Journalism during the COVID-19 Pandemic (a Survey of the Comments Sections of the Dnevnik, Sega and Trud Websites)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iliana Pavlova ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
The Media

The article presents the results of a study conducted during the state of emergency in Bulgaria in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic (March 13 – May 13, 2020). The object of research are the comments sections of the Dnevnik, Sega and Trud websites where people discuss the topic of ‘journalism’. The maintenance of user forums on news sites is an important indicator of the chosen mode of work and the quality of journalistic activity of the media; it is an indicator of the readiness of the media organization to offer a platform for public discussions. The survey of the users’ comments highlights the attitude towards journalism and the media in Bulgaria as a whole.

scholarly journals Experiences and the quality of life of the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of COVID-19 restrictive measures in Serbia

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-231
Author(s):  
Tamara Džamonja-Ignjatović ◽  
Biljana Stanković ◽  
Tamara Klikovac
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
The State ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Restrictive Measures

This paper is part of a broader qualitative study examining the experience of people during the first wave of the pandemic in Serbia when the state of emergency was proclaimed, and the effects of this situation on the quality of life and mental health of specific age groups. The paper presents the results of interviews conducted with people over 65, who were particularly affected by the introduced restrictive measures, due to which many senior citizens felt a significant decline in the quality of life, accompanied by the risk of developing various emotional problems. In order to understand better their specific experiences during the pandemic and the related measures introduced, we conducted a qualitative study taking into account the characteristics of previous life contexts, the changes in daily life and life quality during the pandemic, emotional reactions and coping strategies, as well as their expectations of the future. During April and early May 2020, sixteen people of both sexes (4 male) were interviewed, aged 65 to 87 (M = 71.19 years). The transcripts of the semi-structured interviews were processed in Maxqda qualitative analysis software and analysed by the principle of thematic analysis. The general conclusion is that the elderly from our sample adapted without major difficulties and managed to maintain a satisfactory level of their subjective well-being despite the pandemic and restrictive measures, with the help and support of their immediate social environment and in the context of the former general quality of life. This resulted in good adaptive strategies and outcomes, even in the situation of the restricted need satisfaction. However, the findings of the research indicate that, in the elderly, reactions to the pandemic are different from the reactions to the introduced measures - the tolerance of the elderly to the endangerment of personal needs is greater than the tolerance to the endangerment of personal rights and dignity. While the concern about one's own health was not explicitly expressed, the citizens older than 65 felt more affected by the introduction of the state of emergency and, especially, by the restrictive measures. The introduced measures of isolation resulted in increased negative feelings and a decline in the quality of life, as well as perceiving the threat to one's personal dignity.

scholarly journals Development of domestic tourism in the context of a pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 01004
Author(s):  
E.G. Efimova ◽  
N.A. Levochkina ◽  
B.E. Khabibullina
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
State Level ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The State ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Domestic Tourism ◽  
High Level

Preserving the health of the population occupies a special place at the legislative level, in the socio-economic strategies for the development of regions and the country as a whole. The preservation of human health depends not only on one’s own desire to preserve it, including the current state of the state and the development of the country’s tourism industry. Recreation and recreation for modern people, who mainly live in cities and megacities characterized by a high level of pollution due to the intensity of economic activity, are of particular importance for maintaining health and life expectancy. An increase in people’s life expectancy is considered at the state level as an important indicator of people’s well-being, improving the level and quality of life. Russia has created unique conditions and opportunities for the development of domestic tourism, which, with reasonable organization, investments, including the creation of public-private partnerships, and improving the efficiency of services provided, allow us to carry out our activities in the field of preserving and maintaining public health, increasing the duration and quality of life. Domestic Russian tourism can be considered as the basis for the socio-economic development of territories at any level, as well as as an industry whose contribution to the country’s GDP can be significant.

scholarly journals Facebook users’ reaction to the declaration of the state of emergency in the Republic of Srpska

2021 ◽  
pp. 289-300
Author(s):  
Petar Pusonja
Keyword(s):  
Hate Speech ◽  
The State ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Media Content Analysis ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
User Comments ◽  
Negative Comments ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Republic

The paper presents the research findings on the behavior of users of the social network Facebook, in the circumstances of a crisis situation and the declaration of the state of emergency. By combining the media content analysis, modified netnographic approach and pseudo-survey techniques, the author seeks to determine the extent and the manner in which the declaration of the state of emergency in the Republic of Srpska has affected its citizens. The results show that the state of emergency has led to a reduction in the number of events reported, creating uniformity in media content and increasing the degree to which the media rely on official sources of information. On the other hand, the audience shows saturation with such content, completely ignoring it or expressing dissatisfaction with the overall situation, most often sarcastically. The analysis of user comments shows that, although value-neutral, the content focused on government activities provoked mostly negative comments, with hate speech and explicit vulgarism, as well as comments ad hominem, although to a lesser extent.

