The humpty dumpty effect: Emerging media diffusion and (Granger) causal democratic change in 122 countries from 1946 to 2014

Media is considered to be the fourth pillar of democracy. Mass media in particular has immense potential to shape the attitudes of the common masses. With the passage of time, media is becoming an all-powerful engine of social change. It plays the role a catalyst in churning the minds of the masses. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the news items brought to the knowledge of the public pay a strong role in creating a mandate. People have varied choices when it comes to their media habits. They are greatly influenced by their socio-economic background and educational exposure. This paper aims to identify the influence of demographic variables like gender, age, education and employment status on the choice of media. The paper also highlights the current and emerging media habits of people.

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Theories of Democratic Change III: Transitions from Conflict

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3713616 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Jennifer R Dresden ◽

Thomas E. Flores ◽

Irfan Nooruddin

Keyword(s):

Democratic Change

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The Clamour of Silent Constitutional Principles

Federal Law Review ◽

10.22145/flr.24.1.5 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 133-172

Author(s):

Stephen Donaghue

Keyword(s):

Humpty Dumpty

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master - that's all.”

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Conservation and Restoration of Grasslands

10.1093/oso/9780198744511.003.0008 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Brian J. Wilsey

Keyword(s):

Community Assembly ◽

Woody Plants ◽

Woody Plant ◽

Priority Effects ◽

Woody Plant Encroachment ◽

Humpty Dumpty ◽

Alternate States ◽

Density And Biomass ◽

Acid Test ◽

Stocking Rates

Conservation programs alter herbivore stocking rates and find and protect the remaining areas that have not been plowed or converted to crops. Restoration is an ‘Acid Test’ for ecology. If we fully understand how grassland systems function and assemble after disturbance, then it should be easy to restore them after they have been degraded or destroyed. Alternatively, the idea that restorations will not be equivalent to remnants has been termed the ‘Humpty Dumpty’ hypothesis—once lost, it cannot be put back together again. Community assembly may follow rules, and if these rules are uncovered, then we may be able to accurately predict final species composition after assembly. Priority effects are sometimes found depending on species arrival orders, and they can result in alternate states. Woody plant encroachment is the increase in density and biomass of woody plants, and it is strongly affecting grassland C and water cycles.

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Bali 1928 Music Recordings and 1930s Films

The Oxford Handbook of Musical Repatriation ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190659806.013.20 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 348-372

Author(s):

Edward Herbst

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

The Internet ◽

Grass Roots ◽

Emerging Media ◽

Dominate Discourse ◽

Music Recordings

Bali 1928 is a restoration and repatriation project involving the first published recordings of music in Bali and related film footage and photographs from the 1930s, and a collaboration with Indonesians in all facets of vision, planning, and implementation. Dialogic research among centenarian and younger performers, composers and indigenous scholars has repatriated their knowledge and memories, rekindled by long-lost aural and visual resources. The project has published a series of five CD and DVD volumes in Indonesia by STIKOM Bali and CDs in the United States by Arbiter Records, with dissemination through emerging media and the Internet, and grass-roots repatriation to the genealogical and cultural descendants of the 1928 and 1930s artists and organizations. Extensive research has overcome anonymity, so common with archival materials, which deprives descendants of their unique identities, local epistemologies, and techniques, marginalizing and homogenizing a diverse heritage so that entrenched hegemonies prevail and dominate discourse, authority, and power.

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Secular State and the ‘Religious Left’: Navayana Buddhism and Dr Ambedkar’s Vision for the Future of Democracy in South Asia

Journal of Social Inclusion Studies ◽

10.1177/2394481121995955 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 239448112199595

Author(s):

Kalinga Tudor Silva

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

South Asia ◽

Religious Faith ◽

Religious Right ◽

Social Philosophy ◽

European Origin ◽

Buddhist Tradition ◽

Democratic Change ◽

Religious Left ◽

Secular State

In the light of ongoing debates about secular state and religious right in India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, this article examines the intellectual contribution of Dr B. R. Ambedkar towards sustaining democracy in South Asia. His critical contributions included non-violent mobilisation of Dalits and adivasis around their human rights, identity, citizenship and religious faith. Most importantly, he argued that democratic values of equality, liberty and fraternity are not only of European origin but also have roots in South Asia, particularly within the Buddhist tradition. The article reflects on Ambedkar’s politics, social philosophy and contribution to the formation of ‘religious left’ and the process of progressive democratic change via Navayana Buddhism.

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Revisiting norms of citizenship in times of democratic change

Politics ◽

10.1177/02633957211031799 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 026339572110317

Author(s):

Christian Schnaudt ◽

Jan W van Deth ◽

Carolin Zorell ◽

Yannis Theocharis

Keyword(s):

Public Support ◽

Measurement Instrument ◽

Original Data ◽

Democratic Citizenship ◽

Empirical Application ◽

Good Citizen ◽

Sustainable Future ◽

Democratic Polity ◽

Democratic Change ◽

Citizenship Norms

Over the last two decades, scholars have investigated norms of citizenship by focussing primarily on ‘dutiful’ and ‘engaged’ norms. In the meantime, contemporary democracies have witnessed growing demands for more sustainable styles of living and increasing public support for authoritarian and populist ideas. These developments point to both a change and an expansion of conventional understandings and conceptions of what a ‘good citizen’ in a democratic polity ought to do. Specifically, they raise questions about whether demands for more sustainability and increasing support for populist ideas establish new facets of democratic citizenship, and if so, how they can be meaningfully incorporated into existing images of citizenship. This study provides a re-conceptualization of citizenship norms and empirically tests a new measurement instrument using original data collected in Germany in 2019. The empirical application of an expanded set of items demonstrates the existence of more variegated facets of norms of citizenship, including norms to safeguard a sustainable future and distinct populist facets emphasizing the relevance of trust in authorities and experts as well as reliance on feelings and emotions. Contemporary conceptions of citizenship thus go beyond conventional distinctions between dutiful and engaged norms of citizenship.

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