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2. 'The Paper Is White': Examining Diversity Issues with the Next Generation of Journalists
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Finneman, Teri, Hendricks, Marina A., and Bobkowski, Piotr S.
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Although the lack of diversity in newsrooms and reporting remains a serious issue in the journalism industry, college journalism education and student media provide a critical opportunity for change. Yet prior research has found notable diversity gaps in both. This study analyzed the state of diversity at a Midwestern university student newspaper and found significant gaps in coverage of diverse populations. The findings suggest the need for more comprehensive diversity education within the college classroom and campus media advising. This is important not only for more representative student media, but also for the future of journalism.
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- 2022
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3. U.S. Student Media Associations' Mission Statements Provide Discursive Leadership in Support of Civic Culture
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Vogts, Todd R.
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As political division and polarization continually increases in the United States, civic knowledge faces decline. Journalism education provides a potential remedy for these democracy-endangering harms by imparting valuable instruction regarding civics and the role of the media in society. However, with no standardization in the country, individual educators and school districts largely must develop their own curricula. Luckily, student media associations provide support and leadership to student media programs, which is articulated through their mission statements. Filling a gap in the existing research, this study conducted a thematic analysis and found discursive leadership within the mission statements of such associations.
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- 2023
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4. Roles and Implications of Paper Media in Early Stage of Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine in China.
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Li M, Guo Y, and Weng PF
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- China, Humans, Western World, Integrative Medicine trends, Mass Media, Medicine, Chinese Traditional trends, Newspapers as Topic
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Paper media including the People's Daily, Guangming Daily, Health News and Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine were the main media that spread the thought and policy of integrative medicine (IM) in the early stage of the integration of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine (WM) in China. Issues including paper media and its roles for spreading IM, from "TCM learning from WM" to "WM learning from TCM", advocating integration of TCM and WM, promoting IM through multiple channels were analyzed in this article, so as to show the propagation process of IM in China and the roles of the paper media. It was shown that strengthening the propaganda of IM through mainstream media, strengthening media convergence and the role of new media are important in spreading the thought of IM.
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- 2019
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5. WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Writing for the media.
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Cuschieri S, Grech V, and Savona-Ventura C
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- Humans, Mass Media, Medical Writing
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Writing for the media is a task faced by many professionals at some point during their academic or clinical life. The style and purpose of writing for the media is strikingly different from that of an academic manuscript. When writing for the media, the author presents information and persuades the mass audience about a particular topic or issue. The author needs to bear in mind that information sent out to the media will make today's story but will be yesterday's news, so time is of the essence. The format of newswriting follows an inverted pyramid structure with the most important message taking center stage at the beginning of the article followed by any additional messages. The use of graphics enhances the message. While embracing the concept of modesty, the author needs to present the newsworthy information in a complete, accurate, efficient and precise manner., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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6. Media Guidelines for Reporting on Suicide: 2017 Update of the Canadian Psychiatric Association Policy Paper.
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Sinyor M, Schaffer A, Heisel MJ, Picard A, Adamson G, Cheung CP, Katz LY, Jetly R, and Sareen J
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- Canada, Humans, Guidelines as Topic standards, Mass Media standards, Psychiatry standards, Societies, Medical standards, Suicide
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This paper has been substantially revised by the Canadian Psychiatric Association's Research Committee and approved for republication by the CPA's Board of Directors on May 3, 2017. The original policy paper
1 was developed by the Scientific and Research Affairs Standing Committee and approved by the Board of Directors on November 10, 2008.- Published
- 2018
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7. Media coverage and pandemic behavior: Evidence from Sweden.
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Garz M and Zhuang M
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- Humans, Sweden, Pandemics, SARS-CoV-2, Newspapers as Topic, Public Health, Workplace, COVID-19 epidemiology, Mass Media
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We study the effect of media coverage on individual behavior during a public health crisis. For this purpose, we collect a unique dataset of 200,000 newspaper articles about the Covid-19 pandemic from Sweden-one of the few countries that did not impose lockdowns or curfews. We show that mentions of Covid-19 significantly lowered the number of visits to workplaces and retail and recreation areas, while increasing the duration of stays in residential locations. Using two different identification strategies, we show that these effects are causal. The impacts are largest when Covid-19 news stories are more locally relevant, more visible and more factual. We find larger behavioral effects for articles that reference crisis managers (as opposed to medical experts) and contain explicit public health advice. These results have wider implications for the design of public communications and the value of the local media., (© 2024 The Authors. Health Economics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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- 2024
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8. Mediating the Tree: Infrastructures of Pulp and Paper Modernity in The Bowater Papers.
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Kaminska, Aleksandra and Ruiz, Rafico
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PAPER products , *BUILDING papers , *MEDIA studies , *COMMUNICATION , *MASS media - Abstract
Background: Through a close reading of the four issues of The Bowater Papers, this article aims to understand the rise of a paper modernity and to reinsert it--as material and infrastructure-- into media studies. Analysis: Producing wood paper is a strain on the landscape and the environment. The Bowater Papers showcases the histories and material possibilities of paper media products. A paper-dependent modernity can be understood as an infrastructural assemblage of harvesting, production, circulation, and consumption. Conclusion and implications: Paper calls for a natural history and geography of media. Thinking about the mediations from tree to paper through the encompassing notion of "xylomedia" is a way of articulating the intersection of the material, environmental, and infrastructural in media studies. Today is still a paper world, one that is also the age of lignin, package, and Amazon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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9. Central Asian journalism studies: Is there a pathway from conference paper to journal publication?
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Kurambayev, Bahtiyar and Freedman, Eric
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- 2021
10. The image of nursing in the media: A scoping review.
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González H, Errasti-Ibarrondo B, Iraizoz-Iraizoz A, and Choperena A
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- Humans, Nursing, Nurses, Mass Media
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Aim: To systematically review the available evidence from research exploring the image of nurses in the media., Background: Nurses have historically faced many challenges and have received media attention for such efforts. However, the image of nursing traditionally conveyed by media has failed to represent the real character and a positive image of the nursing profession., Review Methods: For this scoping literature review, a search was conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, PsycINFO, Web of Science and Dialnet to identify studies written in English, Spanish or Portuguese from the earliest date in the databases until February 2022. Four authors were involved in a two-stage screening process. Data were subjected to quantitative content analysis. A decade-by-decade analysis was performed to track the evolution of the research., Results: Sixty studies were included. The analysis shows (1) an increasing interest in analysing the portrayal of nurses and nursing in media over time, especially from 2000 onwards; (2) a prevailing trend of focusing on one form of media when analysing the portrayal of nurses; (3) qualitative designs as the most frequent method for exploring the image of nursing; and (4) a predominantly negative image conveyed by media., Conclusions: There is a notable body of scientific evidence about the image of nurses and nursing portrayed in media. The interest in analysing media depictions of nursing has a long history. The included studies' samples showed heterogeneity, as they were obtained from different media, periods and countries., Implications for Nursing: This scoping review is the first systematic review to provide a comprehensive map of what has been studied thus far regarding media depictions of nursing. It confirms the imperative need for nurses in different settings (academic, assistance or management fields) to maintain a proactive attitude towards addressing images of nursing and ensuring accurate representations., (© 2023 The Authors. International Nursing Review published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Council of Nurses.)
