scholarly journals Hajj 2013: The Western Media Discourses

rahatulquloob ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 59-72
Author(s):  
Sidra Shahid ◽  
Nauman Sial
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Online News ◽  
Daily Mail ◽  
Los Angeles Times ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
Western Media

Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam and is the largest religious gathering on the globe. Every year, over two million Muslims make their way to Mecca to perform Hajj. The current study attempted to explore the themes that were dominant in the print media discourses of United Kingdom and United States about holy event Hajj. The study also tried to find out that how the Western print media constructed the identity of Muslims holy event. The qualitative discourse analysis has been used as a research design for this study. The two UK English dailies i.e. Daily Mail and The Guardian, and one online news publication IBTimes while two US English dailies i.e. Los Angeles Times and USA Today, and one online publication Huff Post have been selected for this purpose. A total of 20 news items from the year 2013 have been selected for the analysis. The results indicated that there was no significant difference in the assortment of themes by print media of UK and US. The Western media used the discourses of sectarianism and terrorism, and also highlighted the issues of Muslim sects. The results also revealed that the Western newspapers presented the importance of Hajj, but they also associated the gathering of Muslims with fears and threats.

scholarly journals Media Analysis of News Articles During COVID-19: Renewal, Continuity and Cultural Dimensions of Creative Action

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Mattson ◽  
Katie Mathew ◽  
Jen Katz-Buonincontro
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Online News ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Los Angeles Times ◽  
Dynamic Constraints ◽  
Definition Of

Worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced people to adapt quickly, and to reexamine interactions and responsibilities toward communities in creative ways. This paper presents a qualitative media analysis (Altheide and Schneider, 2013) of 50 online news articles (Los Angeles Times and New York Times) published between March 17th and August 6th, 2020 using the key-words “creativity” and “COVID-19.” Informed by a definition of creativity as actions that are considered both “new” and “appropriate” (Sternberg and Lubart, 1999), articles describing a “creative action” were kept for analysis. These articles highlight creative responses to the COVID-19 quarantine in various domains including architecture, fashion, and faith. In this paper, we discuss the themes derived during this analysis- “renewal and continuity” and “the multidimensionality of creativity” which elaborate and contextualize a perspective of socio-cultural creativity theory and propose two implications of this study. The first implication posits that creativity was an observable, cultural response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The second implication offers a broader concept of how cultural resources function as dynamic constraints or “affordances” within the Five A’s model of creativity (Glǎveanu, 2013). Discussion of further research through the lens of socio-cultural creativity is discussed.

scholarly journals PRESUPPOSITION TRIGGERS IN THE WASHINGTON POST AND LOST ANGELES TIMES ONLINE NEWS

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-36
Author(s):  
Khairani Ade Guswita ◽  
Pratomo Widodo
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Definite Description ◽  
Online News ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Washington Post ◽  
Collection Method ◽  
Los Angeles Times ◽  
Restrictive Clause ◽  
Presupposition Triggers ◽  
Post Online

   The aim of this study is to analyze the use of presupposition triggers in the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times online news. This study was conducted using a qualitative approach. The sources of this study are the Washington Post and Lost Angeles Times news on the internet. The data were analyzed based on the theory about presupposition triggers from Levinson (1983) and Yule (1996). The data collection method in this study is Metode Simak and Metode Catat which are proposed by Sudaryanto (2018). The result of this study is the most dominant types of triggers presuppositions which found in the Washington Post online news is a definite description with 29 occurrences (26%) and 37 occurrences (24%)in Lost Angeles online news. Both the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times online news use the clef-construction as part of the lexical and non-restrictive clause as part of structural which more dominant than others. Otherwise, the distinction on two online is conventional times which only appeared in the Los Angeles Times.  

scholarly journals Freedom of Expression versus Blasphemy: A Comparative Study of Pakistan and United States’ News Media

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (IV) ◽  
pp. 130-139
Author(s):  
Tasaddaq Hussain ◽  
Muhammad Aslam Pervez ◽  
Syed Inamur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
News Media ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
The United States ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Washington Post ◽  
Los Angeles Times ◽  
Changing Trends ◽  
The Us

