This discussion paper argues for the need of a new theory, moving away from the
binary applications of public interest or Pigouvian theory and public choice theory.
The growth of media is outlined, and the complexity of the Indian mediascape is
presented as part of the discussion. The cross-media ownership patterns, political
ownership or…[Read more]

This study explores the differences between Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter in
terms of intensity of use and use motivations. Grounded in the theory of Uses and
Gratifications, the current research compares the three platforms with exploratory
factor analysis. A cross-sectional survey methodology of college students in Kuwait
(N=692) asked…[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]

This study attempted to understand youth’s social media following during natural
disasters. It investigated Malaysian youth’s perception about the importance of
immediacy, trust, and accuracy of social media news and information during
natural disasters. This study found that youth prefer to consume social media
news and information during nat…[Read more]

China is now becoming a fundamental market for the prosperity and growth of the
world’s tourism economy. It promotes the rapid development of foreign tourism
and brings some influences to social life. Chinese tourists are highly concerned
with foreign media at home and abroad; the Vietnamese Media is the same.
Based on the theoretical f…[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]

TThe role of mass media in society keeps the problem of manipulative influence
distinction and the contiguous phenomena, chief among which is objectivity
and authenticity of news items, current. The research provides a detailed study
of the information broadcasting mechanisms in the media area, defines the
problems, impeding an impersonal…[Read more]

This paper examines the New York Times performance about the use of news sources
in reporting unilateral approaches of statehood recognition. Following a critical
perspective, the Propaganda Model is employed as a theoretical thrust. It argues
that the free accessibility granted to the voices of government and its international
allies is among…[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]

This study examines the diversity of news sources in climate change reporting
in the Pakistani press. A longitudinal quantitative content analysis of climate
change reporting of five significant climate change-related events such as Earth
Summit ((1992), Rio de Janeiro, Kyoto Protocol (1997), Ratification of Kyoto Protocol
Globally (2005),…[Read more]

The study discusses the role of dialogue communication in the interaction of
the state, business, and civil society. The results are aimed at creating favorable
conditions for the development of a business climate not only for a single
region but also for the entire Russian economy. The study uses methods of
system analysis, a sociological…[Read more]

The earliest medical descriptions of anorexia occurred in 1689 with Richard
Morton’s Phthisiologia, Or, A Treatise of Consumptions, however, it took another
century for medical science to accept anorexia nervosa as a medical condition.
Later on, it was Hilde Bruch who initiated the first public discussion on anorexia
in the latter half of t…[Read more]

In recent years, Arab academia inspected the phenomenon of new preachers of
Islam, especially in Egypt, predicted on such notions as new liberalism, selfhelp, and salvation. This study contributes to the scholarship by examining the
postmodern characteristics of Mustafa Hosni’s discourse, as appears in his new
media materials. Drawing upon i…[Read more]

Educational media resources are becoming increasingly popular. This actualizes
the issues of identifying their role and significance in the educational process,
typology, and classification of resources. The methodological basis of this study
is an interdisciplinary approach. Based on a review of the literature, the
constituent and functional…[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]

Nigeria, with one of the most robust and freest media in Africa, provides a
fertile ground for unencumbered investigative journalism. In the last five years,
except for episodic exclusives in one or two newspapers, investigative stories
have waned. Why are Nigerian newspapers not engaging in investigative
reporting, and what implication does…[Read more]

The Uri attack in 2016 and the Pulwama attack in 2019 by terrorist in Jammu and
Kashmir have brought to the center-stage the Kashmir conflict as a core issue between
the two South Asian neighbors, India and Pakistan. This research analyzes the
mediatized indulgence of terror in reporting of these two incidents in television and
print media.…[Read more]

There has been a recurrent rate of prevalent and pervasive violent conflicts
between herders and farmers in Nigeria. Issues emanating from environmental
degradation, and socio-political disorder have shifted pastoralist migratory
patterns and increased tensions between farmers and herders. This, however,
has influenced conflicts and hostility…[Read more]

Journalism, the “first draft of history” (i.e. Barth, 1943, p. 667), often drafts a
history of tragedy and violence – “the oldest kinds of stories” (Coté & Simpson,
2000, p. 3). Throughout history, war and storytelling are intractably linked:
“Because of the far-reaching effects of war, we want to know as much about it
as possible. Fo…[Read more]