scholarly journals Adapting to Political Activism in Destination

Tourism ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-380
Author(s):  
Toney K. Thomas ◽  
Diya Jose
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The State ◽  
Visitor Experience ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Media ◽  
Online Texts ◽  
General Strike ◽  
The Way

The way of protest through hartal (general strike) has sparked heated debates about its impact on the tourism industry in Kerala. This paper is aimed in the viewpoint that political activism has adverse consequences on tourism in the state of Kerala which is seamlessly propagated through the Media. Through a thematic analysis of online texts published on trip advisor, this paper explores tourists’ perceptions and opinions of the implication of hartal on tourism in Kerala. Overall, our analysis reveals that hartal would not discourage tourists to visit Kerala, although many regarded that certain level of challenges at the destination will enhance the visitor experience. Importantly, our study also contends that the narratives about the ‘hartal’ produced and propagated online were often representative of political structures of power, which linked tourism to hartal irrespective of the real impact on tourism.

Entrepreneurship in the digital press: a semantic analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 416-431
Author(s):  
Myriam Martí-Sánchez ◽  
Desamparados Cervantes-Zacarés ◽  
Arturo Ortigosa-Blanch
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Way

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse how the media addresses entrepreneurship and to identify the attributes linked to this phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach The sample is defined in terms of a linguistic corpus comprised of content related to entrepreneurship drawn from the digital editions of the three most important Spanish economic newspapers for the period 2010–2017. Word association and co-occurrence analyses were carried out. Further, a non-supervised clustering process was used as the basis for a thematic analysis. Findings Correspondence between social and media patterns related to the entrepreneurship phenomenon is revealed by the results. It is shown how attributes such as “success”, “innovation”, “ecosystem” and “woman” appear as very relevant and are linked to different co-occurrence scenarios. Relevant thematic groups are also identified related to lexical associations such as innovation, digital economy and public policies linked to entrepreneurship. Research limitations/implications It is important to emphasise that this study has identified and explored relationships between words, but not their evolution. Furthermore, conclusions cannot be drawn concerning whether there are differences in how each newspaper has dealt with entrepreneurship because of the way the corpus was constructed. Originality/value The study provides empirical evidence that helps to identify the way media approaches entrepreneurship. The authors carried out the analysis on the media contents and not on the perception of the public on the phenomenon.

Conclusion: Wounding Transmissions

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Pinchevski
Keyword(s):  
Technological Capability ◽  
Transgenerational Trauma ◽  
Cognitive Level ◽  
The Real ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Transmission Of Trauma ◽  
The Media ◽  
Warren Weaver ◽  
The Way

“Transmission” is a term used, curiously enough, in both technology and psychology. In the former, it denotes the transfer of messages from one point to another, a view that was principally theorized by Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver. Technologically speaking, transmission names the conveyance of information from sender to receiver through a designated channel by means of symbols or signals. This technical formulation of transmission constitutes the operational basis of numerous media technologies. In psychology, transmission is often used to describe the way behavior and symptoms of traumatized parents are transferred to their children, causing transgenerational trauma. Such transmission can be direct or indirect, overt or covert; indeed, transmission of trauma might be the result of either over-disclosure of knowledge and facts, or of under- disclosure, even of persistent silence, which “can often communicate traumatic messages as powerfully as words.” In both technological and psychological uses, transmission denotes a unilateral handing over across space and/ or time. But clearly psychological transmission implies more than the mere delivery of messages: it involves a delivery that exceeds that of meaning or information proper, a transmission taking place as though beyond words, on the affective rather than on the cognitive level. This book has posited media as linking the two senses of transmission above by virtue of the technological capability of effecting impact in excess of message, and contact in excess of content. And nowhere are the stakes in linking technological and psychological transmissions higher than in the mediation of trauma. In this book I have advanced an argument about the deep association of media and trauma. The media discussed here—radio, videotape, television, digital, and virtual—comprise different instantiations of the mediation of trauma: the ways media technologies sustain and convey the experience of unsettling experience. Media reach to the Real, and in so doing make available a register whose registration is of corporeality itself. Bodies find expression through media in the Real, revealing materiality as a common substratum.

scholarly journals WAYS OF DIMINISHING OF ERRORS OF CALCULATIONS OF COMPUTER OF AUTONOMOUS MOBILE OBJECT ARE FOR ALGORITHMS OF SLAM OF NAVIGATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-43
Author(s):  
Yu. A. Nitsuk ◽  
О. М. Semchak ◽  
І. V. Sharipova
Keyword(s):  
Subsequent Development ◽  
The State ◽  
Mobile Object ◽  
Frequency Filter ◽  
Mobile Unit ◽  
The Real ◽  
Real Place ◽  
The Way

