On the Ud-ŠU-BALA at Ur towards the end of the third millennium BC

Iraq ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-60
Author(s):  
James Kinnier Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Scientific Explanation ◽  
Severe Weather ◽  
Abrupt Climate Change ◽  
Loss Of Life ◽  
Weather Patterns ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Media ◽  
The City ◽  
Weather Change

SummaryThe media coverage of the severe weather patterns of 1982–3 and 1997–8 has reasserted for the study of history the possible influence of abrupt climate change at transitional periods. Modern theories on the fall of Ur have already looked beyond the Elamite invasion to the evidence of food shortage and failing water supply as preconditions of the event. The present study seeks to enlarge upon this theme, and will suggest that, following a period of storm and flood, a sustained drought brought an unprecedented loss of life to the city of Ur and across Sumer. The paper will finally suggest a modern and scientific explanation of the ud-šu-bala, or “weather change”, of the period.

The Politics of Fear, Mobility, and Media Discourses

Transfers ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Stjernborg ◽  
Mekonnen Tesfahuney ◽  
Anders Wretstrand
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mental Maps ◽  
Daily Newspaper ◽  
The Media ◽  
Politics Of Fear ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
The City

This study focuses on Seved, a segregated and socioeconomically “poor” neighborhood in the city of Malmö in Sweden. It has attracted wide media coverage, a possible consequence of which is its increased stigmatization. The wide disparity between perceived or imagined fear and the actual incidence of, or exposure to, violence attests to the important role of the media in shaping mental maps and place images. Critical discourse analysis of daily newspaper articles shows that Seved is predominantly construed as unruly and a place of lawlessness. Mobility comprises an important aspect of the stigmatization of places, the politics of fear, and discourses of the “other.” In turn, place stigmatization, discourses of the other, and the politics of fear directly and indirectly affect mobility strategies of individuals and groups.

scholarly journals Positive Discourse Analysis (PDA): Spells the dominant discourse by relating the basic issues of the case study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
TIKADESTIANINDIA
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
The Third ◽  
Freedom Fighters ◽  
Respective Field ◽  
The Media ◽  
Society Perspective ◽  
Media Practices

Abstract: PDA stands on the text and compares, which text is good and true or do well and get right in experts or society perspective. This research surveys design inisiates to see the strategies framing on marginal discourse in Russian mass mediamedia. This study found some problems related to the Russian-chech conflict. In this conflicte, this study reveals the framing of the media describe Russian people are the ones who violate human rights, while the Chech people are freedom fighters who are cracked down from the Russians. In the first examine the counter-discourse that occurs between the two countries, while in the second part of the case study survey illustrates some of the strategies used in some texts that pertain to mainstream discourse, and in the third section explains more generally as taken from lexicogrammographic analysis, media practices, cognitive linguistics and psychology such as radical reframing and strategies used therein. Related to this research, identifying reframing with the editor is selected for publication can guide academic who want publicized for media coverage in their respective field of expertise or other social problems that appear in the community.Key Word : PDA: Russian Problem

COVID-19 and the Mass Media

2021 ◽  
pp. 509-518
Author(s):  
Subir Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Graphical Representation ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The Government

COVID-19 is the cause of the greatest pandemic of the century that affects almost every nation of our globe. In India, mass media has played a significant role in this pandemic situation. The media coverage revealed fearlessly the condition of COVID-19 and provides a pictorial view of the situation in front of the readers and viewers. The main objectives of these fearless journalistic works were to provide the public valuable authentic information, create awareness among the public, eliminate fake propaganda and fake news, highlight the problem face by the ordinary public, and to provide the government a medium to speak with the public for the public interest. Mass media served as a vital weapon to fight against COVID-19. The valuable information and instructions provided by mass media created awareness among the public and which played a major role to deescalate the graphical representation of active COVID-19 cases. The outbreak of COVID-19 and the dogmatic approaches of the mass media in the pandemic situation have recalled the concept of media as the third pillar of democracy.

