scholarly journals Study of Peculiar Features of Russian Public Service Announcements

2020 ◽  
pp. 88-92
Author(s):  
Nikita Valerevich Savelyev

The article deals with the formation of modern public service announcement in Russia, its features in comparison with foreign ones. The author outlines that there are certain psychological methods used in Russian public service announcements. They are related to the traditions of society, the Russian mentality, the level of cultural development of the target audience, etc. The relationship between the ad performance and the psychological methods of influence that it uses, in particular, resorting to the effect of social conformity is examined in the article. Research methods. The study aimed at clarifying the attitude of the population to various types and forms of public service announcement is described. Research objectives are to determine which types of public service announcements attract the most attention, to define which public service announcements are more memorable, to clarify what feelings are caused by the most memorable public service announcements, to state the degree of influence of public service announcements on the behavior of individuals in specific situations. The survey was conducted using a open-ended questions. The results of the research. The most memorable public service announcement is the one that is addressed directly to the person and their good physical condition. Less attention is drawn to public service announcements designed to engage in a particular public activity. It is concluded that public service announcements can be classified by destination, by ways how it affects the audience, by the scale of distribution, by the type of implementation, etc. The methods of influence that are used in Russian public service announcements must be studied in detail and effectively applied to achieve the main and general goal of all public service announcements – the acquisition of positive behaviors by society.

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 88-103
Author(s):  
Hasrul Hashim ◽  
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Mohd Azul Mohamad Salleh ◽  

Communication through media is one of the most important aspects if a country faces a health crisis such as a pandemic. One of the mediums that are often used is via the production of public service announcements or PSA. PSA is a short video lasting between 30 to 120 seconds, communicating to large-scale audiences for social behaviour changes. However, certain PSA will be considered a failure if the audience ignores or does not understand the message. When Malaysia faces a health crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the PSA barely emphasises the aspects of behavioural balance, message recall, and the aesthetic of message presentation. Thus, this paper aims to discuss the mode of presentation and styles in 30 public service announcements related to COVID-19 in MyHealth’s YouTube channel under the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) from January to June 2020. The preliminary finding shows that most PSAs used 2D animation production techniques by representing the real scenarios and situations faced by the Malaysian to facilitate the audience's understanding of the message. Overall, PSA's presentation style on COVID-19 in Malaysia emphasises the balance between the importance of message and communication strategy with five phases in the theory of audience behavioural change. Keywords: Public service announcement, media production, crisis communication, pandemic, COVID-19.


2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina A Iles ◽  
Anita Atwell Seate ◽  
Leah Waks

This research explores the intended and unintended consequences of eating disorder public service announcements. We assessed participants’ attitudes toward eating disorders and people with eating disorders, willingness to interact with people with eating disorders, and experience with eating disorders (covariate) at Time 1. At Time 2, participants were randomly assigned to watch a stigmatizing or a non-stigmatizing eating disorder public service announcement. Exposure to the stigmatizing public service announcement resulted in more negative attitudes toward eating disorders and in less willingness to interact with people with eating disorders, but not in significantly more negative attitudes toward people with eating disorders. The discussion highlights the practical implications for health communication campaigns.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Tiara Putri Leksono ◽  
Avinindita Nura Lestari ◽  
Reyfal Khaidar ◽  
Yuga Putri Pramesti ◽  
Syarmila Sari ◽  
...  

