Framing conflicts in digital and transnational media environments

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 476-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Curd B Knüpfer ◽  
Robert M Entman
Keyword(s):  
Frame Analysis ◽  
Information Flows ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Transnational Media ◽  
Political Conflicts ◽  
Framing Processes ◽  
Media Environments ◽  
Media Systems ◽  
The Way

This article provides an overview of established and emerging approaches to frame analysis as a tool for analysing dynamics of political conflicts. It first surveys the approaches taken by contributors to this special issue and notes some implications for further research. The second part of the article then outlines four ways in which digital platforms and transnational information flows might influence the way framing contests play out in current and future media environments. These include: (1) fragmentation within media systems; (2) increasing transnational information flows that potentially create transnational publics; (3) altered framing processes and effects in the more complex networked environments; and (4) architectures and emerging logics of digital platforms. The authors believe these four factors will become crucial for understanding the connections between frame competition and political conflicts.

scholarly journals Populism and media policy failure

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 604-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Des Freedman
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Media Policy ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Policy Failure ◽  
Policy Paradigm ◽  
Policy Frameworks ◽  
Media Environments ◽  
Media Systems

Far right populist politicians and movements have secured high levels of visibility thanks to often compliant media outlets and unregulated digital platforms. The pursuit of media coverage and the communication of rage are no longer incidental but essential to the growth of reactionary populisms. Yet, while prominent liberal media outlets are ‘aghast’ at events such as the election of Donald Trump and the Brexit vote, little attention has been paid to the structural conditions and policy frameworks that have facilitated the circulation of clickbait and misinformation, together with the incessant coverage of their leaders, that have been exploited by far right movements. This article identifies four areas of ‘media policy failure’ that have nurtured highly skewed media environments and concludes by calling for a new policy paradigm based around redistribution that aims to reconstruct media systems in order to undermine the appeal of populist forces on the far right.

scholarly journals Bringing the Virus Back Home: Media Representations of Ukrainian Labour Migrants in a Time of Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 088832542110187
Author(s):  
Alexander Tymczuk
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Organization ◽  
Frame Analysis ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Potential Danger ◽  
Economic Resource ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
And Control ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
The Way

In a globalized world where mobility and movement is at its essence, the movement of viruses paradoxically causes a preoccupation with boundaries, containment, and control over borders, and thus keeping the “dangerous” outside separated from the “safe” inside. Through a qualitative thematic and frame analysis of news articles published on 12 Ukrainian news sites, I found that Ukrainian labour migrants conceptually constitute a challenge to such a clear-cut spatial organization in a time of a pandemic. Labour migrants are part of the national “we,” but their presence in the dangerous outside excludes them from the “imagined immunity.” This ambiguity is evident in the way labour migrants were portrayed during the first months of the outbreak in Ukraine. Initially, Ukrainian labour migrants were depicted as a potential danger, and then blamed for bringing the virus back home. However, the framing of the labour migrants as a danger is only part of the story, and the image of a scapegoat was eventually replaced with images of an economic resource and a victim. Thus, Ukrainian labour migrants have been the object of vilification, heroization, as well as empathy during the various phases of the outbreak. I would argue that these shifting frames are connected to the ambiguous conceptualization of Ukrainian labour migrants in general.

scholarly journals Laws and Emerging Technologies

Laws ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Esther Salmerón-Manzano
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
The Other ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Legal Challenges ◽  
The World ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Way

New technologies and so-called communication and information technologies are transforming our society, the way in which we relate to each other, and the way we understand the world. By a wider extension, they are also influencing the world of law. That is why technologies will have a huge impact on society in the coming years and will bring new challenges and legal challenges to the legal sector worldwide. On the other hand, the new communications era also brings many new legal issues such as those derived from e-commerce and payment services, intellectual property, or the problems derived from the use of new technologies by young people. This will undoubtedly affect the development, evolution, and understanding of law. This Special Issue has become this window into the new challenges of law in relation to new technologies.

scholarly journals Foreword to the Special Issue on Paving the Way for the Future of Urban Remote Sensing

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 6533-6536
Author(s):  
Sebastien Lefevre ◽  
Thomas Corpetti ◽  
Monika Kuffer ◽  
Hannes Taubenbock ◽  
Clement Mallet
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Urban Remote Sensing ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Way

