This paper traces the portrayal of violence in cinema through the ages taking into
consideration two films from two disparate countries and cultures – the Japanese
Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa and its remake, the Indian blockbuster Sholay by
Ramesh Sippy which was set in two different eras. This paper critiques the
representation of…[Read more]

This paper aims to provide an in-depth investigation of the role of social media
images in conveying the meaning of “power” and “empowerment” in public antiviolence campaigns that aim to empower women in the Middle East. The research
raises three qualitative questions of the way anti-violence adverts have represented
Arab women in the social…[Read more]

Cinema audiences’ behavior interests both industry professionals and academics.
Cinema-going is still indisputably popular form of entertainment in Malaysia. This
study discusses cinema-going in the era of omnipresent screens. It aims to verify
Malaysians’ cinema going behaviors and the sustainability factors contributing to
the Malaysian fil…[Read more]

Representation, primarily understood as ‘presence’ or ‘appearance’ with an implied
visual component, is a critical concept in the cultural milieu. Conceived as images,
performances, and imitations, representations propagate through various media:
films, television, photographs, advertisements, and other forms of popular culture.
As such, r…[Read more]

The main purpose of this study is to map out how leading newspapers in the U.S.
are framing different ethnic groups in the Middle East in their daily reporting. For
this analysis, a systematic random sample was drawn from published articles
focused on two main ethnic groups in the Arab region, namely, Amazigh “Berbers,”
and Copts. There are…[Read more]

In the article the associative semantic series of Russian and German
linguocultures as native, grown and living on the territory of relevant countries
(Russia and Germany) are analyzed in juxtaposition with the associative
dictionary of Russian representatives who emigrated to Germany from Russia
at the end of 20th century (1980-2000). This…[Read more]

Corporate image and reputation is an essential element in any business
organization. However, not many studies have been done on service-oriented
organizations, especially universities. For the university that seeks to improve
its reputation, creating desirable images and positioning of a university’s image
are important. This study obtained s…[Read more]

The visionary Satyajit Ray (1921-1992) is India’s most famous director. His visual
style fused the aesthetics of European realism with evocative symbolic realism,
which he based on classic Indian iconography, the aesthetic and narrative
principles of rasa, the energies of shakti and shakta, the principles of dharma,
and the practice of d…[Read more]

This paper investigates the popularity of Christian videos among born-again
Christians in Enugu, Nigeria. This study is anchored on the theoretical foundations of
reception analysis. Following a qualitative research design, the research adopted a threestage research method, namely, qualitative content analysis, focus group interviews, and…[Read more]

The development of information and communication technologies in the formation
of a new technical and economic paradigm has changed the structure of the modern media
landscape. The article shows the change in media consumption in Kazakhstan as a result of
technological development and popularization of the Internet. The reflection of this…[Read more]

The cultivation of political fears of the state and radical change of attitudes in
the minds of people is possible in certain socio-political and economic
conditions and massive propaganda in the mass media. The concept of political
fear is insufficiently studied in psycholinguistics. This article is dedicated to
exploring the political fears…[Read more]

The relevance of the study is determined by the question as to in which version
the environmental consciousness of a person should be considered. The novelty
of the study is determined by the possibility of not only forming ecological
awareness but also imparting environmental education in their professional
and everyday living environments.…[Read more]

The article aims to study the structure of the literary problem in the formation of
the local text substrate. The study uses the methodology of studying the language
when it changes in time and space. The article explains the basics of the
methodological support of the translation complex and the structure of its
application in private studies…[Read more]

This experiment was designed to explore people’s critical, differentiating capacity between actual news and content that looks like news. Four groups of post-millennials read four versions of a news story. While the first condition included a real news story derived from a mainstream medium, the other three conditions tested three attributes of f…[Read more]

Unfortunately, tragedies occur all around the world every day. It is perceived by many as particularly devastating when children are the victims of the tragedy. When these events do occur, the media is likely to cover them in part due to the innocence and vulnerability of the victims. In reading media accounts of tragedies involving children, we…[Read more]

This paper considers the use of Boym’s formulations of reflective and restorative nostalgia as a productive lens for viewing the tensions within folk horror texts and their appeals. Considering folk horror texts such as The Wicker Man, Midsommar and The Living and the Dead, the paper will demonstrate that Boym’s two conceptions help to draw out…[Read more]

This paper analyses the sitcom “Friends” (1994-2004) and its performance motifs.

Analysis of the episode from television series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “Who Are You?” (4.16).

This paper examines the early connections between BBC radio and television and the Hammer / Exclusive film companies.

This paper examines the responses to the 1954 BBC adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four, as held by the BBC Written Archives Centre, in the light of the British Horror Comics campaign of the mid-1950s.