A question is in-process considered, in relation to the lead through of estimation of complication of algorithms of EKF-SLAM and construction of map of locality in accordance with supporting points, from point of his algorithmically programmatic realization. It enables to determine the ways of subsequent development and adaptation of the known mathematical correlations of algorithms of EKF-SLAM and DP-SLAM for diminishing of errors of calculations of co-ordinates airborne COMPUTERS of autonomous mobile object for realization of algorithms. The estimation of the state of off-line mobile unit is arrived at by filtration of particles. The great number of hypotheses which are an eventual number is generated, which show by itself the predictable place of location of robot. Every meaningful element of map, that orienteer, in every particle can be appraised with the use of the extended filters of Kalmana, particles of robot conditioned position. And the coefficient of weight of particles settles accounts for determination of probability of hit of certain part in a final set, which will present not only the real place of location of autonomous mobile object on a map but also position of found out all orienteers. The way of modification of the known mathematical correlations of filters of Kalmana offered in-process from point of their adaptation to the features of algorithmic and programmatic realization in airborne COMPUTERS provides economy of memory of airborne COMPUTER and diminishing of necessary calculable resource It is noticed that the algorithms of realization of SLAM of navigation are changed the offered way use less of particles, than methods, based only on a frequency filter. The error of initial calculation of co-ordinates of orienteer is taken to the minimum and does not accumulate in course of time in mathematical sense.

Assessing the Cum-Ex Trade

2020 ◽  
pp. 177-192
Author(s):  
Richard S Collier
Keyword(s):  
Tax Evasion ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
The State ◽  
Financial Loss ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Media ◽  
Tax Systems

This chapter examines how the cum-ex transaction has been assessed to date before arguing that those assessments reflect a limited understanding of the real complexity and wider causes and implications of schemes such as the cum-ex trade. The reaction to cum-ex in the media and in political circles has focused on the scale of financial loss to the state and on the culpability of the individuals involved. This response to cum-ex involves relatively little focus on the nature of the transaction itself or how it came about. However, this chapter raises wider questions as to what transactions like cum-ex tell us about the nature of banks and inter-bank market activities, and what they reveal about tax systems. The chapter also explains what is meant by talking of bank ‘misconduct’, and considers the problematic distinction between tax avoidance and tax evasion.

scholarly journals Media, Public Opinion and Health Care in Canada: How the Media Affect “The Way Things Are”

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Blidook
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
The State ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
Canadian Health Care System ◽  
Soins De Santé ◽  
Canadian Health ◽  
Canadian Health Care ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Way

Abstract.Health care has arguably been the most important issue in Canadian politics in the past decade. This paper focuses on the extent to which the media affect public perceptions of “the way things are” in the Canadian health care system. Individual perceptions of the state of health care are analyzed as being a function of personal experience with the system, loyalty or pre-formed opinions and the information that the individual receives through the media. Results indicate that media use has a significant effect on the likelihood of negative perceptions regarding the state of health care.Résumé.Le système de soins de santé représente sans doute le thème dominant de la dernière décennie sur la scène politique canadienne. Cet article examine l'influence exercée par les médias sur les perceptions du public concernant «la situation courante» du système de soins de santé canadien. L'analyse présente les perceptions individuelles sur l'état du système comme étant le reflet de l'expérience personnelle, d'une loyauté ou d'une opinion préétablie et de l'information transmise par les médias. Les résultats indiquent que les médias ont une incidence importante sur d'éventuelles perceptions négatives concernant l'état du système de soins de santé.

scholarly journals The Real World of the Decentralized Autonomous Society

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J.Z. Garrod
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
The State ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Widespread Application ◽  
The Real ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Open Markets ◽  
The Way

Although it is still in early stages, many commentators have been quick to note the revolutionary potential of next-generation or Bitcoin 2.0 technology. While some have expressed fear that the widespread application of these technologies may engender the rise of a Terminator-style Skynet, others believe that it represents the coming of a decentralized autonomous society (DAS) in which humans are freed from centralized forms of power through the proliferation of distributed autonomous organizations or DAOs. Influenced by neoliberal theory that stresses privatization, open markets, and deregulation, Bitcoin 2.0 technologies are implicitly working on the assumption that 'freedom' means freedom from the state. This neglects, however, that within capitalist societies, the state can also provide freedom from the vagaries of the market by protecting certain things from commodification. Through an analysis of (1) class and the role of the state; (2) the concentration and centralization of capital; and (3) the role of automation, I argue that the vision of freedom that underpins Bitcoin 2.0 tech is one that neglects the power that capital holds over us in both organizing the structure of our lives, and informing our idea of what it means to be human. In neglecting these other forms of power, I claim that the DAS might be a far more dystopian development than its supporters comprehend, making possible societies that are commodities all the way down.

