scholarly journals Corruption in the Media: Implications for Ethical and Socially Responsible Journalism

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
Kamaldeen Arikewuyo Ahmed ◽  
Saudat Salah Abdulbaqi ◽  
Isiaka Zubair Aliagan
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Strict Adherence ◽  
Media System ◽  
Regulatory Bodies ◽  
The Media ◽  
Unethical Practice ◽  
The Relationship

Corruption is an important problem affecting every strata of the Nigerian society. Its impact on Nigerian media is no exemption. Corruption in relation to media is popularly tied to brown envelope which ultimately affects journalist sense of news judgment. Hence, this paper took a theoretical approach to examining the relationship between the issue of brown envelope syndrome and unethical practice within the Nigerian media system and its implications on ethical and socially responsible journalism. Surprisingly, result of the literature reviewed revealed that poor journalistic training and lack of professionalism is responsible for unethical practice in Nigerian media. It further revealed loss of credibility, loss of watchdog roles and decline in news quality, values and public trust of journalists as its implications on ethical and socially responsible journalism. The paper recommend among others, that sound education in form of regular seminars, workshops and professional trainings be given to would-be journalists where legal framework and media regulatory bodies served their responsibilities by regularly checkmating the excesses of journalists to confirm strict adherence to ethical codes.

Do “Good Guys” Finish Last? The Relationship between Morningstar Sustainability Ratings and Mutual Fund Performance

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Fund Performance ◽  
Financial Benefit ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Strict Adherence ◽  
Responsible Investing ◽  
Investor Returns ◽  
The Relationship

Given the rapid growth of investment products focused on socially responsible investing (SRI), in March 2016, Morningstar began reporting standardized metrics to “grade” the sustainability (i.e., SRI) level of thousands of mutual funds. By analyzing this new metric, the authors aim to help clarify the ongoing debate surrounding whether SRI positively or negatively affects investor returns. They find that funds with high sustainability scores have about the same risk-adjusted returns (i.e., alphas) as other funds. Thus, SRI investors can apparently follow a social mandate without sacrificing financial performance, but also without garnering any incremental financial benefit as well. They find, however, that the vast majority of high sustainability funds are concentrated in the large-cap space, which implies that strict adherence to social criteria could inadvertently result in less diversified investor portfolios. They also find that funds with high Morningstar sustainability scores generally mimic those of self-proclaimed SRI funds, suggesting that the new metric opens up a larger pool of potential funds for investors focused on SRI. Lastly, they find that funds that specifically designate and market a social mandate experience more stable cash flows; therefore, the self-proclaimed mandate may be more beneficial for the fund company than it is for investors.

Cuban Media During the Presidency of Raúl Castro: A Multidimensional Approach to Understanding Patterns of Change and Continuity in Media Systems

2021 ◽  
pp. 194016122110471
Author(s):  
Dasniel Olivera Pérez ◽  
Mariana De Maio
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Politics ◽  
The Political ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Multidimensional Approach ◽  
Media System ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Systems ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This paper analyzes the relationship between media and politics in Cuba during the presidency of Raúl Castro (2006–2018). It contributes to the theoretical discussion about the approaches concerning change and continuity in media systems with empirical evidence from interviews with communication and political science experts, and an analysis of non-standardized content in academic, political, legal, and professional documents. The (re)structuring of the media system is explained by the most important political, economic, technological, and cultural events of the period studied: the survival of the Soviet media model, the impact of the U.S. conflict with Cuba on domestic politics, and a (de)territorialized notion of system boundaries. The patterns of change and continuity are discussed through the relationships among the State’s participation in media and the fulfillment of media’s democratic functions, the media policy projection and journalism cultures, and the political articulation of the media and development of the media industry. The articulations among these patterns highlight the relevance of a multidimensional approach as an interpretive dimension of media systems.

