scholarly journals Modern Architecture as Inextensible

2018 ◽  
pp. 82-89
Author(s):  
Albena Yaneva
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
The Public ◽  
Daily Telegraph ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
120Th Anniversary

I will begin with this provocative, and quite unusual image, of an iconic building that we all know – the Eiffel Tower.  Some of you might have heard about the media debates surrounding the “new design for the restructuring of the public spaces of the Eiffel Tower” announced by the French architect David Serero in March 2008. He suggested doubling the size of the tower’s highest observational platform. The architect claimed that “his firm’s proposal was accepted after an open call, and that the structure is expected to be assembled for the 120th anniversary of the tower construction.” But shortly after that, the government-contracted firm that manages the tower – la Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel – stated that the claims of the architect are a “hoax.” The communication chief denied that there was ever any call for architects regarding plans to redevelop the top of the monument and that Serero Architects never presented themselves as candidates for such a competition. The media outlets that ran with the story included: The Guardian, The New York Times, Architect, Bustler, The Daily Telegraph and Belfast Telegraph.

scholarly journals One issue, different stories: The construction of GMO issues on Chinese, American and British mainstream media portals

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-275
Author(s):  
Yiqin Ruan ◽  
Jing Yang ◽  
Jianbin Jin
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Genetically Modified Organisms ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Uk

Biotechnology, as an emerging technology, has drawn much attention from the public and elicited hot debates in countries around the world and among various stakeholders. Due to the public's limited access to front-line scientific information and scientists, as well as the difficulty of processing complex scientific knowledge, the media have become one of the most important channels for the public to get news about scientific issues such as genetically modified organisms (GMOs). According to framing theory, how the media portray GMO issues may influence audiences’ perceptions of those issues. Moreover, different countries and societies have various GMO regulations, policies and public opinion, which also affect the way media cover GMO issues. Thus, it is necessary to investigate how GMO issues are covered in different media outlets across different countries. We conducted a comparative content analysis of media coverage of GMO issues in China, the US and the UK. One mainstream news portal in each of the three countries was chosen ( People's Daily for China, The New York Times for the US, and The Guardian for the UK). We collected coverage over eight years, from 2008 to 2015, which yielded 749 pieces of news in total. We examined the sentiments expressed and the generic frames used in coverage of GMO issues. We found that the factual, human interest, conflict and regulation frames were the most common frames used on the three portals, while the sentiments expressed under those frames varied across the media outlets, indicating differences in the state of GMO development, promotion and regulation among the three countries.

scholarly journals Media influence on humanitarian interventions: analysis of the Rohingya refugee crisis and international media coverage

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle J. Lee
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
International Media ◽  
International Pressure ◽  
Humanitarian Interventions ◽  
The Media ◽  
Effects Of Media ◽  
The Guardian

AbstractIn 2017, the long-festering discriminatory treatment to the Rohingyas in Myanmar, both in law and practice, resulted in the largest cross-border humanitarian crisis in Asia. During the 2016‑2017 Rohingya refugee crisis, the aerial shots of burnt villages and images of people trudging toward the horizon in search of refuge in neighboring nations dominated the Western media. However, for humanitarians, the question of whether the media helps with humanitarian crises remains complicated and unclear. This study examines the effects of media coverage on the Rohingya refugee crisis based on articles from two liberal, elite newspaper sources, The New York Times and The Guardian between 2010 and 2020. The study reveals that the attempts of international pressure to stop the crisis have increased through media coverage and political pressures; however, the number of Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar intensified due to worsening violence and human rights violations committed by the Myanmar army. Findings are discussed using the lens of cultural and ideological context. The study suggests that in Myanmar, where authoritarian military culture is pervasive, there is a limited influence of the international press on the state-sponsored ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya population and questions whether consistent international pressure could have changed the outcome.

“Don't Know Much About History”: The New York Times 1943 Survey of U.S. History and the Controversy it Generated

2012 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Anne-Lise Halvorsen
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
History Education ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Social Studies Education ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
The Public ◽  
Key Players ◽  
The Media