Indigenous populations experience a risk of socio-economic marginalization in health emergency, including COVID-19. Public service announcements (PSA) are promotional materials that address problems in an attempt to increase public awareness. North Kalimantan is one of the frontier, outermost, and least developed regions in Indonesia with 11 regional languages spoken. One of the districts with inadequate human resources in the area is Nunukan regency. The present study sought to understand how one group of people in Nunukan Regency reactions, interests, and impressions with the COVID-19 information found in Bugis and Toraja version of audio PSAs released by Health Empowerment and Education Project (HEUProject). The study belongs to qualitative research and used purposive sampling with seven participants from two sub-district in Nunukan Regency. The data is analyzed qualitative-thematically which is further interpreted and presented  in the form of a description. Additionally, to see the variety of participants’ answers information transmission through PSAs, we analyzed the data using Tableau software 2020 version and presented the relative frequency of words with visual infographic. The study findings of the participants' immediate reactions were following the advice on the PSAs audio, for instance to keep the physical distance and washing their hands frequently. The most participants in this study have the willingness to hear, to understand, and also feel interested with the useful content in audio format that apparently improves their awareness of COVID-19 information. Overall, it is immediately apparent that the language, transmission of message, and information found in the HEUProject’s COVID-19 educational PSA were understood and engaged by participants in a way that it reflects on the pandemic situation. Our study supports the national usage of disease prevention with this type of media approach that could be used in public places in the future that may minimize the language divide.


2015 ◽  
pp. 147-160
Author(s):  
Mohammad Siddiq ◽  
Jazim Hamidi

Abstrak:Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperoleh pemahaman mengenai unsur-unsur komunikasi visual yang ditampilkan dalam iklan sehingga dapat dimanfaatkan sebagai bahan belajar. Adapun permasalahannya adalah bagaimana tipografi dan komposisi warna dalam iklan layanan masyarakat “Dana BOS”, serta bagaimana implementasinya sebagai bahan belajar. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif yang mengkaji penggunaan iklan sebagai media pembelajaran komunikasi. Teori yang dipakai dalam penelitian ini bukan untuk menguji hipotesis (hypothesis testing), tetapi untuk membangun hipotesis (hypotheses forming). Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa iklan layanan masyarakat program dana BOS Kemendikbud dinilai cukup komunikatif secara visual, dilihat dari unsur tipografi dan komposisi warna. Sebagai bahan belajar, iklan dapat digunakan untuk membangun domain kognitif. Peserta didik dapat diajak untuk turut aktif melakukan analisis terhadap iklan. Unsur tipografi dan komposisi warna yang terdapat dalam iklan sarat dengan makna sehingga dapat dipertimbangkan untuk digunakan sebagai bahan belajar. Akhirnya, hasil penelitian ini, selain sebagai bahan belajar, dapat pula dijadikan sebagai bahan masukan dalam memproduksi iklan layanan masyarakat.Kata kunci: Iklan, Bahan Belajar, KomunikasiAbstract:This study aims to gain an understanding of the elements of visual communication displayed in an advertisement, so that it can be used as learning materials. The problem is to understand the typography and color composition in the public service announcements “Dana BOS” as well as how it is implemented as a learning material. This study uses qualitative descriptive approach that reviews the use of an advertisement as a communication learning medium. The theories applied in this study are not used to test hypothesis, but to form hypothesis instead. The result of this study shows that the public service announcement “Dana BOS” from Kemdikbud is valued to be visually communicative, based on its typography and color composition. As a learning material, advertisements can be used to develop cognitive aspect of the students. The students can be asked to actively analyze the advertisements. Typograpgy and color composition elements in an advertisement are full of messages so that they can be considered to be learning materials. Finally, beside as a learning material, the result of this study can also be an input for public service announcement production.Keywords: Advertisement, Learning Material, Communication.


EDIS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricky Telg ◽  
Lisa Lundy

This publication about news release and public service announcement writing is the third of a four-part series on media relations. This series also covers media relations strategies, working with the media, and media interview skills. This is a revision with Lisa Lundy of the following original publication: Telg, Ricky. 2011. “News Releases and Public Service Announcements”. EDIS 2011 (8). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-wc113-2011.