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- 2023
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11. Paper emperors [Book Review]
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- 2019
12. Critical Awakening: Enhancing Students' Agency through Critical Media Literacy
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Bruno Halpern
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This literature review examines the significance of Critical Media Literacy (CML) in higher education. The rapid digitalization and globalization have intensified media dissemination, raising critical issues about information authenticity and its societal impacts. CML empowers individuals to critically analyze media, discern between reliable and unreliable sources, recognize biases, and understand the broader socio-political implications of media messages. The study leverages Stuart Hall's Encoding and Decoding Theory to dissect how media messages are constructed, disseminated, and interpreted, emphasizing the need for critical engagement in the post-truth era. The review highlights the detrimental effects of fake news and disinformation on democracy and trust in institutions, stressing the importance of integrating CML into higher education curricula to foster informed and engaged citizens. The paper also discusses the methodological limitations in current research and the necessity for comprehensive teacher training and systemic changes in educational institutions. Ultimately, this study underscores the transformative potential of CML in developing critical thinking, promoting democratic engagement, combating media manipulation and misinformation, and advocating for its inclusion in education policies and practices to prepare students for the complexities of the digital media landscape. [Note: The page range (14-34) shown on the PDF is incorrect. The correct page range is 14-35.]
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- 2024
13. Supporting Intercultural Experiences in Online Teaching during Wartime and Humanitarian Crises: Slack as a Learning Tool
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Monica Chadha and Jeannine E. Relly
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Online program design is important for cross-cultural learning and cultural awareness and responsiveness. Because of the importance of these areas in journalism and similar fields, this research studies an intercultural "bridge" project with journalism and media-related students at a southwest U.S. university and four universities in Yemen. The paper presents an analysis of the students' experience of the cultural exchange on the platform, Slack, of journalism, and other types of media. Data demonstrated the impact of learning about each culture, and interculturally, through students' and instructors' perspectives versus news coverage provided by mainstream media. Intercultural bridge building and relationship development through collective activities and journalistic work also offered promise. The study also revealed impediments to seamless cultural exchanges and learning, and barriers to effective intercultural communication.
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- 2024
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14. 'We can sh*t for another 10 years.' Toilet paper, pandemic politics and cultural citizenship.
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Hermes, Joke and Kopitz, Linda
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CORONAVIRUS diseases , *PANDEMICS , *CITIZENSHIP , *MASS media , *MEMES - Abstract
The global reality of the COVID-19/Corona pandemic paradoxically boosted national politics, broadcasting and citizenship. Media coverage, especially initially, praised citizen solidarity and the creative solutions that were pioneered to care for each other. A year later, a lasting social learning curve throughout and after this crisis seems illusory. The pandemic, this paper argues, needs to be understood in a longer timeframe as the working through and coming to terms with neo-liberal governmentality. The (often hilarious) early responses on social media provide a strong entry to do so. Our focus will be on the Netherlands which had a so-called 'intelligent' lockdown during the first wave of COVID-19 in the spring of 2020. Using the authors' own sharing back and forth of toilet paper memes as a starting point, we aim to explore the notion of collective self-reflection and citizen co-education underlying both heated and simply ridiculous posts. Using previous discussion of cultural citizenship, this paper inquires into how pandemic citizenship played out as a vast exercise in disciplining and distinction through jokes and anger. The material suggests a nostalgic turn that might point to an implicitly voiced critique of neoliberal governmentality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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15. Employer's Expectations towards Digital Media and Storytelling Program Graduates (Case of Georgia)
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Osepashvili, Dali
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The goal of this paper is to show the results of the study conducted with the Georgian media employers in order to explore their attitudes toward journalism and mass communication programs graduates. The main hypothesis of research: There is a gap between Georgian journalism schools curricula and the media industry. The main question of research: What knowledge and skills is required by the media industry in the era of digital media and visual storytelling? This research is based on the qualitative approach. A semi-structured interview method is used for this study (n=14). The interviews were conducted with editors, producers and journalists, who have at least five-year experience of working in the media industry and especially in online journalism. This study was carried out from 1th September 2019 till January 2020. According to the results of this study, the Georgian media labor market is oversaturated with journalists and very rarely new vacancies are announced. Nevertheless, there is a lack of specialists with practical skills in the digital media and multimedia journalism. As revealed by this research, representatives of the media industry face some challenges related to multimedia reporting and confirmed the hypothesis about the gap between the industry and academia. According to the research findings, were identified employers expectations, which knowledge and practical skills should the digital media and storytelling program graduates possess. On the one hand, they should have deep and systemic knowledge about current trends in the digital media and methods of digital storytelling, practical skills for multimedia journalism and, on the other hand, they should be equipped with deep and systemic knowledge about leading theories of the mass communication, innovative forms and methods of research, as well as audience engagement. As a results of this study was defined a set of specific, practical skills, which are necessary to possess for the graduates of the digital media and visual storytelling programs. Based on the results of this applied research, according to the American model (sharing experience of Loyola University, Chicago), a new MA program of digital storytelling and communication will be prepared and implemented in Georgia at IBSU. [For the complete volume, "Proceedings of International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES) (Chicago, Illinois, October 15-18, 2020). Volume 1," see ED626033.]
