scholarly journals Regulating contemporary children’s television: how digitisation is re-shaping compliance norms and production practices

2017 ◽  
Vol 163 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Potter
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Risk Aversion ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Children's Television ◽  
Public Concern ◽  
State Regulations ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Live Action

Since its inception, the relationship between television and the child audience has been the subject of public concern and regulatory attention. Little is known, however, about the recent impact of digitisation on the unfashionable but influential practice of television compliance, that is, the industry’s application of state regulations and broadcasters’ own editorial standards to children’s programmes. Drawing on extended interviews with broadcasters and producers, this article maps developing trends in UK and Australian compliance systems, focusing on their impact on the children’s television produced by public service broadcasters. It demonstrates that multi-platform delivery and dedicated children’s channels have caused a re-calibration of compliance standards, encouraging conservatism and risk aversion in programme production. Furthermore, as public service broadcasters abandon their efforts to attract teenage viewers, the live action drama series at which Australian producers have traditionally excelled are far less likely to be commissioned because their content and themes are considered unsuitable for young children.

Explaining differences in ministerial ménages à trois: multiple bargains in Belgium and Denmark

2013 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian de Visscher ◽  
Heidi Houlberg Salomonsen
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Functional Differentiation ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Mutual Respect ◽  
Institutional Rules ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Political Appointments ◽  
The Relationship

While special advisers play an important role in most Western governments, the research on the subject is limited. This article aims to explain variations in the ménage à trois relationships between ministers, senior civil servants and special advisers in two different politico-administrative systems. The theoretical starting point is to conceptualize and explain such trilateral relationships as multiple Public Service Bargains. We find that the differences in Public Service Bargains generate differences in these ménages à trois relationships, resulting in different types of functional differentiation as well as differences in the degree of cooperation vis-à-vis conflict. These differences are primarily the result of differences in the interests as well as formal, institutional rules and the competencies of the actors involved. The empirical data include documents as well as interviews with and questionnaires completed by senior civil servants. The countries compared are Belgium and Denmark. Points for practitioners Our study confirms that it is important for a ‘ménage à trois’ (ministers, special advisers, SCSs) ‘… to spell out the terms of the bargain applying to political advisers (…)’ ( Hood and Lodge, 2006 : 128) in order to regulate the relationship between special advisers and SCSs and avoid potential conflicts among them. In addition, the study shows that the number of political appointments plays a role in the relationship. Finally, the study shows that clear differences in the competencies brought to the bargain by the two types of agent may ensure cooperation and mutual respect, whereas an overlapping of competencies may cause rivalry.

Children's Television: A Barometer of the Australian Media Policy Climate

1999 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Keys
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
The State ◽  
Children's Television ◽  
Media Policy ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Productivity Commission ◽  
Commonwealth Government ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Production Practices

In relation to media policy, children's television is ‘special’ on a number of levels. The ways in which childhood is constructed and defined are complex and often contradictory; the state of children's television can be used as a barometer of the broader media policy climate; and the subject of children's television has mobilised strong, active and ‘successful’ interest groups. The following discussion is based on analysis of the introduction, development and trajectory of children's television policy and production practices in Australia from the 1945 ‘List of Principles to Govern Children's Programs' (radio) to the debates, issues and policy initiatives raised in the Australian Commonwealth Government Productivity Commission Inquiry into Broadcasting in 1999.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Ketidakpastian Lingkungan Terhadap Perilaku Pegawai PEMDA dengan Ketidakpastian Tugas dan Job Insecurity Sebagai Variabel Moderasi

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Dian Indriana Hapsari ◽  
Endang Widyastuti
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Environmental Uncertainty ◽  
Employee Behavior ◽  
Excellent Performance ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Task Uncertainty ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Measuring Tool ◽  
The Relationship

In present era, public sector services are one of the major demands. Employees are requested to show their excellent performance. The success on the job implementation is influenced by external and internal factors. This study aims to determine the effect of environmental uncertainty on the employee behavior with task uncertainty and job Insecurity as a moderation variable. This study uses questionnaires as a measuring tool. The subjects of this research are public service officer in Karanganyar, Sukoharjo, and Boyolali districts and also in a city of Surakarta City. The subject of the study is 127 people. The research shows that the coefficient of uncertainty in job implementation variable does not moderate the relationship between environmental uncertainty and employee behavior as shown by the significance coefficient of 0.889. While job insecurity variables moderate the relationship between environmental uncertainty and employee behavior indicated by a significance value of 0.025 which is smaller than 5%.

scholarly journals The influences of Malaysian animated Public Service Announcements (PSAs) on public health and safety campaign and its effectiveness among students

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Dzaa Imma Abdul Latif ◽  
Mohd Amirul Akhbar Mohd Zulkifli ◽  
Siti Nur Farah Faadiah Abd Ghani
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Public Service Announcements ◽  
The Public ◽  
Community Interest ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Live Action ◽  
Public Health And Safety

Public Service Announcements (PSAs) are free announcements made to promote programs, activities, community interest and services from government and the non - government sector. As technology develops, many PSAs use animated characters in order to persuade and create high awareness among people. Animation is a simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures or frames such as cartoons on television. Research has shown that PSAs is effective in conveying the message. However, the influences of animated PSAs among students about health and safety messages are still unclear. Previous researchers were more interested to investigate the effects of PSAs to children and less research on animated PSAs towards adults. Therefore, the researcher is interested to study whether or not the animation should be utilized as an effective tool to educate the public. A sample of 285 students watched four animated PSAs and four live action PSAs. Two of each represented animated spoke characters and non spoke characters with a goal to evaluate students responses on positive attitudes. A correlation analysis was used to study the relationship between the positive response of animated PSAs and engagement with results that indicated moderate and high correlation. T tests were used to investigate the comparison between the students responses to animated PSAs versus non animated PSAs and animated spoke characters versus animated non spoke characters. The results emphasize that animated PSAs received better responses among students. Students acceptance towards animated PSAs and animated spoke characters received small but significantly better response.

