What is known? Writings on contributions of newspapers and other mass media to Latino political life

2009 ◽  
pp. 47-76
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Political Life

scholarly journals The peculiarities of functionality of evaluative lexis in the English-language political discourse (on the text of US mass media)

Litera ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 18-28
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Petrovich Evlasev ◽  
Larisa Alekseevna Sychugova
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
English Language ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
The Us ◽  
Ideological Influence

This article is dedicated to examination of the questions of functionality of evaluative lexis in political discourse of the United States. The relevance of the topic is substantiated by the heightened interests of research towards the peculiarities of expressing evaluative meanings in various types of discourse. In modern linguistics, the analysis of functionality of evaluative lexis in the political discourse is of unequivocal interest, since axiological interpretation significantly affects the life of modern society. Research methodology is comprised of the work of such Russian linguists as I. S. Alekseeva, A. A. Ufimtseva, T. A. Znamenskaya, N. D. Arutyunova, and others. Special attention is given to the method of realization of negative evaluations. The goal of this  article consists in the methods of expression of evaluative meanings s using stylistic means, as the language is an effective weapon in the world of politics. The political texts of US mass media served as the material for this research due to the fact that mass media influence the formation of public opinion, the course of political discussions and referendums, rating of political and public figures, political parties, and public organizations. The conducted analysis demonstrates that the US political discourse includes different lexical and stylistic means applied for exertion of ideological influence, as well as formation of certain attitudes on certain realities of political life among the recipients.

scholarly journals From liberal to predatory mass media in post-communist Lithuania

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 159-179
Author(s):  
Irmina Matonytė
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Government Relations ◽  
Local Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
Basic Functions ◽  
Zero Sum

Referring to the concepts, communicative democracy is defined as free, open and democratic communication organized around three equally legitimate public sphere actors – politicians, journalists and public opinion, and populism is understood as good, entertaining and effective communication with people, eroding basic functions of the political parties (institutionalization of ideological conflicts) and politicians (representation), the paper provides insights about the dangers to quality of democracy if the free mass media gets utterly away from political parallelism. Special attention is placed on the tendencies of media personnel to be active in the political life. The paper conceptualizes a tremendous decrease (by one third) in public trust in mass media in Lithuania, observed from 1998 to 2009 and interprets this change as a cumulative result of the post-communist illstructured political field under pressing liberalization and democratization coupled with specific patterns of the Lithuanian political culture and public sphere. In the conditions of a still relatively high public trust in mass-media and scarce foreign ownership of the mass-media outlets in Lithuania, the local media barons are able to produce and impose their own public-agenda. The Lithuanian massmedia and government relations evolve along the lines of the zero-sum game: they seek to control each other, and at the same time try to avoid being controlled by the other, while any other pattern of inter-relations does not appear as viable and appropriate. INTUNE project survey (2009) shows that the media elite’s influence in the national decision making process is significantly higher in Lithuania than, for instance, in Germany or Hungary.Key words: populism, communicative democracy, mass-media ownership, public sphere, public trust.

scholarly journals The political life of the occupied territory of the Luhansk region in the print media

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 91-99
Author(s):  
К. М. Котеленець ◽  
І. І. Боровенська
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Neutral Context ◽  
Occupied Territory ◽  
Political Events ◽  
The Media ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Economic Nature

The article deals with the public life of the occupied territory of the Lugansk region in printed mass media. This methodology of research, painted methods and methodology of the research of printed mass media, a sample is drawn up. The article presents some results of the content analysis of newspapers that were printed during the year in three settlements of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, namely Lugansk, Stakhanov (Kadyivka) and Antratsyt. The papers of selected newspapers reflecting social processes in the occupied territory of the Luhansk region have been analyzed. It is the media that makes it possible to conclude that newspapers have an information content direction that the information they provide most often has a household or an economic nature, and that focus is on situational events. It is proved that a lot of publications are paid to the political life of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic. However, it has been found that the number of publications about Ukrainian or Russian authorities is almost the same. It was also discovered that, although there are newspapers and negative articles about Ukraine, it is still more often covered in a neutral context. As for publications on international political events, there are very few such publications, which suggests preserving political thought within the two countries and directly by the LNR. After analyzing publications in the print media of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the authors concluded that the political life of the occupied territory is most frequently covered. An interesting fact was the number of publications about Ukrainian or Russian authorities. They do not have much discrepancy. It was also discovered that, although there are newspapers and negative articles about Ukraine, it is still more often covered in a neutral context.

scholarly journals Fulfilling the journalistic principles of truth and objectivity in the context of mediatisation of political communication – the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafał Leśniczak
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Times

