Policies Of Preservation And Protection Of The Culture And Identity Of Immigrants

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 392-397
Author(s):  
Cristina Ariton-Gelan
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Cultural Integration ◽  
Intercultural Skills ◽  
Religious Dialogue ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
The Media

Abstract This paper addresses the phenomenon of immigrant integration within a community in terms of what is currently called cultural integration, with landmarks such as government policies in the European community and the ways to implement in practice. This theme is approached from two angles: the way in which organizations can provide services that are more accessible to immigrants- and which help increase their sense of belonging and civic participation - which means employment of migrants to participate actively in society. The first angle of approach relates to the ways in which different institutions and organizations involved in the integration of immigrants (by providing social services to them) can develop the latter’s intercultural skills. The second angle of approach concerns the ways in which immigrants and non-immigrants can be mobilized around different facets of active citizenship or around religious dialogue. Realizing a synergy of the two angles of approach in terms of cultural integration of immigrants, an important aspect of this paper is to argue the issue of interpretation of the role of the media in this context.

The Influence of the Media on Policies in Practice: Hungarian Refugee Resettlement in the Netherlands in 1956

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-53
Author(s):  
Marlou Schrover ◽  
Tycho Walaardt
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Supportive Role ◽  
The Press ◽  
Freedom Fighters ◽  
The Media ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Changes Over Time

This article analyses newspaper coverage, government policies and policy practices during the 1956 Hungarian refugee crisis. There were surprisingly few differences between newspapers in the coverage of this refugee migration, and few changes over time. The role of the press was largely supportive of government policies, although the press did criticise the selection of refugees. According to official government guidelines, officials should not have selected, but in practice this is what they attempted to do. The refugees who arrived in the Netherlands did not live up to the image the press, in its supportive role, had created: there were too few freedom fighters, women and children. This article shows that the press had an influence because policy makers did make adjustments. However, in practice selection was not what the media assumed it was, and the corrections were not what the media had aimed for.

Identification of Various Dimensions and Indicators of Immigrant Integration Into Global Scenarios

2021 ◽  
pp. 247-260
Author(s):  
Rouf Ahmad Bhat
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Host Community ◽  
Inclusive Growth ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
Successful Integration

Integration of immigrants is at the forefront of policy concerns in many countries. Simultaneously, there is an increasing focus on the role of the receiving society for achieving a higher degree of integration of immigrants. In recent decades, the successful integration of immigrants into a host country's society, economy, and polity has become a major issue for policymakers. For social cohesion and inclusive growth and the ability of migrants to become self-reliant, productive citizens the integration of immigrants and of their children is vibrant. This chapter identifies various dimensions and indicators involved in integration of immigrants into a host society. There are always concerns about successful integration; however, this is not determined solely by the actions immigrants take and the resources they possess. The reception—supportive, neutral, or negative—they receive from the host community plays a critical role. In this direction, this chapter also highlights various challenges and gaps that are involved in immigrant integration.

The Losing Media? An Empirical Study of Defamation Litigation in China

2017 ◽  
Vol 230 ◽  
pp. 371-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin He ◽  
Fen Lin
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
News Media ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Medium Effect ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government

AbstractFollowing a well-established research tradition on court decisions, this study analyses 524 defamation cases in China from 1993 to 2013, explores the media's success possibilities, and investigates the role of party capacity, political influence and the medium effect. Contrary to the existing assertions, we find that the media are not necessarily losing. On average, from 1993 to 2013, the success rate of news media in Chinese defamation courts was 42 per cent, and this rate has been increasing since 2005. We also find that government officials and Party organs had consistent advantages in court, while ordinary plaintiffs, magazines and websites had less success. The medium of the media (i.e. print, broadcast, internet) makes a difference, as do the government policies governing the media. In addition, local protectionism exists, but it is less rampant than expected. These findings compel us to rethink the dynamics among the media, the courts and the state, and their implications on China's institutional resilience.

scholarly journals NEOPAGANS IN UKRAINE AS A "SOURCE OF CONFLICT": ACCORDING TO INTERNET MEDIA

2019 ◽  
pp. 100-109
Author(s):  
Oksana Smorzhevska
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Conflict Situations ◽  
Internet Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
Stone Sculpture

Virtual media like television or other types of media influence the audience from year to year more and more powerful. The role of social networks as a source of information and its interpretation is growing especially rapidly. Modern pagans (neo-pagans) in Ukraine represent a small part of religiously oriented citizens of Ukraine. However, they are also present in the information virtual space. And not only in their social groups and pagan sites. Quite often, representatives of the pagan movement of Ukraine and their worldview and lifestyle became the objects of news related to conflict situations. Typically, in virtual media, information was conveyed through the prism of “pagans and others”. Thus, voluntarily or involuntarily, there is the perception of the pagans in Ukraine and the pagan movement as a whole is somehow exotic, extravagant, sometimes dangerous and even hostile. Although paganism is not widely known in Ukraine, it is also not informationally isolated. For the majority of the population of Ukraine, paganism is more associated with “Ivan Kupala”, jumping over a fire and spectacular historical reconstructions. However, the media covers not only holidays and interesting rituals, but also conflict situations related one way or another with the rejection of the pagans and their worldview. I focused only on the most resonant cases, which received quite noticeable and lengthy coverage in the Internet media. Among them: the destruction (burning, logging, dousing) of the shrines of the pagans. Such cases became especially resonant on Khortytsya island in Zaporizhzhia, where one of the centers of the pagan movement of Ukraine, the Ruske Pravoslavne Kolo, was deployed. The acts of vandalism and religious hatred also took place in the other cities of Ukraine. Among the most high-profile cases is the destruction of a wooden statue of Perun and a stone sculpture of Svitovid (a copy of the Zbruchansky idol) in Kyiv. Also publicized was the case of the taking away by social services of children from pagan parents in Buki willage in the Zhytomyr region and their return through the court. Relations between pagans, Ukrainian Greek Catholics, and the local population of the Gusyatinsky district in the Ternopil region were difficult, too. Stormy discussions on social networks caused the burial of the pagan who died in the war, Marian Nayda.

