Magic in the Russian Marketplace: Creating Trust

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 568-586
Author(s):  
Faith Wigzell
Keyword(s):  
Social Trust ◽  
Traditional View ◽  
Negative Image ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

Focussing on a commercial magic specialist (mag) well-known in Petersburg today, the article examines the strategies adopted by her and others to gain the confidence of their clientele. It opens by examining the levels of social trust in Russia, arguing that distrust and feelings of defenselessness encourage a sizeable proportion of Russians with the traditional view that problems are externally generated, to think of turning for help to magic practitioners. With magic services derided in the media and condemned by the Church, the magic specialist NPP must counter this negative image as well as promote her services above those of her competitors. Whereas in 2006 she relied on press advertising and recommendation by satisfied customers, in 2012 her main promotional tool is her website. The article examines the specific ways in which she tackles the creation of a trustworthy image. Since magic services offer a kind of therapy, another aspect examined in detail is the relationship with psychology and psychotherapy. It is suggested that from the early 1990s to around 2005 magic specialists sought to hijack psychotherapy, but that more recently links have been played down as magic practitioners define their potential clientele more clearly. The article offers reasons for this, and speculates on future developments.

scholarly journals Transgression médiatique et provocations décadentes: La décadence comme comportement médiatique.

Nordlit ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
Yoan Vérilhac
Keyword(s):  
Popular Press ◽  
Negative Image ◽  
The Public ◽  
Original Works ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Creation ◽  
New Generation ◽  
The Relationship

The decadent and symbolist movements are deeply connected to the creation of media: newspapers, small reviews which make the promotion of the young poets and their original works. In the 1880’s, the decadent reviews use in a provocative way the codes and the media potentialities. However this provocative press is based on a double language (especially about the relationship with the public), and this contradiction generates a negative image in the popular press: the new generation of poets and writers appears to be a noisy group of « hoaxers ». Therefore, around 1890, when the new reviews grouped around the « symbolist » label define themselves a media identity, it is important for them to distance from decadent behaviours. The decadent moment of the mediatization of literature is thus indispensable to understand the history of connections between press and poetic avant-gardes.

scholarly journals The professionalization of Brazilian nursing in the written media of the end of the nineteenth century: a gender analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 1265-1271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiago Braga do Espírito Santo ◽  
Taka Oguisso ◽  
Rosa Maria Godoy Serpa da Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Professional School ◽  
Gender Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Relationship

The object is the relationship between the professionalization of Brazilian nursing and women, in the broadcasting of news about the creation of the Professional School of Nurses, in the light of gender. Aims: to discuss the linkage of women to the beginning of the professionalization of Brazilian nursing following the circumstances and evidence of the creation of the Professional School of Nurses analyzed from the perspective of gender. The news articles were analyzed from the viewpoint of Cultural History, founded in the gender concept of Joan Scott and in the History of Women. The creation of the School and the priority given in the media to women consolidate the vocational ideal of the woman for nursing in a profession subjugated to the physician but also representing the conquest of a space in the world of education and work, reconfiguring the social position of nursing and of woman in Brazil.

scholarly journals Kosovo 1989: The (Ab)use of the Kosovo Myth in Media and Popular Culture

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 223-243
Author(s):  
Radina Vučetić
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Negative Image ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Creation

Abstract The author explores the creation of public opinion in Serbia in the late 1980s and the (ab)use of the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo on 28 June 1989. As a result of Serbian president Slobodan Milošević’s carefully planned propaganda, a negative image of Albanians as well as a positive perception of Serbian nationalism were enforced. The media and popular culture played a particularly important role in reviving the Kosovo Myth, together with the leading Serbian (academic) institutions and influential intellectuals. Thirty-some years after 1989, the Kosovo Myth is presented in the media in a largely unchanged manner, while for Serbia the Kosovo problem remains unsolved.

scholarly journals ONDEL-ONDEL: LOOKING FOR A THEORETICAL EXPLANATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Desti Yuwastina ◽  
Kyrychenko Volodymyr
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Explanation ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
The Face ◽  
Actual Meaning ◽  
The Media ◽  
Evil Spirits ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

<p><em>Ondel-ondel</em>, initially believed to have fearsome characteristics and magical ability to ward evil spirits off, is still performed in various areas in Jakarta on particular occasions. <em>Ondel-ondel</em> was originally an ancient artwork named <em>barongan</em>. This research aims to seek a theoretical explanation of the <em>ondel</em>-<em>ondel</em> phenomenon by examining the relationship between the media and local culture. Several defining features of postmodernism are incorporated to reframe <em>ondel-ondel</em> as a form of entertainment, along with the interplay between the tradition and technology-assisted media. This paper seeks to reveal the actual meaning of <em>ondel-ondel</em> for locals and non-locals during their encounters with <em>ondel-ondel</em>. The research found (1) that<em> ondel-ondel</em> is an attempt to reinvent the way people seek entertainment in the face of changes brought about by modernity and (2) that the presence of<em> ondel-ondel</em> communicated in the virtual space generates digital traces in the form of messages contributing to the creation and the re-creation of <em>ondel-ondel</em> itself. </p>

The Creation of Sustainable Orientalism in Cinema

2021 ◽  
pp. 574-590
Author(s):  
Can Diker ◽  
Esma Koç
Keyword(s):  
Western World ◽  
The Political ◽  
Film Festivals ◽  
The West ◽  
Hollywood Films ◽  
World Cinema ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Masses ◽  
The Relationship