scholarly journals Relasi Tingkat Kepercayaan Khalayak Terhadap Pemberitaan di Media Massa dengan Budaya Membandingkan Informasi

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Feri Ferdinan Alamsyah ◽  
Diana Amaliasari ◽  
Imani Satriani
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Positive Direction ◽  
Pocket Money ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The City ◽  
Media Audience

The purpose of this study was to find out the characteristics of students in the city of Bogor which is a mass media audience, and to know the relation between the level of audience trust in the news in the mass media and the culture of comparing information. This study uses descriptive quantitative correlational methods. The population in this study were students who enrolled in the city of Bogor, determining the sample using incidental sampling technique. The results showed that the characteristics of the mass media audience in this study were students who were dominated by women with a ratio of 61.2 percent with 38.8 percent. Generally they (61.9 percent) are between 19 and 21 years old. Their purchasing power or pocket money a month is worth Rp. 500,000-1,000,000 with a total of 49.3 percent. Students who become respondents in this study are dominated by students from level 4 or students who study between the 7th and 8th semesters, that is, 50 percent. They generally (69.4 percent) have a cumulative index (GPA) 4. In the essence of the news indicator with knowledge, attention, and interpretation there is a real and significant relationship with a positive direction. While indicators of communicators or news deliverers with knowledge, attention, and interpretation there is no relationship, meaning that respondents do not care about the identity of the source of information they receive. Indicators of the number of news with knowledge and interpretation there is a real and very significant relationship with the direction of the relationship that is in the same direction or positive. However, there is no relationship between the amount of news and student attention in the media coverage.  Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui karakteristik mahasiswa di Kota Bogor yang merupakan khalayak media massa, dan mengetahui relasi tingkat kepercayaan khalayak terhadap pemberitaan di media massa dengan budaya membandingkan informasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kuantitatif korelasional. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa yang berkuliah di Kota Bogor, penentuan sampel menggunakan teknik incidental sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa karakteristik khalayak media massa dalam penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa yang didominasi oleh kalangan perempuan dengan perbandingan 61,2 persen dengan 38,8 persen. Umumnya mereka (61,9 persen) berusia antara 19 hingga 21 tahun. Daya beli atau uang saku mereka perbulan rata-rata senilai Rp. 500.000-1.000.000 dengan jumlah 49,3 persen. Mahasiswa yang menjadi responden dalam penelitian ini didominasi oleh mahasiswa dari tingkat 4 atau mahasiswa yang berkuliah di antara semester 7 dan 8, yakni sejumlah 50 persen. Mereka umumnya (69,4 persen) mempunyai indeks prestasi kumulatif (IPK) 4. Pada indikator esensi berita dengan pengetahuan, perhatian, dan penafsiran terdapat hubungan yang nyata dan signifikan dengan arah yang positif. Sementara indikator Komunikator atau penyampai berita dengan pengetahuan, perhatian, dan penafsiran tidak terdapat hubungan, artinya responden tidak peduli dengan indentitas sumber informasi yang mereka terima. Indikator jumlah berita dengan pengetahuan dan penafsiran terdapat hubungan yang nyata dan sangat signifikan dengan arah hubungan yang searah atau positif. Namun, antara jumlah berita dengan perhatian mahasiswa dalam pemberitaan di media massa tidak terdapat hubungan.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Pemberitaan Media Massa dan Sikap Komunitas LGBT terhadap Self Esteem LGBT di Kota Medan

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-160
Author(s):  
Kamariah Kamariah ◽  
Abdul Munir ◽  
Cut Meutia
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Significant Positive Effect ◽  
Community Attitudes ◽  
The Third ◽  
Lgbt Community ◽  
The City ◽  
Positive Effect

