scholarly journals A Content Analysis of National Daily Newspaper Articles on Government Policies with Particular Reference to Reporting on Public Opinion Surveys 1997~2006

2009 ◽  
Vol null (12) ◽  
pp. 169-198
Author(s):  
Chull Young Yi
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Daily Newspaper ◽  
Public Opinion Surveys ◽  
Newspaper Articles

The Missing Martyrs

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Kurzman
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Us Foreign Policy ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Inelastic Demand ◽  
Public Opinion Surveys ◽  
The World ◽  
Election Results ◽  
The Waves ◽  
Depth Interviews

Why are there so few Muslim terrorists? With more than a billion Muslims in the world—many of whom supposedly hate the West and ardently desire martyrdom—why don’t we see terrorist attacks every day? Where are the missing martyrs? Such questions may seem counterintuitive, in light of the death and devastation that terrorists have wrought around the world. But the scale of violence, outside of several civil war zones, has been far lower than the waves of attacks that the world feared in the wake of 9/11. Terrorists’ own publications complain about the failure of Muslims to join their cause. This book draws on government sources, public opinion surveys, election results, and in-depth interviews with Muslims in the Middle East and around the world to examine barriers to terrorist recruitment, including “radical sheik,” liberal Islam, revolutionary rivalries, and an inelastic demand for US foreign policy. This revised edition, updated to include the self-proclaimed “Islamic State,” concludes that fear of terrorism should be brought into alignment with the actual level of threat, and that government policies and public opinion should be based on evidence rather than alarmist hyperbole.

Quirky Neighbors or the Cult Next-Door?

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-211
Author(s):  
Bernard Doherty
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Political Involvement ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Media Transformation

Beginning in 2005 the tiny Christian sect then known as the Exclusive Brethren suddenly underwent a media transformation from a virtually unknown or ignored group of quirky and old-fashioned Protestant sectarians to being touted as “Australia’s biggest cult” by tabloid television programs. This explosion of controversy came on the heels of media revelations about the involvement of Brethren members in providing financial donations to conservative political causes across the globe and a snowballing effect in response which brought forth a number of ex-members eager to expose their former group. This article looks at how this media transformation has been received by the wider Australian public. By studying the hitherto little utilized data contained in readers’ letters to Australia’s three mainstream broadsheet newspapers this article identifies which events or undertakings had the most impact on public perceptions of the Exclusive Brethren and which specific articles and issues struck the most responsive chord with readers. This content analysis found that Australian public opinion toward the Exclusive Brethren, while on the whole negative, was more indicative of their political involvement than their beliefs. The study also found that prior to what I call “The Brethren Controversy” the Exclusive Brethren had maintained a high degree of “sectarian tension” in Australia for almost four decades with little public outcry or media vilification.

A Comparative Content Analysis of Physician, General Public and Media Opinion Leader Posts Regarding Physician-patient Conflicts on Microblog (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanqi Gong ◽  
Qin Guo
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
General Public ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Popular Science ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
Objective Evidence ◽  
Comparative Content ◽  
Physician Patient

BACKGROUND Physician-patient conflicts have increased more than ten times from the 2000s to 2010s in China and arouse heated discussion on microblog. However, little is known about similarities and differences among views of opinion leaders from the general public, physician, and media regarding physician-patient conflict issues on microblog. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore how opinion leaders from physician, the general public, and media areas framed the posts on major physician-patient conflict issues on microblog. Findings will provide more objective evidence of trilateral (health profession, general public, and media) attitudes and perspectives on physician-patient conflicts. METHODS A comparative content analysis was conducted to examine the posts (N=545) from microblog opinion leaders regarding the major physician-patient conflicts in China from 2012 to 2017. RESULTS Media used significantly more conflict (M=0.16) and attribution frames (M=0.16) but least popularize medical science frame (M=0.03) than physician (M=0.06, p<0.001; M=0.06, p<0.001; M=0.08, p=0.035, respectively) and general public opinion leaders (M=0.06, p<0.001; M=0.09, p=0.003; M=0.12, p<0.001, respectively). There are no significant differences in the use of conflict, cooperation, negative and popular science frames between general public and physician opinion leaders. CONCLUSIONS This imbalanced use of frames by media would cultivate and reinforce the public perception of physician-patient contradiction. The physician and general public opinion leaders share some commons in post frames, implying that they do not have a fundamental discrepancy on physician-patient conflict issues. It is essential to guide and encourage media microbloggers to make every effort to popularize medical science and improve physician-patient relationships.

scholarly journals Medication-related harm and the newspapers - what has been communicated to the public in Ireland: A systematic content analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. i28-i29
Author(s):  
R Munshi ◽  
T Grimes
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Opioid Analgesics ◽  
Daily Mail ◽  
The Public ◽  
Related Harm ◽  
Newspaper Articles

