scholarly journals Public Interest Immersed in the Field of Information Environment: How has Japanese Interest in Energy and Environmental Problems Varied?

2018 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
pp. 1850005
Author(s):  
Teruaki Ohnishi ◽  
Keiji Shimano
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
News Media ◽  
Public Memory ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
Collective Interest ◽  
The Public ◽  
Virtual Field

We studied the relevance of the secular variation of Japanese interest in energy and environmental problems to the information primarily released by the news media. From the investigation of the extent of public interest in three matters, the global warming, the energy saving and nature, all indicated by opinion surveys, the number of newspaper articles and the frequency of Internet retrieval search, we proposed a model such that the public interest along with the acquired public knowledge were given as a function of public memory of the information primarily provided by the news media. The society was assumed here to be immersed in a virtual field of information environment, which induced the collective interest of the public and was proportional in strength to the extent of the public memory with oblivion. Introducing two types of oblivion function, we found the model to well reproduce the real time-variation of the Japanese interest, except for the case of nature, almost irrespective to the form of the function. Some comments were made on the attenuation of the public interest that occurred when the field became weakened.

scholarly journals L'action d'intérêt collectif

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 553-578
Author(s):  
Pierre Verge
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
Personal Interest ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
Pluralistic Society ◽  
Collective Interest ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Common

Group action is inherent to a pluralistic society. In various fields, numerous bodies purport to defend and promote the common interest of their members which is also the raison d'être of the group. How receptive is the judicial system to attempts by such groups to legally defend the common aim ? « Collective actions » are brought to assure the legal protection of a collective value which is not of a general societal nature as is the public interest. However, their purpose is not to defend the subjective patrimonial interest of the members of the group or even of the group itself. The underlying collective interest is first to be objectively identified in order not to unduly curtail the reception of the collective action; then it is for the Court to establish whether there is a sufficient relationship between the collective interest and the general objects of the group, as officially defined, in order to allow the latter to act. This analysis of the « sufficient interest », as required by Sec. 55 C.C.P., it is suggested, appears to be more adapted to the nature of the collective action than the immediate requirement of a « direct and personal » interest from the group, at least if this notion is to be understood as involving some form of patrimonial interest, as in most trials.

Terminal Loyalties in a Mexican Community

1974 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 482-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stan Wilk
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
The State ◽  
Psychological Development ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Collective Interest ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mexican Community ◽  
Political Units ◽  
Political Communities ◽  
Distinct Body

The psychological development of most human beings leads to the emergence of feelings of “belongingness” vis-à-vis certain social groupings. I shall denote such feelings by the term “loyalties.” With the emergence of the state, and increasingly on into the contemporary era, an attempt has been made by these maximal-sized, territorial-based political units, to develop a state-focused civic sense within their respective societies. According to Geertz (1963: 156), the civic sense involves “a definite concept of the public as a separate and distinct body and an attendant notion of a genuine public interest, which though not necessarily superior to, is independent of and at times even in conflict with both private and other sorts of collective interest.” However, within the confines of already existing states may be smaller territorial units who view themselves as political communities with their own publics.

The Paper Janus: How exceptionalism based on regaining influence and doing new media help a Chinese mobile news app negotiate censorship for better journalism

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianguo Deng
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
News Media ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Quality Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital Journalism ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
New Strategies

Amid fleeing audience from the state legacy news media to the varied and vociferous new media, the Chinese government launched a mobile news app The Paper ( Pengpai) in 2014 in Shanghai as a pilot test of digital journalism to “regain lost influence.” This seemingly against-the-tide expensive news project makes one wonder: How did The Paper come about and what is its nature? As a government-funded digital media, what old and new strategies have its journalists used in its marketing and content-making to achieve the designated goal of regaining lost influence/win public trust? Through in-depth interviews, this article finds the following: (1) The Paper is a product of patron-clientelism based on a consensus among imperatives of the legitimacy-seeking Party, Confucian-minded and job-losing journalists, and the quality-information-hungry public; (2) as it operates, The Paper has learned to speak both digitally and differently; (3) much like a Janus, its news executives initially used different narratives to the Party and the public to curry favor from both; (4) The Paper used both old and new strategies to negotiate with the censors, most notably two new exceptionalist discourses of “regaining influence” and “doing new media.” The author suggests that, using this exceptionalism trope, The Paper and a score of its clones across China have led Chinese journalism into a phase of “influence-seeking Communist new media-ism (2014–now),” during which Chinese journalists, while honing their digital abilities to propagandize China, have produced some quality digital journalism in public interest with the Party paying the bill.

scholarly journals ENGINEERING ETHICS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Ilic-Krstic ◽  
Aleksandra Ilic-Petkovic
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Engineering Ethics ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Collective Interest ◽  
The Public ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
Life On Earth

