An emerging genre of contemporary fact-checking

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amalia Juneström
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information Studies ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Open Coding ◽  
Pedagogical Aspect ◽  
Fact Checking ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
Shed Light

PurposeBy exploring the social features of contemporary fact-checking this study aims to increase our understanding of fact-checking as a genre and shed light on some of the aspects that underpin the communication that fact-checkers engage in.Design/methodology/approachBy analyzing one snapshot of early COVID-19 coverage by three well-known fact-checkers and another one six months later, this study explores fact-checking as a genre. The material was examined for recurrent characteristics and the findings were categorized into corresponding themes that emerged through an open coding process.FindingsThree aspects were found to underpin a contemporary fact-checking genre. Firstly, the fact-checkers strive to facilitate accessibility. Secondly, the notion of building trust underlies the way fact-checkers promote themselves. Thirdly, fact-checking is underpinned by a pedagogical aspect. While the values and beliefs that are known to characterize traditional news media discourses are predominant in the construction of a fact-checking genre, fact-checkers also draw on conceptions typically found within academia to enact professional practices.Originality/valueContemporary fact-checking is still a fairly unexplored topic of research. This is particularly the case outside the field of journalism and media studies. This study complements earlier research from the perspective of information studies by exploring how fact-checking practices impact the communication and production of news in society.

Social engineering and social marketing: why is one “good” and the other “bad”?

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann-Marie Kennedy ◽  
Andrew Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Social Marketing ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Engineering ◽  
Historical Thinking ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
First Time ◽  
Social Engineer

Purpose – The aim of this article is to explore how social engineering and social marketing are connected, and how social marketing is a tool used to achieve adherence to social engineering. Design/methodology/approach – Through examination of contemporary and historical thinking around social marketing, we present a conceptual argument that social marketing is another tool of the social engineer, and that social engineering, through methods such as social marketing, is pervasive throughout all societies in positive ways. Findings – We develop a conceptual model of social engineering and social marketing, which goes beyond behaviour change to incorporate the essentials of society and the influencers of those essentials. In doing so, we show that social marketing influenced behaviour lies within the social engineering influenced laws, codes and norms of society, which in turn lie within the morals, values and beliefs of society. Originality/value – This article provides for the first time a conceptual grounding of social marketing within social engineering, enabling academics and practitioners to contextualise social marketing activities in a broader societal framework.

scholarly journals The discursive construction of HIV stigma in Irish print media

2021 ◽  
pp. 136345932110385
Author(s):  
Elena Vaughan ◽  
Martin Power
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
National Level ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
Living With Hiv

As interlocutors in national level discourse with the power to influence public opinion and inform policy, the news media are an important data source in understanding the constitutive roles played by culture and discourse in shaping health experiences and outcomes. This paper reports on a critical discourse analysis of news media coverage of HIV in the Republic of Ireland between 2006 and 2016. This period is significant because of the considerable increase in new HIV diagnoses that occurred in Ireland after the 2008 recession. Analysis of articles ( n = 103) demonstrated a pattern of dividing practices whereby people living with or affected by HIV were frequently positioned as somatically and morally deficient via discourses of risk and responsibility. Little focus was given over to examination of the structural drivers of HIV, occluding the social context of the epidemic. The findings suggest that media discourses on HIV have the potential to other people living with HIV and generate stigma by invoking a dynamic of blame and shame frequently implicated in the stigma process.

Shifting feminisms

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 287-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Marcia Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ethnographic Interviews ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Gendered Expectations ◽  
Shed Light

Purpose The paper aims to shed light on how a group of feminist managers/leaders, in education and social studies departments, a notably under-explored and under-theorised group, “do power” in the increasingly corporatized education marketplace. Design/methodology/approach The research draws on the narratives of a small group of feminist women who hold authority positions at middle or senior levels. It draws on data from ethnographic interviews and participant observation carried out as part of an in-depth narrative inquiry (Andrews et al., 2008), carried out at three higher education institutions in the UK. Findings From a small sample such as this, any findings are necessarily tentative. Nonetheless, findings suggest that, whilst taking account of individual differences in styles, there has been a shift, over time, in the ways that the management role is approached by some feminist women. Analysis of the data also reveals that gendered expectations remain for those who carry the “feminist” label and asks whether these expectations are realistic. Research limitations/implications The sample group is small which raises questions about what can and cannot be claimed. However, along with Maguire (2008), the author’s purpose is not with generalizability but seeks to explore issues and open up further areas of study. Originality/value This paper is an original empirical research which explores an under-researched group of women, namely, feminist managers and leaders who operate within the education marketplace. As they negotiate the challenges of working within the neoliberal academy, these women try, to varying degrees, to remain true to their feminist values and beliefs.

