An Examination of the Role of the Media in the Construction of Gender Identity: Its Impact on the Status and Educational Opportunities of Women in India

2021 ◽  
pp. 143-158
Author(s):  
Deodrin Correa
Keyword(s):  
Gender Identity ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Media ◽  
Women In India

Emerging Concerns for Gender Equality and Role of Open and Distance Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 265-288
Author(s):  
Verlaxmi Indrakanti
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Cultural Variations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Open And Distance Learning ◽  
Conventional Systems ◽  
Women In India

Gender inequality is increasingly on the forefront of global developmental agenda and it is more acute in developing countries. The Indian conditions are much more difficult due to widespread socioeconomic, ethnic, linguistic and cultural variations across the country thus the job of educational planners becomes much more challenging. As compared to conventional systems of education, Open and Distance Learning systems are in a much better position to respond to the peculiar needs of women in India. This chapter describes the status of women education in light of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and intends to explore potential of Open and Distance Learning to address the issues of women empowerment. Efforts are made to place the women scholastic status vis-à-vis educational opportunities, reforms and prospects starting with a global perspective, the hurdles in women education and various governmental initiatives for women education. The constraints, new possibilities and a critical appraisal of existing initiatives have been given.

Emerging Concerns for Gender Equality and Role of Open and Distance Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 1900-1923
Author(s):  
Verlaxmi Indrakanti
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Cultural Variations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Open And Distance Learning ◽  
Conventional Systems ◽  
Women In India

Gender inequality is increasingly on the forefront of global developmental agenda and it is more acute in developing countries. The Indian conditions are much more difficult due to widespread socioeconomic, ethnic, linguistic and cultural variations across the country thus the job of educational planners becomes much more challenging. As compared to conventional systems of education, Open and Distance Learning systems are in a much better position to respond to the peculiar needs of women in India. This chapter describes the status of women education in light of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and intends to explore potential of Open and Distance Learning to address the issues of women empowerment. Efforts are made to place the women scholastic status vis-à-vis educational opportunities, reforms and prospects starting with a global perspective, the hurdles in women education and various governmental initiatives for women education. The constraints, new possibilities and a critical appraisal of existing initiatives have been given.

scholarly journals Celebrations at the Berlin Court as Reported by Secretary of the English Ambassador Philip Plantamour

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariusz Savicki
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Specific Pattern ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Royal Court ◽  
Political Status ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Media

Celebrations were an important element in the functioning of royal and princely courts in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. They added splendor to the residences in which they were held and demonstrated the status of rulers: well-directed festivities spoke of their organisers’ political status. Such events not only took place in the closed courtyards of palaces, but also in the open air, which guaranteed a larger audience and made it possible to invite the media. Such events were also observed by foreign diplomats, who described them in their reports. This type of information can be found in the correspondence of Philip Plantamour, secretary of the English Ambassador George Stepney. An analysis of the manuscripts he left reveals an interesting picture of the ceremony as seen through his eyes. These descriptions do not have a specific pattern: he simply described what he saw or had the opportunity to hear. The analysed accounts are an important source for research on the customs, ceremonies, and celebrations at the royal court in Berlin at the turn of the eighteenth century. Philip Plantamour’s exact descriptions show us the glamour, style, and role of these events in the context of propaganda and their political and social dimensions.

Policing in India and the Status of Human Rights

2020 ◽  
pp. 52-61
Author(s):  
Joshua N. Aston
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Police Station ◽  
National Human ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Media ◽  
Police System ◽  
Power Position

This chapter deals with the policing system in India, the police acts and various other related acts enforced in the country, and the status of human rights of the accused or the person in detention. There have been frequent incidents of violation of human rights and complaints against the use of torture, third-degree methods, illegal detention, custodial deaths, assaults, and fake encounters, which have been reported by the media. There are numerous instances of reported custodial crimes and terrible cases of the use of third-degree methods, harassment, and misuse of power, position, and authority. This chapter discusses such serious violations of human rights of the accused and imprisoned by way of arrest, third-degree methods, unwarranted summoning of people/suspects to the police station, and various other custodial crimes. The chapter also discusses the provision of bail in non-bailable offences and handcuffing in the country. It highlights the role of the National Human Rights Commission and its relation with the police system and upholding of human rights.

scholarly journals Critical Media and Communication Studies Today. A Conversation

1970 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Fuchs ◽  
Dwayne Winseck
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
The Political ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Critical Media ◽  
The Status ◽  
Political Economies ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media And Communication

This article documents a conversation between us that was first published in parallel on our two blogs http://dwmw.wordpress.com and http://fuchs.uti.at/blog. The conversation deals with our assessments of the status of Critical Media and Communication Studies today. We discuss the work of Dallas Smythe, how to study and assess Google, research dimensions of Critical Political Economy of the Media, how important each of these dimensions should be, the role of ideology critique for Critical Political Economy of the Media, the commonalities and differences between Political Economies of the Media and Critical Political Economy of the Media/Critique of the Political Economy of the Media, the role of Karl Marx for Political Economies of the Media, Nicholas Garnham's recent comments on the field of Critical Political Economy of the Media, neoliberalism and capitalist crisis as contexts for Political Economies of the Media. Comments are very welcome on our blogs, URLs to the specific blog postings can be found in the article sections.