The Catalan Political Process for Independence: An Example of the Partisan Media System

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 428-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josep-Lluís Micó ◽  
Josep-Maria Carbonell
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Federal System ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
International Media ◽  
Media System ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Ramon Llull

Since 2012, Catalonia has been undergoing a complex political process in which a broad segment of the population has shown itself to be in favor of seceding from the Kingdom of Spain. This phenomenon is not new, given that during the 20th century, the relationship between the two territories was a source of instability and controversy, especially during the Civil War (1936-1939). However, the enormous popular dimension and the massive participation of hundreds of thousands of citizens have represented a remarkable new occurrence in recent times. Based on this situation, the primary aim of the present article is to describe the main reasons for this radicalization in the process of a hypothetical secession in which Catalonia breaks away from Spain. It also seeks to analyze and interpret the role that the media is playing in the so-called “Catalan Process.” Achieving this second objective has been possible thanks to research undertaken by Blanquerna School of Communication and International Relations (Ramon Llull University) based on more than 7,000 journalistic pieces published or broadcasted in more than 100 newspapers, magazines, television stations, radio stations, and cybernewspapers in seven different languages. The most significant conclusion of this study, based on content analysis of the aforementioned sample, is that the media are not being neutral in their coverage of the process. Thus, they have identified to varying degrees with one of the three possible outcomes of the conflict: the maintenance of the unity of Spain, the preferred option of much of national and international media; the independence of Catalonia, the choice of a high percentage of media in Catalonia itself; or a new relationship based on a federal system in Spain that would include Catalonia, the possibility with the least level of support in the three geographical areas studied.

scholarly journals Authenticity, Reception and Media Reality

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-128
Author(s):  
Peter Kosmály
Keyword(s):  
Sensory Deprivation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Media Education ◽  
Media Ethics ◽  
Alternative Mode ◽  
Media Anthropology ◽  
Media System ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship

Authenticity, Reception and Media Reality This article deals with the reception of media reality, which is meant to be an alternative mode of consciousness, and with the phenomenon of authenticity and its understanding within media reality. It is also pointed out the distortion in the reception of media reality. As an unifying concept for media education and for the treatment of reception defects it is mentioned media anthropology - an interdisciplinary, respectively trans-disciplinary science, which can provide more consistent re-analyzing of the relationship between man and media as tools for improving his skills. From the methodological point of view the method of epistemological anarchism, Paul Feyerabend's "anything goes" is explained as an epistemological translation tool for developing reviewing competences and reception skills as a whole (organic reception). We propose to deal the distortion of media reception in different therapeutic ways: from sensory deprivation, through media substitution, organic reception, to transcendence of the observer and imitation of media - meta-creation. In the sense of organic, systemic reception we in fact propose to "copy" the communication strategy of media system(s) in order to extend or set appropriate "epistemic" competences. In the related illustration of this mechanism, the theory of A. Weinstock is applied for setting a research indifference point in the middle of a fictive reception continuum of polarities sympathy and antipathy with media. This paper represents a part of activities, which summarize author's dissertation thesis Reception instruction in the media reality, where there are presented not only analyses and attempted typology of reception instructions, but also case studies with specific proposals for teaching and researching within areas of media ethics and media education.

scholarly journals Media Regionalism as a Historical Feature of Quebec Mass Media

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-114
Author(s):  
Elena F. Ovcharenko
Keyword(s):  
Current Issue ◽  
Information Access ◽  
French Language ◽  
Royal Commission ◽  
Media System ◽  
National Heritage ◽  
The Media ◽  
Information Politics ◽  
Media Systems ◽  
The Relationship

The current issue of information access for different nations within one state is examined. The media of Quebec, the only francophone province of Canada, give us a clear example. However, Russian scholars almost disregard this domain. Therefore, the research is based on the Canadian works (M. Brunet, A. Beaulieu and J. Hamelin, W.H. Kesterton) in French and in English. The Royal Commission on Newspapers Report (1981), which described two separate media systems (French media and English media), was used as well. The focus is on the Franco-Canadian national problem and its influence on Quebec media historic evolution. This process moves from bilingual editions (two first newspapers were published in French and in English simultaneously) to modern monolingual media system. Through comparative analysis, the relationship between media bilingualism and media monolingualism in Quebec of 18-21st centuries is examined. Quebecs modern information politics can be defined as media regionalism (French language and specific Quebec content). Media regionalisms object is to resist federal doctrine one country - one nation with two languages, the base of Official Language Act (1969). As a result, the absence of traditional federal official media bilingualism in Quebec, which tries to save its national heritage by media regionalism, was discovered.

scholarly journals Mediapractices and the population’s trust in media from the perspectives of agent-structural integration

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Taras Prokopyshyn
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Structural Integration ◽  
Media System ◽  
The Media ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Media Practices ◽  
The Relationship

