scholarly journals A modest proposal for conducting future research on media portrayals of Islam and Muslims in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harits Masduqi ◽  
Fatimah Fatimah
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Media Portrayals ◽  
Modest Proposal

scholarly journals Canadian Newsprint Portrayals of Foreign Brides/ “Mail Order Brides": Comparing Representations Surrounding Policy Changes in 2002 and 2012

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deanna Louise Santuccio
Keyword(s):  
Policy Change ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Mail Order ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Media Portrayals ◽  
Mail Order Brides ◽  
Foreign Brides ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
The Individual

Despite the small amount of Canadian literature on the topic of “mail order brides”, authors have argued that women in this situation often face abuse at a heightened rate, which highlights the need for more research. Focusing on the time periods of 2000-2004 and 2010- 2014, Canadian newsprint stories were gathered in order to compare media portrayals of “mail order brides” surrounding two important policy changes. Findings indicate that surrounding a policy amendment in 2002, more positive portrayals of “mail order brides” can be noted, whereas more emphasis on fraudulent cases of “mail order brides” are present in press surrounding a second policy change in 2012. As well, blaming the individual is constant over both time periods, with minimal focus on broader structural issues that disadvantage “mail order brides”. Future research is needed to expand understanding on this topic with the goal of promoting more progressive immigration policies.

scholarly journals Canadian Newsprint Portrayals of Foreign Brides/ “Mail Order Brides": Comparing Representations Surrounding Policy Changes in 2002 and 2012

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deanna Louise Santuccio
Keyword(s):  
Policy Change ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Mail Order ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Media Portrayals ◽  
Mail Order Brides ◽  
Foreign Brides ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
The Individual

Despite the small amount of Canadian literature on the topic of “mail order brides”, authors have argued that women in this situation often face abuse at a heightened rate, which highlights the need for more research. Focusing on the time periods of 2000-2004 and 2010- 2014, Canadian newsprint stories were gathered in order to compare media portrayals of “mail order brides” surrounding two important policy changes. Findings indicate that surrounding a policy amendment in 2002, more positive portrayals of “mail order brides” can be noted, whereas more emphasis on fraudulent cases of “mail order brides” are present in press surrounding a second policy change in 2012. As well, blaming the individual is constant over both time periods, with minimal focus on broader structural issues that disadvantage “mail order brides”. Future research is needed to expand understanding on this topic with the goal of promoting more progressive immigration policies.

Imagining 5G: Public sense-making through advertising in China and the US

2021 ◽  
pp. 205015792098523
Author(s):  
Scott W. Campbell ◽  
Fangwei Zhao ◽  
Jordan Frith ◽  
Fan Liang
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Media Portrayals ◽  
Fifth Generation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
Social Shaping ◽  
The Media ◽  
Societal Level ◽  
Wireless Infrastructure

This study initiates a line of research on how the fifth generation of wireless infrastructure (“5G”) is being imagined through media portrayals—in this case through advertising. At the time of this writing, 5G is not yet widely available, however the media is saturated with narratives about how it will revolutionize everyday life. Drawing from the social imaginaries and media infrastructures traditions, this textual analysis examines the social shaping of 5G through advertisements from leading telecoms in leading markets, including China and the United States. Findings reveal an overarching trend with ads from both societies imagining 5G in futuristic and utopian ways, suggesting new possibilities for people, objects, and places to be connected through smart homes, vehicles, factories, and cities—not just through smart phones. The findings also reveal distinctions in how 5G is envisioned at the societal level. For example, ads from China imagine 5G as a source of national pride that will elevate its global standing, while the US telecoms have a more inward focus on domestic competition. The discussion offers interpretations of these and other findings, along with directions for future research.

Frame Analysis in Climate Change Communication

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike S. Schäfer ◽  
Saffron O'Neill
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Frame Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Climate Change Communication ◽  
Media Portrayals ◽  
Change Communication ◽  
Methodological Approaches

Framing—selecting certain aspects of a given issue and making them more salient in communication in order to “frame” the issue in a specific way—is a key concept in the study of communication. At the same time, it has been used very differently in scholarship, leading some to declare it a “fractured paradigm,” or an idea whose usefulness has expired. In studies of climate change communication, frame analyses have been used numerous times and in various ways, from formal framing approaches (e.g., episodic vs. thematic framing) to topical frames (both generic and issue-specific). Using methodological approaches of frame analysis from content analysis over discourse analysis and qualitative studies to experimental research, this research has brought valuable insights into media portrayals of climate change in different countries and their effects on audiences—even though it still has limitations that should be remedied in future research.

scholarly journals News Framing of the Arab Spring Conflict from the Lens of Newspaper Editorials

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 352
Author(s):  
Naeem Afzal ◽  
Minah Harun
Keyword(s):  
Arab Spring ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Ruling Elite ◽  
News Framing ◽  
Media Portrayals ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
Newspaper Editorials

