In his acceptance speech for the Republican nomination to be President of the
United States, Donald J. Trump presented the audience with a stark world of good
vs. evil, chaos vs. stability. We use Burke’s concept good terms and evil terms to
rhetorically analyze the acceptance speech. While Trump used specific references
to real events in his…[Read more]

Online communication platforms have enabled millions of users to easily
communicate with one another. WhatsApp is one of the most popular
communication platforms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), especially among
university students. To better understand the effectiveness of WhatsApp, this
research examines the trends and impact of WhatsApp…[Read more]

Authors assume that in the post-Soviet time, political consciousness among the
Russians has significantly changed. Causes of this not only include general depoliticization in the society, but also a modified nature of the media influence.
The research purpose is to search for reasons that cause booms and falls in the
interest of the Russians in…[Read more]

The article reveals the tendencies in language norms development. Language
transformation is a natural phenomenon, but certain permissible limits, regulating
literary and stylistic norms of publicistic language are also important. The linguistic
and stylistic features characterizing the language of modern interviews are formed
under the…[Read more]

The purpose this study is to explore school students’ videogame playing and its
correlation to aggressive behaviour. Four hundred and six (406) videogame playing
students from different socio-economic background in Chennai city of India and
its suburban areas participated in the study. Data on aggressive behaviour from
the students were…[Read more]

The paper deals with the problems and prospects for the development of television
broadcasting in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the context of the information society.
The author suggests the mechanisms for controlling and forecasting socially
responsible television and discovers its role in democratic modernization of
society. The paper…[Read more]

With the introduction of the Internet, online news sites are encouraging ordinary
people to discuss and address their issues. Employing critical discourse analysis
approach, this paper analyses the discursive representation of news articles
published on tsheringtobgay.com. A critical discourse analysis of articles published
on the site reveals…[Read more]

This paper brings together the perspective of social production of space as a
‘category’ which creates the ‘inter-subjective’ world of virtual reality where
interaction is subjected to individual’s virtual ‘privacy’ and in turn shapes their
extended ‘self and identity’. This reality keeps on negotiating with the actor as an
external entity…[Read more]

Taking a selfie as a social phenomenon is a way that people try to feel better
about themselves. Selfies say us something important about the people who take
them, and then share them and offer useful insights into the uses of social media
in general. It seems that young Kuwaitis are obsessed with taking selfies. Young
Kuwaitis, especially…[Read more]

In South Asia, the public relations departments of the Indian and Pakistani
governments have been playing a critical role in the making of broadcast regulation
policies and enactment of media laws, which helped successive governments and
bureaucracies intervene in the business and functioning of the companies
providing electronic media…[Read more]

Existe en el orden teórico y metodológico una escases de literatura científica publicada sobre las relaciones de comunicación científica escrita, como objeto de análisis de la sociología del conocimiento para analizar los campos de la ciencia. Se plantearon como objetivos: 1) identificar desde la sociología del conocimiento el sustento teórico…[Read more]

Los estudios de vigilancia favorecen la identificación de las últimas tendencias de un objeto para la toma de decisiones. La revista Centro Azúcar no tiene referentes del comportamiento de su perfil temático a nivel internacional. Se adolece de un estudio de vigilancia científica que facilite información relativa a las tendencias de la temát…[Read more]

Las videotecas de las televisoras locales son centros de información y socialización de contenidos. Favorecen el procesamiento y conservación de la información audiovisual para su posterior recuperación. El procesamiento de la información audiovisual en la televisión local es un área que ha sido poco abordada desde la producción científi…[Read more]

Spanish Abstract: Reportaje sobre una jornada interna de presentación al profesorado universitario del programa europeo para la reforma de la Educación Superior en el marco de la reforma española de las viejas titulaciones (2005) de cara al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior. Se enfatiza el descontento percibido en los nuevos pla…[Read more]

The digitization of communication and the mediatization of society transform the
forms and types of relationships of parties of the communication process. Social
media as a new media environment has a great potential for managing opinions,
media consumer’s impressions and the formation of certain attitudes and
stereotypes. The question arises…[Read more]

The relevance of the research is determined by the rapid development of the
information society and the growing need to receive new information. The research
aims to consider information coverage tools, as well as to reveal their role and
place in the system of information space. The conducted research enabled to
determine the role and place…[Read more]

This study aims to Arab opinion leaders’ attitudes and perceptions towards the
coverage of Da’esh actions by Arab and non-Arab TV news services, thus, by
investigating the perception of Da’esh actions provided by Arab and non-Arab TV
services. Data were collected from 1,330 participants across 19 Arab countries,
with a probability sample due…[Read more]

Across time, in a variety of forms and spaces -from homes and workplaces to
digital domains of social media- women have become victims of male dominance.
So also are the other vulnerable sections that suffer multi-layered abuse, and
endure sexual harassment in social media. Yet, this phenomenon is insufficiently
explored. Therefore, this…[Read more]

The main focus of this study was to assess the perception and practice of public
relations by municipality employees in Ethiopia. This study used mixed method of
research approach (qualitative and quantitative). Purposive sampling was applied
to collect data from 45 employees of the various municipalities from the 11 zones
in Ethiopia.…[Read more]

The role of television in the development of information society culture in
Kazakhstan has been examined in the article. The features of the functioning of
private television in relation to the state have been analyzed. It has been
determined that the comprehensive state policy in this area is an important factor
in the successful…[Read more]