The Impact of Electronic Media Rumors on the Community Security of the Kurdistan Region: a pandemic (COVID-19) as a model

The development of technology, information technology and various means of communication have a significant impact on public relations activity; especially in government institutions. Many government institutions have invested these means in their management system, in order to facilitate the goals of the institution, and ultimately the interaction between the internal and external public. In this theoretical research, I tried to explain the impact of the new media on public relations in the public administration, based on the views of specialists. The aim of the research is to know the use of the new media of public relations and how in the system of public administration, as well as, Explaining the role it plays in public relations activities of government institutions. Add to this, analyzing the way of how new media and public relations participate in the birth of e-government. In the results, it is clear that the new media has facilitated public relations between the public and other institutions, as it strengthened relations between them

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Administrative Empowerment and its Impact on Creative Thinking: A Field Study in Private Sector Banks in the Kurdistan Region

Journal of University of Human Development ◽

10.21928/juhd.v1n3y2015.pp317-344 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 317

Author(s):

Abdul Wahab Abdul Fatah Alalwsy

Keyword(s):

Private Sector ◽

Field Study ◽

Creative Thinking ◽

Study Finding ◽

Kurdistan Region ◽

Major Study ◽

The Impact

The aim of this study is to reveals the Impact of managerial empowerment in creative thinking at the private sector banks of Kurdistan Region .the study depends on descriptive and analytical methodize using the practical manner. Study sample consists of employees in (13) banks of the private sector at Kurdistan Region, its amounted (132). a major study finding that there is a significant statistical impact and positive statistical significant correlation between managerial empowerment and creative thinking ,by its factors, Originality ,Flexibility ,Fluency, Sensitivity to the problems and the ability to analyze .

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Advertising Media Impact in Consumer Buying Behavior

Journal of Balkumari College ◽

10.3126/jbkc.v8i0.29310 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

pp. 54-56

Author(s):

Ashmita Dahal Chhetri

Keyword(s):

Consumer Behavior ◽

Young Male ◽

Electronic Media ◽

Buying Behavior ◽

Media Impact ◽

High Degree ◽

The Impact ◽

Buying Behaviors ◽

The Relationship ◽

Better Than

Advertisements have been used for many years to influence the buying behaviors of the consumers. Advertisements are helpful in creating the awareness and perception among the customers of a product. This particular research was conducted on the 100 young male and female who use different brands of product to check the influence of advertisement on their buying behavior while creating the awareness and building the perceptions. Correlation, regression and other statistical tools were used to identify the relationship between these variables. The results revealed that the relationship between media and consumer behavior is positive. The adve1tising impact on sales and there is positive and high degree relationship between advertising and consumer behavior. The impact on advertising of a product of electronic media is better than non-electronic media.

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The Impact of COVID-19 Related Lockdown on the Prevalence of Spousal Violence Against Women in Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/0886260521997929 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088626052199792

Author(s):

Kazhan I. Mahmood ◽

Sherzad A. Shabu ◽

Karwan M. M-Amen ◽

Salar S. Hussain ◽

Diana A. Kako ◽

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Keyword(s):

Violence Against Women ◽

Emotional Abuse ◽

Physical Violence ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Spousal Violence ◽

Kurdistan Region ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Effective Prevention ◽

Gender Based ◽

The Impact

There is increasing concern about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown’s social and economic consequences on gender-based violence. This study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender-based violence by comparing the prevalence of spousal violence against women before and during the COVID-19 related lockdown periods. This study was conducted in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq using a self-administered online questionnaire survey after the COVID-19 lockdown period in June 2020. Data were collected from a sample of 346 married women about the occurrence, frequency, and forms of spousal violence before and during the lockdown period. Significant increases in violence were observed from the pre-lockdown period to the lockdown period for any violence (32.1% to 38.7%, p = .001), emotional abuse (29.5% to 35.0%, p = .005), and physical violence (12.7% to 17.6%, p = .002). Regarding emotional abuse, humiliation (24.6% to 28.3%, p = .041) and scaring or intimidation (14.2% to 21.4%, p < .001) significantly increased during the lockdown. For physical violence, twisting the arm or pulling hair (9.0% to 13.0%, p = .004) and hitting (5.2% to 9.2%, p = .003) significantly increased during the lockdown. Forcing to have sexual intercourse also significantly increased during lockdown (6.6% to 9.5%., p = .021). The concerned authorities and women’s rights organizations should collaborate to enhance the prevention of violence against women. An effective prevention strategy should emphasize recognizing and acknowledging the extent of the problem, raising awareness about the problem and the available resources to address it, and ensuring social and economic stability. Lessons learned about the increased prevalence of spousal violence against women during the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to adopt appropriate strategies to prevent and address it will be valuable for similar future crises.

