scholarly journals Media and Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (ENGOs) Roles in Environmental Sustainability Communication in Malaysia

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Saleh ◽  
Mohamad Saifudin
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Communication ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mass Society ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Media ◽  
Conducting Research

Abstract Considering the massive environmental problems occurring in Malaysia, the media and the ENGOs are said to play pivotal roles in delivering environmental information to the mass society in order to increase their awareness, knowledge and practices towards the environment and sustainability. This study sought to shed the light on the type of roles can be played by the Malaysian media and the ENGOs in environmental sustainability communication. For the purpose of this study, 24 interviewees encompassing 13 media interviewees from two media organizations, namely Utusan Malaysia and The Star, as well as 11 ENGOs interviewees from two ENGOs organizations, WWF and MNS. The result of this study indicated that although both media and ENGOs seem to have different organizational backgrounds, particularly the media is a profitable organization whilst ENGOs are more non-profit oriented, when it comes to environmental communication, most of them agreed that they share quite similar roles particularly in informing and educating the public about environmental issues and in conducting research on environment and sustainability matters.

scholarly journals Media frames and public perceptions of global poverty in the UK: Is there a link?

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirjam Vossen ◽  
Lau Schulpen
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Global Poverty ◽  
Media Frames ◽  
The Public ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This study investigates the relationship between media frames and public perceptions of global poverty. Building on a frame analysis, the paper reconstructs prevailing poverty narratives in British news articles and non-governmental organizations’ (NGO’s) advertisements between 2011 and 2013. Following this, these narratives are compared with the narratives that emerge from public opinion studies. The findings suggest that there is a strong connection between media frames and public knowledge and perceptions of global poverty. Both the media and the public define poverty in developing countries’ terms of destitute victims, lack of development and bad governance. Both suggest that the causes of poverty are internal to developing countries and imply that there has been little progress in reducing global poverty.

scholarly journals The role of internal audit in public procurement and the fight against corruption (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Revizor ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (93) ◽  
pp. 55-70
Author(s):  
Željko Rička ◽  
Anita Šadić
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
The Public ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Media ◽  
Public Money ◽  
Systemic Corruption

Relevant governmental bodies and organizations, non-governmental organizations, international organizations and institutions, especially the media, show increased interest in corruption related to the public procurement. Public procurement is the most frequently cited area in the context of systemic corruption for the simple reason that it directly represents the spending of public money on a large scale, which according to OECD data represents about 7-15% of GDP. One of the possible approaches to prevent corruption in public procurement is the systematic building of the integrity of all entities and institutions involved in the public procurement process. Due to the fact that the internal audit way of organization and work is closest to practical issues of public procurement it has the opportunity to achieve the largest coverage of cases for which public funds are engaged.

scholarly journals Communication Breakdown: The Media Effects on Ecuador's Environment

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Media Effects ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Communication ◽  
The Public ◽  
Communication Breakdown ◽  
The Media ◽  
New Occurrences

Environmental communication is an essential part of any society; it informs the population of new occurrences and happenings nearby, and around the globe. As technology evolves, so do the methods in which humans communicate and comprehend. The ways environmental issues are presented to and perceived by the public have increasingly influenced their decision making and continue to affect the way people live their lives. But what role do media outlets play in the environmental awareness of their audience? This research study demonstrates the importance of environmental communication in Ecuador and the various ways in which it can be distorted or controlled. It is critical that individuals are aware of their country’s actions and reactions to the environment, as well as their own personal footprints within it. Researching the media in Ecuador, alongside the population’s reaction to it, shows how important media is to the environmental awareness of its citizens, as well as their attitude towards conservation.

