scholarly journals Between Jihad and Salaam

2002 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-124
Author(s):  
Jamaluddin Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
National Public Radio ◽  
International Media ◽  
Foreign Correspondents ◽  
Senior Editor ◽  
The World ◽  
First World ◽  
Technical Terms

Today, politicians and political activists of every stripe recognize the powerof the international media. From the most gilded generalissimo to the grulrbiest guerrilla, there are few who would pass up a chance to plead their caseon the world stage. This has given foreign correspondents, particularlythose from first world countries like the United States, easy access tomovers and shakers across the globe. Unfortunately, understanding doesnot always come with access.Nowhere has this lack of understanding been more pervasive- or morepernicious - than among those reporters covering the Islamic world. JoyceM. Davis, deputy foreign editor for Knight Ridder newspapers and formerdeputy senior editor at National Public Radio, sets out to remedy this prolrlem in her book, Between Jihad and Salaam: Profiles in Islam. Throughinterviews with 17 "Islamic leaders," Davis endeavors "to help us understandthe intellectual vitality that is now igniting the Muslim world."However, like too many of her colleagues, the author quickly becomes lostin the surface realities of that world. In the end, her book does little to challengethe stereotypes and misconceptions she promises to shatter.Davis begins the book with an introduction that outlines her missionwhile revealing the limits of her own understanding. While she deftly dispelssome of the more blatant misunderstandings about Islam, she alsothrows around technical terms like "lslamists" and "scholars" without ...

Putting the Experience of the World at the Nation's Command: Music at the Library of Congress, 1800-1917

1989 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-149
Author(s):  
Gillian B. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Free Society ◽  
Library Of Congress ◽  
National Library ◽  
American Students ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of

Between 1800 and 1917 the music section at the Library of Congress grew from a few items in The Gentleman's Magazine to almost a million items. The history of this development provides a unique view of the infant discipline of musicology and the central role that libraries played in its growth in the United States. Between 1800 and 1870 only 500 items were acquired by the music section at the Library of Congress. In 1870 approximately 36,000 copyright deposits (which had been accumulating at several copyright depositories since 1789) enlarged the music section by more than seventy fold. After 1870 the copyright process brought an avalanche of music items into the Library of Congress. In 1901 Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress, hired American-born, German-educated Oscar Sonneck to be the second Chief of the Music Division. Together Putnam and Sonneck produced an ambitious acquisitions program, a far-sighted classification, cataloging, and shelving scheme, and an extensive series of publications. They were part of Putnam's strategy to transform the Library of Congress from a legislative into a national library. Sonneck wanted to make American students of music independent of European libraries and to establish the discipline of musicology in the United States. Through easy access to comprehensive and diverse collections Putnam and Sonneck succeeded in making the Library of Congress and its music section a symbol of the free society that it served.

Close Encounters of the Colonial Kind

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-167
Author(s):  
Kim TallBear
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Native American ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
The United States ◽  
Indigenous Studies ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
The Gaze ◽  
The World ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
First World

This essay is voiced by “IZ,” a character personifying the evolving field of “Native American” or “Indigenous” studies in the United States. IZ was introduced to readers in Aileen Moreton-Robinson’s edited volume Critical Indigenous Studies: Engagements in First World Locations 2016, in which Moreton-Robinson wrote: “Twenty years into this century, Indigenous-centered approaches to knowledge production are thriving” and our “object of study is colonizing power in its multiple forms, whether the gaze is on Indigenous issues or on Western knowledge production.” Today, “critical Indigenous studies” represents a coming together of multiple national engagements by Indigenous scholars and sovereignty movements with universities around the world. In this essay, IZ’s object of study and critical polydisciplinamorous Indigenous engagement is a scientist searching for signs of “intelligent” life off-Earth.