The mediatisation of political communication indicates two main functions of the mass media: they report on events from the world of politics and create the images of political actors in the eyes of the public. I attempt to answer the question: can one talk about respecting the basic principles of journalistic ethics (the truth and the objectivity principles) in the times of the mediatisation of the public sphere? The theme of the article applies to terrorism, which is a form of political communication, having its own special expression. The activities of terrorist organisations influence the actions of the leaders of political life, citizens and the mass media. The research material consisted of Polish opinion-making weeklies Newsweek Polska and Polityka and national dailies in their printed versions: Gazeta Wyborcza and Rzeczpospolita. The time frame covered a period from 1 November 2015 to 11 December 2015. The topic of the article was treated as a case study.

scholarly journals Opportunities and Challenges of the DPW Crescent Star Party in Elections in North Sumatra

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-391
Author(s):  
Hasrat Efendi Samosir
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
United Nations ◽  
General Election ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Muslim Country ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
North Sumatra

In the context of Indonesia where the population is predominantly Muslim (even the largest Muslim country in the world) the views above are very relevant if linked to the political life of Muslims. In the 2009 General Election the UN vote was greatly reduced and could not exceed the 2.5% threshold, so that they could not place their representatives in the DPR RI, in connection with that the UN DPP through the Independent Survey Institute of the University of Indonesia (UI) had done survey to find out the causes, with results: first, the Candidate Figure is unknown or unpopular. Second, party administrators are less well known and not close to the community. Third, programs and issues are not in accordance with the aspirations of the people. Fourth, the image of leaders and administrators is rarely covered by the mass media. Fifth, the performance of legislators and regional heads from the United Nations is not aspiration and less publicized.

scholarly journals Kampanye Politik di Media Online: Analisis pada situs JPNN.com dan TribunJatim.com

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Rahadi Rahadi
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Moral Judgment ◽  
Community Organizations ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Framing Analysis ◽  
Political News ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Analysis Strategies ◽  
Media Power

Post-reform, mass media plays an important role in political life in Indonesia. Media power in presenting or reporting political events in the form of news often has a significant impact on political developments in the country. This study focuses on political news on JPNN.com and TribunJatim.com, regarding the construction of the Governor of Deputy Governor and Deputy Governor of East Java in 2018. The researcher used Robert N Entman's framing analysis of four media analysis strategies; (1) Problem identification (2) diagnose causes (3) make moral judgment (4) treatment recommendations. The news frame carried out by JPNN.com and TribunJatim.com clearly uses the figure of Kiayi as a way to get sympathy from voters, especially those in the horseshoe and Madura region which incidentally is NU's mass base. For the East Java region outside the horseshoe and madura area (arek and matraman), the framing of the news carried out was that the candidate pairs received support from community organizations and emphasized the figure who was able to win over the problems in East Java.

Secularism and liberalism in contemporary Argentina: Neoliberal responses, initiatives, and criticisms of Pope Francis

2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 516-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Semán ◽  
Nicolás Viotti ◽  
Mari-Sol GarcÍa Somoza
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
The People ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Social Conservatism ◽  
The Catholic Church

The role of Jorge Bergoglio as the head of the Catholic Church has provoked political positioning in Argentina, which reveals new forms of articulation between secularism and politics. While progressive sectors connected to the Kirchnerist government initially viewed Pope Francis and his theology of the people with mistrust, they currently see him as an ally in the defence of social initiatives. From the conservative perspective, the trajectory has been exactly the opposite. Although they initally saw the Pope as an ally to help undermine populism, they soon discovered serious obstacles in the way. As a response, they raised the banner of laïcité and called into question the close relationship between politics and the Catholic Church. In this context, we will analyse the reactions, initiatives, and critical arguments, which surfaced around this limited secularism in political life, the mass media, and public space. In other words, we will observe a displacement in which social conservatism is not necessarily of a Catholic fundamentalist variety, and neoliberalism launches its own secularising tradition.

scholarly journals KIERKEGAARD ON THE POLITICAL FORM OF DESPAIR

ARHE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (31) ◽  
pp. 151-169
Author(s):  
PANOS ELIOPOULOS ◽  
PANAGIOTA BOUBOULI
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Major Element ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Factor ◽  
Political Ontology ◽  
Political Reality ◽  
The Press ◽  
Political Form

In our times, political despair seems to take over other political perspectives as regards the life of the citizen, his relationship with the State, his connection with his fellow citizens, his participation in the political process etc, but most of all it appears as a latent political factor that passes through all stages of the political life. For Kierkegaard, despair is a state of being, not just a temporary sentiment or resentment for life. In his theory, despair is a situation which coincides with the loss of our own self; and there is a political self to lose too. It regards a condition in which one remains attached to a wrong conception of his self but also of others. For some of the scholarship, this brings the implications of a coherent bond between human and political ontology, in Kierkegaard’s philosophy. Under this prism, one of the deforming mirrors of political reality and thus a partial culprit for the loss of a realistic conception of the political phenomena is the mass media. The Danish philosopher turns against the Press of his time, in order to defend subjectivity as a major element in the political process, closely related with truth and individuality. Politics cannot be authentic if they do not stem from a persistent comprehension of existential despair. The political is always part of the existential; that is a major affirmation in Kierkegaard’s thought.

