Case Study Pakistan: Society Awareness and Media Coverage for TB Prevention and Treatment

While studies have investigated UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meetings as drivers of climate change reporting as well as the geopolitical role of Pacific Islands in these international forums, little research examines the intersection: how media coverage of Pacific Islands and climate change (PICC) may be influenced by, or may influence, UNFCCC meetings. We analyze two decades of reporting on PICC in American, British, and Australian newspapers—looking at both volume and content of coverage—and expand the quantitative results with semi-structured interviews with journalists and Pacific stakeholders. Issue attention on PICC increases and the content changes significantly in the periods around UNFCCC meetings, with shifts from language about vulnerability outside of UNFCCC periods to language about agency and solutions. We explore the implications of these differences in coverage for both agenda setting and the amplification of emotional appeals in UNFCCC contexts.

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Modeling the Evaluation Process in a Public Controversy

Organization Studies ◽

10.1177/0170840617747918 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 40 (5) ◽

pp. 651-679 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Karl-Emanuel Dionne ◽

Chantale Mailhot ◽

Ann Langley

Keyword(s):

Media Coverage ◽

Evaluation Process ◽

Organization Studies ◽

Public Controversy ◽

Critical Issues ◽

Orders Of Worth ◽

Major Increase ◽

Over Time

Public controversies have attracted increasing attention in the organization studies literature. They emerge when critical issues are not defined and understood in the same way by different stakeholders, influencing the way they evaluate the worth of other actors, objects, and situations. In this paper, we show how the “orders of worth” perspective of Boltanski and Thévenot may throw light on the evolution of an evaluation process occurring during a public controversy. In particular, we study the Quebec student conflict of 2011 and 2012 that followed a proposed major increase in higher education tuition fees. We conducted an in-depth case study based on media coverage of the actions and discourses of the major actors to examine how objects and actions associated with a controversy are successively defined, redefined, and evaluated over time through a series of tests of worth. Our article contributes to the organizational literature on public controversies by drawing attention to the role of six types of evaluative moves in situations of controversy, and by offering an abductively developed model for understanding the evaluation process as it evolves over time. We suggest that actors, through these evaluative moves, may displace the object of a test, and therefore the foci for evaluation, through actions intended to bolster their positions.

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A Spectacle of Silencing: A Rural African-Canadian Woman’s Media Trial

Cultural Sociology ◽

10.1177/1749975520947852 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 174997552094785

Author(s):

L. Lynda Harling Stalker ◽

Patricia Cormack

Keyword(s):

Media Coverage ◽

Symbolic Violence ◽

News Story ◽

Lottery Ticket ◽

Local Media ◽

Media Spectacle ◽

And Gender ◽

Nova Scotian ◽

African Canadian

This thematic case study explores international, national, and local media coverage of a conflict between Barb Reddick, a rural, working-class, African-Nova Scotian woman, and her nephew over the ownership of a winning ‘Chase the Ace’ lottery ticket. Beginning from general media valuation of lottery winners, and Canadian coverage of the Nova Scotia CTA lottery ‘craze’, we find when Reddick goes off script as loving aunt she is pathologized and degraded in a dramatic reversal from soft to hard news story. Reddick’s habitus and trust in journalists to support her counternarrative became the dramatic content of media spectacle-making – what we call a ‘spectacle of silencing’ – as well as her deviance from Canadian white rurality, and class and gender norms. Rather than mere ‘misrepresentation’ of minorities, we conclude that the dynamics of counternarrative struggle are embedded in reportage itself as spectacle, reproducing the legitimacy and authority of journalistic institutions through a symbolic violence of consensus making.