The Constitution and the Tasks Ahead

1955 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 961-979 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles McKinley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
First World War ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
World War ◽  
Italian Fascism ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The World ◽  
First World ◽  
Changing Society

A resurgent conservatism rules the day in the United States not only in public affairs but also in political speculation. Frightened by the uneasy ghost of the barbarism that was embodied in German Nazism and Italian Fascism and by the spread of Russian-spawned totalitarianism, political speculation in this and other democratic countries now shrinks from the hazard inherent in a rationalistic effort to remold the world of public affairs. Inquiry turns to the adoration of our inheritance, to the discovery of neglected or undervalued virtues in the institutions as molded by our forebears, and to the wise prevision which they, in simpler crisis times, expressed in their statesmanship.My own fundamental orientation toward government developed in the “progressive” decade before mankind's applecart was sharply tilted, if not completely upset, by the First World War. It rested upon an act of preference for a democratic, freely thinking, and freely associating society. It therefore shared something of the “divine discontent” felt by all political innovators, to whom the wisdom of the ancestors always has seemed incomplete and often inadequate to meet the demands of a constantly changing society.

scholarly journals Coronavirus Highly Hits the Elderly People and the Natality Rate: A SocioDemographic Appraisal

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The United States ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Medical Treatments ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Natality Rate

The unexpected Corona crisis is affecting all ages, but mostly the elderly people of 65 years and over have been infected, hit and dead. The Coronavirus has also highly affected the rate of natality everywhere in the world. Besides that, many marriages have been postponed or suspended. In the United States where the number of Coronavirus affected people is the highest as compared with other parts of the world; 8 out of 10 deaths reported have been in adults 65 years and older [1]. Therefore, the present crisis will lead to the lack of children, optimistically when Coronavirus will be behind us. Even the children during the Corona crisis have not easy access to pediatrics and medical treatments. So, the natality situation is currently a hidden event, not being monitored by the social actors. The aging affected people are observed and talked about, whereas the newborns are not spoken about. Increasing number of developing societies are concerned with the issue. Therefore, natality issue needs more investigation by the sociologists as well as demographers. The method of research used in the present research is of qualitative type, and the whole theme is more sociologically appraised.

scholarly journals Respostas Populistas à Crise do Coronavírus: Análise dos Twitters de Donald Trump e Jair Bolsonaro

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 81-103
Author(s):  
Andressa Costa ◽  
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Ana Bernardi ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
International Media ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
New Challenges

The coronavirus pandemic has suddenly and fast emerged, bringing new challenges on a global scale. Brazil and the United States have been for months the two countries with most cases and deaths by Covid-19 in the world, until India surpassed Brazil, and only on the number of cases. Therefore, there are similarities in the way their presidents have been dealing with the crisis. Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro have been in standout on international media by their poor leadership in face of the crises created by the pandemic. Both presidents have politicized the crisis, standing against scientific evidence and world recommendations. Contrary to social isolation, they have antagonized governors and mayors, intensifying conflicts despite the lost lives, disqualifying the media as fake news. Given that, this paper aims to analyse how the populist leaders, in Brazil and in the United States, have responded to the coronavirus crisis in terms of actions and discourses. For this purpose, we analyse tweets from both their official Twitter accounts, on the period from the first official recorded case until the milestone of 100 thousand deaths in each country.

scholarly journals Rogers Act 1924: establishment of a professional USA Foreign Service

2020 ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Tetiana Klynina
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
First World War ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
World War ◽  
Foreign Service ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The World ◽  
First World ◽  
Selection Of