16. Civil Society, Interest Groups, and Populism

Politics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Ferdinand ◽  
Robert Garner ◽  
Stephanie Lawson
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
The Status ◽  
Five Star Movement ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Arab Spring

This chapter explores the role of civil society, interest groups, and populism in politics. It first considers the concept of ‘civil society’ and how it came to be associated with the protests that brought down communist regimes in Eastern Europe, along with its role in the Arab Spring. It then looks at interest groups as a major component of civil society, the rise of corporatism, and the notion of ‘infrapolitics’ or politics from below. It also discusses the growing phenomenon of populism as a way of enhancing the status and position of previously neglected groups in democracies as well as a challenge to liberal democracies. A case study on populism online involving Beppe Grillo and the Five star Movement is presented. The chapter suggests that populist politicians make use of the media to forge a direct relationship with their supporters.

Lebanese-American Allies of the Bush Administration

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadejda K Marinova
Keyword(s):  
Bush Administration ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Public ◽  
Un Security Council ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship

Utilizing firsthand interviews with activists and Lebanese diaspora leaders, the chapter centers on the active role of a coalition of Lebanese-American organizations who advanced their positions and those of the Bush administration in promoting, before UN diplomats, members of Congress, the public, and the media, the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1559 (2004). UNSCR 1559 mandated Syrian withdrawal from Lebanese territory and militia disarmament. The chapter also analyzes the involvement of Lebanese-American organizations in lobbying for the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act (2003). The novel relationship between US policymakers and their junior Lebanese-American allies was in contrast to the 1990s, when Washington was interested in preserving the status quo with Syria and doors had been closed for the Lebanese diaspora activists. The relationship upholds the theoretical model central to this work, and it traces the interaction between the Bush administration and Lebanese-American organizations from 2001 until 2005, when Syria withdrew its troops from Lebanon.

scholarly journals Tranquillizers and Hypnotics-Sedatives as a Social Problem in Finland and Sweden

1997 ◽  
Vol 14 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 17-32
Author(s):  
Antti Schönberg
Keyword(s):  
Social Problem ◽  
Medical Journals ◽  
Health Politics ◽  
The Public ◽  
Patient Organizations ◽  
Public Media ◽  
The Status ◽  
Benzodiazepine Dependence ◽  
The Media

This paper documents debates over benzodiazepine-based tranquillizers and hypnotics-sedatives in Finland and Sweden during the period of 1981–1994. It looks at the emergence of benzodiazepine dependence as a social problem in medical journals, newspapers, magazines, and administrative documents. The paper analyses the role of the media, experts, authorities, the drug industry, and patient organizations in the claims-making process. It compares Finnish and Swedish cases and locates the position of patients as self-conscious actors in the debates. In Sweden there was genuine debate where physicians, medical authorities, and patient organizations took part. The public media had an important role in defining the status of the problem. The Finnish discussion was composed of single articles or debate articles, but did not form an interactive debate. Finnish authorities did not debate publicly with physicians or other actors. In the Swedish debate patients took part as self-conscious actors, while patients were missing from the Finnish debate. Finally, the author considers the change in actor relations in medicine, drug, and health politics, and concludes that it may be more and more difficult for the traditional actors to marginalize the patient.

scholarly journals Cultural Components of Resilience of a Scientific Community

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-16
Author(s):  
K. B. Zuev
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Russian Science ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Media ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Cultural Components

The article considers the concept of resilience of the scientific community, which is novel for the Russian science. By applying the conceptual analysis, the key message of the paper suggests that not only is the term instrumental in describing the traits of modern Russian science, but also it shows possible solutions of further development of science. The relevance of introducing this notion into scientific circulation is justified by both external and internal reasons, i.e. the science reform and the need to reflect on scientific and organizational processes, as scientific institutions face substantial challenges in adapting to new realities. The term is considered in a time continuum, as case studies focus on the following areas: scientists’ perceptions on funding, dilemmas of stable and competitive financing of science, organizational culture, the future image as seen by scientists and the interaction with the media. Comparative perspective is also included. Among the categories used to describe the functions and the status of scientific communities, collective subject is one that can focus on active role of such communities, on the interconnectedness and interdependence of individuals in a group, the ability of a group to show various forms of joint activity, the ability of a group to self-reflection – just like resilience. However, using subject for scientific needs seems not always suitable, for the sense it has covers not all the aspects that arise in conducting empirical research. Resilience, in contrast, suits perfectly. Another advantage the term resilience provides is that it seems to be appropriate for outlining the processes generated inside the scientific region, since it allows describing not only scientists as individuals, but also a community as a whole. This thesis is illustrated by a brief overview of research on the resilience of organizations and the resilience of families. The paper concludes with applying resilience to practice, as the state of the psychological community is assessed through the lenses of the crisis of resilience as opposed to the crisis of identity.

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