scholarly journals Popularizing party journalism in China in the age of social media: The case of Xinhua News Agency

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Xin Xin
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
News Agency ◽  
Xinhua News Agency ◽  
The Status ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Ruling Party

The phenomenon of the “popularization” of journalism has become widespread in the process of media marketization, globalization and digitalization. This phenomenon has been studied mostly in the Anglo-American context. This article instead draws attention to China, where the tendency toward popularizing (party) journalism is also occurring but taking a rather different form. It focuses on the case of Xinhua News Agency—the pioneer as well as the most representative case of traditional party journalism in the country. The article considers to what extent Xinhua’s online media content concerning the ruling party since 1949—the Communist Party of China—has been popularized both in terms of content and style. The changes to online media content made by Xinhua are indicative of the extent to which it is possible to combine the status of a state-owned central news organization with a new journalistic orientation that seeks to make the messages from and about the party more appealing to technology-savvy and entertainment-driven audiences in the new media environment in mainland China.

The role and status of communication practice in the USA and Europe

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry Swerling ◽  
Kjerstin Thorson ◽  
Ansgar Zerfass
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Communication Practice ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore trends in practitioners’ perceptions of their role within organizations as well as their influence among senior management both in the USA and Europe. It analyses practitioners’ beliefs about the status of their work as well as their understandings of the ways the new media environment is shifting their everyday practice. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws on data from two surveys of public relations (PR) practitioners, one in the USA and the other in Europe. These data enable comparisons between communication practice in the two geographic areas. The paper focusses the analysis on senior-level practitioners who reported working within the communication department of an organization. Findings – The findings of this study suggest that practitioners in both regions are optimistic about the influence of communications within their broader organizations. However, European practitioners are more likely to adopt a “central but flexible” organizational strategy for managing the need to speak in many voices across media and publics. American respondents report much greater use of social media tools than do their European counterparts. These findings are discussed as they relate to the diverse circumstances characterizing the communication practice in each region. Originality/value – This paper provides a rare comparative look at attitudes and practices within PR and communications in two distinct geographic areas.

Redirecting the agenda

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Weimann ◽  
Hans-Bernd Brosius
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Basic Theory ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Basic Assumptions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Intervening Factors

Abstract Since its initial introduction, the paradigm of agenda-setting has become more refined and complex. In addition to the introduction of intervening factors the agenda-setting paradigm is now challenged by a rapidly changing media environment. This paper reviews the impact of online media technologies and digital platforms on the basic assumptions of the theory. The review sets out to reassess the conceptualization of the agenda-setting theorem by highlighting the development of new processes, attributes and features applicable to the online media. Our review, based on the findings of numerous studies on new media and agenda-setting, suggests several modifications of the basic theory.

Media access to court proceedings and documents in Mainland China: The changed and unchanged

2021 ◽  
pp. 1329878X2110482
Author(s):  
Yanzhu Xu
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Court Case ◽  
Media Access ◽  
Court Reporting ◽  
The Status ◽  
Court Proceedings

This study examined the status of media access to court proceedings and documents in mainland China. In-depth and qualitative interviews with Chinese journalists revealed that they continue to face significant difficulties in attending court hearings and accessing court documents and information; especially, those involving government officials. Owing to the lack of adequate media access to courts, Chinese journalists are not able to fulfil their role of informing the public about what happens in the judicial system; it also undermines the balance and quality of court reporting. The study also found that China's courts mostly used their own online platforms to release information and broadcast trial proceedings. Consequently, the role of news media and journalists in providing court case information and promoting judicial openness has declined in the age of new media.

scholarly journals Young people’s news orientations and uses of traditional and new media for news

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Van Cauwenberge ◽  
Leen d’Haenens ◽  
Hans Beentjes
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Public Service ◽  
News Media ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
National Quality

AbstractThis article reports on Flemish college students’ news orientations and their uses of traditional and new media for news within a public service media environment. We used five homogeneous focus groups that covered variation in news media use. The analysis of the focus groups revealed major differences in news behaviors and attitudes between participants who mainly depended on traditional media for news, and those who also went online for news. While a growing body of research reports on young people’s increasing use of online media for news, particularly among those that are most disengaged with traditional news media, our findings indicated that only the most eager news-users were motivated to gather information online. Additionally, we found that traditional media, in particular national quality papers and the Flemish public service newscast, were still the main reference points for public affairs information among our participants.

scholarly journals Ekspresi Keberagaman Online: Media Baru dan Dakwah

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Afidatul Asmar
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Internet Media ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One

