This study explores how sports media entertains audiences. A survey found that
sports media provides both enjoyable experiences and meaningful experiences
for audiences. In doing so, this study illuminates how and why sports media
entertains audiences. Watching sports can be understood as a hedonic media
experience that is fun and pleasurable,…[Read more]

Sexual harassment is a recurrent issue in any modern society. The increasing
cases of sexual harassment against women have become a menace in Nigeria.
This study sought to determine the potential place of Yoruba as a form of localized
communication in promoting psychological support on issues of sexual harassment
against women. The study…[Read more]

Sexual harassment is a recurrent issue in any modern society. The increasing
cases of sexual harassment against women have become a menace in Nigeria.
This study sought to determine the potential place of Yoruba as a form of localized
communication in promoting psychological support on issues of sexual harassment
against women. The study…[Read more]

The present paper aims at analyzing the inevitable relationship of patriarchal
impunity with counterpublic in India with reference to Onaatah of the Earth (2017) by
Paulami Duttagupta. It is apparent that much of the discourse on counterpublic
emphasizes on either countering the existing state agencies as mentioned by
Nancy Frazer where she…[Read more]

The present paper aims at analyzing the inevitable relationship of patriarchal
impunity with counterpublic in India with reference to Onaatah of the Earth (2017) by
Paulami Duttagupta. It is apparent that much of the discourse on counterpublic
emphasizes on either countering the existing state agencies as mentioned by
Nancy Frazer where she…[Read more]

The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements are sexual misconduct survivor movements,
interrogating in particular the entertainment and media industries. These
movements aim to dismantle power structures in these industries by raising-up
systemically silenced voices of victims (survivors) of sexual misconduct. I analyze
comedian Louis CK’s apology for…[Read more]

The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements are sexual misconduct survivor movements,
interrogating in particular the entertainment and media industries. These
movements aim to dismantle power structures in these industries by raising-up
systemically silenced voices of victims (survivors) of sexual misconduct. I analyze
comedian Louis CK’s apology for…[Read more]

The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements are sexual misconduct survivor movements,
interrogating in particular the entertainment and media industries. These
movements aim to dismantle power structures in these industries by raising-up
systemically silenced voices of victims (survivors) of sexual misconduct. I analyze
comedian Louis CK’s apology for…[Read more]

Hindi cinema has been the most celebrated form of entertainment source around the world and since time immemorial. Behind the lyrics of pseudo romantic songs, dialogues, scenes of love and affection display, courtship, and so on, sexual harassment has been seen spreading it’s sickening aura to create some of the meanest examples in Hindi cinema. S…[Read more]

Hindi cinema has been the most celebrated form of entertainment source around the world and since time immemorial. Behind the lyrics of pseudo romantic songs, dialogues, scenes of love and affection display, courtship, and so on, sexual harassment has been seen spreading it’s sickening aura to create some of the meanest examples in Hindi cinema. S…[Read more]

Hindi cinema has been the most celebrated form of entertainment source around the world and since time immemorial. Behind the lyrics of pseudo romantic songs, dialogues, scenes of love and affection display, courtship, and so on, sexual harassment has been seen spreading it’s sickening aura to create some of the meanest examples in Hindi cinema. S…[Read more]

Studies have shown that despite the freedom of content creation and democratic participation, the digital space has also provided platforms for negative discourse with far-reaching implications for national unity and democracy. However, scant scholarly attention has been given to the prevalence and nature of online negative discourse in a…[Read more]

This study examined the communication avenues for combating breast cancer in Orba, a rural community of Enugu State, Nigeria. To accomplish this goal, 200 women from the community were sampled. The results revealed that 87% of the respondents were aware of media messages on breast cancer; however, 74.5% and 65% respectively, claimed that they had…[Read more]

The paper looks at the phenomenon of fake news in the modern media. Attempts have been made to provide the theoretical background of the phenomenon of fabricating information and clarify the signs of false messages. The empirical review deals with the trends in spreading fake news in the media landscape. We rank fake news topics by popularity;…[Read more]

Based on questionnaire responses from a purposive sample of 400 Jordanian young viewers, this study attempts to examine reality perceptions of the events portrayals on Korean TV drama among them, and to explore how they relate to this drama such as realism perceptions, utility, and identity. The results revealed that viewers’ gender has a s…[Read more]

Based on questionnaire responses from a purposive sample of 400 Jordanian young viewers, this study attempts to examine reality perceptions of the events portrayals on Korean TV drama among them, and to explore how they relate to this drama such as realism perceptions, utility, and identity. The results revealed that viewers’ gender has a s…[Read more]

Based on questionnaire responses from a purposive sample of 400 Jordanian young viewers, this study attempts to examine reality perceptions of the events portrayals on Korean TV drama among them, and to explore how they relate to this drama such as realism perceptions, utility, and identity. The results revealed that viewers’ gender has a s…[Read more]

This study sought to explore an area that is rarely investigated which is the influence of Islam on environmental news reporting in Malaysia. In this case, two methods were employed which include the quantitative content analysis on the Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian newspapers as well as an in-depth interview with a total of 11 journalists…[Read more]

Researchers conducted a content analysis of 537 Twitter images posted by Kuwait University, King Saud University of Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates University to examine how public universities in the Middle East use social media to promote their agenda. Researchers analyzed prominent topics and democracy frames featured in the Twitter…[Read more]

The third Gaza War between Israel and the Palestinian resistance erupted on the 7th of July 2014 and lasted for 51 days leaving behind thousands of victims between deceased and wounded, the majority of whom were Palestinians. The focus of this study is the coverage of the media gatekeeper for 2014 Gaza War; the Hebrew online newspaper Yedioth…[Read more]