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]

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 article examines the cultural and educational mission of modern media
related to the spiritual and cultural education of youth in Kazakhstan. Over the
past two decades, the socialization problems of Kazakh youth have been removed
from the state’s social policy agenda. Methods of comparative and complex
analysis were applied in this s…[Read more]

Two-way symmetrical communication has been described as the best practice in
modern public relations. The advent of new media, specifically social media,
provides public relations practitioners with the opportunities of engaging in
effective two-way communication with their publics because of its interaction
potentials.The aim of this paper,…[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]

The study investigated the effects of Korean cultural products – namely drama,
popular music, and celebrity – on Malaysian metrosexuals’ attitudes to Korean
grooming products and also their consumption behaviour. In this study, we
developed a conceptual model depicting the relationships of critical variables
deduced from the Cultural Diamo…[Read more]

In recent years, we have witnessed an increase in the spaces for content written
by audiences in the news media and the growing integration of such material in
areas that had been reserved for news professionals until now. And, without a
doubt, political issues have been one of the ones that have generated the most
debate on the networks. And,…[Read more]

The study investigated the extent to which the media have set the
agenda for the reformation of prison, which has since August 2019 been
renamed “correctional services” in Nigeria, and the corresponding level of
awareness among media audience in South-East Nigeria. Survey and content
analysis were the research methods adopted. For the sur…[Read more]

The interaction between science and technology is highly relevant in recent times of
global crisis accompanied by the revision of the ideological principles of universal culture.
Modern technological advances and their broader application in human activities naturally lead
to the formation of technical complexes. The growth of these complexes…[Read more]

This study examined such issues as social media in personality development
and their influence on the development of public activism among young people.
We also estimate the efficiency that various forms of information exchange
have (shared or anonymous). The empirical base of the research includes
sociological surveys held in Kazakhstan. We…[Read more]

The relevance of the study is based on the fact that in sociology, the phenomenon
of mass media is included in the object-subject field of several industries:
sociology of mass media, sociology of the media means, sociology of journalism,
sociology of the Internet, and sociology of online media. The novelty of the work
is determined by the…[Read more]

The cultivation of political fears of the state and radical change of attitudes in
the minds of people is possible in certain socio-political and economic
conditions and massive propaganda in the mass media. The concept of political
fear is insufficiently studied in psycholinguistics. This article is dedicated to
exploring the political fears…[Read more]

This paper examines the framing of Kashmir conflict in the editorials of three
PakistaniEnglish newspapers, The Nation, The Nation, and Dawn during dictatorial
(Musharraf regime, 2005-2007) and the democratic regime (Zardari regime (2008-
2010). It argues that in case of conflict press conforms to the government policies,
change in governments…[Read more]

Was Swift correct that “reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired” (Letter to a Young Gentleman)? If so, what recourse is there to change attitudes especially among those who continue to fervently believe unjustified claims and act upon them in a way that affects other people? I will answer the…[Read more]