STUDENTS, NEWS AND DECISION-MAKERS IN THE STATE OF EMERGENCY

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
CRISTINA GAVRILUȚĂ ◽  
COSTEL MARIAN DALBAN
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
The State ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Behavioural Changes ◽  
Media Space ◽  
The Media ◽  
Official Sources

The global epidemiological context has caused various social and behavioural changes among the population. This article measures the confidence of Romanian students towards political and non-political communicators, present in the media space during the alert period. Furthermore, the ways of informing them and the effects of “fake news” will be highlighted. Analyses of an online survey show that institutions of power and science benefit from a higher degree of trust compared to political ones. Students are informed from official sources and are aware of the negative effects of fakenews and also appreciate differently the trust offered to the institutions in relation to their nominal representatives. The study had as respondents students from all university centers in Romania (N=1013), being implemented between April and May 2020.

scholarly journals Peculiarities of Formation and Development of Mechanisms for Food Provision of Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (515) ◽  
pp. 142-148
Author(s):  
N. R. Kordzaia ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
The State ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Daily Consumption ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Food Provision

The article examines the food provision, which is an important indicator of the quality of socio-economic development of a territory (region) in the daily consumption of food products by the population, strengthening the food security of the country. The conditions of administrative-territorial reform aimed at transferring powers from central authorities to local authorities have significantly changed the system of food provision of territories, which forms the level of integrity in terms of food security of the country. The changes have also affected the centralized food provision system through the transfer of novel principles from the State level to the regional level. A balanced and effective system of providing the population with food affects the quality of its life, economic security of the State, its regions, competitiveness of Ukrainian agrarian industry world-wide, including in the European markets. The measures developed in order to implement the targeted tasks of the Food Security Strategy of the Regions are planned for the period of 3-5 years. A structural-logical scheme of the organizational-economic mechanism for food provision of region is proposed as a set of economic, technological and organizational measures carried out by the State and other market actors at the level of both the country and the regions to meet the needs of the population with food products, regulating the sale of agricultural products, its processing, guarantees of improvement of quality and security of food products and their price availability. The author examines the main directions of implementation of the mechanism for food provision of region, which are the following: ensuring sustainable growth of production, availability of products for consumers; exchange of agricultural products; formation of a mechanism for regulatory influence on production, trade in agricultural products (national and regional levels); association of small farms within the regions; introduction of guaranteed minimum purchase prices (high profitability of production); improving the level of product quality, introduction of ecological norms to stimulate the production, producing and selling of environmentally friendly foods.

scholarly journals Development of the Financial Mechanism for the Provision of Public Services

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 137-139
Author(s):  
V. V. Rebrova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Public Services ◽  
The State ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Theoretical Generalization ◽  
Financial Mechanism

The most important indicator of the level of socio-economic development of the state is the quality of the provision of public services. However, their quality does not always correspond to the requirements of today. Therefore, one of the system links that need theoretical generalization and streamlining is the financial mechanism for the provision of public services. Thus, the issues of improving the financial mechanism are relevant. The purpose of the study is to analyze the financial mechanism for providing public services. Following the goal, the following research tasks are set: to study the state of the financial mechanism for delivering public services; to analyze the forms, methods, and tools for financing public services; to study the process of planning the financing of public services. The practical significance of the work lies in the fact that the materials of the article can be used by public authorities to increase the efficiency of spending budget funds. Besides, they can be applied in the teaching of economic disciplines.

scholarly journals ‘New Ways to Frame the Mammoth Horror’: Media First Responders and the Katrina Event

1970 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Knox
Keyword(s):  
New Orleans ◽  
First Responders ◽  
Fund Raising ◽  
The State ◽  
Oprah Winfrey ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Talk Show ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Media

This article explores the state of emergency following Hurrican Katrina or ‘the Katrina Event’ with reference to the role of media first responders. Throughout the ensuing disaster the performance of the media (including celebrity advocates like Oprah Winfrey, Geraldo Rivera and Kanye West) worked as a mechanism for technical remastery in the face of systemic breakdown. This re-mediation of panic and of the state of emergency shifted attention from the local (that is, from the acts of witness by Katrina’s victims) to national reactions (as figured by advocates of the cause of the neglected poor of New Orleans). In this way even as voice was given to the failure of the nation to rise to the needs of its most vulnerable citizens, the figure of the nation as carer was re-instantiated in the televised outrage and frustration of talk show hosts, news anchors, and charity fund-raising celebrities.

