scholarly journals Humour in Film as a Method of Expression

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 98-109
Author(s):  
Victoria Baltag
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Motion Pictures ◽  
Social World ◽  
Reciprocal Influence ◽  
The Media ◽  
Ancient Times

Living in a social world, we experience feelings and react to others’ feelings as they appear to us. For instance, we have all smiled since we were babies. The first “genuine” social smile typically occurs sometime between weeks 6 and 8, as a response to recognizing someone very special: Mom or Dad (Kail, V., Robert & Cavanaugh, John C., 2019). We see, we are happy, we smile. We are born with the desire to be happy. Humankind has searched for different revelations of happiness, and this is how humour was born. From ancient times to the present day, humour has been an instrument of communication, a social behaviour that is an integral part of mass media and social interaction. Humour provides a reciprocal influence. It is a way to interpret information as well as a specific media that can be used to convey this information. What happens to the media once it is "infected" by humour? Does humour necessarily satisfy the need for entertainment? Can humour have a "serious face"? Is it true that "Humour is always a monopoly of the semi-literate" (McLuhan, 2016)? This essay will explore the above-mentioned topics from the perspective of the humour applied in motion pictures, during the interwar era. It will specifically discuss the genre of satire using as a case study the humour found in Latin America during that time as evidenced in the movie Tararira, the film of Benjamin Fondane produced by Falma Film in Buenos Aires in 1936.

scholarly journals Crimen en la playa de los Molles. La construcción de la verdad a propósito de una estudio de caso sobre la violación de Derechos Humanos en Chile | Crime on Playa Los Molles. The Crafting of Truth Based on a Case Study of Human Rights Violations in Chile

2019 ◽  
pp. 427
Author(s):  
Berta Rodrigo Mateu
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Ethical Obligation ◽  
Derechos Humanos ◽  
The Media ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion ◽  
Estudio De Caso

Resumen: Los medios de comunicación tienen una responsabilidad indiscutible en la defensa y promoción de los Derechos Humanos. Más aún: tiene la obligatoriedad moral y ética de proporcionar informaciones basadas en la verdad y la objetividad. ¿Qué ocurre con los medios de comunicación en las dictaduras donde se ejerce de manera sistemática la violación de Derechos Humanos? ¿Qué responsabilidad social tienen estos en el sustento y pervivencia de las dictaduras? Este artículo ahonda en esta cuestión a propósito de un estudio de caso, el de la desaparición de la joven chilena Marta Hugarte durante la Dictadura del general Pinochet. Abstract: The Mass Media have an unquestionable responsibility in the defense and promotion of Human Rights. Moreover, they have the moral and ethical obligation to provide information based on truth and objectivity. What happens with the Media in dictatorships where the violation of Human Rights is systematically practiced? What social responsibility do these have in the sustenance and survival of dictatorships? This article delves into this question with regard to a case study, the disappearance of the young Chilean Marta Hugarte during the dictatorship of General Pinochet.

Doing the Samba on Sunset Boulevard

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Aaron Clark
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
News Media ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Motion Pictures ◽  
Television Shows ◽  
Musical Genres ◽  
Fictional Representations ◽  
Sunset Boulevard

This chapter focuses on Latin American singer and actress Carmen Miranda, who helped create an all-purpose, homogeneous image of Latin Americans, their culture, and especially their music. Hollywood used Miranda as a do-all prop in dramatic settings as diverse as New York, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Havana, and Mexico. The resulting conflation of costumes, instruments, musical genres, and languages is highly entertaining on one level but pernicious and (at the time) politically counterproductive on another. The partial coverage by US news media of events in South America left a gap that is “often filled by fictional representations in motion pictures and television shows. Film, in particular, has played a major role in shaping modern America's consciousness of Latin America.”

Language revitalization through the media: A case study of Amazigh in Morocco

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (266) ◽  
pp. 121-141
Author(s):  
Hassan Belhiah ◽  
Mohamed Majdoubi ◽  
Mouna Safwate
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Language Revitalization ◽  
Language Shift ◽  
Public Television ◽  
Language Policies ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Media ◽  
Political Economic

AbstractGiven the pivotal role mass media play in effecting political and social change, they can also contribute to the revitalization of an endangered or minoritized language if language policies are effectively implemented. Drawing on official documents regarding Amazigh broadcasting on Moroccan public television and interviews with Amazigh experts and media practitioners, this study scrutinizes the efforts exerted to revitalize Amazigh, the language of pre-Arab populations in North Africa. The results of the study indicate that while the status of Amazigh has changed drastically in the last two decades, its dissemination in public television is hampered by political, economic, and logistic forces. The study has implications for the areas of language revitalization, language shift reversal, language policy, and language planning.

