Comparing Media Systems: Re-evaluating the Role of the Public Media in the Digital Age

The crisis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most serious issues facing us today. The scale of the problem is illustrated by the recent commitment of Heads of State at the UN to coordinate efforts to curb the spread of AMR infections. In this review, we explore the biochemistry behind the headlines of a few stories that were recently published in the public media. We focus on examples from three different issues related to AMR: (i) hospital-acquired infections, (ii) the spread of resistance through animals and/or the environment and (iii) the role of antimicrobial soaps and other products containing disinfectants in the dissemination of AMR. Although these stories stem from three very different settings, the underlying message in all of them is the same: there is a direct relationship between the use of antimicrobials and the development of resistance. In addition, one type of antimicrobial could select for cross-resistance to another type and/or for multidrug resistance. Therefore, we argue the case for increased stewardship to not only cover clinical use of antibiotics, but also the use of antimicrobials in agriculture and stewardship of our crucially important biocides such as chlorhexidine.

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WHO'S CHOOSING THE NEWS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC MEDIA DISCOURSE

10.31124/advance.13060190 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Sina Summers

Keyword(s):

Artificial Intelligence ◽

Public Discourse ◽

Public Life ◽

Media Discourse ◽

The Public ◽

Public Media ◽

Level Of Understanding ◽

Traditional Roles

This thesis inquiry investigates how algorithms operate generally to affect the dissemination of news information to audiences. This research aimed to find what the implications of AI used in these ways are for traditional roles played by media news in public life – such as informing the public in the public’s interests and enabling informed public discourse. This research asks also to what extent the use and effect of AI algorithms are transparent to audiences and how this level of understanding by audiences (or lack of understanding) affects the informing role of media.

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WHO'S CHOOSING THE NEWS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC MEDIA DISCOURSE

10.31124/advance.13060190.v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Sina Summers

Keyword(s):

Artificial Intelligence ◽

Public Discourse ◽

Public Life ◽

Media Discourse ◽

The Public ◽

Public Media ◽

Level Of Understanding ◽

Traditional Roles

This thesis inquiry investigates how algorithms operate generally to affect the dissemination of news information to audiences. This research aimed to find what the implications of AI used in these ways are for traditional roles played by media news in public life – such as informing the public in the public’s interests and enabling informed public discourse. This research asks also to what extent the use and effect of AI algorithms are transparent to audiences and how this level of understanding by audiences (or lack of understanding) affects the informing role of media.

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Trust in Commercial and Personal Transactions in the Digital Age

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199589074.013.0013 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Regina Connolly

Keyword(s):

Digital Age ◽

Trust Building ◽

Trust Development ◽

The Public ◽

Online Trust ◽

Trading Partners ◽

Key Issues ◽

Transaction Context ◽

The Relationship

This chapter concentrates on how trust has been conceptualized and studied, providing a refined understanding of many trust-related issues that affect commerce but arguably also other online transactions in the digital age, such as in the public services. A discussion of the role of experience, gender, and culture in relation to the generation of online trust beliefs is presented. It is noted that trust development is dependent on time. Trust is ‘necessary for the success of economic transactions’ and is viewed as the relationship facilitator between trading partners. The focus of online trust issues has developed, and the role of recommendation agents and avatars in trust building is described in the same way that the antecedents of trust received attention a number of years ago. It is hoped that this chapter has clarified some of the key issues that require consideration when researching trust in an online transaction context.

