This paper traces the portrayal of violence in cinema through the ages taking into
consideration two films from two disparate countries and cultures – the Japanese
Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa and its remake, the Indian blockbuster Sholay by
Ramesh Sippy which was set in two different eras. This paper critiques the
representation of…[Read more]

Spain has become the second most popular destination in the world, and the city
of Barcelona has experienced several incidents characterized by anti-tourism
sentiment. One of them was the ‘tourist go home’ movement, which attracted
interest throughout the world. In this study, quantitative and empirical approaches
were used to collect and ana…[Read more]

The Presidential Elections in the United States have always remained the focus of
attention for public and media. By playing the role of watchdog in the American
society, mass media looks keenly and deeply on the policies, personal life, and
character of Presidential Candidates during Presidential Elections of the country.
The study examines…[Read more]

This study examined users’ attitudes and opinions of using augmented reality
technology in comparison to other non-augmented reality technologies. Broadly,
there were differences between users when using different devices. These
differences help shed light onto the process of implementation of such new
technologies in various sports s…[Read more]

This paper presents the characteristics of highly cited articles (HCA) in
communication subject published from 1989 to 2018 using data from the SSCI of
Web of Science. A total of 1108 articles (2.1%) were considered as highly cited
articles (HCAs) in communication. Further, we have analyzed the year wise
distribution of articles and their…[Read more]

Globally, very distinct circumstances are faced by newspaper firms in different
countries. While newspaper firms in developed countries are facing the downtrend,
there is a sustained robust growth seen in India. This study seeks to determine if
a relationship exists between Indian newspaper firms healthy performance vis-àvis various innovation…[Read more]

Health and beauty have been proposed as mutually inclusive physical and
psychological constructs, mediated by one’s own personal emotional and spiritual
state of well-being. While it has been widely accepted that health and beauty are
interrelated in the sense that beauty reflects one’s inner health, there has been a
worrying trend in whi…[Read more]

This paper aims to provide an in-depth investigation of the role of social media
images in conveying the meaning of “power” and “empowerment” in public antiviolence campaigns that aim to empower women in the Middle East. The research
raises three qualitative questions of the way anti-violence adverts have represented
Arab women in the social…[Read more]

The study is based on the provision that citizens’ confidence in power determines
the stability of the political and social system and is a prerequisite for the
development of the country. One of the objects of sanctions pressure on Russia
is the interaction of the state and civil society. The purpose of the study is to
identify the e…[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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]