This purpose is to find out whether the mass media coverage and the attitudes of the LGBT community affect LGBT self esteem in Medan. The research method is quantitative descriptive correlative type with correlative study patterns by placing research variables in two groups, namely independent variables and dependent variables. The study population was the LGBT community in the city of Medan. Sampling uses Proportional Random Sampling technique with a selected sample of 67 people, the data collection method uses the scale of mass media coverage, the scale of community attitudes and the scale of self esteem of the LGBT community. Analysis of research data shows that (1) there is a very significant positive effect between the scale of mass media coverage and the self esteem of the LGBT community, which is indicated by the coefficient rx1y = 0.380 and p 0.01; (2) there is a significant positive effect between community attitudes and influencing community self esteem as indicated by the coefficient rx2y = 0.678 and p 0.01; for the two hypotheses above, the product moment analysis technique is used; (3) there is a significant influence between the mass media coverage and community attitudes with the self-esteem of the LGBT community in the city of Medan as indicated by the coefficient F = 27,341 and the correlation of the three variables namely R = 0.679 while the magnitude of the third contributors R2 = 0.461 with p 0.01 with the meaning of the magnitude of influence is 46.1%. The third hypothesis in this research is to determine the power of mass media coverage and community attitudes towards the emergence of community self esteem, the analysis used is Multiple Regression Analysis.

scholarly journals Positive Discourse Analysis (PDA): Spells the dominant discourse by relating the basic issues of the case study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
TIKADESTIANINDIA
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
The Third ◽  
Freedom Fighters ◽  
Respective Field ◽  
The Media ◽  
Society Perspective ◽  
Media Practices

PDA stands on the text and compares, which text is good and true or do well and get right in experts or society perspective. This research surveys design inisiates to see the strategies framing on marginal discourse in Russian mass mediamedia. This study found some problems related to the Russian-chech conflict. In this conflicte, this study reveals the framing of the media describe Russian people are the ones who violate human rights, while the Chech people are freedom fighters who are cracked down from the Russians. In the first examine the counter-discourse that occurs between the two countries, while in the second part of the case study survey illustrates some of the strategies used in some texts that pertain to mainstream discourse, and in the third section explains more generally as taken from lexicogrammographic analysis, media practices, cognitive linguistics and psychology such as radical reframing and strategies used therein. Related to this research, identifying reframing with the editor is selected for publication can guide academic who want publicized for media coverage in their respective field of expertise or other social problems that appear in the community.key word: PDA : Russian Problem

scholarly journals ‘They are just children!’ The Symbol of Childhood in Political Mobilization of Modern Russia

2021 ◽  
pp. 188-197
Author(s):  
Tat'yana Ryabova ◽  
Lyudmila Kleschenko
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Political Rhetoric ◽  
Political Mobilization ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Media ◽  
The One

The first part of the paper describes the theoretical aspects of the issues regarding the politicization of childhood. The authors demonstrate that the representation of childhood in political rhetoric, on the one hand, reflects the ideas about it existing in society, and on the other hand, is its significant forming factor. The second part provides the analysis of the symbol of childhood along with the media coverage of 2017—2019 protest movement in Russia. The third part provides for the study of public opinion on the participation of minors in politics and the use of the symbol of childhood by political actors, based on interviews conducted by the authors. The authors conclude that according to the public opinion there is a need for minors to participate in political life. At the same time, in the course of using the image of childhood by political actors, the majority of informants is aware of its manipulative nature.

scholarly journals Spaces of becoming - Space shapes public and public (re)shapes their own spaces

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaishali Aggarwal ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
City Development ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Public Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City