This study compares the freedom of expression exercised by news media of the United States and the Pakistan; with reference to the controversial movie trailer "Innocence of Muslims"; released on You-tube by July 1, 2012. Content analysis research design is applied. Our time frame is September 11-30, 2012 and 50 opinion articles from the Washington post, the Los Angeles Times, Dawn and the Express Tribune are our sample. The framing theory is applied; consistency and discord frame category system is adopted. Dominant frames and their changing trends in different quarters of the timeframe are studied. It was found that discord frame was dominant frame on both sides. The vitality of the discord and consistency frame coverage in Pakistani media was higher than United States' media. The US media was consistency oriented whereas PN media was discord oriented. However, overall trend of both media were found leaning towards the settlement.

Second Recess, National Unity, and the End of the Investigation

2020 ◽  
pp. 161-174
Author(s):  
Chris Yogerst
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Motion Picture ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Political History ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Unity ◽  
Los Angeles Times ◽  
Ripple Effects ◽  
War Effort

The second recess began with the plan to resume the hearings in October after watching a series of films discussed during the investigation. However, the mounting criticism would make it difficult to predict a victory for the isolationist senators. Because the films had not yet been screened, and with the growing divide within the subcommittee with Senator Tobey’s antics on the last day, the Los Angeles Times predicted the end of the investigation was near. The Senate subcommittee on Motion Picture Propaganda was finally disbanded on December 18, 1941. The subcommittee would never reconvene as Hollywood, along with the rest of the country, had become wholeheartedly dedicated to the war effort. The isolationists had no choice but to go along for the ride. Those involved with the Senate investigation would continue to do their jobs and live their lives. Unlike other events in political history, this one would not have many ripple effects after December 7, 1941. The United States senators would see a mixed bag of career success.

Needlessly controversial: the reporting of pharmaco- and psycho-therapy for the treatment of depression in the UK media

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Anushka Pathak ◽  
Elizabeth Lim ◽  
Stephen Lawrie
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Online Media ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Daily Mail ◽  
Exact Test ◽  
Treatment Of Depression ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Guardian

Abstract Background It is well-established that media influences public perceptions, and that media coverage of psychiatry is negative compared to the rest of medicine. No studies that we know of, have compared media reporting on antidepressants and talking therapies as treatments for depression. We hypothesised that coverage of antidepressants would be more negative than that of psychotherapies in both headlines and articles. Methods We identified online articles in The Sun, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Express, and The Guardian between 11 June 2013 and 11 June 2018. Two raters independently evaluated their titles/content with regard to their portrayal of antidepressants and psychotherapies (positive/negative/neutral), with good inter-rater reliability. Results We identified 221 articles. Antidepressants featured in 184 articles, of which 27 (15%) portrayed them positively, 68 (37%) negatively, and 89 (48%) neutrally; and 173 headlines, of which 24 (14%) portrayed them positively, 64 (37%) negatively, and 85 (49%) neutrally. Antidepressants received more coverage than psychotherapy, which featured in 132 articles, of which 48 (36%) portrayed them positively, 3 (2%) negatively, and 81 (61%) neutrally; and 53 headlines, of which 16 (30%) portrayed them positively, 2 (4%) negatively, and 35 (66%) neutrally. A Fisher's exact test revealed a statistically significant difference between the portrayal of antidepressants and psychotherapies in both articles (p = 2.86 × 10−15) and headlines (p = 2.79 × 10−6). Conclusion Despite the two treatments being similarly effective, the portrayal of antidepressants in the UK online media is more negative than that of psychotherapy. This could potentially discourage patients from considering taking antidepressants, and provoke patients currently taking antidepressants to stop abruptly.

scholarly journals Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia coli Isolated from Conventional, No Antibiotics, and Humane Family Owned Retail Broiler Chicken Meat

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2217
Author(s):  
Helen M. Sanchez ◽  
Victoria A. Whitener ◽  
Vanessa Thulsiraj ◽  
Alicia Amundson ◽  
Carolyn Collins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Health ◽  
United States Department ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Potential Strategy ◽  
Health Organization