Background/Context Educators, parents, politicians, and the media often complain that young people know little history and compare them unfavorably to better-educated, earlier generations. However, the charge is exaggerated. Young people have performed poorly on history tests for decades. Students’ poor scores on one test in particular, the focus of this study, caught the nation's attention: the New York Times 1943 survey of college freshmen's history knowledge. Focus of Study This study examines the debate between supporters of history education and supporters of social studies education about the New York Times 1943 survey of college freshmen's history knowledge. In a report on the survey results, the newspaper claimed that these students knew little of their country's history, and not much more about its geography. The study places the survey in the broader context of history and social studies education in the early to mid-twentieth century. The study traces the origins of the survey and the debate between two key players, Allan Nevins and Erling Hunt, and describes reactions to the survey from educators, politicians, the media, and the public. In addition, the study describes how the American Historical Association, the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, and the National Council for the Social Studies counteracted the survey's findings to defend the teaching of history and social studies in the U.S. Research Design This study is a historical examination of the survey and the controversy it generated. The study uses archival resources, primary documents, contemporary newspaper and journal articles, and key players’ private letters, to explain how the survey was developed, reported on, and responded to. Conclusions Although the survey was not the first of its kind, and certainly not the last, and did not result in major changes in history and social studies instruction, it gave defenders of history education and social studies education a national battleground for their war of words. In examining the increased interest in the pedagogical debate on fact-based learning versus historical thinking skills that the survey provoked, this study brings perspective to a long-standing controversy, highlights the tension between advocates of history education and advocates of social studies education, and shows how the public reacted with deep alarm to the survey's results. This study highlights the divisive effects of using a single test to draw conclusions about the state of education. In the conclusion, the study calls for a negotiation by all sides in what are known today as “the history wars.”

Media Coverage of Immigration and White Partisanship

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisa Abrajano ◽  
Zoltan L. Hajnal
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
Party Identification ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
The Public ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The Media

This chapter examines the role of news media in driving white fears regarding immigration. In particular, it explores the relationship between media coverage of immigration and aggregate shifts in white party identification. It first considers how the media influences public opinion before discussing the media's profit-driven incentives to frame immigration in a negative manner. Content analysis of immigration-related articles from the New York Times from 1980 to 2011 shows that when the issue of immigration is brought to the attention of the public, it is generally with an emphasis on the negative consequences of immigration. This negative coverage leads to important effects on white macropartisanship. Across this time period, the chapter finds that the reliance on the Latino threat narrative by the media is correlated with significant defection away from the Democratic Party along with increases in the proportion of the public that identifies as Republicans and Independents.

scholarly journals “This Virus is a Common Threat to All Humans”: Discourse Representation of COVID-19 in Selected Newspaper Editorials

2022 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-78
Author(s):  
Ayo Osisanwo
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Media Representation ◽  
Ideological Discourse ◽  
Discourse Strategies ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
Newspaper Editorials

Existing studies on viruses with bias for COVID-19 have mainly been carried out from non-linguistic fields. Linguistics-related studies have not examined the media representation of COVID-19 since it is a recent development. This study, therefore, identifies the representational strategies, discourse structures and discourse strategies deployed by selected newspapers in representing COVID-19 and associated participants. Data were retrieved from selected COVID-19-related editorials from four purposively selected countries and continents across the world: New York Times (USA, North America), The Guardian (UK, Europe), China Daily (China, Asia) and The Punch (Nigeria, Africa), published in the early periods of the pandemic, and precisely from January 1 – March 31, 2020. Guided by aspects of van Dijk’s socio-cognitive model of critical discourse analysis on ideological discourse structures, data were quantitatively and qualitatively analysed. The newspaper editorials unusually converged to negatively represent an issue – COVID-19 – because it is largely negatively viewed by all. Ten representational strategies (like economic cankerworm, threat to humans, common enemy), six discourse strategies (like demonising, criminalising, condemnation) and twelve ideological discourse structures (like Actor Description, Authority, Burden) and different participant representations and roles (like solver, potential super spreader) were identified in the study. The newspapers largely set the agenda on the negative representation of the virus and its potential havoc on all facets of human endeavours, thereby giving emotional and informational appeal to all to join hands in earnestly silencing the epidemic. Keywords: COVID-19, media representation, newspaper editorials, discourse strategies, discourse structures

scholarly journals Out of the Lab and Into the World: Analyses of Social Roles and Gender in Profiles of Scientists in The New York Times and The Scientist

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tessa M. Benson-Greenwald ◽  
Mansi P. Joshi ◽  
Amanda B. Diekman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
Culture Of Science ◽  
Linguistic Analyses ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Female Scientists

Although representations of female scientists in the media have increased over time, stereotypical portrayals of science persist. In-depth, contemporary profiles of scientists’ roles have an opportunity to reflect or to challenge stereotypes of science and of gender. We employed content and linguistic analyses to examine whether publicly available profiles of scientists from New York Times and The Scientist Magazine support or challenge pervasive beliefs about science. Consistent with broader stereotypes of STEM fields, these portrayals focused more on agency than communality. However, profiles also challenged stereotypes through integrating communality, purpose, and growth. This analysis also found similar presence of communal and agentic constructs for both female and male scientists. The current findings highlight the importance of considering counterstereotypic representations of science in the media: Communicating messages to the public that challenge existing beliefs about the culture of science may be one path toward disrupting stereotypes that dissuade talented individuals from choosing science pathways.