Introduction: Italy in the eyes of others

Modern Italy ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osvaldo Croci ◽  
Sonia Lucarelli
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
Institutional Contexts ◽  
International Role ◽  
The Way

The international role and status of Italy among international powers has been an issue of debate in both the political and the academic context. What has never been systematically investigated is the way in which other powers with which Italy interacts in institutional contexts perceive Italy and its international role. It is the aim of this special issue to provide an overview of how Italy is perceived abroad. This introduction explains why it is worth looking at international images of Italy, and sums up the findings of the research project.

What Can Be Learned From Empirical Evaluations of Nonexperimental Methods?

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivian C. Wong ◽  
Peter M. Steiner ◽  
Kylie L. Anglin
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Effects ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Randomized Experiment ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Method Performance ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Way

Given the widespread use of nonexperimental (NE) methods for assessing program impacts, there is a strong need to know whether NE approaches yield causally valid results in field settings. In within-study comparison (WSC) designs, the researcher compares treatment effects from an NE with those obtained from a randomized experiment that shares the same target population. The goal is to assess whether the stringent assumptions required for NE methods are likely to be met in practice. This essay provides an overview of recent efforts to empirically evaluate NE method performance in field settings. We discuss a brief history of the design, highlighting methodological innovations along the way. We also describe papers that are included in this two-volume special issue on WSC approaches and suggest future areas for consideration in the design, implementation, and analysis of WSCs.

scholarly journals Medier og selvstændighed i Grønland

Politik ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Signe Ravn-Højgaard
Keyword(s):  
Nation Building ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Regulation ◽  
Media System ◽  
The Media ◽  
Streaming Services ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Media Systems ◽  
Public Economy

This article discusses the potential impact of Greenlandic independence on Greenland’s media system and suggests initiatives necessary for maintaining strong Greenlandic media in the future. Using Manuel Puppis' (2009) theory of the characteristics of small media systems, the Greenlandic media system is described. It is shown that it is built with the following aim in mind: the media should support the Greenlandic society by being independent and diverse, strengthening the Greenlandic language, and providing quality journalism that can heighten the public debate. However, as a small media system it is vulnerable to global tendencies where legacy media lose users and advertisers to digital platforms like Facebook and streaming services. The article argues that the vulnerability of the Greenlandic media system could increase if independence leads to a tighter public economy, impeding the media's ability to support Greenlandic society and culture. An interventionist media regulation could, therefore, be a prerequisite for a strong Greenlandic media system that can act as a unifying and nation-building institution.

scholarly journals Duane M. Rumbaugh (1929-2017), Comparative Psychologist:Introduction to the Special Issue

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Washburn
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Psychology ◽  
Behavioral Research ◽  
Substantial Influence ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Way

This special issue is dedicated to Dr. Duane Rumbaugh. Leaving a lasting legacy in the field of comparative psychology, Dr. Rumbaugh helped to pave the way for cognitive and behavioral research with primates. This special issue is comprised of a set of papers that both commerate and illuminate his contributions. Written by former students and colleagues, this collection of papers highlights his substantial influence on the development of primatology.

scholarly journals Special Issue on “Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality & Semantic 3D Reconstruction”

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 8590
Author(s):  
Zhihan Lv ◽  
Jing-Yan Wang ◽  
Neeraj Kumar ◽  
Jaime Lloret
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
3D Reconstruction ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Key Technology ◽  
Viable Solution ◽  
The Way ◽  
Critical Needs

Augmented Reality is a key technology that will facilitate a major paradigm shift in the way users interact with data and has only just recently been recognized as a viable solution for solving many critical needs [...]

Creativity and Construction Grammar: Cognitive and Psychological Issues

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Hoffmann
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Construction Grammar ◽  
Evolutionary Adaptation ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
Verbal Creativity ◽  
The Way

Abstract Creativity is an important evolutionary adaptation that allows humans to think original thoughts, to find solutions to problems that have never been encountered before and, potentially, to fundamentally change the way we live. In this special issue, we explore the cognitive and psychological factors that influence the verbal creativity of speakers.

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