scholarly journals UNDERSTANDING THE EFFICACY OF TELECONSULTATION IN ASSUAGING ABUSE AGAINST INDIAN WOMEN DURING COVID-19 OUTBREAK

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 197-209
Author(s):  
Debashrita Dey ◽  
Priyanka Tripathi
Keyword(s):  
Public Discourse ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Indian Women ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
The Public ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Collective Levels ◽  
Elderly Abuse ◽  
Family Abuse

Covid-19 pandemic has impacted societal well-being in different and interacting contexts and its long duree consequences on human health, both biological and psychological serves to be a key element in the public discourse. The “pandemic-lockdown” in the Indian context made the health and social faultlines existing in the country hypervisible making one question the ‘normal’ we were existing with, in the pre-Covid times. As the virus took its toll on the fragile health system, nearly crushing it, individual’s rights to a safe and dignified life got threatened in the private spaces. The psycho-social effects of the pandemic arising from the exploitation in the public/private domains can be recognized as infringements with severe and sustained negative repercussions on the vulnerable sections of society. While analysing the intersecting vulnerabilities on varied fronts, another intense predicament related to women and elderly abuse in the (un)safe homely space awaits address and redressal. The nature of stressors underlying such abuse reflects on a complex interplay among several factors at an individual, community, and collective levels. The use of digital platforms, social media sites, and teleconsultation in moments of unprecedented crisis suggests towards creating an alternative paradigm for addressing the psychosocial dimension of the pandemic that lies intertwined with the “underlying injustices and social conditions”. In the backdrop of the Covid context, this paper would analyse how teleconsultation and telepsychiatry became an apparent channel to ensure health based services and extend support and safety to those victims and survivors of family abuse who remain marginalized in the society on sexist and ageist constructs.

scholarly journals Biodiversity and human well-being: an essential link for sustainable development

2016 ◽  
Vol 283 (1844) ◽  
pp. 20162091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahid Naeem ◽  
Robin Chazdon ◽  
J. Emmett Duffy ◽  
Case Prager ◽  
Boris Worm
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Internal Variables ◽  
Conceptual Frameworks ◽  
Science And Policy ◽  
Public Science ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research And Policy

As society strives to transition towards more sustainable development pathways, it is important to properly conceptualize the link between biodiversity (i.e. genes, traits, species and other dimensions) and human well-being (HWB; i.e. health, wealth, security and other dimensions). Here, we explore how published conceptual frameworks consider the extent to which the biodiversity–HWB links are being integrated into public discourse and scientific research and the implications of our findings for sustainable development. We find that our understanding has gradually evolved from seeing the value of biodiversity as an external commodity that may influence HWB to biodiversity as fundamental to HWB. Analysis of the literature trends indicates increasing engagement with the terms biodiversity , HWB and sustainable development in the public, science and policy spheres, but largely as independent rather than linked terms. We suggest that a consensus framework for sustainable development should include biodiversity explicitly as a suite of internal variables that both influence and are influenced by HWB. Doing so will enhance clarity and help shape coherent research and policy priorities. We further suggest that the absence of this link in development can inadvertently lead to a ratcheting down of biodiversity by otherwise well-meaning policies. Such biotic impoverishment could lock HWB at minimum levels or lead to its decline and halt or reverse progress in achieving sustainable development.

AGAMA DALAM REPRESENTASI IDEOLOGI MEDIA MASSA

1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Muttaqin
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Capital Gains ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
New Order ◽  
The Public ◽  
Old Order ◽  
The Media

emphasize on business aspects. The messages brought by the media often functions more asan instrument for mobilizing readers than as a transformation of information. This is becausethe reader becomes an important part of business strategy, especially the claims of consumersin order to increase the bargaining power of actors industrialized economy.This paper describes how the media represent themselves in public life through thenews published. At this time, mass media has been transforming their political and socialinstitutions as the era of the old order and new order into the business institution. As abusiness institution, the main media orientation is capital gains. The media business is in theform of news information to the public discourse. In order to have large social effects of thediscourse, mass media are built on the principle of popularity and sensitivity. Religion invarious dimensions have two principles that are very attractive for the news object. Religionin the media is a representation that there are two possibilities, that is appropriate or notappropriate.The discussion in this paper starts from a view of the existence of the mass media,especially related to the question of whether the news is neutral or impartial. Ideologybecomes the entry point to analyze how mass media are produced and reproduced. In the end,the note describes how religion is represented by a media that has been filled with differentideologies.

scholarly journals Pandemic and mental health of the front-line healthcare workers: a review and implications in the Indian context amidst COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. e100284
Author(s):  
Snehil Gupta ◽  
Swapnajeet Sahoo
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Indian Context

