scholarly journals STALKING: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

2021 ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
Milica Stanković
Keyword(s):  
Social Problem ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Criminal Offence ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Media Portrayal ◽  
The Media

In recent years, the criminal offence of stalking has drawn considerable attention of scientific and professional public. Stalking has been recognized as a criminal offence and a serious social problem since the 1990s. Before that, no state or society had statutes that recognized stalking as a criminal offence. It does not suggest that stalking did not exist before the 1990s. Stalking has always been part of human relations. Prior to enacting the legislation on stalking, many forms of unlawful behavior indicative of stalking were legally considered as harassment. Notably, the media portrayal of celebrity stalking was the catalyst that first exposed the presence of such intrusive behavior and triggered global interest. Based on the prior research on stalking, the author of this paper provides an overview of the criminal offence of stalking, outlines the primary arguments for its incrimination, and summarizes its principle characteristics.

Suicide and the Media

Crisis ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 163-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Warwick Blood ◽  
Jane Pirkis
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning Theory ◽  
The Body ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Causal Association ◽  
Media Messages ◽  
Film And Television ◽  
Media Portrayal ◽  
The Media ◽  
Actual Suicide ◽  
Multiple Meanings

Summary: The body of evidence suggests that there is a causal association between nonfictional media reporting of suicide (in newspapers, on television, and in books) and actual suicide, and that there may be one between fictional media portrayal (in film and television, in music, and in plays) and actual suicide. This finding has been explained by social learning theory. The majority of studies upon which this finding is based fall into the media “effects tradition,” which has been criticized for its positivist-like approach that fails to take into account of media content or the capacity of audiences to make meaning out of messages. A cultural studies approach that relies on discourse and frame analyses to explore meanings, and that qualitatively examines the multiple meanings that audiences give to media messages, could complement the effects tradition. Together, these approaches have the potential to clarify the notion of what constitutes responsible reporting of suicide, and to broaden the framework for evaluating media performance.

Smart Girls, Dumb Boys!?

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Latsch ◽  
Bettina Hannover
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Stereotype Threat ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
School Students ◽  
Compensatory Strategies ◽  
Media Portrayal ◽  
Stereotype Lift ◽  
The Media

We investigated effects of the media’s portrayal of boys as “scholastic failures” on secondary school students. The negative portrayal induced stereotype threat (boys underperformed in reading), stereotype reactance (boys displayed stronger learning goals towards mathematics but not reading), and stereotype lift (girls performed better in reading but not in mathematics). Apparently, boys were motivated to disconfirm their group’s negative depiction, however, while they could successfully apply compensatory strategies when describing their learning goals, this motivation did not enable them to perform better. Overall the media portrayal thus contributes to the maintenance of gender stereotypes, by impairing boys’ and strengthening girls’ performance in female connoted domains and by prompting boys to align their learning goals to the gender connotation of the domain.

“I wouldn’t call them Muslims!”: Constructing a Respectable Islam

Numen ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 62 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 243-264
Author(s):  
Jonas Otterbeck
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Dominant Discourse ◽  
The Media ◽  
Mainstream Society

This article addresses the understanding of Islam of nine young adult Muslims living in the Malmö and Copenhagen region.1 Throughout the interviews with the young adults, they mark their distance from what they perceive as unacceptable forms of Islamic ideas and practices, labeling these ideas as extremist and inconsistent. They develop discursive techniques of distancing themselves from the mediated Islam of radicals and the often negative rendering of Islam that they encounter in daily life and in the media. By negotiating with the dominant discourse on what a “respectable religion” should look like, the young adults construct a religiosity that shares much of theformprescribed by mainstream society, but is different incontent. The theoretical framework is drawn from the study of sociology of religion and, in particular, from Beverley Skeggs’ theories on respectability (1997).

A Paper Tiger No More? The Media Portrayal of the Notwithstanding Clause in Saskatchewan and Ontario

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Eleni Nicolaides ◽  
Dave Snow
Keyword(s):  
Policy Issue ◽  
Original Dataset ◽  
Media Portrayal ◽  
The Media ◽  
News Outlet

Abstract Since 2017, four provincial legislatures have introduced bills invoking the controversial notwithstanding clause. We present an original dataset of news articles from 10 different outlets that discussed the clause while these bills were being debated in Saskatchewan and Ontario. Empirically, although the clause is typically portrayed accurately, we find over one-fifth of articles about the clause did not indicate that it must be included in legislation. Normatively, the clause was twice as likely to be portrayed negatively as it was positively, and the type of portrayal was strongly associated with the ideological orientation of the news outlet. The rate of negative portrayals was similar across the two provinces, which suggests that attitudes toward the clause may endure beyond the policy issue itself or the level of media visibility.

