scholarly journals Control, Conflict, Surveillance: Similarities of Themes in Dystopian Fiction and Reality Television

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aidan Wylie
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Reality Television ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Dystopian Fiction ◽  
The Media

Despite substantial research into reality television and dystopian fiction, there are no studies that combine an examination of both, even though the two forms of media share a number of major themes. This research paper looks at the correlation between the shared themes of dystopian fiction and reality television. A quantitative selection process was used to determine the materials to be observed for this study, while a qualitative content analysis was used to gather data on both of the media that were being observed. The study found that each of the themes were used differently in the media, with dystopian fiction focusing on the use of control and surveillance while reality television mainly relied on conflict to entertain viewers. The data suggests that the producers of reality television play similar roles in shaping their dramas as the leaders of totalitarian governments do in the plots of dystopian fiction.

‘Reality’ Television Critique in Israel: How ‘Quality’ Became ‘Morality’

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 502-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noa Lavie
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Reality Television ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Similar Process ◽  
Soap Operas ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Popular Television

‘Reality’ television is a global and highly popular television phenomenon. Despite its public and academic critique as cultural ‘trash’, the genre enjoys great economic legitimacy. In recent years, other ‘trashy’ television genres, such as soap operas, have gained aesthetic-artistic legitimacy alongside their economic legitimacy. Taking a Bourdieusian approach and using the discourse about Israeli ‘reality’ shows as a case study, this article addresses the question of whether a similar process is evident in television critics’ attitudes towards reality television. Using quantitative and qualitative content analysis of reviews of ‘reality’ shows between 2003 and 2014, the article shows that the main question debated in such reviews is the genre’s morality rather than its aesthetic value: for Israeli critics, it is the moral attributes of these shows, not their aesthetic or artistic worth, which determine their ‘quality’.

scholarly journals Media, Culture and Indigenous Languages in Pakistan: A Critical Review

2020 ◽  
Vol V (IV) ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
Irem Sultana ◽  
Malik Adnan ◽  
Muhammad Imran Mehsud
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Indigenous Languages ◽  
Media Culture ◽  
Native Languages ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Media ◽  
Depth Interviews

This research paper inspected the role of Pakistani media to protect indigenous languages and culture in Pakistan. The study examined the situation; if Pakistani media outpours concern with the native languages or not. The article also checked the media landscape, its language-wise segregation and scenario of literacy in different areas of the country. The outcomes of the study showed that Pakistani media is neglecting the indigenous languages. The study results exhibited clearly that media houses’ focus on protecting native languages, is not profound. The findings also showed that foreign ownership of Media houses plays a role in neglecting indigenous language promotions. The current study presented that Pakistani mainstream media is damaging the local and native languages. The study was the outcome of qualitative content analysis and in-depth interviews of senior communication experts.

scholarly journals Assessing the media visibility of China’s President Xi Jinping’s first 3-year governance in The New York Times

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 467-480
Author(s):  
Xiaoqun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Composite Measure ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
The Media ◽  
Multiple Frames ◽  
Two Parameters

This study assessed the media visibility, a composite measure of attention and prominence, of China’s President Xi Jinping’s first 3-year governance in The New York Times. The assessment was based on the content analysis of 317 news articles focusing on Chinese President. Qualitative content analysis was used to identify three major frames, 12 mid-level frames, and 18 sub-frames. Quantitative content analysis was used to measure the attention, prominence, and the combination of these two parameters of these frames. The findings showed that The New York Times employed multiple frames to report Chinese President, and the two frames with the highest media visibility are (Domestic) Campaigns and Strategies and China-United States (relations), rather than Human Rights.

scholarly journals The Meaning of Water in Javanese Padusan and Japanese Misogi-Harai Rituals

2021 ◽  
Vol 317 ◽  
pp. 02023
Author(s):  
Dwiana Retno Yulianti ◽  
Sriwahyu Istana Trahutami ◽  
Reny Wiyatasari
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Religious Rituals ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
High Regard ◽  
The Media