<p><em>Abstract</em></p><p><em>This paper explain how diversity expression of dakwah in new media. Today, media makes many preachers and mad’u use new media facilities, including internet media where content to Islam is packaged in stories of everyday life and given with funny things. this strategy attracts many interested people on both sides of the preacher and the mad'u themselves. Da'wah is the one of the activities aimed at inviting others in kindness, reminiscent of the end of the day, while new media is a tool used to invite others to better paths. In other developments the question arises regarding human imagination about God and the path of understanding spirituality experiencing setbacks or impoverishment in the digital age. Will the path of God's search for this generation of media cause visitors to the place of worship to recede, the preaching of the Scriptures is not heard, and the spirit of the religious community was down. Is the “new media gedia generation” aware or not “deify” “virtual God”. This research uses a case study on the response of preachers and people related to the expression of diversity in using new media, so that how to interpret the message in the social media content Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube which is a unity of the internet world.</em></p><p><em>Keywords: Religion, new media, dan da’wah</em></p><p><br />Abstrak</p><p>Tulisan ini berupaya menjelaskan bagaimana dakwah dengan ekspresi keberagaman pada media baru saat ini. Dewasa ini media membuat banyak pendakwah maupun mad’u memanfaatkan fasilitas media baru, diantaranya media internet dimana konten-konten ke Islaman yang dikemas dengan santai dalam cerita kehidupan sehari-hari serta dibumbuhi hal-hal lucu. Strategi ini banyak menjaring peminat pada kedua sisi baik pendakwah maupun para mad’u itu sendiri. Dakwah adalah salah satu kegiatan yang bertujuan mengajak orang lain dalam kebaikan, mengingatkan terhadap hari akhir, sedangkan media baru adalah alat yang digunakan untuk mengajak orang lain kejalan yang lebih baik. Pada perkembangan lain muncul pertanyaan terkait imajinasi manusia tentang Tuhan dan jalan pemahaman spritualitas mengalami kemunduran atau pemiskinan di era digital. Apakah jalan pencarian Tuhan generasi media ini akan menyebabkan pengunjung tempat ibadah surut, pemberitaan Kitab Suci tidak didengar, dan spirit komunitas keagamaan tatap muka meredup. Apakah “generasi media baru” ini sadar atau tidak mulai : “menuhankan” “Tuhan-tuhan virtual”. Penelitian ini menggunakan studi kasus terhadap respon pendakwah dan umat terkait ekspresi keberagaman didalam menggunakan media baru, sehingga bagaimana memaknai pesan dakwah yang terkandung didalam konten-konten media sosial Instagram, facebook, twitter maupun youtube yang merupakan satu kesatuan dunia internet.</p><p>Kata kunci: Agama, media baru, dan dakwah.</p>

Critical Issues on Gender Equality and ICTs in Latin America

2017 ◽  
pp. 263-275
Author(s):  
Aimée Vega Montiel
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Latin America ◽  
New Media ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
The Status

In the context of the new media environment, several social, political and economic divides are being produced. As the effects of those changes are not neutral, because of gender inequality, the status of women's human rights in the digital age are precarious. To what extent does the new media environment promote women's human and communication rights or contribute to sustaining the oppression of women in society? Based on the feminist political economy perspective, the aim of this paper is to analyze some of the critical issues on gender equality and ICTs in Latin America.1

scholarly journals Who Consumes New Media Content More Wisely? Examining Personality Factors, SNS Use, and New Media Literacy in the Era of Misinformation

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 205630512199063
Author(s):  
Xizhu Xiao ◽  
Yan Su ◽  
Danielle Ka Lai Lee
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
New Media ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
New Media Literacy ◽  
The Relationship

With the emergence of new media technologies, being new media literate and able to critically analyze new media information are important to young adults, a group of individuals that are particularly active on social media. However, since the development of new media literacy, no study to date examined demographic characteristics, personality factors, and social network site (SNS) use related to it. More importantly, no research examined the relationship between new media literacy and perceptions and actions related to controversial issues. These under-explored facets deter practitioners from tailoring future new media literacy curricula and identifying the targeted audience. With a survey of 551 young adults, our study revealed that media literacy practitioners should devote more attention to (a) Caucasian males with low SNS use, (b) non-Caucasian females with low SNS use, and (c) individuals with low Need for Cognition and SNS use. Our study further showed that increasing new media literacy can help reduce misperceptions induced by misinformation that is rampant in the new media environment.

scholarly journals Regional differences in mainland China after the 1970s economic reform

R-Economy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-41
Author(s):  
Lu Jia Jin ◽  
◽  
Larisa P. Piskunova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Reform ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
National Bureau ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
News Agency ◽  
Xinhua News Agency ◽  
National Media ◽  
Regional Gap ◽  
Statistical Yearbook

Relevance. In recent years, China’s GDP has continued to grow, however, the regional gap in socio-economic development is still huge. It is, therefore, crucial to investigate the reasons behind regional disparities and the possible solutions to this problem. Research objective. This paper aims to examine the patterns of regional differences in mainland China after the economic reform of the 1970s. Data and methods. The study relies on the methods of comparative analysis and the data from the National Bureau of Statistics of the People’s Republic of China and the Statistical Yearbook Sharing Platform as well as the information from the national media portal - Xinhua News Agency. Results. The Chinese government’s application of differentiated measures, strategies and policies to different regions exacerbated the existing disparities. This paper elaborates on the future regional economic adjustments and plans and thus can be of interest to investors and business activists in China and other countries.

scholarly journals Deepfake Phenomenon: An Advanced Form of Fake News and Its Implications on Reliable Journalism

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3(16)) ◽  
pp. 561-576
Author(s):  
Amina Vatreš
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Video And Audio ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Sophisticated Technology

In the era of distinctly new media-marked social reality, the process of dissemination of disinformation is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon. As one of the technological innovations that stands out in this field is the deepfake phenomenon – a hyper-realistic digital falsification of video and audio formats. Since it is based on the most sophisticated technology, supported by achievements in the field of artificial intelligence, deepfake unequivocally represents a kind of turning point in the context of production and distribution of fake audio-visual content. To poly perspective point to the multiple repercussions of this phenomenon, the paper provides a deeper insight into the very definition and the specific factors that contribute to the acceptance of deepfake, with special emphasis on its implications on reliable journalism and its social function. The text articulates the role of deepfake in the process of creating and receiving media content, as well as the problem of the emergence of erosion of public trust within a hyperreal media environment.

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