The “PERFECT” Call: Congressional Representation by Tweet in the Midst of the Ukraine Whistleblower Scandal

2021 ◽  
pp. 1532673X2110419
Author(s):  
Seth C. McKee ◽  
Heather K. Evans ◽  
Jennifer Hayes Clark
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Phone Call ◽  
Party Affiliation ◽  
Congressional Representation ◽  
The Media

In this article we examine every tweet congresspersons sent from the time the media broke the news of President Trump’s fateful July 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky up to a week after House Speaker Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry. Our aim is to understand the type of rhetoric Members of Congress (MCs) engaged in with respect to what we call the Ukraine Whistleblower Scandal (UWS). It is evident from our analysis that Democrats were more likely to sound off on the UWS, which comports with the fact that it was a Republican President who got into trouble. Further, there are characteristics of MCs that make them more likely to frame and discuss the UWS in certain ways, like House Representatives holding law degrees or serving on one of the House committees investigating the UWS. Finally, in this age of hyper-polarized parties, party affiliation was consistently the most important factor shaping representatives’ Twitter statements on the UWS. In historical perspective, the overriding importance of party affiliation is lamentable since the charges against President Trump were solemn and serious.

Conspicuous consumption in postwar Japan: The case of a rite of passage

Human Affairs ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melinda Papp
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Conspicuous Consumption ◽  
Specific Aspect ◽  
Rite Of Passage ◽  
Postwar Period ◽  
Commercial Sector ◽  
Postwar Japan ◽  
Consumption Practices ◽  
The Media ◽  
Premodern Japan

AbstractThis paper focuses on a specific aspect of a Japanese rite of passage called Shichigosan. Although its origins go back to premodern Japan, its contemporary pattern truly reflects the modern living conditions of the Japanese. Today the ritual is one of the most popular family celebrations. Commercialization has significantly influenced the pattern of celebration in the postwar period and as a result, consumption practices have become inherent parts of the ritual. The paper examines this development from a historical perspective. Furthermore, it discusses the process through which consumption practices contribute to the event’s significance, not diminishing but rather enhancing its importance in the observers’ eyes. Conspicuous consumption thus becomes a creative two-directional process, one which is sustained by families’ aspirations and desires, and one which is informed by forces emanating from the commercial sector and from the media.

scholarly journals Medieøkologien i SKAM

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-66
Author(s):  
Ruth Grüters ◽  
Knut Ove Eliassen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Media Ecology ◽  
The Other ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
The Media ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Practices

AbstractTo understand the success of SKAM, the series’ innovative use of “social media” must be taken into consideration. The article follows two lines of argument, one diachronic, the other synchronic. The concept of remediation allows for a historical perspective that places the series in a longer tradition of “real time”-fictions and media practices that span from the epistolary novels of the 18th century by way of radio theatre and television serials to the new media of the 21st century. Framing the series within the current media ecology (marked by the connectivity logic of “social media”), the authors analyze how the choice of the blog as the drama’s media platform has formed the ways the series succeeded in affecting and mobilizing its audience. Given the long tradition of strong pedagogical premises in the teenager serials of publicly financed Norwegian television, the authors note the absence of any explicit media critical perspectives or didacticism. Nevertheless, the claim is that the media-practices of the series, as well as the actions and discourses of its followers (blogposts, facebook-groups, etc.), generate new insights and knowledge with regards to the series’ form, content, and practices.

scholarly journals Leveraging the London 2012 Paralympic Games

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 499-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Brittain ◽  
Aaron Beacom
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Disability Sport ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
London 2012 ◽  
The Media ◽  
Partial Success ◽  
Paralympic Games

The International Paralympic Committee, U.K. Government, and the Organizing Committee for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games all contended that the London 2012 Paralympic Games would positively impact the lives of disabled people in the United Kingdom, particularly with regard to changing nondisabled attitudes toward disability. All three have claimed partial success during the course of the 4-year period (Olympiad) separating the London and Rio Paralympic Games. However, this is at odds with the findings of Disabled People’s Organizations (DPOs) and the experiences of disabled individuals. This article considers the claims of both sides against a backdrop of public policies that are targeting large-scale benefit cuts, the media coverage of which actually appears to be hardening attitudes toward anyone on benefits and negating any positive impacts from the Games themselves. It argues that the continued predominance of “ableist” perspectives on disability underpins many of the challenges faced by disabled people. The article adopts a historical perspective on the development of legacy-based foundations upon which the disability sport and Paralympic movements originated. It contends that the gradual move toward an elite “Olympic” sports model of competition has actually served to undermine these foundations.

A Historical Perspective on the “Mental Illness as Motive” Narrative

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-62
Author(s):  
Cassandra Kearney
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
News Media ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Perceived Threat ◽  
Mass Shootings ◽  
The Public ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
Mass Shooting ◽  
The Media

In an effort to better understand the historical significance of the “mental illness as motive” narrative, this essay investigates what has been recognized as the first mass shooting in the modern United States—Howard Unruh’s 1949 mass shoot¬ing in Camden, New Jersey. Given that mass shootings were an unprecedented phenomenon, the news media played an important role in explaining the event. As will be shown, many Americans felt uncertain about how mental illness man¬ifested and who was vulnerable. Given the often undisclosed, albeit perceived threat of schizophrenia, the public needed reassurance that there would be some indicator of insanity. Accordingly, the media used evidence of religious fanaticism and unfavorable physical descriptions of Unruh to cast him as separate, outside, or an “other.” Ultimately, the media’s rhetorical choices differentiated Unruh and attempted to make mental illness easier to identify for an audience afraid of its influence.

