scholarly journals ‘Dirty little secret’: Journalism, privacy and the case of Sharleen Spiteri

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Morton
Keyword(s):  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
Recent History ◽  
The Political ◽  
Media Ethics ◽  
Personal Privacy ◽  
Sex Worker ◽  
Perspective Drawing ◽  
The World ◽  
Explicit Reference

In both the Australian and British debates about media ethics and accountability, a key question about the News of the World phone-hacking scandal was whether or not the law should provide stronger protection for individuals from invasion of their privacy by news organisations. There is no explicit reference to privacy in the terms of reference of either Britain’s Leveson or Australia’s Finkelstein inquiries. It can safely be said, however, that invasions of personal privacy by NOTW journalists were an important element in the political atmospherics which lead to their establishment. This article also asks where that dividing line should be drawn. However, it approaches the issue of privacy from a rather different perspective, drawing on a case study from relatively recent history involving Sharleen Spiteri, an HIV+ sex worker who caused a national scandal when she appeared on television in Australia in 1989 and revealed that she sometimes had unprotected sex with her clients.

scholarly journals The Effect of Islamic Revolution on the Muslim’s Intellectual Schools Case Study of Libya and Tunisia

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Jaseb Nikfar ◽  
Ali Mohammadi ◽  
Ali Bagheri Dolatabadi ◽  
Alireza Samiee Esfahani
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Analytic Method ◽  
Islamic Revolution ◽  
General Direction ◽  
The North ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Islamic Values

Nowadays the discussion of intellectual schools in the world, especially in the north of Africa is very important for the political analysts. The intellectual roots that existed in these regions from the beginning of independence were more toward the Islam. These roots mostly revealed themselves after the victory of Islamic revolution. The formation of Iran’s Islamic revolution on the top of west and east blocks’ mutuality was a paradigm of general direction of religions and Islamic values for forming the government. This article uses description- analytic method to investigate the effects of Islamic revolution on the Muslim’s intellectual schools in the north of Africa. Two main questions are How and in what direction has the Islamic revolution happening affected the Muslim’s intellectual schools in Libya and Tunisia? Findings of the research shows that with regards to the Muslim’s intellectual backgrounds that before the Islamic revolution existed, in these countries Islamic revolution caused the reinforcement and doubled motivation for these groups. But, yet the reinforcement of the activity of these groups caused their mutuality with the government and increase of violence and insecurity.

Problems in Cognitive Media Ethics

2021 ◽  
pp. 54-86
Author(s):  
Wyatt Moss-Wellington
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Cognitive Science ◽  
Thought Experiments ◽  
The Political ◽  
Media Ethics ◽  
The World ◽  
Hermeneutic Approach

This chapter surveys key problems emerging at the intersection of cognitive science and media ethics, and further refines a hermeneutic approach that will account for each dilemma. Problems discussed include the moral policing of fictive thought experiments rather than actions taken in the world, the confounding heteronomies of cultural and personality variation, issues of selfhood and determinism, and confusions between the ethical and the political. This chapter explains how each problem will be navigated over ensuing chapters, presenting a union of theories in autobiographical memory, social cognition, and textual hermeneutics as a model for unearthing the lived impact—and therefore the ethics—of narrative media and storytelling.

scholarly journals Changing Revealed Comparative Advantage: A Case Study of Footwear Industry of Pakistan

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (4II) ◽  
pp. 695-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naseem Akhtar ◽  
Nadia Zakiri ◽  
Ejaz Ghani
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
The Political ◽  
Industrial Workers ◽  
Total Consumption ◽  
Socioeconomic Environment ◽  
China And India ◽  
Footwear Industry ◽  
The World