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- 2020
16. A Systematic Literature Review of the Representations of Migration in Brazil and the United Kingdom
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Gonçalves, Isabella and David, Yossi
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In recent decades, increased scholarly attention has been paid to the interactions between immigration, media coverage, framing, and the rise of populism. This paper draws on these interactions to systematically review peer-reviewed articles related to media representations of immigrants and refugees in Brazil and the United Kingdom (UK). The objective was to identify the tone used in such representations and the research methods applied in the articles. This is the first systematic literature review that compares studies on media and immigration including both Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) and non-WEIRD countries. This paper uses Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) to collect, map, and systematize 47 peer-reviewed articles published in the past two decades. The findings show that, in the studies we analyzed, the tone of representation of refugees in the media in both countries is negative. Mass media underrepresent the main actors and use stereotypes and discourses of otherization. This paper contributes to our understanding of the differences between studies, including those conducted in the UK and Brazil, and calls for more comparative studies that include countries from the global south and global north. It also demonstrates the standardization of frames and tone of representation on immigration in both countries, suggesting similar patterns across different countries.
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- 2022
17. (DIS)Locating Meaning: Toward a Hermeneutical Response in Education to Religiously Inspired Extremism
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Panjwani, Farid
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A key epistemological assumption in the ideologies of many of the groups termed extremist is that there is an unmediated access to a Divine Will. Driven by this assumption, and facilitated by several other factors, a range of coercive actions (including violence) to force others into submission to the perceived Will of God are seen as justified by some of these groups. A consideration of how religion is discussed in various contexts, from seminaries and schools to media and policy discourses, shows that this assumption about unmediated access to Divine Will is widely shared and that most children grow up socialized into it. In this paper, Farid Panjwani argues that challenging this assumption through educational settings can help young people acquire critical capacities that may lead to a critique of extremist narratives, thereby decreasing their attractions. In this regard, the paper draws upon a range of theoretical ideas, for example, the hermeneutical tradition (in particular the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer), as well as historical and textual examples, to make a case for a rethinking of religious education to develop more critical capacities among the students.
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- 2023
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18. How the public perceives the "good nurse" in China: A content analysis of national newspapers.
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Chen X, Du Y, Shen Z, Qin W, and Zhang Y
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- Humans, Professional Role, China, Learning, Mass Media, Nursing Research
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Introduction: Newspapers are a predominant channel through which the Chinese public learns about nurses and the nursing profession. However, little nursing research has been performed in China to investigate the newspaper portrayal of nurses, and how the public perceives the role of nurses in the Chinese context is still an ambiguous phenomenon. This study aimed to clarify the public portrayals of nurses in China, and to analyze whether there are changes over time in news content related to nurses in the national newspapers., Design: A content analysis of the newspaper articles citing nurses that have been published since each newspaper was established., Method: We selected two national daily newspapers as sources to systematically search for articles about nurses from 1949 to 2022. A coding instrument was developed to quantitatively extract the contents of the articles identified. Then, using a mixed methods approach, we analyzed newspaper content to show the roles of nurses presented to the public by the media., Results: A total of 317 articles were analyzed. Nurses have been depicted with heterogeneous images in both newspapers with positive wordings and up to 28 types of public images. More than half of the articles portrayed two, three, or more types of images. Among the images of nurses identified, "overworked" appeared the most frequently, followed by "dedicated," "philanthropic and benevolent," and "with a sense of responsibility," and then "technically skilled." By analyzing the image of nurses in both newspapers over time, we found that images related to virtue have largely increased with time, while images about professionalism have decreased., Conclusion: Nursing continues to be depicted as a virtuous caregiving profession, often forgetting the wide need for knowledge, skill, and expertise required in the occupation. The public image of nurses portrayed in the national newspapers does not accurately match their actual roles., Clinical Relevance: The public image of nurses portrayed in the national newspapers does not accurately match their actual roles. To actualize a professional role and increase social status of nurses, intentional image management is needed. Nursing schools, nursing associations, and nursing professionals should be more proactive in overcoming the stereotypical image portrayed of them and use the news media as a tool to invite attention from and dialogue with the public about the value of nursing to reframe the public's understanding of the expert role of the professional nurse in health care and to create a new and more professional image for nursing., (© 2023 Sigma Theta Tau International.)
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- 2024
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19. W.G. Sebald's Paper Universe.
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Draney, James
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MASS media , *MATERIALITY & art , *AESTHETICS , *DIGITAL technology - Abstract
Late in his artistic and scholarly career, W.G. Sebald decided to eschew then-emergent modes of computational media in favor of analogue production techniques. Sebald himself often remarked on his encounters with media, both new and old, expressing a consistent interest in the materiality of writing. In his own artistic practice, he preferred the process of handwriting to what he called the tyranny of "PC Perfectionism." Scenes of writing, and the technologies of pen, paper, and pencil, appear regularly throughout Sebald's corpus, especially in The Rings of Saturn (1995) and Austerlitz (2001). These elegiac encounters with residual technologies informed Sebald's literary aesthetic. The novel Austerlitz, in particular, foregrounds media history and the evolution of modes of writerly work. In this novel, written in the shadow of new modes of digital writing that were becoming ubiquitous at the end of the twentieth century, Sebald's poetics of media obsolescence emerges as key preoccupation in his aesthetic project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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20. Reputación mediática en Europa. Análisis empírico de la reputación de la prensa en papel, prensa digital, radio y televisión en diez países europeos.
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Castillo-Díaz, Ana, De-Aguilera-Moyano, Miguel, Ortiz-de-Guinea-Ayala, Yolanda, and Villafañe-Gallego, Justo
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PUBLIC opinion , *PRESS , *REPUTATION , *POLITICAL participation , *TRUST , *JOB descriptions , *POWER (Social sciences) , *CORPORATE image , *MEDIA studies - Abstract
Democracy is considered to be the ideal foundation of societies today. In a democratic society, news media play a highly relevant role as avenues by which public and political powers can interact with society and facilitate civic participation. The public’s perception of the news media’s reputation is a crucial factor for enhancing trust and citizen engagement. This article presents a study of the reputation of the media (paper press, digital press, radio and television) in ten European countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. A quantitative method was applied to the results of a survey conducted to determine the reputation of news media among a sample of the informed population in those countries (1,000 residents of legal age who used media at least two or three times a week). The concept of reputation is thereby characterized in its association with the media, identifying its integrating attributes and assessing its incidence in each type of medium. The results indicate that, although television is the most widely used medium, the printed press enjoys a higher reputation in most of the countries studied, being seen as having the attributes of credibility and informative rigor. This study provides a detailed analysis of the scores given to media reputation attributes in the considered countries. It also offers a ranking of the media with the highest reputation in the countries examined, as well as a description of the reputational position of each medium. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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21. Spontaneous diffusiophoretic separation in paper-based microfluidic device.