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ENTRE SUJEITO E PERSONAGEM: a morte de Roberto Bolaños e a vida de Chespirito

Revista Observatório ◽

10.20873/uft.2447-4266.2018v4n2p624 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 624

Author(s):

Vanessa Matos Santos ◽

Victor Pereira Albergaria

Keyword(s):

Media Coverage ◽

The Public ◽

Cultural Aspect ◽

Palabras Clave ◽

El Sistema ◽

The Media ◽

The Subject ◽

Medios De Comunicacion ◽

Estudio De Caso

Esta pesquisa consiste no estudo de caso entre as coberturas da morte do ator mexicano Roberto Gómez Bolaños, o “Chespirito”, feitas pelo canal FOROtv, pertencente ao conglomerado de mídias mexicano Televisa, e pelo Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão. O aspecto cultural merece especial destaque e, por meio da problematização das distinções existentes entre a morte (substantivo) e o morrer (verbo), o presente estudo demonstra que as coberturas da mídia nestes casos se fazem a partir da relevância da personagem para a identidade do público. Conclui-se, por meio do estudo de caso, que ocorreu o ofuscamento do sujeito (Roberto Bolaños) em detrimento da personagem (Chespirito). A cobertura sobre o morrer de Chespirito serviu, na verdade, para reafirmar sua vida e presença na mídia. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Morte; Morrer; Roberto Bolaños; Chespirito; Cobertura de mídia; Televisão. ABSTRACT This research is the case study of the coverage of the death of Mexican actor Roberto Gómez Bolaños "Chespirito" made by FOROtv, news channel belonging to the Mexican media conglomerate Televisa, and the Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão. The cultural aspect deserves special attention, and through the questioning of existing distinctions between death (noun) and the die (verb), this study shows that media coverage in these cases are made from the importance of the character to the identity of the public. So, through the case study, the conclusion is that ocurred the obscuring of the subject (Roberto Bolaños) at the expense of the character (Chespirito). The coverage of the death of Chespirito served actually to reaffirm his life and presence in the media. KEYWORDS: Death; Dying; Roberto Bolaños; Chespirito; Media coverage; Television. RESUMEN Esta investigación es el estudio de caso de la cobertura de la muerte del actor mexicano Chespirito, el "Power Board", realizado por el canal FOROtv perteneciente al conglomerado de medios Televisa de México, y el Sistema Brasileño de Televisión. El aspecto cultural merece una atención especial y, a través de preguntas de las diferencias existentes entre la muerte (sustantivo) y la matriz (verbo), este estudio muestra que la cobertura de los medios de comunicación en estos casos se hace de la importancia del carácter de la identidad el público. En conclusión, a través del estudio de caso, que se oscurece el sujeto (Roberto Bolaños) a expensas de carácter (Chespirito). La cobertura de la muerte de Chespirito sirve en realidad para reafirmar su vida y su presencia en los medios de comunicación. PALABRAS CLAVE: Muerte; morir; Roberto Bolaños; Chespirito; la cobertura de los medios de comunicación; Televisión.

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Warren Buffett Faces Insider Trading: A Case Study

Muma Business Review ◽

10.28945/4631 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. 143-156

Author(s):

Christian G Koch

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Insider Trading ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Decision Making Problem ◽

Core Elements

In March 2011, Warren Buffett stepped into chaos. The Chairman of one of Berkshire Hathaway subsidiaries, David Sokol, had resigned his position, but there was more to the story. As soon as Buffett is informed of the insider trading claim, the situation turns into a decision-making problem with four core elements: 1) Managerially difficult; 2) Emotionally charged; 3) Intense media coverage; 4) Ethical and moral paradox. This case study explores the issues and Buffett’s response to the insider trading example.

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Changing Media Framings of School Shootings: A Case Study of the Parkland School Shooting

10.53076/jmvr11874 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jennifer LaRose ◽

Jose Torres ◽

Michael Barton

Keyword(s):

Media Coverage ◽

Media Framing ◽

School Shootings ◽

School Shooting ◽

Front Page ◽

The Social ◽

Social Coping ◽

Time Periods ◽

Coping Model

The Parkland school shooting that occurred on February 14, 2018, ranks among the deadliest high school shootings in recorded history with 17 injuries and 17 casualties. Like other mass school shootings, this event garnered extensive media coverage, but little research has been conducted to examine how media framing for this event compares with previous school shootings. This study examines the framing of the Parkland school shooting by location over time using the Social Coping Model, which describes how collectives cope with and heal from traumatic events. Specifically, this study compares frames of front-page news articles from three local news outlets and three national outlets across three time periods in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. The results indicate the coverage of the Parkland shooting was similar to previous shootings, but the results also suggest a shift in media coverage. The implications for this shift are explored in the context of a changing media landscape while also noting the importance of the Social Coping Model towards understanding the dynamic process of framing school shootings.