The political economics of news making in Russian media: Ownership, clickbait and censorship

Journalism ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 146488492094196
Author(s):  
Alexey Kovalev
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Hostile Takeovers ◽  
Russian Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
State Agents ◽  
The Government ◽  
Privately Owned ◽  
Media Market

This article explores the dual influence of market and political pressures on journalists and the resulting character of censorship and self-censorship in Russia. In particular, it focuses on how these pressures affect the work environment journalists have to engage with and the quality of news they produce. It also explains the economic and political context of commercialised news aggregation and its impact on the media industry and its workers. A cut-throat media market makes it almost impossible for any outlet to not have to sacrifice some aspects of quality journalism in order to increase its audience. As a journalist with almost 20 years of experience in the media industry, I explore the conditions in Russia’s media market. Even private media owners are often deeply beholden to the state and are as susceptible to pressure from state agents and censorship as are outlets that are directly owned by the government. This can partly be explained by the fact that many outlets which used to be privately-owned and independent have undergone hostile takeovers, including new editorial teams loyal to the state.

scholarly journals Changes in Selected Food Groups Consumption and Quality of Meals in Japanese School Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 2743
Author(s):  
Chika Horikawa ◽  
Nobuko Murayama ◽  
Yui Kojima ◽  
Hisako Tanaka ◽  
Naho Morisaki
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Household Income ◽  
The State ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
School Lunches ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Risk Increase ◽  
Low Income Households

In 2020, a state of emergency was declared to control the devastating impact of coronavirus, leading to temporary school closures in Japan, meaning that school lunches were not provided to the majority of schoolchildren. Using questionnaires completed by participants’ guardians, we examined the relationship between household income and the quality of meals in Japanese schoolchildren before, during, and after the state of emergency. Participants (1111 children, 10–14 years old) were chosen to form a nationally representative sample of the Japanese population. “Well-balanced dietary intake” was defined as the intake of (i) meat, fish, or eggs and (ii) vegetables. The desired prevalence was defined as equal to or more than twice a day. Household income was divided into quartiles. “Well-balanced dietary intake” was lower in all households during the state of emergency compared with before. The proportion of those with a “well-balanced dietary intake” at least twice a day was notably low in both Q3 and Q4 during the state of emergency compared with before the declared state of emergency; relative risk increase (95% CI) were Q1: −19.0% (−19.6% to −18.4%), p < 0.001, Q2: −21.3% (−22.1% to −20.6%) p < 0.001, Q3: −25.4% (−26.1% to −24.7%), p < 0.001, and Q4: −34.8% (−35.6% to −34.0%), p < 0.001. The interaction p (vs. Q1) of Q2, Q3, and Q4 were all <0.001. Guardians from low-income households had significantly higher rates of having less: time, psychological room, and financial position to prepare meals during the state of emergency. Our results suggest that schoolchildren’s quality of meals worsened during the state of emergency, especially in low-income households, because school lunches were not provided.

scholarly journals Media and Misinformation in Times of COVID-19: How People Informed Themselves in the Days Following the Portuguese Declaration of the State of Emergency

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-121
Author(s):  
Gil Baptista Ferreira ◽  
Susana Borges
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The State ◽  
Positive Sign ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Media ◽  
Informative Content

This study takes as a starting point the importance and dependence of the media to obtain information about the pandemic. The dependency theory of the media system was developed in the 1970s when mass media were the dominant source of information. Today, at a time when media choices have become abundant, studies are needed to understand the phenomenon of media dependence in light of new dimensions made important by the transformations that have taken place in the social and media fields—where the coexistence of mass media with social media platforms stands out. As large-scale crises rarely occur and the media environment changes rapidly, it is important to analyze how media dependence relates to choose and trust in different media (traditional media vs. social media) in times of crisis. Several questions arise. What is the trust attributed by individuals to social media as sources of information about COVID-19? How well informed are the individuals who choose these sources as the main sources of information? From a questionnaire administered to 244 individuals in Portugal, during the first week of the state of emergency (March 2020), this research seeks to identify how people gained access to information about COVID-19, how they acted critically towards the various sources and how they assess the reliability of different media. Finally, it analyzes the association between the type of medium chosen and adherence to misinformation content about the virus. The results reveal the existence of a phenomenon of dependence on the media, with a strong exposure (both active and accidental) to informative content, with conventional media being privileged as the main source, and positively distinguished in terms of confidence. Finally, a statistically significant association of a positive sign was identified between the use of social media as the main source and the acceptance of misinformation.

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