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Lee, Dokeun and Kim, Sung Jae
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MICROFLUIDIC devices ,ION exchange (Chemistry) ,CONVECTIVE flow ,POINT-of-care testing ,MASS media - Abstract
Microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs) for separating particles have been playing a key role for point-of-care diagnostics in the area of remote settings. While splendid separation methods using μPADs have been explosively developed, they still require external devices inducing external field. In this work, the spontaneous separation method in μPADs was suggested by leveraging convective flow (the imbibition of paper and nanoporous medium) and diffusiophoresis by ion exchange medium. Especially, the paper's fast imbibition was utilized as driving particles at the first stage, which results in fast overall processing in contrast to the spontaneous separation method of microfluidic chip integrated with only ion exchange medium. Therefore, our novel spontaneous selective preconcentration method based on μPADs would have key potential to be used in portable point-of-care devices in remote settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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22. Bon a tirer and Emboss : 'Panama Papers,' 2016-18
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Emmerson, Neil
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- 2018
23. Next generation paper:An augmented book platform
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George Revill, Sirpa Nordman, Radu A. Sporea, Caroline Scarles, David Frohlich, Brice Le Borgne, Anu Seisto, Miroslav Z. Bober, Samuli Yrjänä, Tapio Ritvonen, Alan Brown, Kymissis, Ioannis, List-Kratochvil, Emil J. W., Shinar, Ruth, Torsi, Luisa, University of Surrey (UNIS), Mitsubishi, and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)
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Cover (telecommunications) ,Computer science ,Digital content ,media_common.quotation_subject ,augmented book ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,computer.software_genre ,01 natural sciences ,[SPI.MAT]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Materials ,user interaction ,Quality (business) ,Electronics ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Mass media ,media_common ,ta114 ,ta213 ,Multimedia ,Inkwell ,business.industry ,hybrid integration ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,[SPI.TRON]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Electronics ,0104 chemical sciences ,Design for manufacturability ,optical sensing ,Gesture recognition ,printed sensors ,gesture control ,manufacturability ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,computer ,paper electronics - Abstract
Paper and ink have been continually evolving since their invention. Conventional printing quality and cost is constantly improving, yet only few examples of commercial embedded electronics on paper exist. This is due to the fact that inks with optical and electronic properties do not suit conventional paper and are still challenging to print reliably. In this project, we aim to develop a new generic mass media "next generation" paper. We present the challenges and progress on book augmentation, using printing technologies such as screen printing and roll-to-roll fabrication. This first step aims to create an augmented book prototype via hybrid integration of optical sensors in its pages and by embedding energyefficient control and communication electronics in the cover. The system senses user interaction and, through wireless connectivity, presents the user with relevant, updated digital content on an adjunct device. The proposed fabrication sequence has been developed with close attention to the requirements of industrial scale-up.
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- 2018
24. An Undergraduate Economics Course on Belief Formation and Influence.
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Stone, Daniel F.
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The author of this article describes a game-theory-based economics class on how people should, and do, form beliefs, communicate, and make decisions under uncertainty. Topics include Bayesian and non-Bayesian belief updating, the value of information, communication games, advertising, political media, and social learning. The only prerequisite is introductory microeconomics. The course also seeks to convey both the value of thinking in probabilities and awareness of mechanisms of strategic influence in students' everyday lives. [This paper was presented at the ASSA 2021 Session.]
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- 2022
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25. Le papier garde la main dans la communication d'entreprise.
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POTHAIN, VALÉRY
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CORPORATE communications ,BUSINESS communication ,PAPER ,MASS media ,INFORMATION warfare - Abstract
The article presents the role of paper in corporate communication, emphasizing its continued importance despite the rise of digital channels. Topics include the physical and sensory experience offered by paper, its status as a marker in contemporary media, and its effectiveness in establishing trust and proximity with audiences, highlighting how paper can be a strategic tool within the media mix, particularly for brands and institutions looking to address important information.
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- 2023
26. Top Income Tax Evasion and Redistribution Preferences: Evidence from the Panama Papers
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Ait Bihi Ouali, Laila, Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques (AMSE), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Lai Tong, Charles, and École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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JEL: H - Public Economics/H.H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue/H.H2.H24 - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies ,JEL: H - Public Economics/H.H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue/H.H2.H26 - Tax Evasion and Avoidance ,tax avoidance ,Panama Papers ,inequality ,tax evasion ,JEL: D - Microeconomics/D.D6 - Welfare Economics/D.D6.D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ,[SHS.ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance ,mass media ,[SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance ,redistribution ,tax morale - Abstract
This paper provides empirical evidence that, after fiscal scandals, individuals substantially revise their views on redistribution. I exploit as a quasi-natural experiment the 2016 Panama Papers scandal which revealed top-income tax evasion behaviour simultaneously worldwide. The empirical investigation relies on two original sources of data: a longitudinal dataset on United Kingdom households and a survey conducted in twenty-two European countries. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, I find an increase in pro-redistribution statements post-scandal ranging between 2% and 3.3%. Responses are heterogeneous on income levels and on political affiliations, with larger responses from right-wing individuals. The change in redistribution preferences is moderately translated into votes: I find an increase in voting intentions for the left and negative for the right-wing parties. Complementary estimations at the European-level indicate that pro-redistribution responses increase with media coverage and shock intensity (i.e., number of individuals involved).
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- 2019
27. NORDSCI International Conference Proceedings (Online, October 11-13, 2021). Book 1. Volume 4
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NORDSCI
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This volume includes three sections of the 2021 NORDSCI international conference proceedings: (1) Education and Educational Research; (2) Language and Linguistics; and (3) Sociology and Healthcare. Education and Educational Research includes 15 papers covering the full spectrum of education, including history, sociology and economy of education, educational policy, strategy and technologies. This section also covers pedagogy and the education and socialization challenges post-COVID-19 pandemic. Language and Linguistics includes 7 papers covering topics related to theoretical, literary and historical linguistics, as well as stylistics and philology. The Sociology and Healthcare section has 15 papers covering topics related to human society, social structures, and social change, healthcare systems and healthcare services. [Individual papers are indexed in ERIC.]
