scholarly journals “Choose your opponent”: A new knockout design for hybrid tournaments †

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Julien Guyon
Keyword(s):  
Incentive Compatibility ◽  
Strong Incentive ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
The World ◽  
Tv Shows ◽  
Preliminary Group

We present a new, simple knockout format for sports tournaments, that we call “Choose Your Opponent”, where the teams that have performed best during a preliminary group stage can choose their opponents during the subsequent knockout stage. The main benefit of this format is that it essentially solves a recently identified incentive compatibility problem when more than one teams from a group advance to the knockout stage, by effectively canceling the risk of tanking. This new design also makes the group stage more exciting, by giving teams a strong incentive to perform at their best level, and more fair, by limiting the risk of collusion and making sure that the best group winners are fairly rewarded in the knockout round. The choosing procedure would add a new, exciting strategic component to the competition. Advancing teams would choose their opponent during new, much anticipated TV shows which would attract a lot of media attention. We illustrate how this new format would work for the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League, the most popular soccer club competition in the world.

scholarly journals A defense of the modern, high-tech redneck on reality TV: Why the world loves Duck Dynasty and its resulting redemptive representation of Rednecks

SURG Journal ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-14
Author(s):  
Sarah McGuire
Keyword(s):  
Social Groups ◽  
Reality Tv ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Television Studies ◽  
Southern Culture ◽  
The World ◽  
Tv Shows ◽  
Key Terms ◽  
Tv Show ◽  
Modern Form

This article uses key terms and concepts from Television Studies to “close read” the reality TV show Duck Dynasty in its visual form. This article questions not only how Duck Dynasty represents rednecks, but also how the representation of the “redneck” is understood by the TV audience. It explores the success of Duck Dynasty as a reality TV show and argues that it redeems “rednecks” from Hollywood’s previous portrayals of the overly caricatured redneck stereotype. The Robertsons have the ability to convey truth – even if it is through a partially fake/mediated realm – and what they actually represent is a more subdued, modern form of redneck identity in comparison to classic Hollywood depictions. However, viewers cannot trust reality TV to wholly or singularly inform how they understand other social groups despite how “real” reality may appear on reality TV shows. Instead of viewing the redneck jokes and portrayal on reality TV as offensive, Duck Dynasty’s jokes and portrayals can be powerful tools for exposing the absurdity of the stereotypes previously perpetuated by Hollywood and can help subvert them. Keywords: Duck Dynasty; Duck Commander; Buck Commander; Robertson; redneck (representations of); reality TV; television studies; hillbilly; Southern culture; stereotypes; sitcom; American dream; American television

TV Series in Turkish Foreign Policy: Aspects of Hegemony and Resistance

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantinos Constantinou ◽  
Zenonas Tziarras
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
Soap Operas ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Turkish Foreign Policy ◽  
The World ◽  
Tv Shows ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the ways in which (pop or) popular culture may fall within the context of foreign policy. More specifically, it situates our analysis against such backdrop by delving into how Turkey effectively exports pop culture, propaganda and positive images of itself via the use of television (TV) shows. To that end, notable Turkish soap operas market its ancient glorious past. Admittedly, these telenovelas form a salient cultural product export for Turkey as they reach diverse and far-away audiences – from Latin America to Russia, Central Asia, North Africa, the Middle East, and the Balkans, to merely name a few. Paradoxically, the frenzy has even reached places like Greece. Not to mention, Serbia or Israel, with the latter’s phenomenal success accompanied also with some backlash. Therefore, the current study seeks to better understand the magnitude alongside the impact of Turkey’s achievement given how it comprises a multi-million-dollar industry, by partially unearthing what makes Turkish TV series so powerful the world over. Further, this research firstly presents an analysis of the hegemonic efforts before presenting the limitations to its success by thoroughly covering the empirical data while, theoretically framing it.  

scholarly journals Female images in the movies of the 2010s about the World War I

2021 ◽  
pp. 109-120
Author(s):  
Natal'ya Ivanovna Tribunskikh ◽  
Daria Chuprasova
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
World War I ◽  
Western Society ◽  
World War ◽  
Female Images ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
Tv Shows

