scholarly journals Egyptian film censorship

2012 ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
Dina Mansour
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Motion Picture ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Motion Picture Industry ◽  
Local Markets ◽  
Film Censorship ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
The Relationship

Films are a representation and manifestation of culture; yet, since the early days of filmmaking public debates have questioned whether “the motion picture industry was morally fit to control the content of its own products” (Robichaux). Today, the Arab world is plagued by the same dilemma. In a region where government censorship is the norm, heavy restrictions are imposed on locally produced films as a means of “safeguarding” public norms, religion and culture. Also problematic in today’s globalised world is the influx of foreign films into local markets, which not only defy public norms, but also represent cultural values and traditions that are quite alien to societies that have been inherently religious and conservative. Against this background, this article aims to analyse the role of censorship in Egypt with regard to the relationship between cinema and culture—a relationship often overlooked and perhaps intentionally ignored. In doing so, it will examine how censorship has traditionally been used as a tool to control the representation of existing social and cultural realities and to define cultural and religious norms, thus also affecting the normative context.

«Arab Spring»: Transformation of Political Paradigm in Context of International Relations

2012 ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
L. Fituni
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
World Economic ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The Relationship

The author presents his own original conception of the 2011 Arab upheavals. First, he tries to find parallels between the Arab Spring and the 19th century European Spring of Peoples. Second, he dwells on the idea of three types of transition in the Arab World: economic, demographic, and ideological. Third, he reflects on the issues of democracy and autocracy in the Arab countries emphasizing the role of youth. Fourth, he puts forward some new ideas as regards the relationship between Europe and the Arab World, offering such terms as “democratic internationalism” and “young democratic safety belt” in the Mediterranean region.

Indonesia and the Arab World, Then and Now

2021 ◽  
pp. 26-55
Author(s):  
Mirjam Lücking
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Seventh Century ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Islamic Culture ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter provides a historical overview of ambivalent encounters between Indonesia and the Arab world through findings that show the relationship between Indonesia and the Middle East. It recounts the Indonesians' earliest encounters with Arab traders in the seventh century, from confrontations with Indo Persian Sufi up to the current democratization process that have been marked by contradictory dynamics. It also explains how Arabs have been acknowledged as teachers of Islam and allies in the postcolonial nonbloc movement. The chapter describes the gloomy counterimage of the Arab world against which Indonesian officials and religious leaders drew the picture of a tolerant, pluralist Indonesian Islam. It mentions the key role of the mobility across the Indian Ocean in the formation of Islamic culture in Indonesia.

Origins of the Code

2019 ◽  
pp. 9-23
Author(s):  
John Billheimer
Keyword(s):  
Motion Picture ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Motion Picture Industry ◽  
Public Concern ◽  
Film Censorship ◽  
Production Code ◽  
The Us ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
Seal Of Approval

This chapter traces the origins of film censorship in the US from 1910 onward. It documents the rise of public concern over movie sex and violence and traces the manner in which pressures from religious and social groups led to the formation of individual censorship entities in various states and municipalities. The motion picture industry tried to counter these pressures by forming the Motion Picture Production and Distribution Association under Will Hays and promising to police itself, an effort that proved ineffectual until 1934, when government pressure, the Legion of Decency, and Catholic boycotts led to the requirement that any motion picture produced in the US had to earn the Seal of Approval of the Production Code Administration under Joe Breen.

scholarly journals The mediating role of anthropomorphism in adopting the intentional stance towards humanoid robots

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serena Marchesi ◽  
Nicolas Spatola ◽  
Agnieszka Wykowska
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Humanoid Robots ◽  
Human Robot Interaction ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Intentional Stance ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

Evidence from cognitive psychology showed that cultural differences influence human social cognition, leading to a different activation of social cognitive mechanisms. A growing corpus of literature in Human-Robot Interaction is investigating how culture shapes cognitive processes like anthropomorphism or mind attribution when humans face artificial agents, such as robots. The present paper aims at disentangling the relationship between cultural values, anthropomorphism, and intentionality attribution to robots, in the context of the intentional stance theory. We administered a battery of tests to 600 participants from various nations worldwide and modeled our data with a path model. Results showed a consistent direct influence of collectivism on anthropomorphism but not on the adoption of the intentional stance. Therefore, we further explored this result with a mediation analysis that revealed anthropomorphism as a true mediator between collectivism and the adoption of the intentional stance. We conclude that our findings extend previous literature by showing that the adoption of the intentional stance towards humanoid robots depends on anthropomorphic attribution in the context of cultural values.