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- 2021
28. Negotiating Hegemonies in Language Policy: Ideological Synergies in Media Recontextualizations of Audit Culture
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Savski, Kristof
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One of the products of globalization in sociolinguistics is the emergence of transnational regimes in language policy, in which power is exercised across boundaries of traditional nation states. This paper engages with audit culture, a transnational policy mechanism which involves the continuous evaluation of nation states' performance through the use of purportedly neutral, typically quantitative instruments. As achieving broader visibility in public discourse is a key part of how such evaluations enforce language policy regimes, the paper presents an analysis of how an audit instrument, the Education First English Proficiency Index, was recontextualized in media discourse in Thailand over a 6-year period. The findings highlight an apparent discontinuity, as much of the neoliberal rhetoric in the audit instrument was not taken up in Thai media. Rather, the recontextualization was selective, with elements of the audit texts being integrated into an already established language policy regime in Thailand, built on nationalism and developmentalism. These findings point to the need to consider how language policy mechanisms like audit culture can facilitate synergies between hegemonic ideologies, particularly when they are recontextualized across different scales.
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- 2023
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29. Academic Freedom and Knowledge Tradition of the Arab Heritage
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Derbesh, Mabruk
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Purpose: This paper aims to confront some of the many facets of academic freedom as a whole, including the shared concerns with Western academia, its relationship to the politics of Arab society and the relevance of these issues within local political domains. It attempts to profile the problems hindering societal progress beyond the seemingly defined truth. While this subject has many facets, this article only examines academic freedom within the scope of knowledge and inquiry derived from the revered text of the Qur'an, including its relation to democracy and radicalism. It is an effort to refocus Arab intellectual dialogue on its ailing academia. It also argues for Arab society to reclaim its core culture of Islam as an enabler of learning aside from the Eurocentric perspective of academic freedom. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses an expository and persuasive format in its novel perspective. This expository form sets out the argument of academic freedom as being indigenous to Arab-Islamic heritage and pursues a persuasive statement for its resolution. This format outlines the main familiar aspects of academic freedom and lays out its components within Arab-Islamic history. Findings: This paper provides insights and arguments supporting its main theory. It suggests that Arabs must judiciously consider what their education will look like and accomplish in the next 100 years, considering the sociopolitical status quo and the chances of changing it. It argues that academic freedom is indigenous to Arab-Islamic early history, academia and knowledge governance. Therefore, Arab academia must not ignore its heritage to examine what hinders education and intellectualism. It concludes with the point that reinstalling a culture of knowledge will create a relevant democracy. Research limitations/implications: The implications for research, practice and society are vast. Further academic freedom research would redefine terms of processes, change the role of academic leadership, debunk locally dominated politics, introduce learning-first policies, balance inequalities in gender, abolish academic tribalism and move past colonialist ideas and predominance. For researchers, this point of view would open doors for new scholastic approaches. Practical implications: This paper includes practical implications that stem from an approach that would provoke practical possibilities and call for more academic conversations. Further conversations should explore and debate the gaps in Arab-Islamic knowledge history. The Global South of the Arab World or the Middle East and Northern Africa/Southwest Asia North Africa region could consider drafting a contemporary MENA account of a Magna Charta Libertatis Academicae or a Magna Charta Universitatum that is galvanized by Arab revivable heritage. Moreover, It would be productive if Western universities that operate in the Arab World would also take an active role in denouncing undemocratic practices and not merely operate as commercial enterprises. Social implications: Realizing academic freedom in Arab institutions will have a positive spillover effect on Arab society, including thriving and free media, freedom of speech and gender issues. Academic freedom is one of the main elements in structuring free political culture that adhere to the principles of tolerance. Academic freedom is necessary for showing all contesting ideas in a better light and, ultimately, achieving a form of intellectual equipoise. Originality/value: This paper concerns academic freedom in the Arab-Islamic World. The majority of academic freedom scholarship today assumes a Western democratic context in discussing or even arguing against it. The paper's focus is a novel expansion of that literature.
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30. Roles and Implications of Paper Media in Early Stage of Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine in China
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Meng Li, Yan Guo, and Pan-feng Weng
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China ,Integrative Medicine ,business.industry ,Newspapers as Topic ,General Medicine ,Technological convergence ,Traditional Chinese medicine ,Public relations ,New media ,Complementary and alternative medicine ,Political science ,Medicine public health ,Western World ,Humans ,Mainstream ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Mass Media ,Integrative medicine ,Medicine, Chinese Traditional ,business ,Western medicine - Abstract
Paper media including the People's Daily, Guangming Daily, Health News and Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine were the main media that spread the thought and policy of integrative medicine (IM) in the early stage of the integration of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine (WM) in China. Issues including paper media and its roles for spreading IM, from "TCM learning from WM" to "WM learning from TCM", advocating integration of TCM and WM, promoting IM through multiple channels were analyzed in this article, so as to show the propagation process of IM in China and the roles of the paper media. It was shown that strengthening the propaganda of IM through mainstream media, strengthening media convergence and the role of new media are important in spreading the thought of IM.
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- 2019
31. Studies from University of Hong Kong Have Provided New Data on Communication and Mass Media (Bibliometric Analysis of Papers Dealing with Dental Videos on YouTube).
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MEDICAL communication ,MASS media ,BIBLIOMETRICS ,DENTAL specialties ,SCIENTIFIC literature - Abstract
A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Hong Kong analyzed the topics of dental YouTube videos and their citation count. The study found that the majority of papers evaluated videos recorded in English and focused on dental journals. Videos targeting patients/public received higher citations compared to those targeting dental professionals only. The most represented specialty in dental YouTube publications was oral and maxillofacial surgery/oral medicine. The study also identified twin or triplet studies covering the same topic but with varying numbers of videos. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2024
32. Creating an Authentic International Development Learning Opportunity: Lessons Learned from 30 Students, 12 Flights, 42 Range Rover Trips, One Capsized Boat, and Two Visits to Hospital
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Beckstead, Lori
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This paper draws on the author's experience of developing a short-term, intensive international learning experience within the framework of a one-semester course. This paper is aimed at faculty members who are interested in implementing a short but effective and authentic international learning opportunity, but who may not have expertise in issues surrounding international development and learning abroad. It addresses some of the challenges, successes, and lessons learned, such as working with an appropriate international partner, overcoming barriers to student participation, ensuring discipline-specific learning, and providing the appropriate context of international development issues within the time-frame of a single semester.
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- 2020
33. Human Expression and Meaning Making: Pondering the Role of the Medium in Creating a Life Worth Living
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Sheffield, Eric C.