Indonesia and Japan are two countries known for their high regard for culture and tradition, with no exception for those associated with religious rituals. In Japan, the Shinto religion is highly renowned for being the existing and believed ancestor religion. Meanwhile, in Indonesia, Islam is the largest religion that has indirectly influenced the cultures and traditions developed in society. Both Islam and the Shinto have a purification ritual with water as their medium, Padusan and Misogi-Harai, respectively. This study focuses on three things, i.e., the history, time of performance, and ritual procedure, to examine the corresponding meaning of the water as the media in both rituals. The method used to collect data is the literature study, and the data is then analyzed using the qualitative content analysis method. As a result of the three aspects studied, two similar meanings of water to the ritualistic purpose were discovered, i.e., purifying the soul from impurities/sin and returning the spirit to devotion to God.

scholarly journals Out of the ordinary: Media reports on wet eldercare facilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 330-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Håkan Jönson ◽  
Tove Harnett
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Older People ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Alcohol Problems ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
The City ◽  
Care For Older People

The aim of this article was to investigate presentations of “wet” eldercare facilities in Sweden, a type of facility that provides care for older people with long-term alcohol problems and where the consumption of alcohol is allowed. Wet eldercare facilities challenge traditional Swedish policy on alcohol treatment, and their approach constitutes a breach of mainstream policies on alcohol and treatment, where abstinence is a goal. Data for the study consisted of articles that reported on two nursing homes in the City of Gothenburg during 1995–2017, a total of 65 articles. Qualitative content analysis was used to identify relevant themes. The study revealed that with the exception of a media scandal at one of the facilities in 2017, reports were mostly positive. Residents were portrayed as “chronic” alcoholics (kroniker) who were resistant to treatment, but in need of the type of permissive approach and care that was provided at the facilities. In the article we refer to this as a framework of matched arrangements. Readers of several media reports were invited to see the person behind the scruffy addict and the approach was in some cases developed into a critique of unrealistic ambitions of mainstream treatment. This critique was, however, not developed into a coherent framework. A conclusion was that the surprisingly positive portrayal of residents and descriptions of the facilities as “different” should be understood in relation to the way the media creates interest by reporting on events and arrangements that appear as out of the ordinary.

THE USE OF QUALITY CONTENT ANALYSIS METHODS TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBABILITY OF CRIMINALLY SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION ON NEW WEB SITES

2019 ◽  
pp. 40-47
Author(s):  
A.S. Kolesnyk ◽  
N.F. Khairova
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact

Today, in the age of the information society, the media play a powerful role in shaping and influencing public opinion. Accordingly, it is a social phenomenon, which affects the point of view of the society. Now all information can be found in text form on the Internet, especially with the help of social media resources. Implementation of such relevant information technology as content analysis is the best way to analyze such kind of data. This method studies documents in their social context and it is used when examining the thematic orientation of the media. At the same time, thanks to the development of methods of content analysis, now it is possible to automatically study the content of different texts, their effectiveness and assess the impact on society. This study analyses existing approaches, methods and tools for content analysis and justifies the relevance of exploring the use of a wide range of linguistic categories for qualitative content analysis. Conceptual possibilities of using this type of analysis in modern linguistic and social research are also considered. The article shows the use of qualitative content analysis methods, based on the use of machine learning approaches and the developed three-language dictionary of criminally colored terms, which is one of the main tools for examining the distribution of criminally significant information of web media news sites by geographical, time characteristics and categories of crime. In this study, we also offer the bases of the development of content analysis information technology of news web space of certain geographical regions that are analyzed in time dependence on the given topic, namely criminal picture of the region. The texts of news sites of Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Great Britain and the USA were assembled automatically using the developed software product. They are considered as an experimental corpus.