Fights over the ‘right to the city’ have emphasized the interests of the four main actors within the city development of India since the first cases of revolting social movements in Delhi. The four actors can be classified as the social movements, the public, media and the government. The case of India Gate in Delhi is illustrative not only of how the differences between the actors come into surface, but of also of how these actors change their priorities, their stance and their tools, in order to secure their position in the city. Many scholars have analysed the role of social movements and how it evolves in the process. But what about the role of government as an entity that is in between the interests of social movements, public and media? How and why do they change their stance when a movement takes place? What are their limitations? The India Gate case can give the answers to these questions, as it examines the multiple transformations of this space over time. This paper emphasizes on the idea of Space. How space shapes public and public (re)shape their own spaces. India gate. This space has been stuck between the idea of being a space or a branded space. It was assumed that media plays a prominent role in acting like a watchdog in democracies, but this paper looks at how media if used rightfully can be forced for a good in oppressive regimes and therefore, a vigilant and alert media can act as an external trigger or an emergency- wake up call for the youth of India to take the cause of freedom seriously. Rightfully as put up by Ritish (2012), an external event or issue may allow for the manifestation of a flash fandom in the form of flash activism. Since, social movement’s needs mass media attention for amplification of their claims, the media also join the movements too create the news. Lastly, the consequences of the media coverage for social movements, in terms of organisation, reaching political change and obtaining favourable public opinion is comprehended in three different case studies.

scholarly journals Buildings’ Names in the Bulgarian City of Ruse

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-158
Author(s):  
Piotr Tomasik ◽  
◽  
Sergey O. Goryaev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Recent Trend ◽  
Danube River ◽  
Housing Type ◽  
The Third ◽  
European Cities ◽  
Apartment Buildings ◽  
The Media ◽  
The City

Giving names to individual buildings (known as oikodomonyms) is a common onomastic feature of many European cities. However, this largely applies to unique buildings, historical and architectural monuments, or luxury housing rather than regular buildings. There is also a recent trend of commercial naming that comes from developers as part of their marketing strategy. This article dwells on the names of residential apartment buildings in Ruse, the largest Bulgarian city on the Danube River, which are mostly qualified as standard housing type. This naming case is interesting by its scale: more than two-thirds of the apartment buildings in the city have their own official names recorded in administrative documents. Residents refer to them for more exact orientations, for example, when calling emergency services, and the media use them to specify the location of events taking place. Thus, the names of apartment buildings in Ruse are well-familiar to the townspeople and are actively used by the urban community. The paper examines the entirety of these names in terms of their motivation, particularly, the commemorative, “geographical,” and conditionally symbolic appellations. The first group perpetuates the names of renowned figures of local, national, or global significance. The second consists of names referring to geographical (and often symbolic) locations, key to the Bulgarian culture. The names of the third group are motivated by designations of realities, concepts, and images having deep cultural relevance — evoking positive emotions and conveying the spirit of the 1970s.

scholarly journals Monumental Sites of Memory in Kharkiv: Modern Practices of Media Representation

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Electronic Media ◽  
The Body ◽  
Media Representation ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Historical Figures ◽  
The Media ◽  
Memorial Sites ◽  
The City

The article deals with the media coverage of memorial initiatives in Kharkiv during the era of Ukrainian independence. The study focuses on print and electronic media coverage of around 100 monuments and sculptural compositions constructed in the city between 1991 and 2019. When analyzing the body of publications, the author pays attention to the thematic spectrum and architectonics of messages about monumental sites of memory. The study finds that the intensity of the coverage of the installation and unveiling of monuments is not determined by the memorial value or merits of the commemorated historical figures. Other factors are more important – such as the participation of authorities in commemorative events. Furthermore, mass media rarely report the opinions of experts and city residents regarding sites of memory. It is often representatives of the authorities who are given the opportunity to voice the motives for commemoration and talk about the significance of memorial sites, rather than the immediate initiators, especially if the latter are not state institutions but public bodies. However, there have been positive changes in this area: independent and opposition media have begun to propose different practices for covering the opening of monuments, centering precisely on the agents of memory and their motives. They are also expanding the thematic range of messages, more fully covering the process of decision-making and related discussions. In the author’s view, these developments should be thought of not only as a counterweight to pro-government practices of covering memorial initiatives, but also as an important tool for shaping a culture of memory and building a civil society. In addition, broad public dialogue on memorial initiatives in the city between representatives of various political and professional communities is becoming more essential in the current climate. After all, there is a growing need and demand for seeing monumental sites of memory not only as an ideological resource or a tool for symbolic marking of territory, but also as a means of creating a positive and competitive image of the city.

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