The savior and the devil: Media representations of school–non-governmental organization interactions

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eran Tamir ◽  
Khen Tucker ◽  
Miri Yemini
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Public Schooling ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
The Public ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Devil

This study maps, characterizes, and conceptualizes the media discourse and coverage of non-governmental organization–school interactions within public education in Israel, while depicting the evolving dynamics and framing of this ever prominent phenomenon. The authors employed two complementary methodologies for the analysis: critical discourse analysis and framing theory. Specifically, this study pinpoints how neo-liberal notions are used and communicated to the public, and what role different newspapers play in framing those interactions and in helping to shape public opinion regarding the new engagements between schools and non-governmental organizations. The authors depict the ways in which school–non-governmental organization interactions are presented and framed to popular and elite audiences, and discuss the possible implications of their findings in light of the growing prominence of external entities in public schooling.

scholarly journals Environmental Public Interest Litigation in China: A Critical Examination

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Lei Xie ◽  
Lu Xu
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Litigation Risk ◽  
Public Interest Litigation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations

Abstract Environmental public interest litigation (EPIL) by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) emerged in China over the last decade amidst the growing focus on environmental issues and the increasing political need to bring greater public participation to the area. This article examines the current practice of EPIL by NGOs in order to understand the potential flaws and deficiencies of NGO participation in this relatively new field of environmental litigation. The article sets out by exploring EPIL as a legal pathway for the public to become involved in China's environmental governance. It then analyzes the legal provision of environmental litigation in China before critically examining several instances of EPIL initiated by NGOs between 2015 and 2019. The article finds that NGOs show weaknesses in their current EPIL practice, including in case selection and litigation risk assessment, but are willing to test and potentially expand the scope of EPIL into new areas of environmental protection such as noise pollution and renewable energy. It concludes that these weaknesses and strengths of NGO involvement in EPIL reflect the constantly evolving landscape of environmental governance and environmental litigation in China.

scholarly journals SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL READAPTATION PROGRAMS IN THE WORLD AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF PRACTICES IN THE FIELD OF POST-PENITENTIARY AID IN POLAND

Probacja ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 53-72
Author(s):  
Katarzyna M. Stanek ◽  
Natalia Grzegolec ◽  
Izabela Mikuli
Keyword(s):  
Probation Officers ◽  
Employment Services ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Public ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Welfare Institutions ◽  
The World ◽  
Local Space ◽  
The Individual

The issue of social and professional readaptation of convicts is the subject of research and discussion in the field of social and legal sciences and practice around the world. In Poland, the system of assisting prisoners includes not only the Prison Service and probation officers, but also the Public Employment Services, social welfare institutions, and non-governmental organizations. Helping former convicts and returning them to the paths of social functioning brings benefits that go beyond the individual dimension and pays off not only in the local space, but also in the long term – affecting subsequent generations and shaping their resources and patterns of functioning. The article draws attention to the essence of social and professional reintegration and re-adaptation of people leaving prisons, taking into account the basic goal of institutional and social interactions, which is change. At the same time, it emphasizes the importance of the functioning of institutions and non-profit organizations in the world that implement various programs of social and professional reintegration and re-adaptation of people at risk of social exclusion due to their criminal past. The good practices presented in the article may be an inspiration for planning and implementing programs on the basis of Polish post-penitentiary aid.

scholarly journals Making Invisible Changes Visible: Animal Examples and the Communication of Biodiversity Loss

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 394-414
Author(s):  
Marit Ruge Bjærke
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Environmental Communication ◽  
Red List ◽  
Science Data ◽  
Environmental Threats ◽  
The Public ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Choice Of Species

Communicating biodiversity loss and other environmental threats is never only about relating natural science data. How different environmental discourses are presented, how they intertwine, and what concepts of nature are implied, are important parts of environmental communication. The release of the 2015 Norwegian Red List for Species by the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre was commented on by governmental and non-governmental organizations, and was covered quite extensively in Norwegian national and local papers. In this article, I investigate the use of animals as examples in media texts on the Norwegian Red List, and the different conceptions of biodiversity loss that they activate. The examples studied in the article vary from the listing of species’ names to longer narratives connected with a single species. What they have in common, however, is that the authors use them to make the general issue of the texts more real and understandable to the reader or listener. The conceptions of biodiversity, produced through animal examples in the various media, ranged from happiness and childhood magic, to a climate-changed future, and to recreational hunting. The close reading of the examples shows that both the choice of species and, more specifically, which of the species’ many relationships to portray as part of the exemplary narrative, is crucial to the conceptions of biodiversity loss and of nature that are conveyed to the public. Through their way of both exceeding and reducing the general statement they are meant to illustrate, the examples bring some ideas about biodiversity loss to the foreground, but at the same time obscure others, thus providing insight into how biodiversity loss is constructed and communicated as an environmental problem.