(Mis)representing terrorist threats: Media framing of Bill C-51

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca I M Foley
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
House Of Commons ◽  
Research Software ◽  
News Sources ◽  
The Media

On Friday, 30 January 2015, Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, introduced Bill C-51, also known as the Anti-Terrorism Act in Canada’s House of Commons. This article delineates research into the media coverage of Bill C-51 in the month after its introduction, prior to its legislation. A qualitative content analysis of 23 articles from five Canadian news sources ( National Post, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, The Tyee, and rabble.ca) was conducted. Data were coded and analysed using the qualitative research software NVivo 10. Themes that arose from the data include: terrorism and our need for protection; production and reinforcement of fear; oversight, accountability, and abuses of power; and dystopic future and ‘big’ government. Findings show that the differences between alternative and commercial news sources were not as evident as much of the literature regarding the differences between the types of media would hypothesize.

scholarly journals Partisan Media, Polarized Audiences? A Qualitative Analysis of Online Political News and Responses in the United States, U.K., and The Netherlands

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 485-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hameleers
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Political News ◽  
The Media ◽  
Partisan Media ◽  
Political Reporting

Abstract Media outlets in the United States are frequently accused of articulating partisan biases in political reporting. In Europe, the media and citizens are assumed to interpret reality from polarized and populist mindsets. To date, however, empirical research has not explored how such interpretations are constructed online. Important questions remain unanswered: How are online media constructing partisan biases? How do citizens respond to such news? To answer these questions, this article draws on a comparative qualitative content analysis of online political news and responses in the United States, U.K., and The Netherlands (N = 1,179). Results reveal that citizens respond to partisan news with congruent polarized interpretations. These findings provide important foundational evidence for the congruence between partisan media and polarized interpretations.

scholarly journals Before the ‘Arab Spring’: How challengers pushed counter-issues in Egypt’s hybrid media system

2019 ◽  
pp. 175063521989461
Author(s):  
Hanan Badr
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
New Media ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Agenda Building ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Media System ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Arab Spring

Eight years after the ‘Arab Spring’, literature is still marked by techno-deterministic interpretations. This article contributes to examining the role of agenda-building processes just before the outbreak of the Egyptian uprising in 2011 within authoritarian systems. Using the ‘hybrid media system’ concept, the article not only focuses on new media effects but, by including print media, it takes into consideration the media system in its entirety. Focusing on Khaled Said’s case as a counter-issue, the qualitative content analysis investigates how challengers in Egypt successfully pushed the media salience of police torture onto the mainstream media agenda. By reconstructing the issue cycle and intermedia spill-over effects, the author investigates the agenda-building processes within hybrid media systems in Arab authoritarian contexts. The qualitative content analysis includes 415 articles and posts from 12 diverse print, online and social media outlets between June 2010 and January 2011. The central finding is that successful spill-over effects occurred from online media to private print media, even though state media tried to ignore the issue. The coverage transferred the issue’s salience from new media into mainstream media, thus reaching wider non-politicized audiences. These proven interlinkages between old and new media are often an overlooked aspect in the literature on media and the ‘Arab Spring’.

scholarly journals Web Communication: A Content Analysis of Green Hosting Companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 495
Author(s):  
Minos-Athanasios Karyotakis ◽  
Nikos Antonopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Environmental Communication ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Web Communication

While many studies in the field of environmental communication have focused on exploring the environmental impact of social media, this research paper takes a different turn. It investigates, through a qualitative content analysis, 391 websites that support and provide green hosting services. This study is considered the first in the field that aims to examine in-depth how these green websites tend to communicate their green services. Therefore, its contribution is to enhance the relevant bibliography and present more insights regarding green websites and sustainability. The results showed that most of the websites were trying to highlight the positive impact their services will have on the environment. In addition, many websites tried to educate their consumers concerning sustainable development and make them part of a broader green cultural tradition. Nevertheless, on many websites, green hosting seemed a supplementary factor for choosing the company’s services.

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