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This manuscript was originally delivered as the 2019 presidential address at the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society annual meeting in September of that year. In this address, the author briefly distinguishes the Deweyan understanding of "impulsion" from that of "expression" as he discusses them in" Art as Experience." Following that, the author takes up a general etymological/conceptual reminder as to the role that any medium plays given the space mediums occupy in the act of human expression. The author then extends the discussion of mediums and how they operate in the human endeavor of expressing meaning-expression being one of those endeavors that might make life worth living--by way of Neil Postman's contention that communication technologies as mediums of expression are inherently and metaphorically ideological; and, as such, dictate in large part what can and what cannot be meaningfully expressed. The author concludes by pointing to some serious epistemological dangers given the nature of human expression, contemporary media, and any medium's role in that expression-- particularly political expression--and the educational implications those dangers hold given pragmatic understandings of truth.
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- 2020
34. NORDSCI International Conference Proceedings (Online, October 12-14, 2020). Book 1. Volume 3
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NORDSCI
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This volume includes four sections of the 2020 NORDSCI international conference proceedings: (1) Education and Educational Research; (2) Language and Linguistics; (3) Philosophy; and (4) Sociology and Healthcare. Education and Educational Research includes 15 papers covering the full spectrum of education, including history, sociology and economy of education, educational policy, strategy and technologies. This section also covers pedagogy and special education. Language and Linguistics includes 6 papers covering topics related to theoretical, literary and historical linguistics, as well as stylistics and philology. The Philosophy section includes 2 papers and covers the full spectrum of philosophy history, methods, foundation, society studies and the interpretation of philosophy. The Sociology and Healthcare section has 9 papers covering topics related to human society, social structures, and social change, healthcare systems and healthcare services. [Individual papers from the Education and Educational Research section of these proceedings are indexed in ERIC.]
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35. Dusan M. Savicevic--World's Best Andragogy Researcher: Inspiration for My Andragogical Research Perspective
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Henschke, John
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Dusan M. Savicevic has been a towering figure working, researching and publishing in andragogy for more than a half-century. Dusan's prism of world-wide experience has been connected very vitally with helping establish it as a science, self-directed learning, work, and has inspired others to develop their own andragogical perspective, including, but not limited to, learning contracts. He linked andragogy with mass media, various countries, ancient leaders, other learning theories, and a panoramic overview of it around the world. In this article, I seek to bring together aspects of his presence and work in andragogy, self-directed learning, learning contracts, that have inspired me to invest myself in this fertile field, which encompasses adult education. Subsequent to when Dusan passed from this earthly world in June 2015, I was requested to bring some of my perspectives on andragogy inspired by his prolific worldwide efforts in this regard. This task I humbly accepted and trust it will do him honor in some small way. Thanks, Dusan for being who you are. [For the full proceedings, see ED613257.]
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- 2020
36. How to shape academic freedom in the digital age? Are the retractions of opinionated papers a prelude to 'cancel culture' in academia?
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Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva
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Political radicalism ,Anti-intellectualism ,business.industry ,Academic freedom ,Media studies ,Censorship ,General Medicine ,Individualism ,Tone (literature) ,BF1-990 ,Publishing ,Political science ,Realm ,Psychology ,Social media ,Misinformation ,business ,Public opinion ,Mass media ,Reputation - Abstract
When academics’ opinions, which are published in academic journals as letters to the editor or commentaries, are retracted based on sensitivities and objections that are raised for example on social media, there needs to be a reflection on what this might represent. On one hand, an opinion is precisely that, i.e., a subjective and biased view about an issue. Those views might even be radical, unpopular, or insensitive, but ultimately approved by editors for publication nonetheless. To maintain a truly sustainable scholarly discourse, the best academic way to counter such opinions is by allowing disagreeing voices to express themselves, also as letters to the editor or commentaries. Pressure-induced retractions of opinions not only stifle academic debate, they send the message that opinions need to be moderated and standardized to meet a publishing market that is being increasingly driven by legal parameters, political correctness, as well as business and commercial values rather than academic ones. In an environment of restrictive academic freedom, what emerges is an academia in which the way things are said, tone, and the sensitivity of those that might be affected are given greater weight than the message itself. By cherry-picking parts of the message that detractors or critics might disagree with, the original message may be drowned out by the noise of the objectors. The struggle of academics to liberally voice their opinions in the scholarly publishing realm, and to preserve those opinions, has never been more acute in this age of misinformation and radicalism fueled by polarized social and mass media. Is the politicization and/or commercialization of academia, alongside the retraction of opinions, stifling open and healthy academic debate, or expressing itself as the retraction of opinions, and does this represent a distinct form of “cancel culture” in academia and academic publishing?
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- 2021
37. A critical review exploring science communication of nutrition and dietetic research: a case-based approach exploring methodologies.
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Mellor DD and Green DJ
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- Animals, Humans, Communication, Public Health, Research Design, Mass Media, Dietetics
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Background: Nutrition is an area of apparent disagreement among the public and experts. It is also an area which has seen a rapid increase in the number of publications in the past 40 years. With the advent of online media and social media platforms, the volume of news has also increased. This review considered five types of nutrition research and how press releases linked to publications might be reported by the media., Methods: Examples were taken from nutrition-related articles published in the areas of in vitro work, animal data, epidemiology, clinical trials and data modelling publications which had press releases deposited in online repositories (EurekAlert! and AlphaGalileo). A critical narrative of the source of the media message, estimates of its reach and any potential exaggeration or source of confusion were identified., Results: It was clear that research has been reported by funders, journals and researchers' institutions in ways that claim extended findings of the data beyond that reported in the manuscript. This included inferences of health benefits in humans from laboratory studies, splitting outcome data for the same exposure in epidemiological studies based on perceived public interest, using clinical trials to make media claims that would not be permitted in advertisements and claiming modelled data for cases were actual changes in numbers of cases., Conclusions: It is essential that funding bodies and institutions along with academic journals apply pressure to discourage exaggeration of research. This is necessary to maintain public trust in science and ultimately improve public health., (© 2023 The Authors. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Dietetic Association.)
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38. Secondary Education Students and Media Literacy in the Age of Disinformation
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Herrero-Curiel, Eva and La-Rosa, Leonardo
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This paper presents an up-to-date overview of how students in Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) in Spanish public schools, aged between 11 and 16, approach the media, how they inform themselves, the degree of journalistic discrimination they have, and how they deal with the news in times of an infodemic and disinformation. In addition, it explores the opinion of teachers on the media deficits they perceive in their students. The main research technique used in this study was a descriptive, cross-sectional survey of 1,651 ESO students from all over Spain with a confidence level of <95% and a ±3% sampling error. In order to delve deeper into some of the main aspects pointed out by students, 77 in-depth interviews were conducted with teachers from all over Spain. The main results highlight that high school students are mainly informed through social networks, television, and their family or friendship groups; that they have difficulties in discriminating between information and opinion; and that, although they consider themselves capable of differentiating between news and hoaxes, more than half are unable to distinguish between fake and real news. According to the teachers in some of these schools, media consumption among students is non-critical, fuelled by the compulsive consumption of audiovisual and digital media.
