scholarly journals Social role of the media: Control of social reality

Politea ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 229-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nemanja Djukic
Keyword(s):  
Social Role ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Media Control ◽  
The Media

scholarly journals Memory in Linguistic Narrative vs. Postmodern Multitasked Multimedia Art Memory

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Vesna Srnic ◽  
Emina Berbic Kolar ◽  
Igor Ilic
Keyword(s):  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Procedural Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multimedia Art ◽  
The Media

<p><em>In addition to the well-known classification of long-term and short-term memory, we are also interested in distinguishing episodic, semantic and procedural memory in the areas of linguistic narrative and multimedial semantic deconstruction in postmodernism. We compare the liveliness of memorization in literary tradition and literature art with postmodernist divisions and reverberations of traditional memorizations through human multitasking and performative multimedia art, as well as formulate the existence of creative, intuitive and superhuman paradigms.</em></p><em>Since the memory can be physical, psychological or spiritual, according to neurobiologist Dr. J. Bauer (Das Gedächtnis des Körpers, 2004), the greatest importance for memorizing has the social role of collaboration, and consequently the personal transformation and remodelling of genomic architecture, yet the media theorist Mark Hansen thinks technology brings different solutions of framing function (Hansen, 2000). We believe that postmodern deconstruction does not necessarily damage memory, especially in the field of human multitasking that utilizes multimedia performative art by means of anthropologization of technology, thereby enhancing artistic and affective pre&amp;post-linguistic experience while unifying technology and humans through intuitive empathy in society.</em>

scholarly journals The role of media in the construction of social reality

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanja Nišić ◽  
Divna Plavšić
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Construction ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact

Th is paper analyzes the concept of media construction of reality and its impacton society. Recognizing the growing infl uence and importance of themedia in a man’s daily life, it can be said that the media and media cultureitself are an important factor in modern society. Th e media have the abilityto place information and to provide to the citizens-consumers to accept themwithout critical and conscious interpretation and real understanding. An importantfactor in the development of the media is and technological advancesthat contributed to the rapid spread of the media and gave more power to thepresentation of reality and the state of society as it corresponds to the creatorsand the “constructors” of that reality. By understanding Baudrillard and hisunderstanding of the simulation, we will present the impact and role of themedia in constructing the social reality (simulation of reality).

The media presentation of the migration crisis: An analysis of the discourse on the Croatian women politicians

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolina Borčić ◽  
Sara Glavač
Keyword(s):  
Women Politicians ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Her Family ◽  
The Public ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Media Presentation ◽  
The Media ◽  
Migration Crisis ◽  
Ideological Construction

This article analyses links between the archetypal myths in Croatian news stories and images of woman politicians transferring through the media to the public. A total of 73 articles have been empirically analysed using content analysis to identify master myths according to Jack Lule’s classification in Croatian news articles about the migration crisis 2015. The analysis covers the period from 31 July 2015 to 8 November 2015. The articles have been selected by searching web extension of the newspapers Jutarnji list, Večernji list and 24sata from 31 July 2015 to 8 November 2015. The data has been selected, coded and analysed per chosen woman politicians, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Vesna Pusić, Mirela Holy, Ruža Tomašić and Milanka Opačić. The results show that the dominant myth in all analysed statements is the myth of a good mother. In doing so, the use of lexemes indicates a stereotyped and idealized social role of a woman who cares for and protects ‘her family’. Two framing perspectives are evident: one is a patriarchal, protective and defensive attitude towards migrants, while the other is humanitarian, based on a positive attitude towards migrants. The article’s value is that it provides a perspective on mythological narration within media texts, whereby the mythological narration could be used as a tool for stereotypical and ideological construction on politician’s images in the media.

Phenomenological Ethics of Contemporary Media Theories

Glimpse ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-94
Author(s):  
Dragan Prole ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Social Role ◽  
The State ◽  
Artistic Practice ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Contemporary Media

This article discusses fundamental contradictions regarding the social role of the new media. Avantgarde identifies the emergence of the new media with the possibilities of liberating the man and achieving true individuality, while dystopia qualifies it as the suffocation of individuality, as ballast that levels out and averages a man, as a threat to human freedom. The media technology is for the avant-garde the embodiment of the enriched self and expanded capacities of selfhood, while for dystopia, the media technology is directed against selfhood, since its effects start and end with the creation of alienation, with the distortion of selfhood directed against the fundamental attributes of humanity. On the contrary, for the avant-garde, the breach of media background awareness of the artistic expression has marked the definite parting with the age of alienated artistic practice. According to their most profound beliefs, staggering in the chains of figurative and narrative expressions, art has always served a different purpose, religion, pedagogy, politics, and ideology. Hence, the turn towards the demands and logic of the self-serving media marked the rise from the state of alienation to the state of true achievement, to the emancipation of artists and the art.

