scholarly journals Poverty and the media : mainstream newspaper coverage of anti-poverty activism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Butler
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
North America ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
First Century ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Mass Media

In the twenty-first century, the mass media is increasingly seen as having a very pervasive influence: the extent and reach if it simply cannot be ignored. In communities large and small, and in countries all over the world, the mass media has the ability to set agendas and influence public opinion. In North America, the mass media is particularly ubiquitous; from television, to the internet, to newspapers, it has become difficult to avoid mass media products.

scholarly journals Poverty and the media : mainstream newspaper coverage of anti-poverty activism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Butler
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
North America ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
First Century ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Mass Media

In the twenty-first century, the mass media is increasingly seen as having a very pervasive influence: the extent and reach if it simply cannot be ignored. In communities large and small, and in countries all over the world, the mass media has the ability to set agendas and influence public opinion. In North America, the mass media is particularly ubiquitous; from television, to the internet, to newspapers, it has become difficult to avoid mass media products.

The Phenomenon of Terrorism as a Threat to International Security

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (31) ◽  
pp. 32-45
Author(s):  
Izabela Szkurłat
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
21St Century ◽  
International Security ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Economic Threat ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The Impact

The article presents terrorism as a threat to international security in the 21st century. The problem with defining terrorism has been present for many years and the available definitions are developed based on the main features of terrorism. The article emphasises that terrorism has evolved through the 20th and 21st centuries. Terrorist incidents have become more unpredictable in terms of place and time, and so did methods of carrying out the attacks. The further section describes the impact of terrorist attacks on public opinion and the perception of terrorism. The consequence of presenting terrorist incidents in the media is the widespread sense of threat of terrorism. Terrorists use the mass media to convey their ideologies and the medium that is most used by them is the Internet. Based on examples, the author demonstrates that terrorism has an influence on policies adapted by countries and is an economic threat. Finally, the article states that despite the lower frequency of incidents in Europe, terrorism is still a problem and subsequent terrorist incidents are only a matter of time. Fewer terrorist attacks in Europe do not mean that terrorist organisations are weaker.

scholarly journals Identification of Advertising Trends in the Mass Media and On the Internet Used by Modern Terrorism

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (65) ◽  
pp. 382-398
Author(s):  
Mikhail Y. Zelenkov ◽  
Vladimir G. Ponomarev ◽  
Valery V. Gusev ◽  
Anatoly N. Andreev ◽  
Oleg N. Makarov
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The Right

The authors have set themselves the goal of analyzing the mass media and coverage of terrorist attacks on the Internet, to assess their impact on the growing number of terrorists in the world based on this analysis. The methodological basis of this research is represented by the comprehensive approach, which allowed identifying and corroborating the need to restructure the media and the Internet to combat modern terrorism. The epistemological potential of the statistical and sociological methods used within quantitative and qualitative research makes it possible to properly interpret the results of scientific research devoted to the subject of analysis. The results suggest that current activity by the media and Internet users encourages the growth in the number of terrorist acts in the world and improves the efficiency of recruiting newcomers to terrorist organizations. Furthermore, optimal ways of restructuring social media and expanding the scope of control of the operation of the Internet without violating freedom of expression and the right of citizens to free access to information are discussed.

Messiah with the Microphone? Oral Historians, Technology, and Sound Archives

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Perks
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Audio ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
The World ◽  
Technological Skills ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Relationship

For decades, oral historians and their tape recorders have been inseparable, but it has also been an uneasy marriage of convenience. The recorder is both our “tool of trade” and also that part of the interview with which historians are least comfortable. Oral historians' relationship with archivists has been an uneasy one. From the very beginnings of the modern oral history movement in the 1940s, archivists have played an important role. The arrival of “artifact-free” digital audio recorders and mass access via the Internet has transformed the relationship between the historian and the source. Accomplished twenty-first-century oral history practitioners are now expected to acquire advanced technological skills to capture, preserve, analyze, edit, and present their data to ever larger audiences. The development of oral history in many parts of the world was influenced by the involvement of sound archivists and librarians. Digital revolution in the present century continues to influence oral history.

Revisiting the synopticon: Reconsidering Mathiesen’s ‘The Viewer Society’ in the age of Web 2.0

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Doyle
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Reciprocal System ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Media Production ◽  
Top Down ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The Many

Thomas Mathiesen’s ‘The Viewer Society’ has been widely influential. Mathiesen posited, alongside the panopticon, a reciprocal system of control, the synopticon, in which ‘the many’ watch ‘the few’. I point to the value of Mathiesen’s arguments but also suggest a reconsideration. I consider where recent challenges to theorizing surveillance as panoptic leave the synopticon. The synopticon is tied to a top—down, instrumental way of theorizing the media. It neglects resistance, alternative currents in media production and reception, the role of culture and the increasing centrality of the internet. Mathiesen’s piece is most useful in a narrower way, in highlighting how surveillance and the mass media interact, rather than in thinking about the role of the media in control more generally.