The subject of this research is the yet poorly studied topic of representation of the female images in military media sources, namely movies and TV series of the 2010s. The choice of sources is substantiated by the new approaches towards delivery of information, new characters and patterns that correspond to the modern media trends; as well as by a wide range of projects timed to the centenary of the World War I. The key tasks of this article lie in determination of the role of women and characteristics of female images in a number of movies and TV shows of the 2010s about the World War I. The author carries out a comparative analysis of reflection of the Western and Russian cinematography associated with the representations on the gender hierarchy that is seen through interaction between men and women in the material under review. The article reveals the main patterns that are most commonly used for describing the role of women in war. The conclusion is made that a certain variety of female images that have recently appeared in cinematography indicates the interest of historians and researchers dealing with memory, gender, media and visual culture. The comparative analysis of sources demonstrated that the representation of female images in movies of the 2010s about the World War I reflects a certain difference in the officially broadcasted sociocultural and ideological perception of women and their role characteristic to modern Russian and Western society. The Russian movies are oriented towards expressing the official state concept of traditional values and women's affiliation to family and the country; while Western movies create the images typical for their cultural reality, which do not neglect the role of wives and mothers, however allow the heroines to transcend family interests.

scholarly journals Pacific Journalism Monographs No 5: Pacific Way: Auckland's Pasifika community diaspora media

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Neilson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
The World ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Tv Shows

This monograph is the first comprehensive survey of the Pasifika diaspora media in Auckland, the world’s largest ‘Pacific’ city. It starts with a discussion of the concept of ‘diaspora’ and how minority communities have been represented in mainstream media around the world. It then gives a portrait of the Pasifika population of New Zealand, how it has historically been depicted in New Zealand’s various media, and what attempts have been made to improve coverage. The bulk of the report consists of profiles of and interviews with Auckland’s various Pasifika newspapers, radio stations, magazines, TV shows and online media.

scholarly journals Will the Rojava Revolution Survive? Theory, Practice, and the Future of Democratic Confederalism

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-33
Author(s):  
Islam Sargi Sargi
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
The Other ◽  
Regional Powers ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
Syrian Civil War ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Central Argument

After the outbreak of the Syrian war, the armed resistance of the Kurds against the radical Islamists drew considerable attention from across the world. Although the Kurdish movement has a history of forty years of armed fight in the region, especially against Turkey, they gained global fame during the war in Syria. Apart from media attention to the resistance of women, in particular, the establishment of a political system, democratic confederalism, which the world was not familiar with, came to exist in the area liberated from the religious fundamentalists in Syria. The Kurds during the Syrian civil war, on one hand, gained international fame for their fight against the radical Islamists; on the other hand, they put a new theory of governance, democratic confederalism, in practice in northern Syria. This paper seeks to provide a brief review of the theory of democratic confederalism and its practices in Rojava to build an argument regarding its future. This case study aims to explore how and why the theory and practices of democratic confederalism co-exist and which factors may influence the Rojava revolution’s future. This review’s central argument is that while democratic confederalism is a revolution in the field, it is also an experiment whose future depends on how the people will adopt it and how the global and regional powers will approach it.

Art, Values, and Conflict Waged in Satirical Cartoons

2015 ◽  
pp. 232-252
Author(s):  
Z. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Free Speech ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
10Th Anniversary ◽  
Rhetorical Device ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
Prior Art ◽  
The World

The first international art controversy erupted after the publication of satirical cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in Denmark's Jyllands-Posten in 2005. Unlike prior art controversies, the Muhammad cartoon controversy, as it came to be known, engaged millions of people around the globe. Debates and protests surrounding competing sacrosanct values received massive media attention. As the conflict between Western free speech and 10th anniversary of the September 30 publication of the cartoons approaches, the world mourns the loss of more lives in connection with the continuing controversy. By examining the constellation of speech acts associated with Flemming Rose, Stephane Charbonnier, and Lars Vilks, this chapter examines whether satire is an effective rhetorical device for resolving disagreements involving conflicting sacrosanct values, and if and how it ameliorates or contributes to conflict in increasingly multi-religious, multiethnic, and multicultural societies.