Pandemic, being unprecedented, leads to several mental health problems, especially among the front-line healthcare workers (HCW). Front-line HCWs often suffer from anxiety, depression, burnout, insomnia and stress-related disorders. This is mediated to a large extent by the biopsychological vulnerabilities of the individuals; socioenvironmental factors such as the risk of exposure to infection, effective risk communication to HCWs, availability of personal protective equipment, job-related stress, perceived stigma and psychological impact of the isolation/quarantine and interpersonal distancing also play the major roles. Despite the huge magnitude of mental health problems among the front-line HCWs, their psychological health is often overlooked. Some of the potential measures to reduce the mental health problems of the front-line HCWs are effective communication, tangible support from the administration/seniors, mental health problem screening—and interventional—facilities, making quarantine/isolation less restrictive and ensuring interpersonal communication through the various digital platforms, proactively curtailing the misinformation/rumour spread by the media and strict legal measures against violence/ill treatment with the HCWs, and so on. India, along with other countries who lately got affected by the COVID-19, must learn from the experiences of the other countries and also from the previous pandemics as to how to address the mental health needs of their front-line HCWs and ensure HCWs’ mental well-being, thereby improving their productivity. Current review attempts to highlight the mental health aspects of the pandemic on the front-line HCWs, discusses some of the contentious issues and provides future directions particularly concerning COVID-19 in the Indian context and other low-resource countries.

scholarly journals The Rise of Motherhood: Maternal Feminism and Health in the Rural Prairie Provinces, 1900-1930

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Green
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Women Of Color ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
White Middle Class ◽  
Canadian Population ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
Prairie West

This article examines the rise of maternal feminism and the concept of motherhood in the Prairie West from 1900 to 1930. White, middle-class, British women (and male allies) adopted the rhetoric of moral reform, social decline, and Mothers of the Nation to argue that as mothers, their positions allowed them to contribute to the regeneration of the British race in Canada. Further, they justified their claims to political and social rights by referencing their maternal role, arguing that because they were the people responsible for regenerating the British-Canadian population, and providing care for these children, they ought to be awarded equality in the political arena as only mothers would know the best legislation for the well-being and development of children and, by extension, the nation. This conservative ideology of motherhood helped women gain support in the West, to integrate themselves in the public discourse of rights and responsibilities, and advocate for increased medical services in the rural areas of the Prairies. The Grain Grower’s Guide was an important platform for the female voice, and many maternal feminists and their opponents contributed their opinions to the publication, including an extensive campaign for heath and medical care for both mother and child in rural areas of the region.  While maternal feminists gained significant success in their fight for medical and health services, these gains applied to a specific, narrow group of women. Women of color, of non-Protestant beliefs, and of the working class were not included in this group. This paper argues that the concept of motherhood became a political category of nation-building in the early 20th century promoted by the state, which maternal feminists employed to gain support from opponents of radical feminism and to advocate for advancements in both political and domestic spheres in the rural Prairie West.

scholarly journals New Educational Discourse: The Well-Being of Schoolchildren

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 26-34
Author(s):  
K.N. Polivanova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Public ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Logical Sequence ◽  
Wide Scale

The article traces the logical sequence of the emergence of the constructs “quality of life” and “well-being” in the public discourse. It is shown that gradually since the end of the 60s of the XX century, the socio-economic and public sphere is turning to invest in education and health, indicators of well-being are being developed. Within the framework of the economy of well-being, it is shown that contributions to the quality of life enhance economic development. The analysis of the wide-scale PISA project shows an increasing body of data on the well-being of schoolchildren. It is shown that over the course of six successive waves of the PISA project, research interest has expanded from recording academic achievements in different countries to indicators of the quality of the educational environment and then to discussing the well-being of schoolchildren. Initially, the characteristics of the school environment were analyzed as factors that contribute to improving academic achievement. Since 2015, well-being has been studied as such, recognizing the importance of a student's well-being and experiences outside of their relationship to achievement. The well-being of schoolchildren is described as a set of its components such as cognitive, psychological, social, physical, and material. The article states that this turn indicates a significant change in the “education” construct itself: it is now considered not only as a preparation for the future life through the achievement of educational results by the student, but also as a part of the life cycle, valuable in itself.

scholarly journals Science Communication in South Africa: Reflections on Current Issues

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Weingart ◽  
Marina Joubert ◽  
Bankole Falade
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Scientific Language ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Understanding Of Science