Stakeholders expectations for CSR-related corporate governance disclosure: evidence from a developing country

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousuf Kamal
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
News Media ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Audit ◽  
The Social ◽  
Union Leaders ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Corporate Social

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore stakeholders' expectations in relation to corporate social responsibility (CSR)–related corporate governance practices. The paper aims to understand how stakeholders' expectations potentially translate into the disclosure of information about CSR-related corporate governance practices.Design/methodology/approachThe evidence for this study was collected using semi-structured in-depth personal interviews with 18 stakeholders. These include representative of multinational buying companies who source garments from Bangladesh, international as well as local NGOs, news media personnel, senior government officials, trade union leaders and social audit firm.FindingsThis paper finds evidence of stakeholders' dissatisfaction with the disclosures of governance information which tended to be viewed as limited and symbolic in nature. It also finds an apparent disconnection between stakeholder expectations and corporate disclosures.Originality/valueThis paper finds an alternative media of disclosures, for communicating social responsibility related governance information to the stakeholders, which has so far, been neglected by the social accounting researchers.

Exploring the social side of CrossFit: a qualitative study

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelby C. Lautner ◽  
Megan S. Patterson ◽  
Mandy N. Spadine ◽  
Taylor Graves Boswell ◽  
Katie M. Heinrich
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Open Coding ◽  
Social Side

Purpose The purpose of this study is to qualitatively explore and describe the social environment of CrossFit®. Design/methodology/approach A total of 6 focus groups (n = 48) and 16 interviews were held with CrossFit® participants, coaches and owners. Each focus group or interview was facilitated by trained members of the research team. After data collection was complete, four trained researchers analyzed transcriptions using an open coding method to derive themes from responses, followed by inter-rater reliability checks to ensure consistency in data analysis. Findings Five themes emerged including: support (the social capital community members received from others through CrossFit®, including encouragement, coaching and accountability); culture (describes how CrossFit® as a community embraces a variety of skill levels and members experience a sense of camaraderie, acceptance and shared goals); social aspect (ways CrossFit® incorporates and extends community through a welcoming environment and fostering relationships building); competition (competing with others and oneself at CrossFit® is key to motivation and success at the gym); and barriers to community (ways CrossFit® can at times be intimidating). Practical implications Although exploratory, this study suggests the importance of CrossFit®’s social environment for a participant’s experience. Future research could determine how relationships within CrossFit® relate to health outcomes. Originality/value This research is original and important to the field of mental health as it explores how CrossFit® can be leveraged as a strategy to promote social inclusion. CrossFit® provides an environment that promotes healthy habits such as community involvement and exercise.

Learning from your leaders and helping your coworkers: the trickle-down effect of leader helping behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 883-894
Author(s):  
Zhenduo Zhang ◽  
Li Zhang ◽  
Jing Xiu ◽  
Junwei Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Helping Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Trickle Down ◽  
Thriving At Work

PurposeBased on the social cognitive theory, this research analyzed the helping behavior of leaders and its trickle-down effect on an employee's helping behavior. Additionally, this study analyzed the relationship between an employee's helping behavior and thriving at work.Design/methodology/approachCellphones were used to collect data using the experience sampling method from 74 participants over five consecutive days (N = 370), and the conceptual model was analyzed at the episode level.FindingsThis research examined the helping behavior of employees and its role in mediating the relationship between a leader's helping behavior and an employee's thriving at work. Psychological availability moderates this indirect relationship; and high psychological availability increases the indirect influence of a leader's helping behavior on an employee's helping behavior, which in turn increases employee's thriving at work.Originality/valueThe findings of this research shed light on a new social cognitive mechanism through which the helping behavior of leaders enhances an employee's thriving at work.

scholarly journals An Unpublished Manuscript of The Teaching of Khety (P. Turin CGT 54019)

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Jurjens
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Arabic Text ◽  
Additional Source ◽  
Unpublished Manuscript ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Medinet Habu ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light

This paper is a publication of P. Turin CGT 54019, which contains an excerpt from The Teaching of Khety, also known as The Satire of the Trades. The papyrus provides a welcome additional source for the second part of the composition (chapters 21–30), particularly because it offers some interesting variants that are unparalleled in the other sources. After a brief introduction on variants in general, including scribal errors, these variants are discussed in detail. The colophon that concludes the papyrus is badly preserved. However, it mentions the mortuary temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu. This is quite remarkable, since locations are seldom referred to in the colophons of literary texts. These rare instances are analyzed here to try to reconstruct the manuscript’s colophon. Finally, the relationship between literary texts and mortuary temples is discussed to shed light on the social context of P. Turin CGT 54019. ملخص هذا النص هو إحدى منشورات P. Turin CGT 54019، والذي يحتوي على مقتطف من "وصايا خيتي" ، المعروف أيضاً باسم "مساوئ الحِرَف". تمثل البردية مصدراً إضافياً لمقدمة الجزء الثاني من العمل (الفصول 21-30)، وبالتحديد لأنها تقدم بعض المتغيرات المثيرة للاهتمام التي لا مثيل لها في المصادر الأخرى. بعد مقدمة موجزة عن المتغيرات بشكل عام، بما في ذلك أخطاء الكاتب، تمّت مناقشة هذه المتغيرات بالتفصيل. بيانات المنشور التي تختم بها البردية محفوظة بشكل سيئ. ومع ذلك فإنها تتحدث عن المعبد الجنائزي لرمسيس الثالث في مدينة هابو. هذا أمر جدير بالذكر، حيث نادراً ما يشار إلى موقع محدد في بيانات المنشور للنصوص الأدبية. يتم هنا دراسة وتحليل هذه الحالات النادرة لمحاولة إعادة بناء بيانات المنشور الخاصة بالمخطوطة. أخيراً، تمت مناقشة العلاقة بين النصوص الأدبية والمعابد الجنائزية لإلقاء الضوء على المنظومة الاجتماعية لـ P. Turin CGT 54019 .