Author(s):  
Giovanna Puppin

This chapter explores how happiness is constructed in a new category of public service announcements (PSAs), which are broadcast during the CCTV's Spring Festival Gala. It lays down the theoretical foundations of the relationship between advertising and happiness, drawing on Sara Ahmed’s Promise of Happiness (2010), before moving on to introducing the context of the production and broadcast of Gala PSAs. The following section comprises a critical interpretive analysis of a purposively selected case study: the TV PSA "Chopsticks" (Kuaizi pian筷子篇‎, 2014). The analysis reveals that families – including the “big family” of the Chinese nation – lie at the heart of each sequence, and constitute happiness associations. It is clear that chopsticks were chosen as the central multimodal metaphor of this PSA because of the link between them and an idea of Chineseness. Chopsticks not only transmit food, but also emotions, and, more importantly, they direct the viewers’ attention to the State-sanctioned values and behaviours that promise happiness. Ultimately, this chapter argues that this PSA promotes a culturally and ethnically specific "happiness with a Chinese taste" (xingfu Zhongguo wei幸福中国味‎).


2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Dzaa Imma Abdul Latif ◽  
Mohd Amirul Akhbar Mohd Zulkifli ◽  
Siti Nur Farah Faadiah Abd Ghani

Public Service Announcements (PSAs) are free announcements made to promote programs, activities, community interest and services from government and the non - government sector. As technology develops, many PSAs use animated characters in order to persuade and create high awareness among people. Animation is a simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures or frames such as cartoons on television. Research has shown that PSAs is effective in conveying the message. However, the influences of animated PSAs among students about health and safety messages are still unclear. Previous researchers were more interested to investigate the effects of PSAs to children and less research on animated PSAs towards adults. Therefore, the researcher is interested to study whether or not the animation should be utilized as an effective tool to educate the public. A sample of 285 students watched four animated PSAs and four live action PSAs. Two of each represented animated spoke characters and non spoke characters with a goal to evaluate students responses on positive attitudes. A correlation analysis was used to study the relationship between the positive response of animated PSAs and engagement with results that indicated moderate and high correlation. T tests were used to investigate the comparison between the students responses to animated PSAs versus non animated PSAs and animated spoke characters versus animated non spoke characters. The results emphasize that animated PSAs received better responses among students. Students acceptance towards animated PSAs and animated spoke characters received small but significantly better response.


2013 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Halligan

The agreements between the Australian senior public service and the political executive have undergone several shifts during the reform era of the last thirty years. These have involved fundamental redefinitions of the role, responsibilities, identity and autonomy of the senior public servant.There has been a succession of challenges to the relationship focusing on the role and status of the public service on the one hand and the behaviour and resources of the political executive on the other. Over time the trend has been towards strengthening the political executive, but punctuated by debates about issues that slowed the rate of change and contained political pressures on the public service. This process has produced clarifications of central aspects of the relationship and a clearer articulation of the range of roles provided by departmental secretaries. The article examines the evolution of public service bargains centred on the changing roles of the secretaries of departments of state, and analyses the implications of the changing relationship for the role and functioning of the public service in governance and public policy. Points for practitioners The article addresses how the roles of departmental secretaries in Australia have varied in significance during the reform era. A new arrangement has now emerged which clearly articulates the roles and codifies them. One of the roles, stewardship, recognizes that secretaries have a part to play independently of ministers.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1993-1998

Public Service Announcement (PSAs) works as medium of communication to mass ranged of audience. In fact, PSAs have been utilized as a mechanism of informing and educating society on social cases and promotes behavioral changes. Roehm (2018) and Jolani et al.(2017) both indicate PSAs is a tool to educate people with the intention to urge positive action whilst increasing awareness level of the audiences on the highlighted issues. The social issues of racism in Malaysia still occurred even after celebrating it’s 62nd independence. As a multiracial and multicultural country, racism is a threat than can gives negative impact to the country’s national security, harmony and racial unity. Hence this study is to explore and discuss on Public Service Announcement (PSAs) and its applications to mitigate racism among Malaysians. The aim of this study is to propose a guideline on designing an impactful PSAs in order to cater social issues such as racism in Malaysia. This research will contribute as an additional knowledge for advertising agencies, designers and academic syllabus.


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