Media reporting on deaths due to suicide attributed to gaming in digital news: A case of misrepresentation and missed opportunities

Abstract. Background: Responsible media reporting of suicide is important to prevent contagion effects. Online media reporting is increasingly becoming the primary source of news information for many people. Aims: This study aimed to assess compliance with responsible media reporting guidelines, and whether social media responses were associated with compliance. Method: A random sample of Australian digital news articles over a 9-month period were coded for compliance to Mindframe suicide reporting guidelines. Social media responses (number of shares and number of comments) were collected via Facebook. Results: From the sample of 275 articles, articles were compliant with a median of seven of the nine recommendations. Articles compliant with more than seven recommendations were shared more frequently (median: 93 vs. 38 shares, p = .017) but no difference was observed in the number of comments (median: 0 vs. 0, p = .340). Limitations: Other factors associated with individual events and articles are also likely to contribute to the response on social media. Although no difference in the number of comments was observed, the nature of these comments may differ. Conclusion: Improved understanding of how to maximize dissemination of positive messages may help minimize contagion effects.

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“Shhhh! Alex Has Something To Say”: AAC-SGD Use in the Classroom Setting

Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication ◽

10.1044/aac19.4.108 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 108-114 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Lisa M. Mellman ◽

Laura S. DeThorne ◽

Julie A. Hengst

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Social Interactions ◽

Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽

Classroom Community ◽

Classroom Observations ◽

Classroom Teachers ◽

Classroom Setting ◽

Alternative Communication ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Missed Opportunities

Abstract The present qualitative study was designed to examine augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) practices, particularly surrounding speech-generating devices (SGDs), in the classroom setting. We focused on three key child participants, their classroom teachers, and associated speech-language pathologists across three different schools. In addition to semi-structured interviews of all participants, six classroom observations per child were completed. Data were coded according to both pre-established and emergent themes. Four broad themes emerged: message-focused AAC use, social interactions within the classroom community, barriers to successful AAC-SGD use, and missed opportunities. Findings revealed a lack of SGD use in the classroom for two children as well as limited social interaction across all cases. We conclude by highlighting the pervasive sense of missed opportunities across these classroom observations and yet, at the same time, the striking resiliency of communicative effort in these cases.

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Avoid missed opportunities to prevent hepatitis

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e411382008-004 ◽

2002 ◽

Keyword(s):

Missed Opportunities

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Minimizing Missed Opportunities: Modeling Relationships between the State and Business in Russia

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2009-7-42-61 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 42-61

Author(s):

A. Oleynik

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Common Good ◽

The State ◽

Power Relationships ◽

Individual Decision ◽

Missed Opportunities ◽

Power Domination ◽

Individual Decision Making ◽

Optimal Outcomes

Power involves a number of models of choice: maximizing, satisficing, coercion, and minimizing missed opportunities. The latter is explored in detail and linked to a particular type of power, domination by virtue of a constellation of interests. It is shown that domination by virtue of a constellation of interests calls for justification through references to a common good, i.e. a rent to be shared between Principal and Agent. Two sources of sub-optimal outcomes are compared: individual decision-making and interactions. Interactions organized in the form of power relationships lead to sub-optimal outcomes for at least one side, Agent. Some empirical evidence from Russia is provided for illustrative purposes.

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Party preferences and political participation: the emergence of the Turkish-origin German voter

MIGRATION LETTERS ◽

10.33182/ml.v5i1.56 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 21-40

Author(s):

Vera Eccarius-Kelly

Keyword(s):

Political Participation ◽

Voting Behavior ◽

Green Party ◽

Missed Opportunities ◽

Social Democrats ◽

Political Landscape ◽

Turkish Origin ◽

The Social ◽

The Future ◽

Specific Interests

The article examines trends in voting preferences and voting behavior of Turkish-origin German voters. Despite only representing a small percentage of the total German electorate, Turkish-origin voters are gaining an opportunity to shape the future political landscape. While the Social Democrats have benefited most directly from the minority constituency so far, this author suggests that the Green Party is poised to attract the younger, better educated, and German-born segment of the Turkish-origin voters. All other dominant national parties have ignored this emerging voting bloc, and missed opportunities to appeal to Turkish-origin voters by disregarding community-specific interests.

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The De-legitimization of General Jaruzelski's Government by Official Mass Media

Communist and Post-Communist Studies ◽

10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.2.93 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 53 (2) ◽

pp. 93-112

Author(s):

Indira Dupuis

Keyword(s):

Mass Media ◽

Communist Party ◽

Print Media ◽

Initial Point ◽

Political Transformation ◽

Media Reporting ◽

The Mass Media ◽

The Government ◽

Public Criticism

In this article, I present the results of an analysis of print media reporting on the spectacular trial in 1984 against the murderers of Jerzy Popiełuszko in communist Poland. The aim of my research is to show how the coverage contributed to the de-legitimization of the Communist Party despite the mass media system's tight structures of control. Because of mass media functionality, the coverage of this event contributed to political transformation not only by publicizing a hitherto tabooed topic but also by establishing an initial point for informed public criticism of the government.

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Health Care Worker Exposures to Pertussis: Missed Opportunities for Prevention

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.2013-0745d ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 133 (1) ◽

pp. X2-X2

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Worker ◽

Missed Opportunities ◽

Care Worker

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The Internet Trap

10.23943/princeton/9780691159263.001.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Matthew Hindman

Keyword(s):

The Internet ◽

Net Neutrality ◽

The Public ◽

Attention Economy ◽

Digital News ◽

The Cost ◽

Over Time

The Internet was supposed to fragment audiences and make media monopolies impossible. Instead, behemoths like Google and Facebook now dominate the time we spend online—and grab all the profits from the attention economy. This book explains how this happened. It sheds light on the stunning rise of the digital giants and the online struggles of nearly everyone else—and reveals what small players can do to survive in a game that is rigged against them. The book shows how seemingly tiny advantages in attracting users can snowball over time. The Internet has not reduced the cost of reaching audiences—it has merely shifted who pays and how. Challenging some of the most enduring myths of digital life, the book explains why the Internet is not the postindustrial technology that has been sold to the public, how it has become mathematically impossible for grad students in a garage to beat Google, and why net neutrality alone is no guarantee of an open Internet. It also explains why the challenges for local digital news outlets and other small players are worse than they appear and demonstrates what it really takes to grow a digital audience and stay alive in today's online economy. The book shows why, even on the Internet, there is still no such thing as a free audience.

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