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This article analyses the outcomes of a three-year campaign to raise the status and profile of nursing - The Nursing Now Campaign. The Campaign aim was to take forward the recommendations of the Triple Impact Report of the United Kingdom All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Global Health. The Triple Impact Report documented the undervaluing and under-utilisation of nursing which is the largest health workforce globally and which the APPG believed had the greatest potential to have a positive impact upon the United Nations move to universal health coverage. The framework for analysis is that of Shiffman et al which was developed to explain the emergence and effectiveness of global networks, and is used here to examine the effectiveness of the Nursing Now Campaign against its stated aims., Competing Interests: None.

Marketers have traditionally utilized celebrities to boost brand appeal by attracting attention and increasing memory rates, which is true in politics. However, research on the impact of celebrities on politics is new, and results are varied as to whether their endorsements and statements help in changing voters' attitudes and behaviors. This study aimed to explore the effect of celebrity endorsement for a political party or celebrity candidate on people's voting behavior. This is a mixed methods study. A community-based cross-sectional design was adopted for the study at Kolkata port and Maniktala constituencies (authors refer to Kolkata city) in the Kolkata district of West Bengal. Thematic analysis was used for qualitative data in this study using NVivo 12, whereas data entry and analysis were carried out with the help of Excel and Stata for quantitative data. About 16% of respondents reported being entirely influenced by the actor or actress's election campaign. In contrast, 24% are not affected. Three-fifths of the respondents are somewhat influenced. It may be inferred that celebrity endorsement in political campaigns is one of the main elements determining the likelihood of a particular political party or candidate winning or losing an election. At the same time, it cannot always be since various individuals have varied perspectives about each party, and not everyone supports a party or candidate just because their favorite celebrity endorses it. More study is needed to understand this neglected arena of research. Thus, this article focuses on credibility as a key dimension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research aims at evaluating voters’ perception of government-owned broadcast media coverage of political candidates’ campaigns in the 2019 gubernatorial elections in Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The rationale behind the study was to find out whether the broadcast media provided equal level playing ground to all political contestants during the election. This was embarked upon against the claim that media ownership influence tends to exert pressure on the mass media during political campaigns. The study employed survey research design and the questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. The agenda setting theory and the social responsibility theory of the press provided the theoretical framework of analysis for the study. From a sample of 570 respondents, the study found that the broadcast media gave a substantial coverage of the political candidate’s campaigns in the elections to a very great extent (53.5%). The study further established that 54.4% of broadcast media coverage projected the ruling party (APC) and its candidate more than other political parties/candidates during the election. In this study I also presented the factors that predispose the media to give more coverage to a particular party or candidate. Being a candidate of the ruling party gives an aspirant an edge over other contestants. Other factors are popularity of candidates/parties, manifestos and policies of candidates, political party affiliation among several other reasons. The study further found that voter’s assessment of the general performance of the broadcast media coverage of the election was not fair and balanced among the various political parties and their candidates. This is because the broadcast media did not give equal level playing ground to the various contenders. More attention was given to the ruling party (APC) and their candidate. Based on this therefore, the study recommends that broadcast media stations should adhere to the guidelines provided for political campaigns by the National Broadcasting Commission.

In today's current political environment raising support for millage renewals, bond campaigns or even millage continuations for public libraries is affected by national politics, and a tendency towards tax aversion on principle across the country. The lessons we can learn from the governing boards of small and rural public libraries are worth raising up to a greater national consciousness. Board governance, community consciousness, and facilities management are clear and logical tools that elected boards of public libraries can use to politick for support of libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The election of the Governor of Central Java in 2018 result was Ganjar Pranowo and Taj Yasin as the winners. Messages in political campaigns are important elements that can determine the candidate's victory or failure in political contestation. The messages in the campaign are specifically designed based on the character of the specific target voters and should not be generalized to all groups of voters. As one of the national food barns, it was interesting to figure out how specific messages related to food security are perceived by voters. The research method used was a mixed method with in-depth interviews with voters with agricultural background and survey to young voters who are considered by researchers to have the greatest opportunity to be exposed by a variety of specific issues in the campaign because of their high media consumption. The results of the study show that specific issue like food security was only a concern for voters who have strong relevance to the issue. However, it was not the only basis for consideration in choosing candidates for related voters.