In modern societies, innovative (participatory) mediapractices are becoming more widespread, replacing traditional (consumatory) mediapractices. Unlike traditional mediapractices, when the masses of the population were only recipients and passive consumers of information, today masses of the population become co-authors of mediaproduct and influence mediadiscourse. Newly established mediapractices are not yet institutionalized and are innovative activity, the preconditions, factors and consequences of which have not been studied yet. Along with the progressive phenomenon of mediatization, there are also crisis phenomenas in the field of mediapractices. Already known dysfunctional phenomena, including the crisis of trust in the media, are taking on new forms. New media reality requires scientific understanding, in particular in measuring the ratio of traditional and new mediapractices in the context of the relationship with the phenomenon of (dis)trust in media (including news media). Sociological understanding of the newly established media practices requires taking into account two essential aspects of the analyzed phenomenon: 1) institutional and structural characteristics of the media system as a context; 2) characteristics of mass media practices. Based on methodological principles of the theory of agent-structural integration, a scheme for the development of media practices in context of (dis)trust in news media is proposed. The proposed tool can be used to diagnose expert and mass mediapractices.

scholarly journals Kebijakan Redaksional MQTV Bandung dalam Penyiaran Berita

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-118
Author(s):  
Adib Darissalam
Keyword(s):  
Culture Media ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Media Culture ◽  
Major Question ◽  
Media System ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

The religious life is experiencing rapid development in conjunction with the revolutionary changes in the media. At the stage of modernization, entered the twentieth century, the development of the media is an industry with a wide range of cultures that make it up. But when the religious interests collide with culture media system, there was friction that easily trigger sensitivity. Harmonization of religion and culture media, which never happened in the centuries to write the media triumph, now it is often disturbed and provoked by the dynamics posed by culture media. In the context of the relationship between religion and culture of this media, one major question that deserves to be answered in this paper is; how to bridge the interests of religion (as something divine, sacred and ceremonial) with the media culture as an industrial capitalist. What implications arise and which will result from this relationship. Will a positive effect on the religious or otherwise.

Glaube und Vernunft

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-65
Author(s):  
Birgit Sandkaulen
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
German Philosophy ◽  
Faith And Reason ◽  
Common Features ◽  
The Relationship

The question of the relationship between faith and reason marks one of the fundamental issues for classical German philosophy. The paper is guided by a systematic interest in identifying some common features in the approaches taken by Kant and Hegel that are also of interest for the contemporary discussion: 1. The specific modernity of Kant’s and Hegel’s considerations, evident in their rejection of the resources traditionally appealed to by religion and rationalist metaphysics; 2. the anti-naturalist conviction that, in contrast to animals, a metaphysical dimension is inscribed into the human mind; and 3. the thesis that metaphysical questions are existential questions arising from an impulse toward freedom, and hence that a purely theoretical approach is inadequate to address them.

Diversification propaganda work with foreign audiences

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4(13)) ◽  
pp. 31-50
Author(s):  
Shiyu Zhang ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
The Past ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship

Over the past decade, bilateral relations between China and Russia have attracted the attention of the whole world. As neighbors and rapidly developing countries, China and Russia are becoming increasingly important in the international arena. The strategic partnership and interaction between China and Russia occupy a significant place in the politics of both countries. Cooperation is developing dynamically in various fields, primarily in politics. After 2012, a change of government took place in China and Russia, which brought new changes to international relations. Studying the involvement of the media in this process can clarify their impact on international relations, in particular, their role in the relationship between China and Russia.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONCEPTS OF "HUMAN RIGHTS" AND "FREEDOM OF THE PERSON»

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Хусейн Вахаевич Идрисов
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The Relationship

Статья посвящена характеристике юридических категорий «права человека» и «свободы человека». В работе проводится анализ российской законодательной и международной-правовой базы, а также вопрос соотношения исследуемых понятий. В заключении работы делается вывод об ограниченности прав и свобод человека границами права и свобод другого человека. The article is devoted to the characteristics of the legal categories "human rights" and"human freedoms". The paper analyzes the Russian legislative and international legal framework, as well as the question of the correlation of the studied concepts. In conclusion, the paper concludes that human rights and freedoms are limited by the boundaries of the rights and freedoms of another person.

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