Newborn Socialist Things

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Coderre
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
The State ◽  
Mao Zedong ◽  
Contemporary China ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Way ◽  
The Cultural Revolution

Contemporary China is seen as a place of widespread commodification and consumerism, while the preceeding Maoist Cultural Revolution is typically understood as a time when goods were scarce and the state criticized what little consumption was possible. Indeed, with the exception of the likeness and words of Mao Zedong, both the media and material culture of the Cultural Revolution are often characterized as a void out of which the postsocialist world of commodity consumption miraculously sprang fully formed. In Newborn Socialist Things, Laurence Coderre explores the material culture of the Cultural Revolution to show how it paved the way for commodification in contemporary China. Examining objects ranging from retail counters and porcelain statuettes to textbooks and vanity mirrors, she shows how the project of building socialism in China has always been intimately bound up with consumption. By focusing on these objects—or “newborn socialist things”—along with the Cultural Revolution’s media environment, discourses of materiality, and political economy, Coderre reconfigures understandings of the origins of present-day China.

The Animal That Therefore I Am (Not): Marx as Subjectivity Theorist

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 309-330 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Real ◽  
General Line ◽  
Michel Henry ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Given ◽  
The Way

The article centers on a discussion of Frank Ruda’s chapter in the anthology Reading Marx, in which he argues that the history of emancipatory thought is a series of footnotes to Plato’s Cave. In considering emancipation to be a way out of the non- or pre-human state, Marx becomes the thinker closest to Plato. According to Ruda, a critique of capitalism must be based on the refutation of the myth of the (unconditional) given, which he identifies with the ideological operation of naturalization. Capitalist naturalization dependent on abstraction and abstraction from abstraction ends by reducing the worker to the state of an animal. However, this is a strange animal that has nothing to do with real animals, and therefore should be called a non-animal. The way out of the Cave turns out to be the realization that the figure of the non-animal does not conceal within itself an unalienated substance and that no positive utopia lies beyond the Cave - on the contrary, the path to liberation leads to the Real of the shadows themselves, to a kind of negative utopia. Accepting Ruda’s general line of reasoning, the author of the article nevertheless wonders whether this interpretation that Ruda has put forward is the kind of new way to read Marx to which Reading Marx aspires. The author compares this interpretation with one from the Marxist legacy proposed by Michel Henry and with François Laruelle’s non-Marxism (which is an extension of Henry’s thought). Their example shows that naturalization could be not only a target in the criticism of capitalism but also a method for that criticism. The myth of the unconditional given has been countered by Henry with a myth about the given which coincides with its condition. Then according to non-Marxism, the myth of the givenness conditions is what is be overcome instead of the myth about the given. That argument is illustrated by Katerina Kolozova’s denunciation of the anthropocentric orientation of the critique of capitalism, which holds that the animal has been reduced to the non-animal in capitalism in exactly the same way as human beings have been and draws the conclusion that in the last instance both animal and human are generically identical.

Muslim-Christian Dialogue: The Gap Between Theologians and Communities

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 460-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Prideaux
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
The State ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
The Real ◽  
Diverse Communities ◽  
The Way

AbstractInter-faith dialogue is increasingly seen by the state as important in the development of cohesive communities. Yet many of the traditional theological texts of inter-faith dialogue which inform religious leaders neither address the needs of local communities, nor hear from their experiences. Based on fieldwork in Leeds this article explores the lived reality of a predominantly Muslim and Christian neighbourhood where there is a taken-for-granted response to theology that sees it as irrelevant to the real needs and issues of a local community. This article offers a reflection on the way in which the distance between Christians and Muslims is perhaps not as great as the distance between inter-faith theology and religiously diverse communities.

Reading on the Move

PMLA ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 232-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutz Koepnick
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Pulitzer Prize ◽  
Jane Smiley ◽  
The Real ◽  
Alternative Structures ◽  
Good Book ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Way

It is often said that proper reading relies on the art of taking a pause: On our abilityto suspend the pressing rhythms of the everyday and allow ourselves to absorb, and be absorbed by, alternative structures of temporality. The clocks of the imagination do not run at the same speeds as the timetables of the real; to read is to inhabit the present at one's own pace and in the light of a multitude of unknown pasts and possible futures. Recent years have witnessed a swell in publications pondering the state of reading in our world of instant connectivity and shrinking attention spans. In one of these books, Jane Smiley, a Pulitzer Prize winner, considers the peculiar acts of writing and reading a novel as profound contributions to the process of enlightenment—a kind of enlightenment enlightened about itself and no longer repressing the other of reason: “The way in which novels are created—someone is seized by inspiration and then works out his inspiration methodologically by writing, observing, writing, observing, thinking through, and writing again—is by nature deliberate, dominated neither by reason nor by emotion” (176). According to Smiley, the act of reading a novel re-creates an author's deliberate negotiation of affect and rationality. As readers follow the lines of a (good) book, they remain in relative control over the speed of their reading, able to pause when necessary, to hasten forward when desiring so, to reread passages at their leisure, and to close the pages of the book when overtaken by exhaustion. Good stories rely on intricate plot constructions and narrative tensions, but they also situate readers as subjects freed from the temporal determination and ideological drive of other time-based media. Good books can certainly move readers, but—following Smiley's logic—they will not curtail a reader's freedom to move along the text at his or her own speed, and hence they will allow this reader to simultaneously bring into play emotion and reason, the absorptive and the distant.

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