The Relationship between Cultural Values and Political Ideology, and the Role of Political Knowledge

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristy E. H. Michaud ◽  
Juliet E. Carlisle ◽  
Eric R. A. N. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Political Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship

The role of Hofstede's cultural dimensions in the design of user interface: the case of Arabic

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-127
Author(s):  
Ahmed Alsswey ◽  
Hosam Al-Samarraie
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Ui Design ◽  
Cultural Preferences ◽  
Hofstede’S Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions

AbstractA user interface (UI) design that meets the preferences, differences, and needs of the group of users can potentially increase the usability of a system. Users, in general, feel more familiar with the context that reflects their cultural values and practices. The Arabic culture plays a significant role in how Arab users interact and communicate with technologies. The customs, artifacts, and traditions of the Arab world are different in nature from the Western cultures. Thus, it is essential to consider these differences when designing the UI prototype. This study investigated the role of certain cultural preferences in the design of UI for Arab users. A think-aloud approach and Hofstede's cultural dimensions were used on 23 Arab users to generate the necessary design guidelines for the UI of mobile health application. Then, 78 participants were recruited to evaluate the proposed UI design. The usability results showed high satisfaction among Arab users about the role of culture in the design of the UI. Findings from this study can be used by designers and developers to aid their design of UI for group-specific cultural preferences and values.

scholarly journals LINGUISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM OF NATIONAL VALUES IN ART

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 78-82
Author(s):  
S. Zhirenov ◽  
◽  
А. Smanova ◽  
Zh. Nebesaeva ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Folk Wisdom ◽  
National Values ◽  
History Of ◽  
Aesthetic Cognition ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The article considers the coding of the system of national values in Kazakh art and their linguistic expression in the linguocultural aspect. There is a linguistic representation of the place of art in the national culture, the activity of cultural values in the worldview of the ethnos. If the indicator of the culture of an ethnos is cultural values, then the value of cultural values is determined by language. Art is an indicator of cultural and social life, endowed with the ancient cultural and spiritual value of the national existence of the ethnos. Considering that different forms of art and their compositions are marked and distinguished by language, the article analyzes in detail the question of the relationship of art to language, language to art. The existence of such categories as the history of a nation and the ethics of words, culture and art of an ethnos, aesthetic cognition and taste, folk wisdom and spiritual food is considered in the existence of a language. The role of language in expressing the essence of art is described in detail.

scholarly journals Bridging the Gap between Affective Well-Being and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The Role of Work Engagement and Collectivist Orientation

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (22) ◽  
pp. 4503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Xu ◽  
Baoguo Xie ◽  
Beth Chung
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Role Performance ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Relationship

Workplace well-being has received considerable attention over the past decade. Relative to the positive relationship between affective well-being and in-role performance, the relationship between affective well-being and extra-role performance has received little empirical attention. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among affective well-being, work engagement, collectivist orientation, and organizational citizenship behavior. Specifically, we tested this model with a sample of 264 employees from a telecom company in China. We found that: (1) affective well-being was the positive predictor of organizational citizenship behavior (B = 0.482, p < 0.001); (2) work engagement mediated the relationship between employee affective well-being and organizational citizenship behavior (indirect effect = 0.330, p < 0.001); and (3) collectivist orientation moderated the relationship between affective well-being and work engagement (B = 0.113, p < 0.01) and affective well-being and organizational citizenship behavior (B = 0.084, p < 0.05). Our discussion highlights the benefits of understanding the role of work engagement and cultural values with regard to the relationship between affective well-being and organizational citizenship behavior.

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