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Can realism save us from populism? Rousseau in the digital age

European Journal of Political Theory ◽

10.1177/1474885120906928 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 147488512090692

Author(s):

Ilaria Cozzaglio

Keyword(s):

Public Sphere ◽

Direct Democracy ◽

Digital Age ◽

Political Realism ◽

Ideology Critique ◽

The Real ◽

The Public ◽

The People ◽

The Public Sphere

In 2016, the Five Stars Movement (5SM), one of the parties currently in power in Italy, launched the ‘Rousseau platform’. This is a platform meant to enhance direct democracy, transparency and the real participation of the people in the making of laws, policies and political proposals. Although ennobled with the name of Rousseau, the 5SM’s redemptive promise has been strongly criticised in the public sphere for being irresponsible and ideological. Political realism, I will argue, can perform both a diagnostic and a corrective task, by providing some tools to unveil populist distortions and by offering more solid grounds for political opponents’ critique. Three aspects of realism, in particular, will be pointed out as remedies against populist drifts. First, anti-moralism, complemented by anti-utopianism and contextualism, criticises the populists’ moralistic picture of politics, its anti-pluralistic attitude and its rejection of the role of experts in politics. Second, the Weberian ethic of responsibility offers standards to assess politicians’ actions, instead of embracing the populist aversion towards any professional politician; besides, it contrasts the populist image of politics as a derogatory activity. Finally, realism as ideology critique unveils the distorting narratives underlying populist propaganda and fostering uncritical support.

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DEVELOPING BOOKLET BASED ON THE RESEARCH RESULT OF THE EFFECT OF FORMALIN-ADDED-TOFU TO HEPAR HISTOPATOLOGY OF MALE MICE Balb/C STRAIN

Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia ◽

10.22219/jpbi.v2i2.3447 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Egi Qory Imamah ◽

Umi Lestari ◽

Abdul Gofur

Keyword(s):

Research Result ◽

Oral Exposure ◽

Communication To The Public ◽

Male Mice ◽

Food Preservative ◽

The Public ◽

Public Media ◽

Weighted Score ◽

Made In

Formalin is a dangerous food preservative which has been banned to be used. Formalin is often used because it is relatively cheap and simple to use. This study aimed to analyze the effect of formalin to damage liver histology of male mice. Mice used were male mice Balb/C strain aged 4 weeks and weighted 20 to 22 grams. The extract of formalin-added-tofu, which were the concentration of: 0.1%, 1.68%, and 3.35%, 5.1%, 6.7%, were given orally per day for 12 weeks. At the end of 12th week, the mice were dissected and the liver were taken which then made preparations. The liver histological preparations were observed under a dino lite microscope in five different visual field, with a magnification of 800 times. For each of field of views, 20 cells were randomly counted. The average of weighted score of histopathological liver of five field of views then were randomly calculated for each mice. The scoring model used was Histopathology Manja Roenigk. The total of damage percentage occurred was recorded and calculated. The results showed that oral exposure to formaldehyde increases the amount of damage significantly in male mice strain Balb/C. The research results were presented in the form of booklets as a means of communication to the public media to broaden the danger of formalin-added-tofu. The booklet was made in order to perform the role of education as an agent of society renewal insight and knowledge. In addition, it also creating a continuous learning.Keywords: Booklet, Formalin, Hepar Histology, Male Mice, Tofu

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The television we want… if we really want what we say

Comunicar ◽

10.3916/c25-2005-010 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 13 (25) ◽

pp. 71-77

Author(s):

Juan-María Casado-Salinas

Keyword(s):

Social Change ◽

Active Agent ◽

Traditional Values ◽

Media Law ◽

Spanish Society ◽

The Public ◽

Audiovisual Media ◽

Public Media

The majority of the Spanish society is worried about the crisis of traditional values. They make television responsible of this situation and they claim deep changes to transform it in an active agent of social change. The author considers that television can assume that responsibility if all citizens support television giving his responsible agreement to the modifications that politicians are doing to the audiovisual media law of Spain. The article analyses those changes and the need of a clear conscience of the public-media administrators about their social compromise to develop the cultural and educative role of television. Si bien el autor considera que la televisión realmente puede asumir la responsabilidad de ayudar a la sociedad a enfrentarse con éxito a su crisis de valores, ello sólo será posible si todos sus miembros asumen su condición de ciudadanos y apoyan crítica y responsablemente los cambios en marcha, ya que es ahora cuando se definirán con claridad todas las funciones que constituyen la misión de las radiotelevisiones públicas, se garantizará un marco estable de financiación, y a sus gestores les permitirá la independencia del gobierno. Finalmente, se concluye que los cambios en las radiotelevisiones públicas han de servir para dar satisfacción a los sectores más conscientes de la sociedad hacia un nuevo camino a favor de la educación y la cultura. Para ello serán necesarios responsables que tengan clara conciencia de su compromiso social, ya que sin este compromiso, el auténtico proyecto reformista fracasaría como ha ocurrido en muchas otras ocasiones.