A Content Analysis on the Media Portrayal of Characters with Limb Loss

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 170-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Abernethy ◽  
John Chad Duncan ◽  
Walter Lee Childers
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Limb Loss ◽  
Media Portrayal ◽  
The Media

scholarly journals Dimension argumentative et narrative de l’information médiatique à travers des séquences bisegmentales

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Jolanta Dyoniziak
Keyword(s):  
Research Problem ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Electronic Version ◽  
Argumentative Discourse ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Moment

The present analysis is devoted to the discursive units that are activated at the moment by the media nomination as categoremes of the referent, Donald Trump, and shape the media narrative. These will be formulas, which appear in the headlines and imply labels, e.g. Donald Trump, agitateur en chef (‘Donald Trump, the troublemaker’; lemonde.fr, 5.10.2017). The research problem will be to determine their narrative and argumentative potential. Theoretical framework is provided by studies of the media information discourse (Arquembourg, 2011; Calabrese, 2009, 2013; Moirand, 2007; Veniard, 2013), as well as the argumentative discourse (Amossy, 2006). The corpus has been compiled on the basis of electronic version of two daily newspapers Le Monde (lemonde.fr) and Gazeta Wyborcza (wyborcza.pl), released between Jan the 1st 2016 and december 2020.

The 2012 Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Anti-Subsidy Removal Strike Action and Its Implications for Development Communication

2017 ◽  
pp. 217-236
Author(s):  
Victor Olusegun Babatunde
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Development Communication ◽  
The People ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government

This chapter focused on the national strike organized by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) at the dawn of the year 2012 to protest the removal of petroleum subsidy in Nigeria and it explored its implications for development communication. By using documentary research method, the study reviewed relevant literature and discussed the findings. In line with the theoretical framework on which the study is anchored, it observed that the media are powerful medium for carrying development messages to the grassroots. Besides, it also performs watchdog function so as to make the government responsible to the people and allow them to participate actively in the development processes. Therefore, the chapter recommends that government at all levels in Nigeria should ensure adequate participation of the people in the initiation, planning and execution of development projects and policies.

scholarly journals ‘It’s a work in progress’: men’s accounts of gender and change in their use of coercive control

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Downes ◽  
Liz Kelly ◽  
Nicole Westmarland
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Criminal Offence ◽  
Coercive Control ◽  
Masculine Norms ◽  
Work In Progress ◽  
The Past ◽  
Letting Go ◽  
Domestic Violence Perpetrators

Over the past ten years the theoretical framework of ‘coercive control’ has been increasingly applied, critiqued and now underpins a criminal offence. While many argue that it more accurately reflects experiences of victimisation, there has been little exploration of coercive control through the accounts of perpetrators. Through two phased interviews with 64 men attending UK Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes, we examine how and why men use coercive tactics and how unpicking gender norms enabled some men to recognise and reduce their use of coercive control. We argue that coercive control is more dynamic, contestable and open to change than previous research has suggested. Some men did manage to take steps away from investing in traditional masculine norms and reduce their use of coercive tactics. However, this was an uneven and contradictory process which took time ‐ involving painful realisations of loss and harm alongside a discovery of the benefits associated with letting go of restrictive gender norms. Understanding how and why men invest in or dismantle gender norms that underpin coercive control has important implications for theory and for practice, particularly the content and focus of work with domestic violence perpetrators.

scholarly journals Programa Globalizando: Extensão Universitária em Relações Internacionais | Programa Globalizando: University Extension in International Relations

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. e39146
Author(s):  
Mario Tito Barros Almeida ◽  
Bruna Ferreira Pinheiro
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The South ◽  
Radio Program ◽  
The Media ◽  
The University

Neste artigo, visa-se apresentar e analisar a experiência de cinco anos do Programa Globalizando, programa de rádio universitária produzido pelos alunos e professores do curso de Relações Internacionais da Universidade da Amazônia/PA. Este programa discute temas de Relações Internacionais e é transmitido via Rádio UNAMA FM 105.5 de Belém do Pará, bem como pela internet. Esta experiência universitária é analisada a partir do pensamento de Boaventura de Sousa Santos, em sua perspectiva sobre a Universidade à luz da teoria crítica e da epistemologia do Sul. Para tal, metodologicamente, realizou-se uma revisão bibliográfica sobre a importância da extensão universitária e a utilização de meios de comunicação. Para viabilizá-la, apresenta-se organização e experiência do Programa Globalizando e, analisa-se estas questões a partir do referencial teórico proposto. Palavras-chave: Programa Globalizando; Relações Internacionais; Extensão Universitária.ABSTRACTIn this article, the objective is to present and analyze the five years’ experience of Programa Globalizando, a university radio program produced by the students and professors from the course of the University of Amazonia / PA. This program discusses topics of International Relations and is transmitted via Radio UNAMA FM 105.5 of Belém do Pará, as well as through the internet. This study is analyzed from the theorical thinking of Boaventura de Sousa Santos, in his perspective on the University in the light of the critical theory and the epistemology of the South. To this end, a bibliographical review was carried out on the importance of university extension and the use of the media. To make it feasible, the organization and experience gained by the Globalizing Program over the years is presented, and these questions are analyzed based on the proposed theoretical framework. Keywords: Programa Globalizando; International Relations; University Extension.Recebido em: 09 dez. 2018 | Aceito em: 05 mai. 2019

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