The article is devoted to the analysis of the formation of the legal framework that made possible the existence and functioning of the US foreign service. The purpose of the article is to clarify the preface and the course of formation of the professional foreign service of the United States, which was reflected in the adoption of the Rogers Act. The methodological basis of the study. The study was based on the principle of historicism, which contributed to the consideration of the phenomenon under study in its development and made it possible to identify periods in the formation of a professional diplomatic service. The use of the problem-chronological method contributed to the preservation of the historical heredity and integrity of the picture; the application of the comparative method made it possible to identify significant changes that occurred after the adoption of Rogers’ Law, which was considered through the use of the method of analysis. A historiographical description of the main scientific works devoted to the research topic is given. Analyzed works A. Evans, T. Lay, I. Stewart etc., which became the basis for the study. The scientific novelty lies in the systematization of ideas about qualitative and quantitative changes in the diplomatic service after the adoption of the relevant law. The author concludes that before the adoption of the Rogers Act there was no control over the selection of diplomatic and consular staff and the negative consequences of such a decision were especially evident during the First World War. Therefore, the historical conditions in which America found itself at that time became a challenge for the continued existence of the consular and diplomatic services, and therefore the issue of restructuring and modernization of these services in the United States and its transfer to another, qualitatively new level. In general, the author emphasizes the change in the status of foreign service, which was introduced by relevant legislation, namely the Rogers Act, the need for which was caused by certain historical conditions of the American state and its place on the world stage. Prior to the enactment of the Diplomatic Service Act, there was virtually no control over the selection of diplomatic and consular personnel representing the United States on the world stage. After the First World War, it became clear that the diplomatic service needed to be restructured. That is why Rogers’ law was passed, which, in fact, was the first legislative attempt to resolve this issue.

scholarly journals CHINAS DEBT DIPLOMACY AND CHINA-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC): IMPLICATIONS FOR PAKISTAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-128
Author(s):  
Waseem Ishaque ◽  
Aman Ullah ◽  
Safia
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
The United States ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
International Media ◽  
Peaceful Rise ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Economic Support ◽  
The World

China has been investing in several countries under the ambit of BRI and regional economic corridors. The basic spirit behind such an initiative is to benefit the world from Chinas peaceful rise. However, the potential implications of the Debt Trap have been voiced, especially when the issue of Hambantota came to the limelight. This research article discusses the "potential debt trap", widely being propagated in popular international media, particularly in the United States and India that China has other secret plans to fulfill under the cover of economic support and infrastructure development. They try hard to establish that the Gwadar port and the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will follow suit with the Hambantota port as experienced by Sri Lanka. This article presents a neutral analysis of the Hambantota Port Agreement and will compare it with Gwadar port and other mega projects of China Pakistan Economic Corridor

Fans, Fezzes, and Freebies

2019 ◽  
pp. 257-272
Author(s):  
Lincoln Geraghty
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
The United States ◽  
Doctor Who ◽  
American Industry ◽  
International Media ◽  
Media Companies ◽  
Transatlantic Trade ◽  
The World ◽  
Trade Relationship

Following the reboot of Doctor Who and the popularity of Sherlock, the BBC has become a major exporter of quality television to the world. One sign of the success of UK television in the United States comes at the annual San Diego Comic-Con, where BBC America has made a concerted effort to build a loyal US audience. This chapter analyzes the importance of Comic-Con in the transnational circulation of British television texts within the American industry. Comic-Con provides a space for the promotion of UK television brands where American and British fans can meet, and where international media companies mingle with US conglomerates. There is a transatlantic trade relationship between the United States and United Kingdom; at Comic-Con, the BBC and its flagship series Doctor Who and Sherlock compete with networks such as CBS and HBO. Through the targeted promotion of British branding these series have become successful transnational commodities.

Sex Differences in Mass Media Preferences Across Four Asian Countries

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 186-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malini Ratnasingam ◽  
Lee Ellis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
Female Students ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Evolutionary Explanation ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Media Preferences

Background. Nearly all of the research on sex differences in mass media utilization has been based on samples from the United States and a few other Western countries. Aim. The present study examines sex differences in mass media utilization in four Asian countries (Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, and Singapore). Methods. College students self-reported the frequency with which they accessed the following five mass media outlets: television dramas, televised news and documentaries, music, newspapers and magazines, and the Internet. Results. Two significant sex differences were found when participants from the four countries were considered as a whole: Women watched television dramas more than did men; and in Japan, female students listened to music more than did their male counterparts. Limitations. A wider array of mass media outlets could have been explored. Conclusions. Findings were largely consistent with results from studies conducted elsewhere in the world, particularly regarding sex differences in television drama viewing. A neurohormonal evolutionary explanation is offered for the basic findings.

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