The adoption of the code of ethics of engineering in the 21st century should involve putting public interest above all others. However, in market economy collective interest is not in the foreground. In the foreground are placed particular interests of employers, i.e. multinational companies. The degradation of the environment and endangering life on Earth, brought about a new philosophy in form of sustainable development, which should include the adoption of the Code of Ethics that puts the public interest above individual, especially when it comes to economic activities. The economy and the environment are equally important for sustainable development in terms of ethics. Engineers have an ethical dilemma that arises from the conflict of ecological and economic conditions of their work. In this article, scientific approach of professor Sharon Beder on this issue is presented. Key words: engineers, ethics, engineering ethics, sustainable development

scholarly journals NULLIUS IN VERBA: SCIENCE VS PSEUDO-SCIENCE/FRINGE SCIENCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 524-527
Author(s):  
Boris Aberšek
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Public Response ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ecological Problems ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors

The explosion of disinformation about global warming and other ecological problems could be called an infodemic , which is the term used by WHO to describe today’s pandemic situation. An infodemic means too much information, however, its importance can also be passed on to environmental problems. It causes confusion and risk-taking behaviors that can harm the health of our planet. It also leads to mistrust in authorities and undermines the public response. An infodemic can intensify or lengthen outbreaks when people are unsure about what they need to do, for example, to protect our environment. With growing digitization – an expansion of social media and internet use – information can spread more rapidly. This can help to more quickly fill information voids but can also amplify harmful messages.

scholarly journals A recipe for journalism's fight back for public interest

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 227-230
Author(s):  
Colin Peacock
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Theory ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Great Idea ◽  
News Industry

Reviewed book by: Martin Hirst Publication date: May, 2011 At the front of News 2.0, University of Queensland journalism professor Michael Bromley says this has ‘much needed grounded insight and foresight’. And as some academics’ writing about journalism seems to fit into a matrix of media theory few general readers could fully understand, a book dealing with what’s really going on in journalism is a great idea. Martin Hirst of AUT University takes care to separate out what he calls a crisis in journalism from a commercial crisis in the news industry, while also making clear the ways in which the two are linked. He presents a concise and convincing account of how commercial pressure on the modern news media have made it hard, and in some cases impossible, to sustain the quality, depth and range of journalism the public have enjoyed in the past. 

‘Professionally we’re definitely in this together’

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-500
Author(s):  
Julian Petley
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
News Media ◽  
Political System ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Fourth Estate ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sex Scandals ◽  
The Creation

In early April 2016, the websites Byline and open Democracy published a number of articles alleging that the Culture Secretary, John Whitting dale, had been involved in a liaison with a prostitute. Remarkably, given most British national newspapers’ obsession with sex scandals, the national press not only refused to pick up the story but also attacked Byline and open Democracy for running it, arguing that it was not in the public interest. Byline and open Democracy responded that the nationals had refused to run the story because they did not want to harm Whittingdale, who was known not to be in favour of putting the recommendations of the Leveson Inquiry into practice. The nationals hit back by accusing Byline and openDemocracy, which supported Leveson, of trying to undermine Whittingdale and so improve the chances of the Leveson recommendations being adopted. But in the course of this extremely bitter battle between different sections of the news media, it soon became apparent that the nationals had in fact been sitting on not only the prostitute story but a number of other scandals as well concerning Whittingdale. This article will utilize the Whittingdale controversy to argue that most of the British national press puts serving its own interests far above serving the public interest, that it will use every means at its disposa to thwart the creation of the kind of system of press self-regulation proposed by the Leveson Inquiry and that it is far too deeply enmeshed in the political system, and in particular, with Conservative interests, to be considered as a Fourth Estate of the realm.

The Transfer of Medical Information: A Journalist's View

1988 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Ange d'Adler
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
News Media ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Good News ◽  
Health News ◽  
The Public ◽  
Medical Issues ◽  
Real Value ◽  
Public Behavior

AbstractAbstract Despite the quantity of material on medical issues which journalists typically receive, and the tremendous public interest in health news, journalists are only rarely able to provide medical information of any real value to the public. Good news, no matter how tentative, always gets more attention than critical assessment. Deadlines pressure journalists to look only at the surface of the issues that they describe, and few have the expertise necessary to judge the importance of their stories. When accurate, authoritative information is available in a structured format; however, the news media can publicize medical findings rapidly, effecting significant changes in public behavior.

More top-down than peer-to-peer: talking to Australians about their ideal news source

2019 ◽  
Vol 175 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-123
Author(s):  
Sacha Molitorisz
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
News Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
The Public ◽  
News Sources ◽  
News Source

In Australia as in the United States, levels of trust in news media remain alarmingly low. In four qualitative workshops held in 2018 in Sydney and Tamworth, 34 participants discussed the ways they access news, their relationship with news media, and how trust might be rebuilt. We also tested the hypothesis that Australians want news sources that are more peer-to-peer and ‘like a friend’. Emphatically, participants said they don’t want news sources to be like a friend. Instead, they want accuracy, objectivity and service of the public interest. One interpretation is that our participants clearly distinguish between news sources (the ABC, News Corp, etc.) and digital platforms (Facebook, Google, etc.). Furthermore, it would appear they expect news sources and digital platforms to play different roles and follow different standards: the former should adhere to traditional journalistic values; whereas no clear picture emerged of the role and standards that participants think should apply to the latter.

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