scholarly journals Editorial cartoon collections: a review of indexing challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-438
Author(s):  
Oliver Stead ◽  
Chern Li Liew
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Subject Analysis ◽  
Metadata Standards ◽  
The Social ◽  
Editorial Cartoons ◽  
Subject Indexing ◽  
Published Research

PurposeThe difficulty of attributing subject to editorial cartoons for indexing purposes exists both for traditional paper-based cartoon formats and for digitized or born-digital cartoons. This paper presents a selective review of literature on indexing editorial cartoons and the associated challenges.Design/methodology/approachA gap exists in published research on indexing collections of editorial cartoons for online search and retrieval. This paper presents a review of selected works that specifically address the topic of editorial cartoon indexing within a wider context of research that addresses image indexing, subject analysis and indexing challenges more generally. Works that address the interpretation of cartoons by readers and how readers respond to information communicated by editorial cartoons are also considered.FindingsCartoon controversies in transnational and multicultural contexts, experienced through the international news media since 2000, have dramatically increased research attention and publications in this area. Profound changes in media publication since the advent of the Internet have had an impact on editorial cartoonists and cartoon publishing. Subject indexing of editorial cartoons remains a challenge.Research limitations/implicationsThe potential for large indexed cartoon collections to be data-mined for topic modeling for research in the social sciences points to the need for indexers of cartoon collections to improve metadata standards and structures to allow improved access to cartoon metadata for computational analysis.Originality/valueThis paper places discussion of the technical challenges facing indexers of editorial cartoons within a broader context of discussions about the nature and future of editorial cartooning in rapidly changing media and publishing environments.

“Seeking meaning in self: the dialogical process of storytelling and educating the professional practitioner”

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
The Self ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Collaborative Ethnography ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe paper seeks to illustrate the impact, a narrative based approach to learning in practice could have in relation to management education, where reflexive critiques may provide a platform for integrating more closely the appreciation/analysis of the nature of management development with the experiences of practice.Design/methodology/approachCollaborative ethnography seeks to connect the self with others and the social with context; it is a method which embraces the opportunity to understand/appreciate lived experience in moments of learning.FindingsThe use of storytelling as a method to aid reflexive dialogue forces the student to move away from their pre-existing assumptions and practices and provide them with the power and conviction to seek out and recognise new meaning and differing alternatives of practice. The implication of this position in terms of an educational agenda involves challenging the “self-conceptions” of what it means to be a “practitioner” (Alvesson and Willmott, 1992; Martin, 1992; Zubizarreta, 2004).Practical implicationsThe authors argue that focus must be placed on methods through which learning resides in action. Recognising action in learning allows for the development of management education which re-directs thinking and conceptualising towards understanding the social tensions, complex relations and connections in the co-construction of knowing.Social implicationsThe article has sought to exemplify how storytelling can contribute to professional and personal development in new and more enriched ways. This reflexive-style paper presented a perspective from which the writers' values and beliefs are informed, as opposed to making a claim for authenticity and authority in regards to the subject area.Originality/valueThe paper highlights the need to explore imaginative modes of management education practices (Hjorth et al., 2018). Teaching students to simply tell stories is not the goal; rather, it is about sensitising students to the aesthetics of organising and the potential of approaching learning from sensuous and experimental perspectives.

scholarly journals Climate Change: What Are the Implications of Worldview, Political Orientation, Values on Climate Belief and Engagement in the French Context?

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Oumar Marega ◽  
Philippe Chagnon ◽  
Severine Frere ◽  
Anne-Peggy Hellequin ◽  
Herve Flanquart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
The Social ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
The Right ◽  
Political Divide ◽  
Perception Survey ◽  
Shed Light

To what extent do our worldviews, political and religious beliefs and our values influence the way we perceive the climate emergency and the commitment to combat it in France? Through this question we pursue two clear objectives: firstly, to study the social dimensions of climate change and secondly to shed light on the vectors of engagement in the fight against climate change. Based on a perception survey we conducted in the Hauts-de-France region in 2017, we highlight how an approach that takes into account worldview, values and beliefs help us to understand the different attitudes towards CC perception and the fight against it. We show that the opposition between those who are convinced and those who are skeptical about CC refers to ideological differences that are deeply-rooted in the right-left political divide, but also in different beliefs and values. In addition, among the main vectors of climate engagement, our analyses highlight the importance of a worldview based on the finiteness of natural resources, values related to associative engagement and trust.

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