scholarly journals COOPERATION BETWEEN THE POLICE FORCES AND NGOs WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF SECURITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 28-32
Author(s):  
Dariusz Szydłowski ◽  
Kamil Martyniak
Keyword(s):  
Public Authorities ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Public ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Law Enforcement Agency ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Charitable Activities

The Police as the largest uniformed law enforcement agency in Poland (more than 100,000 functionaries) with strictly hierarchical command structure is capable of entering into cooperation with external entities including non-governmental organizations. NGOs are all entities which are not public administration organs or units and which operate on a non-profit basis. A characteristic feature of an NGO is the lack of links to the public authorities. In Poland the status of NGOs is regulated by the Public Benefit and Volunteer Work Act of 2003 which introduced an extended definition of non-governmental organizations as entities engaged in public interest and charitable activities (ngo.pl, 2018). The paper presents the subject matter related to the cooperation of the Polish Police with non-governmental organizations with respect to their statutory tasks, determines the place of NGOs in the security system and draws conclusions and recommendations regarding the cooperation.

scholarly journals A PROTEÇÃO DOS DIREITOS HUMANOS AOS DENUNCIANTES QUE INVESTIGAM ATOS DE CORRUPÇÃO

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Marcio Bonini Notari
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Media ◽  
Political Objective

RESUMO  A corrupção vem se apresentando no âmbito das instituições privadas e democráticas, assim como, a nível internacional, entre os setores público e privado. No início da década de 90, começam a surgir uma série de estudos por parte dos organismos internacionais, das agências multilaterais e das organizações não governamentais procurando fornecer uma programação globalizada com temas ligados aos direitos humanos. São inúmeras denúncias noticiadas nos meios de comunicação acerca das práticas corruptivas, o que, acarreta no uso de campanhas anticorrupção por parte de governos para repressão a todos aqueles opositores ou críticos da sua gestão. Isso, de certo, modo pode trazer restrições aos direitos dos denunciantes, contribuindo para violação aos direitos humanos de todo e qualquer pessoa identificada como objetivo político, da transparência e publicidade, da liberdade de expressão e pensamento.  O presente trabalho pretende analisar a proteção dos direitos humanos em seus tratados e convenções internacionais, no que diz respeito aos denunciantes e de todos aqueles que investigam casos de corrupção ligados a ilícitos, práticas fraudulentas em organizações de natureza pública e privada. De tal modo que, a participação do cidadão  mediante o livre exercício da liberdade de expressão e do acesso á informação, possibilita o exercício da cidadania, sem censura estatal, como forma de diminuir a incidência dos atos de corrupção e um controle benéfico ao poder público e a iniciativa privada. Palavras chaves: corrupção, direitos humanos e denunciantes.  ABSTRACT Corruption has been taking place within private and democratic institutions, as well as internationally, between the public and private sectors. In the early 1990s, a series of studies by international organizations, multilateral agencies and non-governmental organizations on the subject began to emerge, seeking to provide a globalized programming with themes related to human rights, There are numerous reports in the media about corrupt practices, which leads to the use of anti-corruption campaigns by governments to repress all those who oppose or critically manage them. This, in a way, may bring restrictions on the rights of whistleblowers, contributing to the violation of the human rights of anyone identified as a political objective, transparency and publicity, freedom of expression and thought. This paper aims to analyze the protection of human rights without their international treaties and conventions, with respect to whistleblowers and all those who investigate cases of corruption linked to illicit, fraudulent practices in organizations of a public and private nature. In such a way that citizen participation and access to information make it possible to exercise authentic citizenship as a means of reducing the incidence of acts of corruption and beneficial control of public power and private initiative, and may contain the benefits of corruption to the public. certain privileged groups and sectors. Keywords: corruption, human rights and whistleblowers. 

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