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39. A Paper Tiger No More? The Media Portrayal of the Notwithstanding Clause in Saskatchewan and Ontario.
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Nicolaides, Eleni and Snow, Dave
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MASS media , *CHARTERS , *DIPLOMATICS , *POLITICAL parties - Abstract
Since 2017, four provincial legislatures have introduced bills invoking the controversial notwithstanding clause. We present an original dataset of news articles from 10 different outlets that discussed the clause while these bills were being debated in Saskatchewan and Ontario. Empirically, although the clause is typically portrayed accurately, we find over one-fifth of articles about the clause did not indicate that it must be included in legislation. Normatively, the clause was twice as likely to be portrayed negatively as it was positively, and the type of portrayal was strongly associated with the ideological orientation of the news outlet. The rate of negative portrayals was similar across the two provinces, which suggests that attitudes toward the clause may endure beyond the policy issue itself or the level of media visibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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40. The Smells, Sights, and Pleasures of Ink on Paper: The Consumption of Print Newspapers During a Period Marked by Their Crisis.
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Boczkowski, Pablo J., Mitchelstein, Eugenia, and Suenzo, Facundo
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PRINTING ink , *NEWSPAPERS , *MATERIALITY & art , *MASS media , *PRINT materials - Abstract
Much has been written about the crisis of print newspapers, but with more attention paid to issues of production and distribution rather than reception. Furthermore, the scholarship on contemporary print newspaper reception has been limited by a focus on the information dimension and on countries in the Global North. To help overcome these limitations, in this paper we ask two questions that inquire into the reception of print newspapers in the contemporary media environment, and do so within a country from the Global South. Drawing upon an analysis of 158 semi-structured interviews conducted in the City of Buenos Aires and other parts of the country, we find that people continue reading print newspapers not solely, or even primarily, for the information contained in their pages, but for dynamics that tie together news content with materiality, routinization, and larger practices of incorporation of this media artifact into their daily lives. These dynamics are partly shaped by distinctive aspects of the Argentine context, including business strategies, family rituals, urban patterns, and a culture of nostalgia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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41. Investigating the quality of interactions and public engagement around scientific papers on Twitter
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Mads P. Sørensen, Niels Mejlgaard, and Fereshteh Didegah
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business.industry ,Process (engineering) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Sign (semiotics) ,Sample (statistics) ,Library and Information Sciences ,Public relations ,050905 science studies ,Computer Science Applications ,Science communication ,Quality (business) ,Sociology ,0509 other social sciences ,Public engagement ,050904 information & library sciences ,business ,Mass media ,media_common - Abstract
This study explores science communication on Twitter by investigating a sample of tweets referring to academic papers in five different scientific fields. The specifications of science communicators on Twitter, the characteristics of those who initiate actions (by tweeting), the extent and quality of reactions (retweeting), individual and group interactions, and the distribution of tweets across types of engagement in the process of science communication (i.e., dissemination, consultation, and evaluation) were explored. A broad array of actors is involved in the communication of science on Twitter, with individual citizens and individual researchers playing an important role. In principle, this is promising for creating direct interaction, which can be difficult through more traditional mass media. The vast majority of communication activities regarding academic papers is undigested dissemination with almost no sign of debate, contestation, or collective reflection. Another general finding of this study is that bot accounts play a major role in the science communication landscape on Twitter.
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- 2018
42. The Online Harms White Paper: comparing the UK and German approaches to regulation.
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Theil, Stefan
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LAW enforcement , *MASS media , *FREEDOM of expression - Abstract
The internet has revolutionised our ability to communicate and connect across historic social, political and geographic divides. Where previously gatekeepers mitigated and negotiated access to mass media platforms, today potentially anyone – and any content – can reach millions of users in an instant. This development bears great opportunities for the democratisation of expression and the diversification of public discourse but has likewise broadened the impact of harm caused online. This raises the question how platforms and services can be regulated effectively to combat online harms without jeopardising free and open discourse. The paper explores the Online Harms White Paper published by the UK Government earlier this year and compares its regulatory approach with the infamous German Network Enforcement Law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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43. Critically appraised paper: An intervention to reduce household recreational screen media usage improves physical activity in children [commentary].
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FitzGerald, Tara L
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HOME environment ,MASS media ,RECREATION ,SCREEN time ,PHYSICAL activity - Published
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44. Keynote Papers and Presenters.
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POPULISM ,MASS media ,MEDIA literacy ,POLITICAL communication ,ADMINISTRATIVE & political divisions ,FEMINIST films - Published
- 2023
45. More Learning, Less Activism: Narratives of Childhood in Australian Media Representations of the School Strike for Climate
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Alexander, Nita, Petray, Theresa, and McDowall, Ailie
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The School Strike for Climate campaign led to public discussion about children's political participation. Children are generally excluded from formal political systems, however this campaign challenges mainstream attitudes that children are not sufficiently competent to participate in politics. This paper presents an analysis of Australian mainstream media representations of adult responses to the School Strike for Climate events held in Australia in March 2019. When analysed against theories of childhood, two primary narratives are reflected in what adults said about children's participation in the campaign. Anticipatory narratives focus on children appropriately developing into adults, and are represented by the notion that strikers should be in school, be punished for missing school, and are 'just kids' who should not be listened to. Protectionist narratives seek to shelter children from adult matters, suggesting strikers were brainwashed and raising welfare concerns. Neither of these narratives regard children as citizens capable of political voice, despite these children acting prefiguratively to create a world in which their civic participation is valued. Social movement theories of prefiguration are also explored in this paper, providing a counter argument to suggestions that children have no political agency and should be excluded from activism and discussions regarding climate change.