News framing of events often restricts us to either ‘oppose’ or ‘favour’ a particular side/party involved in a conflict. This paper examines the print media framing of the Arab Spring in the editorials of The News International (NI) of Pakistan and Arab News (AN) of Saudi Arabia. The coverage sample consists of newspaper editorials published from January 2011 to December 2012 when the uprising received phenomenal attention from the media worldwide. Qualitative content analysis of 48 newspaper editorials (24 NI/24 AN), demonstrates how senior media workers constructed the Arab Spring as an international conflict. Specifically, the lexical choices of editorial writers reveal that mainstream newspapers in both the countries positively framed the pro-Arab Spring protesters (public), who reportedly desired to bring the ‘change’. On the contrary, the media framing of the uprising also reflects that the newspapers negatively framed the anti-Arab Spring authorities (ruling elite), who reportedly resisted the ‘change’. A future research is recommended to investigate readers’ perspectives, as well, on the media portrayals of the Arab Spring or other similar conflicts which can give insights into how language use can impact and is impacted by ideology, cultural nuances and identity of diverse individuals.

Overview of the Science of Science Communication

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Akin
Keyword(s):  
Science Communication ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
Media Portrayals ◽  
Interest In Science ◽  
Contemporary Science ◽  
Biased Processing

This chapter synthesizes the central findings generated by the field of science communication, including those that establish that higher levels of public knowledge will not necessarily increase public support for and interest in science. It describes how beliefs about science are entangled in our social and political environment, shaped by mass media portrayals, and confounded by interpersonal and cultural influences. The chapter closes with a discussion of the current landscape of science communication in the context of contemporary science issues. It also suggests that future research develop and test message structures able to neutralize biased processing and also uncover ways to motivate audiences to make accurate rather than distorted judgments about scientific issues.

U.S. News Coverage of Transgender Victims of Fatal Violence: An Exploratory Content Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 107780122110259
Author(s):  
Max Osborn
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Transgender People ◽  
Media Portrayals ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Future Research Directions

Media portrayals of crime help shape public perceptions of victims and the demographic groups to which they belong. For transgender people, who already face heightened disparities and stigma, news coverage may reinforce negative stereotypes and minimize the wider context of transphobic violence. The present study, a content analysis of news articles ( n = 316) pertaining to 27 transgender people killed in the United States in 2016, addresses positive and negative depictions of victims, use of language affirming and delegitimizing transgender identities, and framing of transphobia as a systemic problem. Themes, implications, and future research directions are discussed.

Parasite defense mechanisms in bees: behavior, immunity, antimicrobials, and symbionts

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison E. Fowler ◽  
Rebecca E. Irwin ◽  
Lynn S. Adler
Keyword(s):  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Immune Priming ◽  
Social Bees ◽  
Bee Health ◽  
Landscape Scales ◽  
And Function ◽  
Solitary Species

Parasites are linked to the decline of some bee populations; thus, understanding defense mechanisms has important implications for bee health. Recent advances have improved our understanding of factors mediating bee health ranging from molecular to landscape scales, but often as disparate literatures. Here, we bring together these fields and summarize our current understanding of bee defense mechanisms including immunity, immunization, and transgenerational immune priming in social and solitary species. Additionally, the characterization of microbial diversity and function in some bee taxa has shed light on the importance of microbes for bee health, but we lack information that links microbial communities to parasite infection in most bee species. Studies are beginning to identify how bee defense mechanisms are affected by stressors such as poor-quality diets and pesticides, but further research on this topic is needed. We discuss how integrating research on host traits, microbial partners, and nutrition, as well as improving our knowledge base on wild and semi-social bees, will help inform future research, conservation efforts, and management.

Dicarbonyl derived post-translational modifications: chemistry bridging biology and aging-related disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-110
Author(s):  
Christian Sibbersen ◽  
Mogens Johannsen
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Post Translational Modification ◽  
Dicarbonyl Compounds ◽  
Protein Targets ◽  
Post Translational Modifications ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Glycation End Products ◽  
Direct Mass Spectrometry

Abstract In living systems, nucleophilic amino acid residues are prone to non-enzymatic post-translational modification by electrophiles. α-Dicarbonyl compounds are a special type of electrophiles that can react irreversibly with lysine, arginine, and cysteine residues via complex mechanisms to form post-translational modifications known as advanced glycation end-products (AGEs). Glyoxal, methylglyoxal, and 3-deoxyglucosone are the major endogenous dicarbonyls, with methylglyoxal being the most well-studied. There are several routes that lead to the formation of dicarbonyl compounds, most originating from glucose and glucose metabolism, such as the non-enzymatic decomposition of glycolytic intermediates and fructosyl amines. Although dicarbonyls are removed continuously mainly via the glyoxalase system, several conditions lead to an increase in dicarbonyl concentration and thereby AGE formation. AGEs have been implicated in diabetes and aging-related diseases, and for this reason the elucidation of their structure as well as protein targets is of great interest. Though the dicarbonyls and reactive protein side chains are of relatively simple nature, the structures of the adducts as well as their mechanism of formation are not that trivial. Furthermore, detection of sites of modification can be demanding and current best practices rely on either direct mass spectrometry or various methods of enrichment based on antibodies or click chemistry followed by mass spectrometry. Future research into the structure of these adducts and protein targets of dicarbonyl compounds may improve the understanding of how the mechanisms of diabetes and aging-related physiological damage occur.

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