Rethinking the Social Role of the Media in a Society in Transition

1995 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleg Manaev
Keyword(s):  
Mass Communication ◽  
Participatory Democracy ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Fourth Estate ◽  
Efficient Mechanism ◽  
Transitional Society ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media

Abstract: This article examines the process of rethinking the social role of mass media in a transitional society through analysis of its understanding by the main actors of mass communication in post-communist Belarus--Power, Media, and Public. Based on the results of various recent surveys and within the framework of conceptions of media as a "fourth estate'' and as a guarantor of "participatory democracy,'' its author argues that free enterprise is the most efficient mechanism of this process. Résumé: Cet article examine le processus de repenser le rôle des médias dans une société en transition; il analyse comment ce rôle est compris par les principaux acteurs en communications de masse dans la Biélorussie post-communiste, en mettant l'accent sur pouvoir, médias et public. Se fondant sur les résultats de diverses études récentes et sur les conceptions des médias comme "quatrième pouvoir'' et comme assureurs d'une démocratie participative, l'auteur affirme que la libre entreprise est le mécanisme le plus efficace pour démocratiser les médias.

Russian Media in the Digital Age: Propaganda Rewired

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 398-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Oates
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Information Control ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Media Control ◽  
Russian Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Russian Federation

This article reflects on the role of media in the Russian Federation through the concept of “rewired propaganda.” The approach highlights how the Russian regime copes with challenges to its information hegemony in the digital age. The study employs two critical case studies to examine the Russian political communication sphere: the 2011–12 election protests and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 by a Russian missile in 2014. The article argues that a key vector of analysis is understanding strategic narrative as the critical measurement of media control. The findings suggests that it is not so much who owns or controls the media that is key to understanding information control; rather, it is knowing who is constructing and disseminating the most compelling national narrative that holds the key to power in Russia. This focus on rewired propaganda and recasting of the debate will permit an analysis of the role of the media in the post-Soviet state even as the overall media environment has shifted with the advent of the digital age. On balance, the two case studies demonstrate that Russian elites have continued to adapt to growing challenges, showing an ability to use many facets of communication to consolidate an information dominance over citizens.

Protocol Interactions among User Agents, Application Servers, and Media Servers

2014 ◽  
pp. 527-542
Author(s):  
Alessandro Amirante ◽  
Tobia Castaldi ◽  
Lorenzo Miniero ◽  
Simon Pietro Romano
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Application Server ◽  
Current Standard ◽  
Media Control ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Server ◽  
Open Issues

In this chapter, the authors focus on the complex interactions involving the various actors participating in a multimedia session over the Internet. More precisely, bearing in mind the current standard proposals coming from both the 3GPP and the IETF, they investigate some of the issues that have to be faced when separation of responsibilities comes to the fore. The scenario the authors analyze is one in which one or more user agents are put into communication with a media server through the mediation of an application server. In such scenario, the application server does play the role of a middlebox for all that concerns signaling, since it is responsible for the transparent negotiation of a session among the entities (the user agents on one side and the media server on the other) that will be exchanging media during the communication phase. In this chapter, the authors highlight that protocol interactions become really complex under the depicted circumstances. They provide a survey of the current standardization efforts related to media control, together with a discussion of open issues and potential solutions.

scholarly journals Local Issue, National Media, and Global Implication: Media Construction of Reality about Qanun of Aceh Polemic

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-22
Author(s):  
Yuhdi Fahrimal ◽  
M. Isnaini ◽  
Apriliyanti Pratiwi ◽  
Hamida Syari Harahap ◽  
Wien Kuntarie
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
Media Construction ◽  
National Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
And Control

Polemic endorsement Qanun Number 3 of 2013 on Flag and the Symbol of Aceh has reached the stage of open conflict between Indonesia Government and Aceh Government. This conflict is constructed by the media using various framing devices. The consequence of media framing is the escalation of public opinion towards one-way interpretation of the media. In building a peaceful climate, the media has a very important role. The role of the media is not merely a transmitter of information and control of social reality, but the media plays a role in improving and providing citizens with a better understanding of the importance of sustainable peace for successful development.

scholarly journals Men’s work-related self-care in the Finnish media

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 7-22
Author(s):  
Henri Hyvönen
Keyword(s):  
Social Role ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Point Of Interest ◽  
The Media ◽  
Ways Of Being

Individual responsibility for health at work has been a central point of interest in recent studies of working life. This article contributes to that discussion by considering the role of the media in gendering individual responsibility and the meanings of work-related health in Finnish society. It takes a critical look at media representations of men’s work-related self-care. The data comprises 30 texts collected from the Finnish media in spring 2016. The analysis reveals three discourses – Exemplariness, Expertise and Suspiciousness – and shows how they construct ideal ways of being a man in working life. They depict work as a necessary part of life for men. Self-care practices that aim to either maintain endurance or increase performance at work are presented in a favorable light. However, personal wellbeing is portrayed as secondary to productivity. The article concludes with a discussion on the broader implications of the persistent discursive interrelation of men and work for men’s social role.

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