The global export patterns are changing fast as a result of reduction in trade barriers and technological advancements that have led to gains in productivity and change in comparative advantage patterns in world economies. Asian economies such as China and India are enjoying a notable growth in changing circumstances across the world. Pakistan also has great potential for higher growth however the political threats, socioeconomic environment and lack of updated technologies are obstruction in the way of progress. Some sectors of Pakistan economy have shown a good performance in terms of production and exports. Footwear is one such industry which has increased its exports at large extent since 2003. This sector has pivotal importance in terms of providing and creating jobs, earning of foreign exchange with the help of exports and fulfilling the local consumption requirements. Both in Pakistan and around the globe, the demand for footwear is increasing. Pakistan is one of the most populous countries in the World and according to an estimate with an average population growth of 2.25 percent, about 3 million children have been born during the year 2005-06, signaling the growing demand for footwear in Pakistan. It is also estimated that about 60 percent of the World’s total consumption consists of simple footwear made entirely of non-leather materials and that for the remaining 40 percent only the upper part of the shoe is made of leather. In the manufacturing of footwear, most frequently used material consists upon leather, man-made materials, rubber / canvas / synthetic and textile along accessories. Different type of shoes are being produced by the local industry e.g. sportsmen, army, disabled persons and safety shoes for the industrial workers etc. The population of Pakistan is expected to be about 172 million in the year 2010. Keeping in view the growth in population, the growth in the demand of footwear industry is also anticipated.

João Allen: Collecting the World: An Exhibition and Case Study of the First Private Museum in Portugal

Collections ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-297
Author(s):  
Laura Castro
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
The Political ◽  
Grand Tour ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Way

João Allen (1781–1848) was a business man who collected antiques, curiosities, natural history, numismatics, archeological pieces, and fine arts. A trip to Italy in 1826–1827 was fundamental to his collection building, to the opening of the first private museum in Portugal, the Allen Museum in Porto (1837), and to the identity of one of Portugal’s most important museums, the Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis created in 1833 under a different designation. Allen’s Grand Tour of Italy and his eclecticism were the cornerstone of the exhibition that took place in this museum in 2018. This article addresses the way in which the exhibition reflects the museum itself and recalls the formation of collections which are of great importance for the history of European museums due to what they reveal about the political and cultural circumstances of their times. Finally, we point out some possible developments concerning the permanent exhibition of the museum.

scholarly journals Inca Inchi Nuts: A Potential Replacement Crop for Opium Among Subsistence Farmers in Kachin State

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Jem Lomethong ◽  
John Walsh
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
The Political ◽  
Medicinal Products ◽  
Subsistence Farmers ◽  
Alternative Crops ◽  
The World ◽  
Upland South

The Kachin people of northern Myanmar have been fighting for independence for decades. To fund the political and military struggle, the growth and sale of opium has been used. However, narcotics usage has become a scourge in Kachin society as it has been around the world and there have been increasing attempts to eradicate growth and dampen demand. For opium eradication to be successful and sustainable, farmers must be provided with alternative crops that can provide a decent level of income an which are suitable for prevailing agricultural conditions. One possible such crop is the Inca Inchi nut that originally was found in upland South America. The nut provides a nutritious oil with many benefits to health and has been successfully marketed in the form of beverages, cosmetics and medicinal products. This case study considers the possibility of using Inca Inchi nuts across Kachin State as part of an extensive opium replacement programme.

scholarly journals Die Privatisierung des mexikanischen Ejido

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (126) ◽  
pp. 149-173
Author(s):  
Susanne Hildebrandt
Keyword(s):  
Structural Changes ◽  
Agrarian Reform ◽  
The Political ◽  
Agrarian Sector ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
The Social ◽  
World Markets ◽  
The World

The article starts with an introduction into the structural changes on the world markets of agrarian goods occurred since the 1970s and its effects for the Mexican agrarian sector. As a consequence of the political shift towards an export oriented model in the countryside the Ejido and the peasants became dysfunctional. In 1992, the reform of article 27 of the Mexican Constitution brings the agrarian reform to an end. The case study of Ejido Sayula/Jalisco highlights the social and political implications of this historical reform.

scholarly journals Aistheton in the time of socio-political crisis

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-190
Author(s):  
Nebojša Vilić
Keyword(s):  
Political Crisis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Event ◽  
Bodily Experience ◽  
Concrete Situation ◽  
Jacques Ranciere ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject

The main attempt in this paper is to propose the understanding of the relations between aesthetics and the politics in the thought of Jacques Rancière as a theoretical instrument for implementation in a concrete situation of the protest. From here on, the protest is taken not only as a live social event, but, even more, as a bodily experience with the consequences and results that are occurring out of it. Starting from Rancière's position of the distribution of the sensible and the ways in which the muted subject has to attain his/her right of a speech, the paper deals with several topics across which one can conclude that only the corporeal presence during the protest itself enables the subject to sense the act sensibly. This is a rather different approach to the sensible understanding of the world and the experiences known as the relation between the art and the aesthetics, addressing the aistheton as a simultaneous carrier of denotation of the political. The case study used for this implementation is the so called Colourful Revolution and the "colouring" of the Macedonia Gate in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.

Climate literacy in the political forum using Canada as a case study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Galvez ◽  
Nick Zrinyi ◽  
Karine Péloffy ◽  
Stéphane Laviolette
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Wealth Inequality ◽  
The Political ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Corporate Influence ◽  
The World ◽  
Crony Capitalism ◽  
Climate Literacy ◽  
The Public Sphere

<p>Evidence-based policy is still lacking in decision-making in Canada and around the world. As much of the world now faces concurrent crises among which are climate change, a global pandemic, and rising wealth inequality, the relationship between politicians and scientists is more important than ever. Climate literacy among office-holders, public servants, and regulators is critical for ushering in change and much needed transformation. Using Canada as a case study, this presentation from an engineer-turned-politician will discuss (1) the progress that has been made in climate literacy, with particular attention to its evolution in the political forum and the role of politicians, (2) a discussion of Canada’s national and the global response to climate change and its link with the COVID-19 pandemic, (3) the climate literacy in the public sphere and the obstacles to its health including undue corporate influence and disinformation. Politicians have an ethical duty to uphold the interests of their constituents, a duty that extends to the environment and to future generations; best-available science rather than the allures of crony-capitalism must win out the tug-of-war to realize that duty.</p>

scholarly journals Climate Change in Cameroon Political Discourse: A Case Study of Paul Biya’s COP21 Speech

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Badiang Oloko
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Language Use ◽  
The Political ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Global Response ◽  
The World ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Global Concern

The management of and the concern for climate change have been occupying a growing space in public debates the recent years. The various challenges which are linked to climate change can be said to have become a global concern as there have been mobilizations from institutions and persons that work in different fields – science, politics and even arts. Frameworks have been developed over the years to enable people from all these diverse fields to meet and discuss this issue which has a direct impact on the daily life of societies all over the world. The most important of such frames is the Conference of the Parties (COP) organised by the United Nations, where people from various fields meet to discuss what is at stake and the measures that can be or should be taken in order to have a coordinated and global response to the challenges the world faces due to climate change. Language and language use are therefore relevant when when we try to figure out what is said and by whom in the debate on climate. The present paper seeks to give an insght into the political discourse on climate (change) with a special focus on Cameroon.The speech made by Paul Biya during the COP21 can thus serve as an example to identify the voices that can interact within one speech the relations between some of these voices and that of the speaker. The discursive polyphony postulated by Gjerstad (2001) can therefore be relevant in such a project. Meanwhile, it will be based here on two approaches which fall within the frame of polyphony: the ScaPoLine and the Praxématique. The theoretical challenge is therefore to view wether these two approaches can be put together and how this can be done, in a bid to narrow the scope of what a discursive polyphony can be.

Open-Economy Politics: The Political Economy of the World Coffee Trade. By Robert H. Bates. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. 221p. $59.00 cloth, $18.95 paper.

2001 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 250-251
Author(s):  
John S. Odell
Keyword(s):  
Open Economy ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Political ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Princeton University ◽  
The World

For three decades political scientists have attempted to show that markets reflect the political institutions and politics within which they function. Also, many scholars have traced states' foreign economic policies to their domestic politics. Open-Economy Politics pushes both these projects forward with an extended case study of the world coffee market. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, Robert Bates takes us chronologically through key shifts in policies of the chief coffee trading countries-Brazil, Colombia, and the United States-especially the formation, operation, and collapse of the International Coffee Organization from 1962 through 1982.

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