Abstract Introduction Reducing the global prevalence of severe, avoidable medication-related harm (MRH) by 50% by the end of 2022 is the WHO’s third global patient safety challenge [1]. MRH is reported frequently in the academic literature, with increasing age being a key risk factor. The WHO have highlighted the need to improve public health literacy and knowledge about medications. Little is known about the frequency and nature of Irish newspaper reports about MRH. This study sought to address this gap and to examine reporting during the calendar years 2019 and 2009. Methods In this mixed-methods study, LexisNexis® [2], an online newspaper archive database, was searched for newspaper articles reporting on MRH, published in the Republic of Ireland during the calendar years 2019 and 2009. The search strategy focussed on “medication” AND “harm” AND “patient”. Quantitative data extraction aimed to describe the frequency (by count of articles) of reporting of MRH and the nature by describing the publishing newspaper titles and the reported details of: drug class(es), demographics (age or life stage, gender) of those experiencing harm and the severity of harm. Qualitatively, a systematic content analysis, using inductive coding is ongoing and will be reported separately. Research ethics committee approval for this study is not required because this is an analysis of material in the public domain. Results In total, 7098 newspaper articles were identified through database searching for 2019 (n=3217) and 2009 (n=3881). To date, 54% (3867: n=3217, 45% 2019, n=650, 9% 2009) of these were screened, of which 63 newspaper articles (n=44 2019, n=19 2009) were included and quantitative data were extracted. Within these 63 articles, 71 cases of individual people experiencing MRH were reported (52 in 2019 and 19 in 2009). The newspapers most commonly reporting MRH were Irish Daily Mail (31/63: 27 in 2019 and 4 in 2009) and Irish Times (17/63:9 in 2019 and 8 in 2009). Drug classes most frequently reported as causing MRH were central nervous system drugs (antiepileptics n=10, opioid analgesics n=5, antidepressants n=9, and anxiolytics n=1), cancer chemotherapy (23 cases) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (n=3). MRH was reported as being fatal (13 /71:8 in 2019 and 5 in 2009) and non-fatal (58/71), with seven cases (5 in 2019 and 2 in 2009) of permanent harm. Among the 71 individual cases of MRH, the majority were adults aged 18–64 years (n=36), children (n=7), older adults (n=8), foetus (n=3) and newborn (n=1), while the remainder did not report the person’s age. Conclusion MRH is frequently reported to the public through Irish newspapers. The study is limited by focus on newsprint media with the exclusion of other forms of digital or social media and restriction to two calendar years in a single country, which likely stifles the generalisability of findings to other contexts. Future work could explore this issue across a wider range of media platforms and examine changes in reporting over time. The study findings may support an agenda to improve the general public's exposure to information and knowledge of MRH and medication safety. References 1. Donaldson, L.J., et al., Medication without harm: WHO's third global patient safety challenge. 2017. 389(10080): p. 1680–1681. 2. https://advance-lexis-com.elib.tcd.ie/firsttime?crid=d5f713e8-8107-4efd-91cc-1e99c82cdb58&pdmfid=1519360.

scholarly journals Utility-Scale Solar in the Great Lakes: Analyzing Community Reactions to Solar Developments

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1677
Author(s):  
Emma Uebelhor ◽  
Olivia Hintz ◽  
Sarah B. Mills ◽  
Abigail Randall
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Community Perceptions ◽  
Global Impact ◽  
Local Newspaper ◽  
Great Lakes States ◽  
Utility Scale ◽  
Newspaper Articles

In the coming years, it is expected that reliance on utility-scale solar projects for energy production will increase exponentially. As a result, communities throughout the Midwest will become potential solar facility hosts. Previous research has sought to identify factors that influence community support and opposition to solar developments throughout the country. This paper builds upon prior research by examining community perceptions about the economic, environmental, local and global impact of solar projects in four Great Lakes states using a content analysis of local newspaper articles. Ultimately, this paper identifies the most common perceptions of solar facilities and offers some preliminary suggestions on strategies to mitigate the most prevalent concerns.

Constructing Public Opinion and Manipulating Symbols: China's Press Cover-age of the Student Movement in 1989

1995 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 412-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo-Qiang Zhang ◽  
Sidney Kraus
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Chinese Communist Party ◽  
Student Movement ◽  
Dominant Ideology ◽  
Tiananmen Square ◽  
The Press ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Military

This content analysis of Chinese newspapers before and after the Tiananmen Square protest examines the symbolic representation of the Student Movement of 1989 in China. The study reveals that top leaders manipulated symbols given to the media and that these symbols rigorously highlighted the dominant ideology of the Chinese Communist Party and isolated the movement participants. Officials attempted to legitimize the military suppression of the movement. The press construction of public opinion echoed the hegemonic process created and maintained by the party structure.

Has Anyone Seen It?

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dagmar Radin ◽  
Aleksandar Džakula
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sentiment ◽  
Public Opinion Surveys ◽  
Health Care Performance ◽  
Policy Arena ◽  
Care Performance

Over the past decade, public opinion surveys have shown that Croats are deeply dissatisfied with their health care system and asses it to be one of the most important issues. However, health care hardly makes it into any political discourse in Croatia. This study analyzes the results of a public opinion survey conducted before the 2007 parliamentary elections to find out what the public sentiment on health care performance in Croatia is and to analyze the reasons why health care is not addressed by political actors. Evidence suggests that while health care is the most salient issue today, the public often understands it poorly. Thus, in a political environment of competing issues, and given the complexity of tacking health care in the policy arena, politicians strategically avoid discussing the issue.

Two Countries, Five Years: Islam in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan through the Lens of Public Opinion Surveys

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Junisbai ◽  
Azamat Junisbai ◽  
Baurzhan Zhussupov
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Political Context ◽  
Religious Revival ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Public Opinion Surveys ◽  
Daily Prayer ◽  
Cross National

Drawing on two waves of public opinion surveys conducted in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, we investigate the rise in religiosity and orthodoxy among Central Asian Muslims. We confirm that a religious revival is underway, with nearly 100 percent of Kazakhstani and Kyrgyzstani Muslims self-identifying as such in 2012—up from 80 percent in Kazakhstan in 2007. If we dig a bit deeper, however, we observe cross-national variations. Religious practice, as measured by daily prayer and weekly mosque attendance, is up in Kyrgyzstan, but has fallen in Kazakhstan. While the share of those who express preferences associated with religious orthodoxy has grown in both, this group has more than doubled in Kazakhstan. We attribute these differences to political context, both in terms of cross-national political variation and, within each country, variation based on regional differences.

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