scholarly journals REVIEW: Timely strategic research spotlights killings of journalists

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 269
Author(s):  
David Robie
Keyword(s):  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Strategic Research ◽  
Information Centre ◽  
Media And Communication

The Assault on Journalism: Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression, edited by Ulla Carlsson and Reeta Pöyhtäri. Gothenburg, Sweden: Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research (Nordicom). 2017. 363 pages. ISBN 9789187957505THE GHANAIAN investigative journalist summed up the mood among some 1500 media people with the beaded face veil rather well—a facial security screen symbolising both the safety of the reporter and his sources. But this was no empty gesture. It is characteristic of Anas Aremeyaw Anas who has captured judges on tape allegedly taking bribes. As the result of his celebrated documentary, Ghana in the Eyes of God: Epic of Injustice, more than 30 judges and 170 judicial officers were implicated in Ghana’s biggest corruption scandal.

scholarly journals Media and communication studies in Sweden

Publizistik ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Springer
Keyword(s):  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Information Centre ◽  
The North ◽  
Sister Organization ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Media And Communication

AbstractMedia and communication studies is a comparatively young academic discipline in Sweden. The subject’s establishment began with the 1960s—a time when the expansion of mass media led to a bigger demand for analysis, education and critical reflection. Along with that, political and commercial interests in more knowledge led to commissioned research, another considerable factor in the subject’s development and institutionalization. The field was brought forth by humanistic and social-scientific strands, and some actors conveniently travel between these two since the demarcation lines are less pronounced in the North. Currently, roughly around 250 scholars are active in the field, with about 200 of them organized in DGPuK’s Nordic sister organization FSMK. Media and communication research in Sweden is also greatly oriented towards the broader Nordic context, institutionalized for instance through the Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research (Nordicom). For scholars, the labour market is comparatively open, not only for other Nordic academics but also for entries from countries outside Scandinavia. For students, the field provides a rich smorgasbord of general and highly specialized programmes or stand-alone courses of variable length offered in both Swedish and English. This article aims to inform about the history and the contemporary conditions of Swedish media and communication studies, with a personal note based on own experiences.

scholarly journals The English language in academia: Identifying power structures, denaturalizing daily choices. ECREA 2018 special panel report

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Sousa
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Special Session ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Critical Reasoning ◽  
Panel Report ◽  
Specific Dimension ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Media And Communication

Media and communication research has been dominated by the Anglo-American paradigm and English has become the lingua franca of academic life. The 2018 ECREA conference focused on centres and peripheries, inclusions and exclusions, cores and margins in the field. In line with the programme, this special session on Language in Academia tried to respond to contemporary critical asymmetries, analysing a specific dimension often taken for granted: the English language hegemony. The centrality of the English language is often assumed without questioning or critical reasoning.

scholarly journals Rethinking the Rethinking

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Göran Eriksson
Keyword(s):  
Critical Realism ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Media Consumption ◽  
General Knowledge ◽  
Audience Research ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Media And Communication ◽  
Oriented Research ◽  
Media Audience

Abstract During the last few decades, the possibilities and limitations of qualitative media audience research have regularly been discussed in media and communication research. Quantitatively oriented researchers have claimed that qualitatively oriented research is incapable of producing general knowledge. From a ‘radical ethnographic’ point of view it has been stated that such knowledge is more or less useless, while other qualitatively oriented researchers have approached the question of generality in a more balanced way, and argued for the necessity to interpret specific events within a framework of more general theories. But these solutions are not satisfactory. The aim of this article is to suggest an alternative conceptualisation of generality. From the meta-theoretical viewpoint of critical realism, this article states that generalisations have to take into consideration the domain of the deep structures of reality. Qualitative media audience research should aim at producing general knowledge about the constituent properties or transfactual conditions of the process of media consumption.

scholarly journals The Significance of Nordicom and the NordMedia Conference to Nordic Media and Communication Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (s1) ◽  
pp. 18-28
Author(s):  
Kaarle Nordenstreng ◽  
Kirsten Frandsen ◽  
Rune Ottosen
Keyword(s):  
Communication Research ◽  
Media And Communication

A commentary on the special issue Performance and Citizenship: Challenging populist political performances through citizenship as performance?

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 706-715
Author(s):  
Jason Vincent A. Cabañes
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Political Regimes ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Transitional Democracies ◽  
Contemporary Media ◽  
Media And Communication

This piece teases out the links between this special issue’s key themes regarding performance and citizenship and the distinct realities of transitional democracies. To contribute to generating insights into other countries currently in the grip of populist political regimes, it looks at the case of the Philippines. In this context, it matters to think about the diversity of productions that can enable performances of citizenship. This is because contemporary media and communication research in the country has understandably but narrowly prioritised the toxicity of online political discourse brought about by the rise of populist political performances and political trolling. It also matters in the Philippines to think about the role of those involved in productions about performances of citizenship. This is because of the problems posed by how ‘authenticity’ has been hijacked by populism and has been weaponised against those who seek to critique the current political dispensation.

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