Sources of education of employeers of internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation using mass media: analysis of pedagogical sources from ancient times to the XVII- th centery

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 216-223
Author(s):  
Margarita Hramova
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
Xvii Century ◽  
The Media ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Internal Affairs ◽  
And Training

the introduction updates the urgent need to use the pedagogical potential of the mass media in the education of employees of the internal Affairs bodies of the Russian Federation in continuing education. The purpose of this article is to justify the need to organize the education of employees of the internal Affairs bodies of the Russian Federation using mass media based on the analysis of pedagogical monuments of the period from ancient times to the XVII century. The main part of the article deals with Russian pedagogical monuments of the period from ancient times to the XVII century: works of folklore and Chronicles. The authors-teachers of these works are studied. The article analyzes the process of management decisions made by higher authorities in the pre-state period, in the period of KievanRus, the Moscow Grand Duchy and Moscow state on the organization of education and training of citizens who subsequently influenced the system of education of employees of the internal Affairs bodies of the Russian Federation using mass media in continuing education. The article finishes with a General conclusion based on the results of a brief analysis of pedagogical monuments and the need to educate employees of the internal Affairs bodies of the Russian Federation using the media in continuing education.

Sources of education of employeers of internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation using mass media: analysis of pedagogical sources from ancient times to the XVII- th centery

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Margarita Hramova
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
Xvii Century ◽  
The Media ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Internal Affairs ◽  
And Training

the introduction updates the urgent need to use the pedagogical potential of the mass media in the education of employees of the internal Affairs bodies of the Russian Federation in continuing education. The purpose of this article is to justify the need to organize the education of employees of the internal Affairs bodies of the Russian Federation using mass media based on the analysis of pedagogical monuments of the period from ancient times to the XVII century. The main part of the article deals with Russian pedagogical monuments of the period from ancient times to the XVII century: works of folklore and Chronicles. The authors-teachers of these works are studied. The article analyzes the process of management decisions made by higher authorities in the pre-state period, in the period of KievanRus, the Moscow Grand Duchy and Moscow state on the organization of education and training of citizens who subsequently influenced the system of education of employees of the internal Affairs bodies of the Russian Federation using mass media in continuing education. The article finishes with a General conclusion based on the results of a brief analysis of pedagogical monuments and the need to educate employees of the internal Affairs bodies of the Russian Federation using the media in continuing education.

The Mass Media and Industrial Relations News: A Case Study

1980 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 420-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Mccoll
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
General Public ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Industrial Action ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Industrial Dispute ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Mass Media

Strikes or direct industrial action of various kinds have become one of the most contentious issues of contemporary public debate. If the attitudes of the general public are indeed influenced by the media's interpretation of the industrial relations situation, as many critics of the media would contend, then it is crucial to the understanding of the broader concept of political socialisation to determine first what kind of industrial news is made available. Is there, in fact, a consistent bias to be found in the reporting of industrial events? If so, what are the specific dimensions of this bias and why does it occur? In this article the author seeks to confront these questions by providing a summary of a particular industrial dispute and its coverage by two Australian newspapers. Preceding this case study, brief consideration is also given to some recent developments in the field of communications research.

scholarly journals Globalization and media imperialism : a case study of the Slovak Republic's television media structure and content

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Kuruc
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Current Form ◽  
Global Circulation ◽  
Articulation Theory ◽  
The Media ◽  
Television Media ◽  
Media Imperialism

An increase in the global circulation of symbolic commodities allows for both new and older forms of mass media to re-construct the ways in which individuals identify with themselves and with their own cultures. The goal of this project was to employ former communist Slovakia as a case study in order to examine the global circulation of symbolic commodities, specifically television programmes. This paper outlines Slovakia's television media structure and its development from the communist era to its current form. Secondly, it employs content analysis and articulation theory as methodologies in order to place Slovakia's television into context with two cultural theory theses; the media imperialism thesis and the globalization thesis. It was found that the [sic] as a result of several historical and political changes, the current conjuncture of Slovakia's television media includes a large number of American entertainment programmes, some domestic productions and a European structure of broadcasting

scholarly journals Media capture strategies in new authoritarian states: the case of Turkey