The myth of modern culture's superiority to other cultures is instilled as a norm to the masses through the media. The myth of the cultural superiority of the West not only formed with the economic possibilities of the West but was also supported by the non-Western world by self-orientalism, thus becoming sustainable. While themes such as modernity, development, and technological superiority are watched within the scope of Hollywood films, several platforms have been created for non-US countries to watch alternative films. Although films known as European and World Cinema have the chance to show themselves at film festivals rather than film theatres, non-Western directors face a cultural challenge in these festivals due to the sociocultural structure of Western-based film festivals. In this study, by examining how non-Western directors are directed towards self-orientalism indirectly through festivals and funds, the relationship between the creation of sustainable orientalism in cinema and the political economy of the film industry will be revealed.

scholarly journals The influence of the media on the religious sphere

2020 ◽  
pp. 144-148
Author(s):  
Tetiana Sokol
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

The media as an instrument of influence on various spheres of society life, including religious ones. The features of the formation of confessional stereotypes in society as a direction of development of media-media are traced. The peculiarities of coverage of religious themes by mass media are considered. The peculiarities of the problems of national and confessional relations are studied. The signs of incorrect coverage of ethnoconfessional problems are considered. The purpose of the article is to study the relationship between the Church and the media, which are reflected in the media practice.

scholarly journals Levels of social trust among men from refugee backgrounds after the 2011 Queensland floods

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 318-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio Correa-Velez ◽  
Celia McMichael ◽  
Augustine Conteh
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
Confounding Variables ◽  
Flood Exposure ◽  
Australian Community ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between flood exposure and levels of social trust among a cohort of adult men from refugee backgrounds who were affected by the 2011 floods in Queensland, Australia. Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative questionnaire was administered to 141 men from refugee backgrounds almost two years after the 2011 Queensland floods. The survey was administered in-person by trained peer interviewers, and included a number of standardized instruments assessing respondents’ socio-demographic characteristics, levels of social trust toward and from neighbors, the police, the wider Australian community and the media and exposure to and impact of the floods. Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to assess the relationship between flood exposure and social trust adjusting for pre-disaster levels of trust and other potentially confounding variables. Findings – Participants with higher levels of flood exposure were significantly more likely to report greater levels of trust both toward and from their neighbors, the wider Australian community and the media, and they were also more likely to believe that most people can be trusted. Research limitations/implications – Although the study reports on data collected two years after the floods, the analysis has adjusted for pre-disaster measures of social trust and other socio-demographic variables. Originality/value – This paper has highlighted the important place of social trust and social capital for refugee communities in a post-disaster setting. Disaster responses that support social capital among marginalized populations are critical to increasing community resilience and supporting recovery.

scholarly journals Koinonia en diakonia as ’n missionale koninkryksdans

2013 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Ries ◽  
H. Jurgens Hendriks
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Social Involvement ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Diverse Society ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Meaningful Interaction ◽  
The Church ◽  
Social Outreach

Koinonia and diaconia as a missional kingdom dance. How does faith-based social involvement within a cultural diverse society express itself? Is the focus pure social outreach, that is, the rendering of services, or should the focus include meaningful interaction between the so called ‘outreacher’ and those being supported by the outreach? This article looks at the relationship between koinonia and diaconia in the creation of an intercultural space where individuals from different contexts are welcomed and supported in a mutual way. Through an interdisciplinary approach this article reflects on the experience of koinonia and diaconia in the mission of the church by bringing it into an interdisciplinary conversation with Sociology. God’s reign become visible if koinonia and diaconia can dance together!

Public Religion after Genocide

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-204
Author(s):  
Andrea Mariko Grant
Keyword(s):  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Crossing Over ◽  
Recording Technology ◽  
Public Religion ◽  
Pentecostal Theology ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media And Religion ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

Abstract This article explores Pentecostal sounds and voice in postgenocide Rwanda. It centers on the question of why gospel singers were criticized for crossing over into “secular” music after beginning their careers in the church. Joining scholarship that examines the relationship between media and religion, it suggests that in Rwanda debates about the kind of music Pentecostal artists should perform must be contextualized in relation to (1) a Pentecostal “theology of sound,” or the belief that particular music and sound practices bring individuals closer to God; and (2) changes within Rwanda's postgenocide media landscape. The liberalization of the media in 2002, coupled with advances in recording technology, created new possibilities for Pentecostals to become individual “gospel stars,” as opposed to choir members, in ways that they had been unable to before, prompting debates about the nature of the postgenocide Pentecostal voice itself. These debates are considered alongside Pentecostal radio, and within a wider context in which the Rwandan government has become increasingly concerned with policing “noise pollution.” Paying closer attention to the materialities of sound and voice helps us trace the specific ways in which Pentecostalism attempts to “go public” and the kind of public it calls into being.

scholarly journals Os Jesuítas e a «Ideia Republicana» em Portugal

2018 ◽  
Vol 01 ◽  
pp. 164-176
Author(s):  
Fernanda Santos
Keyword(s):  
Partisan Politics ◽  
Nationalist Party ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church ◽  
Constitutional Monarchy

This article shows that the relationship between the Jesuits and the «republican idea» was rather peaceful for both parties, but was also very controversial within the Church itself. During the time of the Republic, in Portugal, and in the years leading up to it, the antijesuitism was a way to combat the power of the Jesuits. The republicans are fighting for solutions to the various political and social future of the country as opposed to constitutional monarchy. The use of ideological antijesuitism flag had been used very early in the propagandists manifests of the Republican Portuguese Party. However, some Jesuits were politically involved, partisand catholicism. Some members of the Company of Jesus had been in fact committed to the creation of the Nationalist Party in 1903 as the catholic party, believing that the agglutination of the catholic vote in one party to defend the values of the Church was the best solution to counter the anticlerical wave that was felt in political and cultural country. This work also aims to show that, during the Republic, was always concerned the problem of the involvement of clergy and catholics in general with partisan politics, showing the controversial relationship between the Jesuits and the «republican idea».

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