The use of antibiotics for therapeutic and especially non-therapeutic purposes in livestock farms promotes the development of antibiotic resistance in previously susceptible bacteria through selective pressure. In this work, we examined E. coli isolates using the standard Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion susceptibility protocol and the CLSI standards. Companies selling retail chicken products in Los Angeles, California were grouped into three production groupings—Conventional, No Antibiotics, and Humane Family Owned. Humane Family Owned is not a federally regulated category in the United States, but shows the reader that the chicken is incubated, hatched, raised, slaughtered, and packaged by one party, ensuring that the use of antibiotics in the entire production of the chicken is known and understood. We then examined the antibiotic resistance of the E. coli isolates (n = 325) by exposing them to seven common antibiotics, and resistance was seen to two of the antibiotics, ampicillin and erythromycin. As has been shown previously, it was found that for both ampicillin and erythromycin, there was no significant difference (p > 0.05) between Conventional and USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)-certified No Antibiotics chicken. Unique to this work, we additionally found that Humane Family Owned chicken had fewer (p ≤ 0.05) antibiotic-resistant E. coli isolates than both of the previous. Although not considered directly clinically relevant, we chose to test erythromycin because of its ecological significance to the environmental antibiotic resistome, which is not generally done. To our knowledge, Humane Family Owned consumer chicken has not previously been studied for its antibiotic resistance. This work contributes to a better understanding of a potential strategy of chicken production for the overall benefit of human health, giving evidentiary support to the One Health approach implemented by the World Health Organization.

¿Por qué no les callan?

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-231
Author(s):  
Sean W. Burges ◽  
Tom Chodor ◽  
R. Guy Emerson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Print Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Agency ◽  
Propaganda Model ◽  
Hugo Chavez ◽  
Western Media

On October 7, 2012, Hugo Chávez was comfortably reelected president of Venezuela. Just days before the vote, the impression given by major international print media was that it would be close, an assessment that proved to be at best optimistic. Western media coverage of the election in Venezuela was designed to skew the result toward the opposition, and this effort singularly failed. The “propaganda model” advanced by Herman and Chomsky is now faltering in the Americas, and the region is acting in a manner that is increasingly free of influence from the United States. Venezuela thus stands as a case of the citizenry actively and independently asserting its political agency despite clear attempts to redirect its thinking and decision making. El 7 de octubre de 2012, Hugo Chávez fue cómodamente reelegido presidente de Venezuela. Justo antes de las elecciones, los principales medios periodísticos internacionales daban por sentado que la votación iba a ser cerrada, una apreciación que resultó ser en el mejor de los casos optimista. La cobertura de las elecciones en Venezuela por parte de los medios occidentales estaba diseñada para sesgar los resultados a favor de la oposición, un esfuerzo que fracasó rotundamente. El “modelo de propaganda” propuesto por Herman y Chomsky está tambaleándose en las Américas, y la región está actuando de una manera cada vez más libre de la influencia de los Estados Unidos. Venezuela, por lo tanto, se erige como un ejemplo de un grupo de ciudadanos que de forma activa e independiente reafirma su voluntad política a pesar de unos claros intentos por desviar su pensamiento y su poder de decisión.

Gender Differences in Print Media Coverage of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Pratt ◽  
Kris Grappendorf ◽  
Amy Grundvig ◽  
Ginger LeBlanc
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Male Athletes ◽  
Los Angeles Times ◽  
Or Team

All Summer Olympics articles from The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times newspapers were analyzed (August 14–30, 2004). Column inches, placement (front, front of sports page, or inside sports section), focus (male/female star or team), and media regard (number of quotes, speaker) differed by gender. Articles on female athletes were more often placed inside the sports section as opposed to the front pages of the newspaper or the sports section. Articles on male athletes focused on a male star or team; however, articles on female athletes were significantly more likely to focus on the team and not the female star. Men were quoted more than expected based on the number of male athletes. Men were more quoted even in articles focused on female athletes.

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