Publizistik ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 637-654
Author(s):  
Gülçin Balamir Coşkun
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Media System ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
New Strategies ◽  
Media Capture

AbstractThis article focuses on the forced transformation of the mass media as an institution in new authoritarian states. It aims to understand the methods used by theses states to control and manipulate the flux of news through the mass media. Turkey’s media system has been chosen as a case study because the recent political developments in the country offer worrisome und devastating examples. This article aims to answer to the following question: How can we classify methods and strategies used by the AKP government to capture the media in Turkey? Why and how do the methods used by the AKP government differ from those applied by previous governments? To answer to these questions, the article draws on media capture as a framework of analysis. It argues that the AKP captured the media by using new strategies which can be divided into three overlapping and interconnected categories: capture by creating its own private media, capture through financial sanctions, and capture by intimidating and criminalizing journalists.

MANAGING SOCIAL INTERACTION IN THE MEDIA SPACE

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 75-79
Author(s):  
OLGA MOLCHANOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Management System ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Editorial Office ◽  
Modern Media ◽  
Interaction Processes ◽  
Media Space ◽  
The Media

The article presents an attempt to operationalize the concept of «managing social interaction in the media space», which is relevant today, but does not yet have a generally accepted interpretation in the scientific world. The specifics of social interaction are primarily represented by the communication component, but are not limited to this factor alone. The procedural nature of social interaction makes it possible to talk about the possibility of managing it, and, therefore, a meaningful approach to regulating communication models in the modern media space. To determine the goals and objectives of the social interaction management system in the media space, it is advisable to use a tiered approach, where the state in the process of managing social interaction in the media space acts as a determining entity, this is a mega-level; at the macro level, this role is performed by the professional community of the mass media; at the micro level, the determining entity is the management of a single editorial office. The individual acts as a defining subject at the micro and macro levels. In this regard, the purpose and objectives of the management system of social interaction processes in the media space can be presented to the relevant determining level. Tasks of the management system of social interaction processes in the media space at the mega-level: development of terminology; introduction of overdue proposals to the Law of the Russian Federation «On Mass Media», official regulation of both innovative processes in the field of media, and relevant changes in secondary and higher professional education for the training of specialists of convergent type editorial offices. It should be borne in mind such a specific characteristic of social interaction as professional convergence, which is an actual trend of the modern media space. The merging of journalism, advertising and PR into a single activity leads to the emergence of many new forms of interaction with the audience, in which the communication aspect comes first. The consumer, having the ability to instantly respond to any information message, becomes a significant actor in the communication process. «Citizen (people’s) journalists», caring people who own communication technologies, expressing their point of view in the public space, contribute to the emergence of a new type of communication activity: attracting famous people as opinion leaders, which actualizes the activity of the audience. The analysis of various points of view made it possible to formulate the term «Management of social interaction in the media space» and identify the key features of the functional of this activity and conclude that further research of this phenomenon is necessary due to the multi-vector nature of its manifestation and the need for a significant update of the foundations of the existing managerial nature.

Argentina's Train Diplomacy

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Pablo Alberto Baisotti
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
The Other ◽  
Primary Products ◽  
Secondary Role ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Economic Relationship ◽  
The Impact

The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of the OBOR initiative for Argentina, starting from the premises that Latin America is not considered fundamental for the OBOR initiative and that Argentina played a secondary role in its economic relationship with China. In other words, could Argentina be considered to be on the periphery of the periphery for China and the OBOR initiative? And a more important question, could Argentina escape from that position to which it seems to be historically condemned? To answer these questions, a case study has been selected, the railroad Belgrano Cargas (FBC), because of the importance it represents for Argentine and Chinese interests. Argentina considers it a fundamental means to strengthen the national economy and connect, above all, the interior of the country (Central and Northwest) with Buenos Aires; China, on the other hand, sees in the FBC another means to create a bi-oceanic corridor capable of transporting primary products from Argentina to Chile and from there to China.

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