Social Reading? On the Rise of a “Bookish” Reading Culture Online

Poetics Today ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-172
Author(s):  
Dorothee Birke
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Internet Culture ◽  
The Media ◽  
Reading Culture ◽  
Contemporary Media ◽  
Media Practices ◽  
Book Culture

Abstract While the internet is often seen as having destroyed book culture, this article is interested in those areas in our contemporary media environment where book and internet culture actually converge. Focusing on the example of BookTube, the author examines how book culture is “done” on the internet and analyzes the values attached to the media practices involved. In particular, in millennial book culture, social aspects of reading are often emphasized. This trend is usually associated with the new affordances of social media and either assessed positively (e.g., by proponents of the internet as a democratizing force) or negatively (e.g., by detractors of the internet as fostering superficiality). The author argues that such a simplistic binary view can be transcended if one takes a historical perspective, reflecting on how sociality and self-fashioning have been integral aspects of book culture for centuries. At the same time, she shows the extent to which BookTube provides new opportunities to socialize around reading.

Comity in Context: Confrontation in Historical Perspective

1991 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric M. Uslaner
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Congress ◽  
New Members ◽  
General Argument ◽  
Legislative Reform ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
The Media ◽  
Civil War Era ◽  
Late Twentieth Century

Comity in Congress is adherence to the norms of courtesy and reciprocity within a ‘regular order’. There has been a decline of comity in the United States Congress since the 1970s. Institutional causes, such as legislative reform, increased reliance on the media and an influx of new members, are discussed and discarded. Instead, a societal explanation appears to be more useful: the decline of comity in the Congress reflects the decline of comity in the country. A comparison of the late twentieth century with the pre-Civil War era supports this general argument. It also offers little hope for the return of civility.

scholarly journals Role of Media in Minimizing Religious Extremism and Ethnic Instability in Balochistan, Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol V (IV) ◽  
pp. 12-20
Author(s):  
Babrak Niaz ◽  
Ali Hassan ◽  
Sadaf Irtaza
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Global Order ◽  
Religious Extremism ◽  
Religious Factor ◽  
The Media ◽  
Shed Light

This paper attempts to search out different conflicting issues that caused unrest in Balochistan from almost two decades. The incident of twin towers 9/11 has changed global order, and its impact and repercussion were felt in the barren mountains of Balochistan. The is the fifth insurgency in Balochistan, and from over 50 years the issue remained unresolved, beside nationalists movement in Balochistan extremist religious factor also played a pivotal role in the escalation of unrest. This paper shed light on to the historical perspective of both the Religious and ethnic conflicting issue, and it will also look into the media status that how it can play its role in minimizing both these conflicting issues. The study is descriptive in nature, and this study will find out some possible solution in the form of suggestions and commendations.

What a Difference a Download Makes

2011 ◽  
pp. 577-603
Author(s):  
Lauren Reichart Smith ◽  
Kenny D. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Second Life ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Political Advertising ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Political Candidates ◽  
The Public ◽  
Early Literature ◽  
The Media ◽  
Youtube Videos ◽  
The Government

The Internet has captured the attention of the media, the government and much of the public. It has changed the way Americans receive information and communicate. With a number of political candidates creating MySpace profiles, YouTube videos and Second Life avatars it appears that the Internet and web 2.0 technologies have been leveraged for political advertising and campaigning. In the early literature the Internet and its role in politics had been purely speculative, with research only making vague guesses as to where the Internet would lead politicians in their political ambitions. The following chapter first outlines a historical perspective of political advertising, then examines contemporary forms and avenues of political advertising.

Mixed Blessings Reactions of Two Japanese NRMs to Postwar Media Portrayals

2005 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Dorman
Keyword(s):  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Postwar Period ◽  
Media Portrayals ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Press Criticism

This article concerns print media reporting in Japan surrounding the first NRMs——Jiu and Tenshôô Kôôtai Jingûû Kyôô——to be covered in the postwar period. First, I discuss the media from a historical perspective, arguing that images of NRMs formed pre-1945 were applied to these groups during the postwar period of religious freedom. Second, I examine their reactions to the media attention, and explore reasons why Jiu's growth was hampered substantially after its leaders were arrested in a highly publicized incident, while Tenshôô Kôôtai Jingûû Kyôô grew to become a prominent NRM despite facing strong press criticism. While Jiu attempted unsuccessfully to utilize its celebrity members to gain credence with the media and the public and displayed a lack of awareness of the social arrangements, Tenshôô Kôôtai Jingûû Kyôô used press criticism to its advantage and averted the commonly held perception about NRMs that it was involved in criminal activity.

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