The idea of being a pretty boy was hailed as a regional privileged male ideal in
Asia after the booming of Korean wave in late 1990s that saw Korean drama featuring
men that openly embrace both masculine and feminine traits. They were often
described as tall, possessing a slim feminine face, fashionable and romantic.
While the pretty boy image…[Read more]

The idea of being a pretty boy was hailed as a regional privileged male ideal in
Asia after the booming of Korean wave in late 1990s that saw Korean drama featuring
men that openly embrace both masculine and feminine traits. They were often
described as tall, possessing a slim feminine face, fashionable and romantic.
While the pretty boy image…[Read more]

Russian Abstract: В статье рассматриваются авторские отступления на тему гидрографии Черного моря (Понт Эвксинский) в четвертой книге Всеобщей истории Полибия. Наблюдения греческого историка за влиянием длительного воздействия рек и морских течений на геологические трансформации рельефа сделали его предвестником геологической теории униформиз…[Read more]

This study aims at appropriating the social and print media construct and coverage
of human rights violations in the post Eelam war between Indian Tamil fishermen
and their conflict with Sri Lankan Navy in the Palk Bay. The alleged intrusion of the
Indian trawlers into the Sri Lankan water and the rebuttal by Sri Lankan Navy
leading to the…[Read more]

This study aims at appropriating the social and print media construct and coverage
of human rights violations in the post Eelam war between Indian Tamil fishermen
and their conflict with Sri Lankan Navy in the Palk Bay. The alleged intrusion of the
Indian trawlers into the Sri Lankan water and the rebuttal by Sri Lankan Navy
leading to the…[Read more]

The potential to reach out to large mass of people in considerably shorter periods
of time, though resulted in acceleration of news production, it also paved way to
a sudden boom in circulation of fake news. The attempt made here is to understand
the various factors that influence the propagation of fake news. With the assistance
of an online…[Read more]

The potential to reach out to large mass of people in considerably shorter periods
of time, though resulted in acceleration of news production, it also paved way to
a sudden boom in circulation of fake news. The attempt made here is to understand
the various factors that influence the propagation of fake news. With the assistance
of an online…[Read more]

Fake news and its repercussions are now a global concern, especially in the wake
of the recent incidents that have shook the credibility of media, be it regional,
national or global. Media is now a web of propagandas and there are more views
then news. Three stories (Myanmar coup, Dimapur Lynching, and Grenfell Tower
fire) were taken as case…[Read more]

Fake news and its repercussions are now a global concern, especially in the wake
of the recent incidents that have shook the credibility of media, be it regional,
national or global. Media is now a web of propagandas and there are more views
then news. Three stories (Myanmar coup, Dimapur Lynching, and Grenfell Tower
fire) were taken as case…[Read more]

While the Internet and multimedia applications have made it easy to produce and
spread media, they have also made it possible to distribute fake news to masses.
With over 200 million active users in India and growing, WhatsApp’s reach and
features make it a top choice to spread fake news. This not only influences public
opinion in India but…[Read more]

This study is a comparative content analysis of news content of Aljazeera English
(AJE) and BBC News on China’s national political affairs in their online news
editions from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2014 after the assumption of power by
Chinese president Xi Jinping. The study compares the patterns of news coverage
by two international…[Read more]

This study is a comparative content analysis of news content of Aljazeera English
(AJE) and BBC News on China’s national political affairs in their online news
editions from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2014 after the assumption of power by
Chinese president Xi Jinping. The study compares the patterns of news coverage
by two international…[Read more]

Digital technology tools like any computerized system have a viral tendency and
what awaits the Indian Elections in 2019 is a Trump style sophisticated digital
computational propaganda. Such tools are emerging as threats to democracies,
especially like India, with a free media and a booming population, connecting to
the web through smart…[Read more]

Digital technology tools like any computerized system have a viral tendency and
what awaits the Indian Elections in 2019 is a Trump style sophisticated digital
computational propaganda. Such tools are emerging as threats to democracies,
especially like India, with a free media and a booming population, connecting to
the web through smart…[Read more]

Disaster is an event that shapes our future. During a disaster, it affects lives, infrastructures, livestock and produce, and we can only adapt to it. The aim of this study is to analyze disaster awareness and level of compliance to disaster programs of selected individuals in a highly urbanized city in Central Luzon, Philippines. The study made…[Read more]

The idea of this study has been emerged from the importance of school press in
enriching and enhancing the educational press, and it also contributes in detecting
talents early. The researcher has conducted this study on a random sample of 360
students from intermediate school in Kuwait. The results have revealed that the
majority of students…[Read more]

The idea of this study has been emerged from the importance of school press in
enriching and enhancing the educational press, and it also contributes in detecting
talents early. The researcher has conducted this study on a random sample of 360
students from intermediate school in Kuwait. The results have revealed that the
majority of students…[Read more]

This study investigates the perceptions of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) students
and professional journalists regarding the quality of curriculum and training
sessions that they received at the University and afterwards by looking at
curriculum, training sessions and practical programmes related to journalism
education, as well as the…[Read more]

The northeastern state of Assam in India has witnessed long years of armed
conflict waged by the ULFA and other militant outfits against the Indian state, and
intermittent identity struggles by different ethnic groups and communities
demanding greater autonomy and constitutionally guaranteed privileges. The 2000s
political landscape of Assam…[Read more]

The emergence of new media technologies has redefined how people, particularly
the youth, are exposed to the news. Social networking sites (SNS), in particular,
have widely changed the manner in which news is consumed. SNS platforms have
emerged as news sources where people engage in several activities such as
sharing, commenting and…[Read more]