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Preeclampsia Problem-Based Learning Discussion

Anesthesiology: A Problem-Based Learning Approach ◽

10.1093/med/9780190850692.003.0029 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 249-254

Author(s):

Shamantha Reddy ◽

Yelena Spitzer

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Anesthetic Management ◽

Problem Based Learning ◽

Preeclamptic Patient ◽

Prevention And Treatment ◽

Incidence Risk ◽

Blurry Vision ◽

Hypertensive Diseases ◽

In Pregnancy

This chapter is a problem based learning discussion about the hypertensive diseases in pregnancy and describes incidence, risk factors, etiology, prevention and treatment of the disease. The chapter discusses risk factors for preeclampsia, the etiology and pathogenesis of preeclampsia; prevention of preeclampsia; management of preeclamptic patients; treatment of hypertension in pregnancy; eclampsia prevention and treatment; anesthetic management, including general anesthesia, of the preeclamptic patient; invasive monitoring in the preeclamptic patient; and management of HELLP syndrome. The chapter uses the case study of a 32-year-old woman at 39 weeks gestation who presents to the labor floor with headache, blurry vision, and abdominal pain for 1 day.

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Negativity, emotionality and populist rhetoric in election campaigns worldwide, and their effects on media attention and electoral success

European Journal of Communication ◽

10.1177/0267323119861875 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 34 (4) ◽

pp. 410-444 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Jacques Gerstlé ◽

Alessandro Nai

Keyword(s):

News Media ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Presidential Elections ◽

Fear Appeals ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Election Campaigns ◽

Electoral Success ◽

Media Attention ◽

Electoral Campaigns

Very little is known in broad comparative terms about the nature and content of election campaigns. In this article, we present the first systematic and comparative assessment of the electoral campaigns of candidates having competed in elections across the world along three dimensions: negative campaigning, emotional campaigning and populist rhetoric. We do so by introducing a new dataset, based on expert judgements, that allows us to retrace the content of campaigns of 97 candidates having competed in 43 elections worldwide between 2016 and 2018. To put the importance of these three dimensions of electoral campaigns into perspective, we comparatively assess the extent to which these three dimensions are more or less likely to capture the attention of news media and to determine the electoral fate of those who rely on them. Our analyses reveal that negativity and emotionality significantly and substantially drive media coverage and electoral results: more positive and enthusiasm-based campaigns increase media attention, but so do campaigns based on personal attacks and fear appeals, especially during presidential elections and when the number of competing candidates is lower. Looking at electoral success, negativity backlashes overall, and yet personal attacks can be used successfully to increase the chances of an electoral victory. Furthermore, both appeals to enthusiasm (but not when a lot of candidates compete) and fear (especially in presidential elections) work as intended to capture the attention of the public and transform it into better electoral fortunes. We also discuss the results of a case study of the 2017 French presidential election, where we compare the campaigns of four leading candidates (Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen, François Fillon and Jean-Luc Mélenchon); results of the case study offer interesting insights to understand the general trends, and beyond.

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Media Representation of Children’s Privacy in the Context of the Use of “Smart” Toys and Commercial Data Collection

Medijske studije ◽

10.20901/ms.9.18.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (18) ◽

pp. 6-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tijana Milosevic ◽

Patricia Dias ◽

Charles Mifsud ◽

Christine W. Trueltzsch-Wijnen

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Media Representation ◽

Children And Families ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

The Media ◽

Children’S Voices ◽

Privacy Risks

The growing use of “smart” toys has made it increasingly important to understand the various privacy implications of their use by children and families. The article is a case study of how the risks to young children’s privacy, posed by the commercial data collection of producers of “smart” toys, were represented in the media. Relying on a content analysis of media coverage in twelve European countries and Australia collected during the Christmas season of 2016/2017, and reporting on a follow-up study in selected countries during the Christmas season of 2017/2018, our article illustrates how the issue of children’s privacy risks was dealt with in a superficial manner, leaving relevant stakeholders without substantive information about the issue; and with minimum representation of children’s voices in the coverage itself.

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