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Investigating the Impact of EFL Students’ Misuse of Prosodic Features on their Face-to-face Interactions from University Instructors’ Perspectives

UKH Journal of Social Sciences ◽

10.25079/ukhjss.v5n1y2021.pp50-64 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 50-64

Author(s):

Bahram Sattar Abdulrahman

Keyword(s):

Kurdistan Region ◽

Prosodic Features ◽

Face To Face ◽

Iraqi Kurdistan ◽

University Instructors ◽

The Face ◽

Efl Students ◽

The University ◽

The Impact ◽

Special Classes

The present study aims at investigating the use of prosodic features by Kurdish EFL undergraduates in their face-to-face interactions inside/outside the classroom from the university instructors’ perspectives. The study hypothesizes that the majority of Kurdish EFL undergraduates are not fully aware of the fact that any misuse of prosodic features would probably affect the emotions, feelings, and attitudes that the face-to-face interaction is intended to convey. Building on an analysis of a questionnaire given to 54 university instructors at 10 Iraqi Kurdistan Region different universities, the study concludes that the majority of problems the students face can be related to the misuse of stress, intonation, and other prosodic features. Therefore, EFL instructors should pay more attention to make students learn how to use prosodic features and enable them to send messages adequately while engaging in face-to-face interactions. This would require special classes about prosodic features so that EFL students can overcome the misuse they have in face-to-face communication. This is inevitable because accuracy and fluency in communication require EFL students to master both features: segmental and suprasegmental. The reason behind this necessity could be attributed to the fact that broken and/or incorrect pronunciation can be considered as one of the most prominent factors behind misunderstandings in communication.

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No sense of place: The impact of electronic media on social behavior

Social Science & Medicine ◽

10.1016/0277-9536(87)90322-4 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 24 (8) ◽

pp. 701-702

Author(s):

Pamela A. Rowland-Morin

Keyword(s):

Social Behavior ◽

Sense Of Place ◽

Electronic Media ◽

The Impact

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Effectiveness of Advertising and Sales Promotion on Buying Decision of Smartphones in Kathmandu Valley

Journal of Business and Social Sciences Research ◽

10.3126/jbssr.v1i2.20923 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 169

Author(s):

Nisha Sharma Adhikari

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Electronic Media ◽

Sales Promotion ◽

Kathmandu Valley ◽

Buying Behavior ◽

Multimedia Tool ◽

Growing Economy ◽

The Impact ◽

Shed Light ◽

Structured Questionnaire

<p>Advertising has the most prominent and vital impact on buying behavior of consumers. Smart phones have gained a lot of popularity in Nepal and are considered to be a great multimedia tool. With such growing demand of smartphones, the need for effective advertising has also been raised. This paper centers on the impact of advertising on the sales volume of Smartphones. This work will shed light on how advertising can really affect a consumer’s buying decisions in a growing economy and how successful advertising can keep businesses going even in the midst of a tough competition. The entire data is collected by distributing structured questionnaire to the 150 respondents within Kathmandu valley. The outcome generated from descriptive statistic is that, most of the respondents own Samsung phone followed by iPhone and Online media is considered as the most effective adverting tool among other two. From the findings, we can also examine that there is insignificant relationship between gender and trust of information towards advertisement. Similarly, online, offline and electronic media have a insignificant association between gender, whereas influence through the advertisement of a brand has a significant association among age. Further the correlation analysis shows that there is a significant association among online, offline and electronic media. </p><p>Journal of Business and Social Sciences Research, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 169-184</p>

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