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Tranquillizers and Hypnotics-Sedatives as a Social Problem in Finland and Sweden

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs ◽

10.1177/145861269701401s13 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 14 (1_suppl) ◽

pp. 17-32

Author(s):

Antti Schönberg

Keyword(s):

Social Problem ◽

Medical Journals ◽

Health Politics ◽

The Public ◽

Patient Organizations ◽

Public Media ◽

The Status ◽

Benzodiazepine Dependence ◽

The Media

This paper documents debates over benzodiazepine-based tranquillizers and hypnotics-sedatives in Finland and Sweden during the period of 1981–1994. It looks at the emergence of benzodiazepine dependence as a social problem in medical journals, newspapers, magazines, and administrative documents. The paper analyses the role of the media, experts, authorities, the drug industry, and patient organizations in the claims-making process. It compares Finnish and Swedish cases and locates the position of patients as self-conscious actors in the debates. In Sweden there was genuine debate where physicians, medical authorities, and patient organizations took part. The public media had an important role in defining the status of the problem. The Finnish discussion was composed of single articles or debate articles, but did not form an interactive debate. Finnish authorities did not debate publicly with physicians or other actors. In the Swedish debate patients took part as self-conscious actors, while patients were missing from the Finnish debate. Finally, the author considers the change in actor relations in medicine, drug, and health politics, and concludes that it may be more and more difficult for the traditional actors to marginalize the patient.

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The origin of imported TV content and the public service remit in European PSBs: RTVE and the BBC

The Journal of Popular Television ◽

10.1386/jptv_00028_1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 293-298 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Celina Navarro

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Public Service ◽

The Public ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Public Media ◽

Distinct Concept ◽

Media Corporations ◽

European Markets ◽

Depth Interviews

This article analyses the role of foreign content in the public broadcasting corporations from two major European markets, Spain and the United Kingdom. Through a quantitative approach to schedules and in-depth interviews with the heads of the acquisitions departments, it is demonstrated that RTVE and BBC, both public media corporations, have a very different approach to the scheduling of acquisitions due to their distinct concept of public service remit. While in Spain this is focused on the cultural diversity of programmes, the approach in the United Kingdom is to only promote British productions.

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Governance of Public Service Media in Poland: The Role of the Public

Media and Communication ◽

10.17645/mac.v3i4.377 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 26-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Michal Glowacki

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Public Service ◽

Grey Literature ◽

Public Examination ◽

Social Barriers ◽

The Public ◽

Media Regulation ◽

Public Media ◽

Multi Stakeholder

This paper analyzes the role of the public in governance processes in public service media (PSM) in Poland in the post mass-media era, characterized by participatory culture and network practices. Referencing the findings of the “Democratization of media policy in the digital ecosystems” (2014–2015) research project, the study aims to map the effectiveness of existing tools, practices and attitudes toward opening-up Polish public media enterprises to the public. Examination of media regulation, grey literature (corporate documentation, strategies, reports) and civil society initiatives are likely to indicate the ways and extent to which members of the public might currently participate in the decision-making and control. On the basis of hypotheses that public media enterprises in Poland are not fully prepared for the multi-stakeholder and advanced model of PSM, the study takes into account potential systemic/regulatory, organizational and social barriers for change. The salient questions to be addressed are: What are the strategies and practices through which members of civil society might get involved? At what stages are the publics able to engage? How can PSM take advantage of the development of online tools offering space for interaction and collaboration? How is it possible to make the public more active and interested in governance and participation?

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