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- 2022
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46. Arab Cyberactivism: from papers to social networks
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Salud Adelaida Flores Borjabad
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Revolution ,Árabe ,Arab ,Historical method ,Identidad ,Dibujo ,Medios ,Cartoon ,Identity ,Political science ,Revolución ,Ethnography ,Cultural ,Humanities ,Mass media - Abstract
El activismo en el mundo arabe ha sido representado en la clandestinidad. Destaca el uso de la caricatura, que ha sido un elemento clave, debido a que a traves de simbolos el caricaturista era capaz de convertirse en un activista de la pluma. No obstante, con el desarrollo del ciberespacio esa fuente de activismo marcada en el papel se tradujo a la red, haciendo que la caricatura cobrara aun mas importancia al poder transmitir ideas de una manera mas directa, al mismo tiempo que desarrollaba una forma de activismo virtual. Por ello, este trabajo pretende estudiar y analizar la historia de la caricatura arabe para ver su cristalizacion en una forma de activismo revolucionario, asi como tambien pretende reflejar como se ha generado una comunidad virtual en torno a ello. Se ha usado una metodologia cualitativa, empleando un metodo historico que permita recolectar informacion sobre la historia de las caricaturas en el mundo arabe. Luego, se ha desarrollado un metodo visual etnografico que permita estudiar el uso de las caricaturas usadas. Por tanto, los resultados y la discusion esperados son demostrar que la caricatura es una forma de revolucion y activismo, que se ha afianzado con el uso de internet. Palabras clave: Dibujo, revolucion cultural, Arabe, identidad cultural, medio de comunicacion de masas. Abstract:Activism in the Arab world have been represented in hiding. One of the most important forms has been political cartoons which have been an important tool that has been consolidated over time because cartoonists were able to become activists thanks to the use of symbols. However, the development of cyberspace translated cartoons into the network, by making them even more important as they transmitted ideas in a more direct way and developed a form of virtual activism . Therefore, the aim of this research is to study and analyze the history of the Arab political cartoons to see how it has consolidated in a form of revolutionary activism. Additionally, the attempt to this research is to reflect how a virtual community has been generated around that figure. As a result, a qualitative methodology has been used to carry out this research. A historical method has been used to collect information about the history of cartoons in the Arab world. Then, an ethnographic visual method has been developed to study the use of cartoons used. The results and discussion are to demonstrate that the cartoon is a form of revolution and activism which has strengthened itself with the use of the internet.
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- 2021
47. "Everything Just Went Apeshit": Revisiting the "Mobilization Model" of Journalistic Impact.
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Konieczna, Magda and Graves, Lucas
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INVESTIGATIONS , *PUBLIC demonstrations , *CITIZENS , *MASS media - Abstract
On 5 April 2016, Iceland's prime minister became the first high-profile casualty of the Panama Papers investigations published around the world two days earlier, stepping down after reports of his family's hidden offshore wealth triggered massive public protests. The resignation was widely hailed as a demonstration of the power of investigative or "accountability" reporting to activate democratic citizens and effect real-world change. This paper reconstructs the Panama Papers reporting in Iceland as an important new case study in the growing literature on the impacts of journalistic revelations. Drawing on in-depth interviews, we ask what this dramatic case tells us about how major exposés produce political outcomes, as well as how the journalists involved understood the potential impacts of their work. We show that even in what looks like a clear-cut case of the so-called "mobilization model"—where change results from the public's response to a story—more complex dynamics are at work: Reporters worked actively to maximize the impact of their work, understanding these efforts in terms of its inherent newsworthiness, and the ultimate outcome of the revelations was shaped by a cycle of interactions between media and political actors that began well before publication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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48. Assessing Rural and Urban Teenagers' Domestication of Technology: The Role of Digital Literacy
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Uzuegbunam, Chikezie E.
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This paper focuses on a qualitative analysis of the ways in which rural and urban teens domesticate digital technologies that are available to them. The study draws from 16 focus group interviews with teenagers in the southeast and north central parts of Nigeria using a child-centered approach. Anchored on domestication and technological appropriation framework, the paper explores the circumstances whereby technology assumes the meanings and uses assigned to them by the teens. From gaming, social connections, leveraging schoolwork, information and news, family connection, to self-learning and education, the findings foreground the idea of domestication whereby the teens metaphorically tame digital technologies to suit their realities as children in specific contexts. Analysis foregrounds barriers such as digital illiteracy and other factors limiting children's digital development. Recommendations are made on how to improve children's full digital participation in the local context.
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- 2022
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49. Local Meanings of International Student Assessments: An Analysis of Media Discourses of PISA in China, 2010-2016
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Hu, Zi
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The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has garnered increasing attention since its inception in 2000. Correspondingly, there has been heightened interest in 'PISA poster countries' like Singapore and Shanghai-China. Yet to date, little is known about the processes and dynamics of the construction of PISA discourses within these 'poster countries'. This paper examines the Chinese print media's reception and interpretation of PISA. Using content analysis of media reportage in 2010, 2013 and 2016, the paper identifies core patterns and themes within the media-generated PISA discourses in China and traces changes in the media discourses over time. The findings shed light on a 'mediatisation' process where the Chinese media's interpretation of PISA gets shaped by culture-specific factors such as dominant political ideology, national aspirations, and histories. As such, PISA has acquired localised meanings in China and serves as an instrument to promote national development agenda and justify education reforms.
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- 2022
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50. Presenting an Alternative Theoretical Framework on Kashmir in the Context of Print Media: From Ethnonationalism to Civic Nationalism
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Boga, Dilnaz and Ranjan, Rohit
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This work challenges the mainstream media's notions of presenting the region of India-administered Kashmir and enables one to view the culturally diverse, shifting frontier through a different lens. The paper challenges the representation of Kashmir in the mainstream national and international print media, which serve as an instrument and power's pedagogical tool for the public. The media is used to shape people's imagination and elicit certain political or apolitical positions as well as reinforce predispositions and behaviours according to agenda. Hence, the media's perspective needs to be examined closely. This work replaces the framework of ethnonationalism, which contours the media's representation of Kashmir, with an alternative framework of civic nationalism, which will bring about a different understanding of the region for the public. This framework not only unravels the conflict from twelfth century onwards, but also illuminates historical reasons for the present-day conflict, which is a vital component in conflict resolution. Unpacking the theory of Civic Nationalism and presenting evidence of Kashmir's diversity by delving into the heterogenous region's social, economic, cultural, and political spaces, the paper aims to unravel this comprehensive framework which counters the hegemonic, pedagogical national and international medias' narratives on the conflict. The authors not only attempt to enliven aspects of the region's social history and contextualise/reframe the oppressed people's movement for self-determination from the Civic Nationalism framework, but also decode the present-day conflict by unravelling its root causes.
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- 2022
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