Mediadiscourse and Communication in Society

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 53-56
Author(s):  
Е. Гнездилова ◽  
E. Gnezdilova
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Media Influence ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Discursive Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
Russian Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
Tools And Techniques

The article discusses the media discourse, analyzes its role in shaping the picture of the world of modern person: the typological features of the media text, the means and techniques of speech impact on the audience are highlighted. In the study of media texts, the author used the method of discursive analysis. As a result of an experimental study, linguistic techniques and means were revealed by which mass media influence the formation of public opinion, control communication in society. After analyzing publications in Russian media, the author comes to the conclusion that many of the linguistic techniques used in socio-political discourse today are mostly manipulative in nature, and are a powerful tool in the information confrontation. The identification of these tools and techniques, their systematization allows us to understand the specifics of the formation of the picture of the world of modern person, especially communication in society.

scholarly journals Verbal and linguocultural content of a text

2021 ◽  
pp. 18-32
Author(s):  
Myroslava Mamych ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Structural Level ◽  
Literary Language ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
A Value ◽  
Media Space ◽  
The World ◽  
Verbal Content ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Mass Media

This article gives a detailed account of one of the topical issues of modern integrative linguistic stylistics, i.e., substantiation of the content of the latest concepts that are formed within the interrelated disciplines. Attention is specifically paid to the terms media stylistics, verbal and linguocultural content of the media. The author elaborates on the concept of linguocultural content of the media text interpreting it as linguistic and aesthetic signs of culture, components of linguistic and informational pictures of the world, i.e., a value-content meaning of the mass media which unfolds and concretizes the general and nationally marked concepts, and as a regular manifestation of the language norm. The data of the magazine A Woman shows that the verbal content is a significant, specific segment of the functioning of the modern Ukrainian literary language in the media space. It reflects the universal stratification of the language of national professional, social, every day, and artistic culture, the synergy of its mediatopes and media genres, broadcasts a hierarchy of social (socio-political, gender), psychological and economic stereotypes, and human needs. They are all united by the Ukrainian-centric linguocultural platform which consists of both value-semantic signs of culture and structural-level units of the literary-linguistic continuum. In terms of media stylistics, the language of Ukrainian-language media is analyzed in two complementary perspectives: 1) via metaphorical-associative field structures with specific core nominations; 2) via the principles of realization of the media structural-level norm in the mass media. Keywords: media stylistics, verbal content, linguocultural indicator of value, metaphorical-associative field, language norm, sign of culture.

scholarly journals Undifferentiated optimism and scandalized accidents: the media coverage of autonomous driving in Germany

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (04) ◽  
pp. A02
Author(s):  
Lena Jelinski ◽  
Katrin Etzrodt ◽  
Sven Engesser
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Autonomous Vehicle ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Autonomous Driving ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Mass Media

When, to what extent and under what conditions autonomous driving will become common practice depends not only on the level of technical development but also on social acceptance. Therefore, the rapid development of autonomous driving systems raises the question of how the public perceives this technology. As the mass media are regarded as the main source of information for the lay audience, the news coverage is assumed to affect public opinion. The mass media are also frequently criticized for their inaccurate and biased news coverage. Against this backdrop, we conducted a content analysis of the news coverage of autonomous driving in five leading German newspapers. Findings show that media reporting on autonomous driving is not very detailed. They also indicate a slight positive bias in the balance of arguments and tonality. However, as soon as an accident involving an autonomous vehicle occurs, the frequency of reporting, as well as the extent of negativity and detail increase. We conclude that well-informed public opinion requires more differentiated reporting — irrespective of accidents.

scholarly journals Preparing Young Writers for Invoking and Addressing Today’s Interactive Digital Audiences

2013 ◽  
pp. 54-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa McGrail ◽  
J. Patrick McGrail
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Fifth Graders ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Interactive Method ◽  
The World ◽  
Critical Attention ◽  
Twenty First Century

Twenty-first century technologies, in particular the Internet and Web 2.0 applications, have transformed the practice of writing and exposed it to interactivity. One interactive method that has received a lot of critical attention is blogging. The authors sought to understand more fully whom young bloggers both invoked in their blogging (their idealized, intentional audience) and whom they addressed (whom they actually blogged to, following interactive posts). They studied the complete, yearlong blog histories of fifteen fifth-graders, with an eye toward understanding how these students constructed audiences and modified them, according to feedback they received from teachers as well as peers and adults from around the world. The authors found that these students, who had rarely or never blogged before, were much more likely to respond to distant teachers, pre-service teachers, and graduate students than to their own classroom teachers or peers from their immediate classroom. The bloggers invoked/addressed their audiences differently too, depending on the roles that they had created for their audiences and themselves. The authors explore how and why this came to be the case with young writers.

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