This article discusses a Western Australian community's campaign against the development of a disability justice center in their Perth neighborhood. The history of the location provides context for an examination of the campaign that draws on the mainstream and social media reporting of the protests. Taking a spatial approach to the analysis situates the disability justice center as an unwanted place within the neighborhood space as imagined, created and reproduced by the residents. The center was, in effect, socially produced by the social relations and political economy of the campaign long before it was a built reality. While politics lay at the heart of the protests, the analysis reveals groups that were marginalized by the campaign and excluded from the community. The campaign brought the community together to protest against the inclusion of anomalous others in their neighborhood, but at the expense of the potential occupants of the disability justice center, many of whom are Aboriginal people. I argue that protests can bring people together and reinforce the idea of community, but protests also reveal who is excluded—inadvertently or not—and may compromise the rights of these "others." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research aims at evaluating voters' perception of government-owned broadcast media coverage of political candidates' campaigns in the 2019 gubernatorial elections in Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The rationale behind the study was to find out whether the broadcast media provided equal level playing ground to all political contestants during the election. This was embarked upon against the claim that media ownership influence tends to exert pressure on the mass media during political campaigns. The study employed survey research design and the questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. The agenda setting theory and the social responsibility theory of the press provided the theoretical framework of analysis for the study. From a sample of 570 respondents, the study found that the broadcast media gave a substantial coverage of the political candidate's campaigns in the elections to a very great extent (53.5%). The study further established that 54.4% of broadcast media coverage projected the ruling party (APC) and its candidate more than other political parties/candidates during the election. In this study I also presented the factors that predispose the media to give more coverage to a particular party or candidate. Being a candidate of the ruling party gives an aspirant an edge over other contestants. Other factors are popularity of candidates/parties, manifestos and policies of candidates, political party affiliation among several other reasons. The study further found that voter's assessment of the general performance of the broadcast media coverage of the election was not fair and balanced among the various political parties and their candidates. This is because the broadcast media did not give equal level playing ground to the various contenders. More attention was given to the ruling party (APC) and their candidate. Based on this therefore, the study recommends that broadcast media stations should adhere to the guidelines provided for political campaigns by the National Broadcasting Commission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Communication has to do with influence that has impact on the life of those involved in the communication process, mostly when this communication refers to political campaigning. Inspired by the research on stress performed by the endocrinologist Hans Selye (1974), we aimed at investigating the polarity of meaning in the language of electoral campaign, in order to check if this kind of communication gets more polarized in terms of meaning as the campaign is approaching its end towards the polls. The discourse analysis corpus was that of six comparable Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump transcript excerpts from speeches at various stages earlier and later throughout the campaign for the 2016 presidential elections in the U.S.A. The results of our analysis have shown that Donald Trump's campaign discourses were generally significantly more polarized than those of Hilary Clinton's. The most generally polarized discourse was, by far, that of Trump on immigration, and the least generally polarized was Trump's at an event (Al Smith Dinner). The most positively polarized was Hilary Clinton's on immigration, and the least positively charged was Trump's referring to the great leader. The most negatively polarized discourse was Trump's one on immigration, as it reached more than 10 % of negative words, whereas the least negatively polarized was Hilary Clinton's on national service. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Christchurch City Council election of 2013 provides a compelling case study through which to consider the interaction between politics and city space. On the one hand, through the careful placement of campaign posters, politics encroached on the physical terrain of the city. On the other hand, candidates included in their campaign material multitudinous references to ‘Christchurch the city,’ demonstrating the extent to which the physical environment of the post-disaster city had become central to local politics.

Narendra Modi’s social media presence is among the most extensive for any politician in the world, including on Twitter where he currently stands second in following only to Barack Obama. With a mix of “feel good” messages, shout-outs to other celebrities, and well-timed ritualized responses, as well as a careful strategy of “followbacks” for a small selection of his most active followers, Modi has been able to grow his following dramatically especially since 2013. Twitter helps Modi directly reach a significant constituency of listeners, and use it as a channel to talk to the main stream media. In addition, the very appearance of his using social media effectively is in itself valuable in reshaping his public image as a technology-savvy leader, aligned with the aspirations of a new Indian modernity. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]