Who are Those Journalists? (And Why are They Saying Such Critical Things?)

1985 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley Rothman ◽  
S Robert Lichter
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Wall Street ◽  
The Public ◽  
News Magazines ◽  
Select Group ◽  
Broadcasting System ◽  
American Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Wall Street Journal

The American Media The media have become one of the most powerful influences on our information hungry society. Their new prominence has been propelled by the rise of print and television outlets with national impact. This select group includes the three television networks and the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), three national news magazines (Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report) and the major American newspapers — the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal.

scholarly journals The Construction of Edward Snowden as a Whistleblower in the New York Times and the Washington Post and How It Represents American Freedom of Speech

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cahyo Adi Nugroho
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Freedom Of Speech ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Political ◽  
Washington Post ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Media Narratives

<p>This article employs the media narratives and semiotics analytical approach to examine how Edward Snowden was constructed in online publications of the <em>Times</em> and the <em>Post</em> as two major national newspapers in the United States. The analysis finds that both media successfully construct Snowden positively as a new kind of leaker and as a hero in the sense that he brings back the importance of freedom of speech as a living myth in the United States. He is still viewed as a hero despite his moving to Russia, the political enemy of the United States. The analysis also shows that both media perpetuate the myth of free speech. They construct Snowden’s action positively as a new method to give people courage to criticize the government.</p>

scholarly journals THE 2020 FRANCE ATTACKS: A FRAMING ANALYSIS OF U.K. AND U.S. NEWSPAPERS

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (15) ◽  
pp. 133-146
Author(s):  
Nur Izzati Ariffin ◽  
Faridah Hussain
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The United States ◽  
Framing Analysis ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
The Public ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Media ◽  
Islamist Terrorism

The 2020 France attack regarding the controversial issue of the public portrayal of Prophet Muhammad’s caricature had created havoc all over the world. This research focuses on how the 2020 France attacks-related issues were portrayed in the media in the United Kingdom (U.K.) and the United States (U.S.). This analysis aims to determine the dominant issues covered, the news slant, and the newspapers' tone and framing regarding the 2020 France attacks-related issues. Using content analysis, the data from news articles and feature articles collected from two mainstream online daily newspapers, which were The Independent from the U.K. and The New York Times from the U.S. were examined. This study also aims to compare the differences between the U.K. and U.S. media in framing and reporting the 2020 France attacks-related issues. A total of 56 news articles were analysed, from which three major issues were reported in the newspapers during that period. The most frequently reported issue was the Islamist ‘Terrorism’ in France issue. The findings of the study indicated that the news slant of both newspapers was significantly different. The Independent's news slant was balanced towards both France and Islam, while The New York Times' news slant was against Islam.

scholarly journals «Elementary units» in Multimedia: Cinemagraphy in Mass Media and Blogs in the 2010s

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-263
Author(s):  
Maria Romakina
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Distribution Channel ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Human Vision ◽  
The Media ◽  
Visual Characteristics ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
Illustrative Material

The article studies peculiarities of cinemagraphies - special types of images that appeared due to the development of digital technologies in the early 2010s and combine features of photography and video/cinema. Cinemagraphies are positioned as elementary multimedia units, and perception of these is technologically dependent: the viewer actively perceives not only the depicted image, but also the image-generating technology. Cinemagraphic way of seeing is not peculiar to human vision, its a «machines view». The author suggests defining the properties of these units, namely, multimediality, multimodality, affectivity of technological items, segmentary actuality and segmentary iconicity, hybrid temporality, visual variability; soundlessness; and poetic character, orientation to sensory perception. The duration of one cycle of cinemagraphies, according to the analysis, falls within the interval of 4-10 seconds. The effect exerted on the viewer is largely determined by the percentage of the animated area: if < 25 % of the frame area is animated, the focus is on the movement, while if > 50 %, it is on static objects perceived as «anomalous» in the flow of life. The use of cinemagraphies in the media as illustrative material has a precedent character nowadays. The author managed to detect 151 such cases. The article analyzes in detail some examples of cinemagraphies, published in The Guardian, The New York Times and other media, as well as in blogs in the period 2011-2019. The author defines the following criteria for the analysis: substantive, genre, structural, visual characteristics, functions and distribution channel.

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