scholarly journals DIGITALIZATION OF MASS MEDIA DEMOCRACY IN COMMUNITY RELIGION: Conventional Media Convergence Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 313
Author(s):  
Sufyati HS
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Mutual Cooperation

The development of the convergent communication technology is not only limited to technology, but has penetrated and changed the basic patterns of human life. As a process structure and artifact, technology is an imperactive feature of future community development. Mass media is an effective means that can reach the masses in a large and widespread universality of reach. Mass media has an important role in society and is considered to have excess that can influence human mind in order to change their lifestyle. This paper tries to explain the phenomenon of convergence media  that forces conventional media to enter the internet network (online). The research methods are  qualitative and descriptive by applying library study and emperical data.  This study discussed the digitalization of freedom in democracy in the mass media. There are 4 (four) aspects that influence the  shifting of religious behavior  community as a result of mass media freedom, in economic, social, cultural, and political life.   The results of the study reveal conventional media shifting to online media give  positive and negative impacts to its users. Moral decline in community, the  economic life that puts too much emphasis on material fulfillment efforts, has caused people to become consumptive. Culture has caused the changes in the way of nation's life and losing of political values that based on family spirit, consensus, and mutual cooperation. In the view of Islam, mass media is a mass communication media that functions in creating a public opinion. The forming  of public opinion is something that cannot be underestimated in the Islamic system. Mass media has a function to build a solid religious community and  strengthen the values of nation and state life. Perkembangan teknologi komunikasi yang berkonvergensi ini tidak hanya sebatas dalam ranah teknologi semata, melainkan telah merambah dan mengubah pola-pola dasar kehidupan manusia.Teknologi sebagai struktur proses dan artefak, merupakan ciri imperactive perkembangan masyarakat masa depan. Media massa merupakan sarana efektif yang mampu menjangkau massa dalam jumlah besar dan luas (universality of reach). Media massa memiliki peranan penting dalam kehidupan masyarakat dan dianggap mempunyai keunggulan yang dapat mempengaruhi pikiran manusia sehingga gaya hidup  dapat berubah. Makalah ini mencoba memaparkan munculnya fenomena konvergensi media yang memaksa media konvensional melebarkan sayap dan masuk ke dalam jaringan internet (daring). Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif kualitiatif dengan menggunakan studi literatur dan data empiris. Dalam penelitian ini dibahas digitalisasi kebebasan berdemokrasi dalam media massa. Ada 4 (empat) aspek yang mempengaruhi pergeseran perilaku religiuitas masyarakat sebagai akibat kebebasan media massa, mulai dari aspek kehidupan ekonomi, sosial, budaya dan politik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa, pergeseran media konvensional ke media daring memiliki dampak positif bagi yang memanfaatkan dengan baik, sebaliknya berdampak negatif jika memanfaatkannya secara sia-sia. Kemerosotan moral di kalangan masyarakat, kemajuan kehidupan ekonomi yang terlalu menekankan pada upaya pemenuhan material, telah menyebabkan sebagian masyarakat menjadi konsumtif. Sisi budaya mempercepat perubahan pola kehidupan bangsa dan lunturnya nilai-nilai politik yang berdasarkan semangat kekeluargaan, musyawarah mufakat, dan gotong royong. Dalam pandangan Islam, media massa merupakan media komunikasi massal yang berfungsi dalam menciptakan sebuah opini publik yang akan menjadi opini umum.Pembentukan opini umum adalah hal yang tidak bisa disepelekan dalam sistem Islam. Media massa berfungsi untuk membangun masyarakat religiuitas yang kokoh dan untuk memperkuat nilai-nilai kehidupan berbangsa  dan bernegara.

Postmodernism in Political Theory: the Concept of Mass Media

2015 ◽  
pp. 114-122
Author(s):  
V. Cherkasova
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Fourth Power ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Government Control ◽  
Public Consciousness ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
Media Manipulation

In the article the author examines the challenges related to the increasing role of the mass media in the modern world. Two contrary approaches to the role of mass media in the modern world are being reviewed: the liberal and the postmodernist one. Based on the critical analysis of the most accredited ideologists of postmodernism, who most critically and thoroughly observed all aspects of the emergence of information society and its effect on the political life and political consciousness, she unveils the role of the mass media, points out the new opportunities for media-manipulation that have become apparent in the post-industrial society. The author examines key features related to the increase in the role of the mass media, which encompass: modern world as hyper-reality and “spectacle”, appearance of new ways of delivering information to society, uncritical perception of information by the public, “depolitisation” of politics and upsurge of yellow press and “entertaining” media, new opportunities of government control via mass-media, fight for mass-media ownership. These features indicate that today mass media are not only the tool of reflecting the reality, but also of shaping it. They become one of the ways of shaping and influencing public consciousness and a true “fourth power”.

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