ІСТОРІЯ ТРЕВЕЛ-ПРОГРАМ НА УКРАЇНСЬКОМУ ТЕЛЕБАЧЕННІ

2020 ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
I. Mudra ◽  
M. Kitsа
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Program Design ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
Thematic Area ◽  
Tv Shows ◽  
Inside Out

<div><p class="Standard"><em>The article deals with the current state of travel journalism on Ukrainian TV channels. The article describes the chronological formation and development of travel journalism on Ukrainian television as a new thematic area on domestic TV channels. Through the study of the evolution of travel programs, we can see the modern features of new travel programs and claim that modern travel programs on Ukrainian television are better and more interesting than their predecessors in the 90s and early 2000s. Each of the programs we have analyzed has its own peculiarity, which may consist in geographical coverage, thematic specificity, mastery of the presenters and more. But all these programs combine the element of travel and cognitive nature. Most of the TV shows on Ukrainian television appeared in 2011. Some of these programs were only translated for one season, while others are still broadcasted. These are the programs «Inside Out» by Dmitry Komarov and «The Eagle and the Rescue». The secret to the success of these broadcasts is authentic content, interesting program design, and, of course, mastery of the presenters. And if in the program «Eagle and Rescue» pairs of presenters are constantly changing, then in «Inside the World» the author and host of the program remains unchanged. Moreover, Dmitry Komarov’s awareness and rating is constantly growing, which gives reason to speak about his remarkable authority and skill, as well as good selected countries for travel and program format. The originals are also Eurochekin and Zarobitchany programs, where, in addition to traveling, the presenters reveal the peculiarities of living and working abroad. These transfers are of significant importance, because in Eurochekin, the presenters highlight the features of traveling abroad by own car, and in the «Earnings» – the specifics of work and earnings in different countries. In general, the results of the study indicate that modern travel programs are on the verge of a new stage of development.</em></p></div><p class="Standard"><strong><em>Key words:</em></strong><em> travel journalism, travel shows, travel shows, travel, TV channels.</em></p>

Theorizing Paula Radcliffe: Representing a Nation

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Walton
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
World Record ◽  
British Identity ◽  
National Team ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
The World ◽  
Media Constructions ◽  
Complex Construction

In setting the world record at the London Marathon in 2003, Paula Radcliffe not only beat her female competitors but also her countrymen becoming the fastest British runner of the year, male or female, making her the nation’s best hope for the Olympic Games in 2004. From this position, she garnered a significant amount of media attention, becoming Britain’s most famous runner. Yet as a representative of her nation, both symbolically and on the national team, her place remains complicated. Radcliffe’s significant accomplishments, which were in part understood as British success, were also constructed as a foil for the lack of British men’s success in racialized and gendered ways. To explicate mediated articulations of national identity, I examined UK print media constructions of Radcliffe focusing on three major events of her running career: her world record, her failure to finish at the 2004 Games, and her World Championship marathon win in 2005. I found that Radcliffe achieved conditional status as a representative of Britain, while this media coverage also maintained and buttressed gendered and racialized hierarchies in the complex construction of British identity.

scholarly journals China Scholars and the Media: Improving an Awkward, Important Relationship

2014 ◽  
Vol 220 ◽  
pp. 1111-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Important Task ◽  
The West ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
Important Relationship ◽  
The World ◽  
Specialist Knowledge ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Media Discourses

AbstractPublic interest in China, as reflected in the level of media attention, is burgeoning in the West and elsewhere in the world. This interest is driven by China's increasing presence and importance in the lives of people around the world; and for the same reason is likely to continue growing. Since media discourses are the main way in which Western publics receive information about China, contributing to media reports and helping journalists reach deeper understandings is an important task and opportunity for academics whose specialist knowledge of China is often more nuanced than that of generalist China correspondents. Although developments in the two professions are demanding closer and more frequent interactions, many scholars are reluctant to engage. This is partly due to structural disincentives within the academy, and partly due to obstacles in the scholar–media relationship. Focusing on the latter, the objective of this article is to illuminate how China scholars and journalists currently interact, and to identify means to increasing their efficiency and sustainability.

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