-03T23:44:32Z 2026-04-03T23:44:32Z Abedin, Manzoorul http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/2525/2814 2019-03-13T07:07:18Z 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sex in Consumer Culture: the Erotic Content of Media and Marketing Abedin, Manzoorul Freud might have overstated the case in claiming that everything people do can be linked to sex, but his ideas have had a deep impact on the development of theories and research models about sex and consumption patterns. Sexuality is a fundamental characteristic of people that influences their thoughts and behaviors, their orientation toward others, and life in general. Sex sells, it always has, beyond that cliche's inevitable appearance in media and marketing conversations. Despite the presence of sexual information in mainstream advertising, either in the form of sexual behavior, nudity, scantily-clad models, fetishism, or promises of sexual fulfillment and intimacy, few sources are available to those interested in studying this multifaceted phenomenon. Although sexual appeals are used to sell more products- and to boost popularity of media products such as television programming, films, magazines, music, and web sites-many scholars and consumers are still unable to describe "if" and "how" sex sells. Sex in consumer culture: the erotic content of media and marketing addresses these concerns by bringing together writers, thinkers, and researchers from several areas to examine what sex "is" in marketing, how it works, and how it may affect consumers and society.

0001-01-01T00:00:00Z Chaudhury, Rafiqul Huda Chowdhury, Zafrullah http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/2525/2813 2019-03-13T07:07:18Z 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Socio-Demographic and Health Factors Affecting Maternal Mortality in Rural Bangladesh Chaudhury, Rafiqul Huda; Chowdhury, Zafrullah The present study examines the impact of non-biological factors such as age, birth-order, education, smoking, anaemia, and tetanus vaccination on maternal mortality using data on maternal deaths collected by Gonoshayastha Kendra (GK) from 592 villages of Bangladesh. The analysis of data reveals that further reducation in maternal mortality is possible in rural Bangladesh through vigorous campaigns against smoking, preventing births to women with four or more children, delaying first time childbearing, prevention and treatment of anaemia, and promoting full doses of tetanus vaccination for pregnant women.

0001-01-01T00:00:00Z Shahidullah, Md. http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/2525/2812 2019-03-13T07:07:18Z 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Target Needs of English for University Education and English Textbooks up to class XII: An Evaluation Shahidullah, Md. English courses and textbooks are meant to cater to learners' academic and professional needs of English. However, this does not seem to happen in Bangladesh; university students in the country appear to have difficulties in reading their text and reference books in English. The present English syllabuses, and materials up to class XII do not seem to prepare them for the amount and level of reading skills they need for a meaningful university education, which means quality education that helps graduates acquire the best possible knowledge and prepares them for the job market of today's globalized world and not somehow to pass examinations and obtain a certificate in different areas of study in the present world. A lack seems to exist between the levels of English language proficiency needed for higher education, and the level English courses and materials up to class XII help them attain. This paper examines the nature of this lack, and recommends measures to fill it.

0001-01-01T00:00:00Z Haque, Md. Shahriar http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/2525/2811 2019-03-13T07:07:18Z 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Critical Discourse Analysis and the Rational Faculty Haque, Md. Shahriar In this age, the constant desire to be the best, to achieve the highest, to attain the most power, seems to be making us compromise our moral standards. The endeavor to strive and go to the next level may not always be practiced in a healthy manner. The present era poses its own problems, issues and challenges; complexities are part and parcel of social existence. In such an environment taking thing at face value could lead one to be beguiled, influenced or manipulated. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) offers a window of opportunities to make apparent the not so apparent issues of a society. Its objective is to empower people by making them conscious of the hidden structures that exist in the social makeup of a community. Once an individual or members of a community and or a society becomes aware of the issues that may have escaped them, they will be in a position to choose what to believe and what not to believe, what is authentic and what is doubtful or questionable. This paper aims to give a brief introduction to CDA and suggests how it can make the rational faculty more inquisitive outside and inside the academia.

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