Country Animosity and the Role of Media

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-260
Author(s):  
Maria D. Alvarez ◽  
Sara Campo
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Political System ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
The Political ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Consumption Choices ◽  
The Media ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
High Degree

Wars, conflicts, and other incidents between countries may give rise to feelings of animosity towards a given country that affect consumption choices. These negative feelings may also have roots on more general concerns regarding ideological differences, government policies, or human rights violations, and they may be supported by the broadcast of news by the media. Therefore, this study is aimed at obtaining a better understanding of the causes that may lead individuals to harbor feelings of animosity towards a particular country, with important potential consequences for tourism. In addition, the portrayal of the most disliked countries in the mainstream media is analyzed to better comprehend the influence that the media has on the formation of these negative feelings. According to the findings, the most important reasons why individuals dislike certain countries include the perception of the place as having a high degree of criminality or terrorism, the negative opinion concerning violation of human rights, and the dislike of the political system and the country's leader. These are also the topics that are mostly mentioned in the news concerning the specific countries analyzed.

scholarly journals MEDIA RELATIONS DINAS KOMUNIKASI DAN INFORMATIKA (DISKOMINFO) KABUPATEN KARANGANYAR DALAM SOSIALISASI PROGRAM PEMERINTAH

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Nur Laili Puspa Rohmana ◽  
Rhesa Zuhriya Briyan Pratiwi
Keyword(s):  
Information Needs ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Media Relations ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Government Program ◽  
The Media ◽  
Qualitative Data Collection

The importance of media relations conducted by a number of PRs in Government Agencies has implications for government policies in accordance with the information needs of the community. One of them is at the Office of Communication and Information (Diskominfo) Karanganyar Regency related to the issue of government program socialization. This study aims to describe the media relations strategy used by the Karanganyar Regency Office of Communication and Information in the socialization of government programs. The type of research used is descriptive qualitative. Data collection techniques using observation, interviews, and documentation. The results of the study, Diskominfo Karanganyar Regency uses media relations strategies by managing relations, developing strategies, and developing networks with the media to optimize each role of each section in Diskominfo for the benefit of the socialization of government programs for the community.

Construction and Development of Systems for Internal Communications in Public Administration - Mission Possible!?

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 389-394
Author(s):  
Valentin Vasilev ◽  
Dimitrina Stefanova
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Transitional Period ◽  
Direct Connection ◽  
Know How ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Internal Communications

Abstract Internal communications are an important element and have a direct connection with the management of an organization. About 60% of the problems in the management of an organisation are due to poor communications. Communication in an organisation is associated with the transmission of certain knowledge about the nature and role of the organisation, implementing and maintaining motivation, organisational cohesion and sense of belonging, inspiring the development of know-how. This leads to increased confidence in the government, and, in turn, it affects productivity and motivation. In the transitional period or at a time of crisis, internal communications play a key role in the transmission of important messages, often preventing incorrect and damaging rumours. If people in the organisation are aware of the rules of communication in times of crisis, the organisation has a chance to minimize interpretations of what happened in the media.

scholarly journals The Role of Cities in the Integration of Immigrants in Europe

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-181
Author(s):  
Lucyna Rajca
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
National Level ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
Intercultural Integration

In the era of migration, cities play an important role in integrating immigrants and promoting social cohesion. Sometimes they create and implement integration policies different from these at a national level. The state-run civic integration programs question the thesis of the growing role of cities as these programs have resulted in centralizing integration policies and reducing their role. In recent years, large European cities have been implementing a cultural diversity management model referred to as “intercultural integration”. They have also adopted mainstream policies targeted at the entire population. In terms of immigrant integration policy Polish large cities have recently been following a pattern set by their Western European counterparts. This results from the availability of European funds and trends towards cultural diversity rather than challenges.

Sweden’s immigrant integration policy: the role of language

2020 ◽  
pp. 133-137
Author(s):  
Vladyslav Butenko ◽  
Aleksei Chekmazov
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Immigrants And Refugees ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
Migration Flows ◽  
Immigrant Integration Policy

The increase in migration flows in 2010–2011 and 2015–2016 has brought the issue of immigrants’ integration in European countries to a qualitatively new level. The integration of immigrants and refugees is one of the central topics in academic and political discourses. This essay presents short analysis of the Swedish language policy towards integration of immigrants and refugees. The importance of this topic is determined by the fact that language is one of the instruments of inclusion in the host society.

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