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR IN THE CONTEXT OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT: THE CASE OF HEFEI PUBLIC SERVICE INSTITUTIONS, CHINA

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (6) ◽  
pp. 51-66
Author(s):  
Sadiq ◽  
◽  
Muhammad Salman Ahmad ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The subject of research is organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) in the context of organizational commitment (OC) in public service institutions of Hefei city, China. Two research hypotheses have been proposed: “Organizational citizenship behavior has positive relationship with organizational commitment” and “Organizational commitment is a predictor of organizational citizenship behavior”. To find the relationship between organizational citizenship behavior and organizational commitment, this study adopted a relational approach. A validated questionnaire from previous studies was used to collect the data. A total of 234 people (78% response rate) working in different public service institutions responded to the survey. Correlation and regression were used to assess the impact and relationship between variables of this study. The regression and correlation results for this study showed that there is a very strong and significant relationship between the two variables (OCB and OC) in public service institutions of Hefei city. Thus, the results of this study clearly support the idea that policy makers in public service institutions should pay more attention to shaping organizational civic behavior by investing in organizational commitment.

scholarly journals The citizen and trust in the (trustworthy) state

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 384-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Brown
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
The State ◽  
Service Improvement ◽  
Frontline Staff ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

Public sector modernization has focused on achieving greater efficiency within the institutions and agencies of the state. In comparison, the relationship between citizen and state as a basis for service improvement has received less attention. This paper describes a study that helps to redress this balance by exploring the role that trust can play as a mechanism of accountability of the state to the citizen and, as a consequence, improving their mutual cooperation. This poses a challenge for the state – to be trusted by the citizen requires being trustworthy in the eyes of the citizen. Establishing the citizen's view of the characteristics of the trustworthy state, and how this differs from the norm of trust currently in use within the state, is the subject of the research. The question is addressed through a process of dialogic action research with users and frontline staff of two public services (a housing benefit service and a primary health care general practice). The output of the study is a relational diagnostic, applicable across the public sector, derived from a synthesis of the tests applied by the citizen as they assess the trustworthiness of a public service.

The relationship of the scleractinian corals to the rugose corals

Paleobiology ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 146-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Critical Points ◽  
Scleractinian Corals ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Early Triassic ◽  
Rugose Corals ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Biologic Factors

The Mesozoic-Cenozoic coral Order Scleractinia has been suggested to have originated or evolved (1) by direct descent from the Paleozoic Order Rugosa or (2) by the development of a skeleton in members of one of the anemone groups that probably have existed throughout Phanerozoic time. In spite of much work on the subject, advocates of the direct descent hypothesis have failed to find convincing evidence of this relationship. Critical points are:(1) Rugosan septal insertion is serial; Scleractinian insertion is cyclic; no intermediate stages have been demonstrated. Apparent intermediates are Scleractinia having bilateral cyclic insertion or teratological Rugosa.(2) There is convincing evidence that the skeletons of many Rugosa were calcitic and none are known to be or to have been aragonitic. In contrast, the skeletons of all living Scleractinia are aragonitic and there is evidence that fossil Scleractinia were aragonitic also. The mineralogic difference is almost certainly due to intrinsic biologic factors.(3) No early Triassic corals of either group are known. This fact is not compelling (by itself) but is important in connection with points 1 and 2, because, given direct descent, both changes took place during this only stage in the history of the two groups in which there are no known corals.

HUBUNGAN GAYA BELAJAR SISWA TERHADAP ASPEK PENGETAHUAN SISWA PADA MATA PELAJARAN SISTEM KOMPUTER DI SMK IT RAHMATAN KARIMAH BENGKULU TENGAH

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 13-20
Author(s):  
Dian Saputra
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Computer System ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Visual Learning ◽  
Auditory Learning ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to find out the relationship between learning style and students’ knowledge aspect on Computer System Subject at SMK IT Rahmatan Karimah of  Central Bengkulu, the type of research is quantitative and the subject of research is grade X in SMK IT Rahmatan Karimah of  Central Bengkulu. Data collection techniques using observation, Questionnaire and documentation. Data analysis techniques used were Descriptive Analysis, and inferential Statistical Analysis. The results of visual learning style post-test were 11 people with a mean of 76.36, an auditory learning style of 8 people at a mean of 62.14, a kinesthetic learning style of 3 people at a mean of 50.33, apart from that (r x y = 2.35) and the magnitude of r is reflected in the table (r table = 0.4132). Then rxy > r table ie = 2.35> 0.4132. In other words, Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. It has a significant relationship between the learning styles of students and students’ knowledge aspect on Computer System Subject of grade X TKJ in SMK IT Rahmatan Karimah of  Central Bengkulu

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