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]

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 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]

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]

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]

The period between 2014 and 2016 saw the rise of the radical Islamist terrorist
group Islamic State (IS), which committed acts of terrorism in not only Syria and
Iraq but also unleashed violence in the rest of the world. Twitter took the lead
in being the source of receiving and giving quick updates on terror news. However,
a key question that…[Read more]

The present study critically investigates the single case media reporting of the
Chapel Hill shooting incident in North Carolina, USA. Eight newspaper reports,
including BBC, Fox News, Independent, The Telegraph, The New York Times,
Huffington Post, and among which two from CNN were assessed, using the Critical
Discourse Analysis (CDA)…[Read more]

Research originally developed in the 1970s to make television and mass media
advertising more effective has involved into a contemporary system of
propaganda manipulation. Agents use social media to convince people that
fake news is a valid reason for people to act and to vote. While the Russian
manipulation of the U.S. presidential election…[Read more]

The reflection of the idea of the leading role of native land is decided by the fact
that the primary attention is determined by the interest in the concept of the
revival of national identity. The aim of the article is addressed to the formation
of ideas about the reflection of native land during periods of socio-economic
upheaval. The…[Read more]

The article discusses some features of information technologies used by Kazakh
media during election campaigns of different years. The purpose of this work is
to analyze the peculiarities and factors behind the increasing role of the Kazakh
media in the process of democratic elections. The article shows that since 1991-
1996 transitional…[Read more]

News media studies, especially in the field of the political economy of media,
have traditionally been looking at frames used by news media. Structures are
usually examined as follows: the words or phrases emphasized; the images
excluded or trivialized; and what these frames suggest about the mediated
image of public issues. Recent studies in…[Read more]

The industry of public relations (PR) within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is
lagging corresponding to the advancements which are happening in the external
world. In this context, social media has been regarded to be the primary catalyst
in terms of pushing the PR industry of the UAE to cope with the continuous
alterations of the external…[Read more]

Despite the importance of football as an effective means of developing physical
activity and fitness, routine data of football-related injuries are either
inadequate or underreported, particularly in Nigeria. To develop an
understanding of the football-related injuries and determine the prospects for
prevention, logical and useful information…[Read more]

A crucial question that has arisen is whether the involvement of Web users can
be extended to the funding of news organizations aimed at their financial
independence from traditional funding practices. The evolution of multimodal
media websites, the media crisis and the growing dissatisfaction of the citizens,
create the conditions for online…[Read more]

Governments have often sought improved ways to market their policies, which
are variedly viewed as adequate or inadequate, in a bid to get the citizens
actively engaged in the process of development. Digital media usage has
inundated the social media space with both individual and governments
presences. However, despite strong digital media…[Read more]

This study examined how Nigerian newspapers reported the herdsmen and
farmers’ conflict in Nigeria. It analyzed the contents of six newspapers to explore
the primary sources, the prominence accorded the conflict reports, and the themes
focused on their reportage. Findings show that out of the 159 stories considered
for the study, newspapers r…[Read more]