Why do we need to communicate science? Is science, with its highly specialised language and its arcane methods, too distant to be understood by the public? Is it really possible for citizens to participate meaningfully in scientific research projects and debate? Should scientists be mandated to engage with the public to facilitate better understanding of science? How can they best communicate their special knowledge to be intelligible? These and a plethora of related questions are being raised by researchers and politicians alike as they have become convinced that science and society need to draw nearer to one another. Once the persuasion took hold that science should open up to the public and these questions were raised, it became clear that coming up with satisfactory answers would be a complex challenge. The inaccessibility of scientific language and methods, due to ever increasing specialisation, is at the base of its very success. Thus, translating specialised knowledge to become understandable, interesting and relevant to various publics creates particular perils. This is exacerbated by the ongoing disruption of the public discourse through the digitisation of communication platforms. For example, the availability of medical knowledge on the internet and the immense opportunities to inform oneself about health risks via social media are undermined by the manipulable nature of this technology that does not allow its users to distinguish between credible content and misinformation. In countries around the world, scientists, policy-makers and the public have high hopes for science communication: that it may elevate its populations educationally, that it may raise the level of sound decision-making for people in their daily lives, and that it may contribute to innovation and economic well-being. This collection of current reflections gives an insight into the issues that have to be addressed by research to reach these noble goals, for South Africa and by South Africans in particular.

scholarly journals Herstories. Digital social archives as a space for building memory about women (presentation of the research area)

Stylistyka ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 347-359
Author(s):  
Bernadetta Ciesek-Ślizowska
Keyword(s):  
Public Discourse ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
The Public ◽  
Scientific Exploration ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Urban Discourse ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Definition Of

The aim of the article is to shape the field of scientific exploration which is opening in the internet space as a social archive. It is a space for building herstories – women’s histories as well as social memory about them. The author refers to the definition of herstory by presenting a variety of contexts in which the concept functions: ideological, scientific, and that which is created by bottom-up initiatives of social archival science. Herstoric discourse, being shaped in the space of digital social archives, fits into the intense and changing public discourse on equality. A discursive overview of herstory will enhance our knowledge not only of equality/ anti-discriminative discourse regulations, but also about civil or urban discourse. What is more, it will provide new findings on the topic of women’s style and point of view. There are also valuable social effects of discursive interest in herstories – they can contribute to including women’s histories, their voices and way of thinking about the world into the public sphere.

Moving the Needle?

2021 ◽  
pp. 170-198
Author(s):  
Ravi K. Perry
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
President Obama ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
The Public ◽  
Healthcare Insurance

In this chapter, I discuss the evolution of the Obama administration’s policies that effected the lives of Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) communities. I discuss the dilemma—the inclusionary dilemma—that for all the ways President Obama and his administration may have moved the needle on American public opinion and the embrace of LGBTQ civil rights and marriage equality, there was less movement in terms of African American attitudes and, in turn, relatively less progress for Black LGBTQ communities. Having said this, however, I believe the targeted universalism of the administration still mattered in improving the lives of Black LGBTQ families. As I explain, targeted universalism is a policy approach whereby a policy that is crafted to appeal to and positively effect a very broad constituency—i.e., healthcare insurance and American uninsured families—has a positive ancillary effect upon the well-being of a specific constituency. I examine this main question principally by discussing how Obama and his administration slowly shifted not only the public discourse about same-sex marriage but legal interpretations and administrative guidelines relating to LGBTQ civil rights and healthcare. In turn, these actions prompted at least modest positive changes for LGBTQ and Black LGBTQ persons.

Ethical arguments for access to abortion services in the Republic of Ireland: recent developments in the public discourse

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 513-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan McCarthy ◽  
Katherine O’Donnell ◽  
Louise Campbell ◽  
Dolores Dooley
Keyword(s):  
Public Discourse ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
The Public ◽  
Moral Principles ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Equal Right

The Republic of Ireland has some of the most restrictive abortion legislation in the world which grants to the ‘unborn’ an equal right to life to that of the pregnant woman. This article outlines recent developments in the public discourse on abortion in Ireland and explains the particular cultural and religious context that informs the ethical case for access to abortion services. Our perspective rests on respect for two very familiar moral principles – autonomy and justice – which are at the centre of social and democratic societies around the world. This article explains the context for the deployment of these concepts in order to support the claim that the current legislation and its operationalisation in clinical practice poses serious risks to the health, lives and well-being of pregnant women, tramples on their autonomy rights and requires of them a self-sacrifice that is unreasonable and unjust.

Discursive construction of an anti-immigration Europe by a Sweden Democrat in the European Parliament

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 429-439
Author(s):  
Kamber Güler
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Social Power ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Group

Discourses are mostly used by the elites as a means of controlling public discourse and hence, the public mind. In this way, they try to legitimate their ideology, values and norms in the society, which may result in social power abuse, dominance or inequality. The role of a critical discourse analyst is to understand and expose such abuses and inequalities. To this end, this paper is aimed at understanding and exposing the discursive construction of an anti-immigration Europe by the elites in the European Parliament (EP), through the example of Kristina Winberg, a member of the Sweden Democrats political party in Sweden and the political group of Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy in the EP. In the theoretical and methodological framework, the premises and strategies of van Dijk’s socio-cognitive approach of critical discourse analysis make it possible to achieve the aim of the paper.

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