Showing papers in "Global media journal in 2019"

Effect of Social Media on Teenagers and Youths: A Study of Rural Nigerian Teenagers and Youths in Secondary Schools

Abstract: Access to Information and Communication Technology such as the use of social media is the concern of many in the 21st century. The question whether rural Nigerian communities have access to social amenities including media technology prompted this study which adopted survey research method to investigate teenagers and youths in four selected secondary schools in the rural communities in Edo North, Nigeria to ascertain if they use social media. From a population of 1,751, a sample size of 260 students was drawn for the survey research study. It was found that, rural teenagers and youth have access to social media through their personal/parents internet-access mobile phones though not for academic purpose but to enhance their lives which are more or less social. They also prefer Facebook to other social networking sites. They were also exposed to other social media such as Instagram, Whatsapp, Twitter and YouTube, to make their day

The Effect of Fake News on Nigeria's Democracy within the Premise of Freedom of Expression

Abstract: The study was conducted to measure the effect of fake news on Nigeria’s democracy within the premise of freedom of expression. The study was anchored on four objectives to find out the rate of the spread of fake news among Nigerians on both social and conventional media; to examine the perception of media audience on fake news and abuse of freedom of expression; to find out the effect of fake news on Nigeria’s democracy; to determine measures that can be adopted in combating fake news The study selected purposive sampling and surveyed 60 social media user from Borno and Yobe (i.e 30 from each of the two states) and administered questionnaire. The study found that majority of the respondents contributes in the information sharing system of media cycle. The study found that that despite the awareness of fake news among the respondents, there is limited alertness with regard to sensitivity of verifying information before sharing. The study also found that politics and crisis suffer more fake news than any other nature. The study found that fake news is still crucial because there are rounds of perceptions that influence its nature and thus its spread. The study also found that the respondents have negative perception about the extent to which fake news can affect democracy and democratic system of governance. The study recommends that awareness should be created so as to enlighten people who use the social media to avoid spreading unverified information and that other social media platform should copy from Twitter in restricting number of text user can post and identification of a verified account.

A Study on the Impact of Sanitation Program and Its Campaign: With Special Reference to Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan

Abstract: Poor sanitation is the reason for many diseases like diarrhoea, cholera, typhoid, and many more. According to the WHO report, in India, around 600 million people are indulging in defecation in the field. It reports that in India, one in tenth deaths is due the poor sanitation hygiene. To overcome this problem, the prime minister of India has launched Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, which is an honour to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary in 2019. There are various factors which hinder proper sanitation, awareness about sanitation, improper facilities due to lack of money and culture etc. Swachchh Bharat Mission caters all the factors. In some culture, the toilet considered as very impure, so it has to be outside the house. This misconception has to be removed. This study did Meta-analysis of various research papers and official reports of WHO and Swachchh Bharat Mission. The study concluded that there should be a proper check on each stage from the sanction of subsidized amount for the construction of toilet building till its practice in use. Safe drinking water should also be provided. Awareness should be provided to the people about their rights. Awareness would be possible only through various media, and participatory approach has to be used because of its high effectiveness.

Investigating the Role Played By Mdantsane FM in Shaping Audience Perceptions about the LGBTI Community in Mdantsane Township, East London

Abstract: The aim of this research paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of a particular local community radio station in addressing misrepresentations of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI+) community. The radio station is situated in the township of Mdantsane approximately 25 km from East London’s city centre. Community radio stations are regarded as pillar stones of society due to the fact that they are the voices of the communities within which they operate. In addition, radio stations have the duty to represent interests of all members of the communities they serve including those of the LGBTI people. This research therefore, seeks to find out what role (if any) does Mdantsane FM play in fulfilling this mandate? While in addition it seeks to investigate whether or not the station has a potential of shaping audiences’ perceptions about the queer community.

Media Events and Geo-Cultural Markets: Narration and Framing of the 2010 Chilean Mining Accident in Newspapers in Chile, Mexico and Spain

Abstract: This study examines media events from the perspective of geo-cultural markets by analyzing the media frames used during print media coverage of the Chilean mining disaster of 2010 in newspapers from Chile, Mexico and Spain. The paper assesses the narratives, dynamics and perspectives in two main frames- love and heroes-To further our understanding of framing strategies in the Hispanic geo-cultural market by addressing how geo-cultural markets can reinforce, localize or transcend frameworks or differ internally. The aim is to problematize the apparent standardization of geo-cultural markets and to analyze their differential occurrence in framing, identifying correlations and dissimilarities among representations of the mining accident in the three nations. In addition, the research highlights the variables within each frame and their association with cultural features of the Global South, rendering the concept of framing more adaptable and flexible. Finally, the paper demonstrates that frames of affection and emotion were highly influential in turning the Chilean mining disaster into a medium event.

Songs from Egyptian Slums to Media

Abstract: Mahraganat is a new genre of songs in Egypt with Arabic and Western music besides strange lyrics. This genre is influencing and being influenced by cultural, social, economic, political and technological changes especially after 2011 revolution. It has started in slums in Cairo and has gone viral among Egyptians especially the youth even between high and middle social classes. Mahraganat is considered a new phenomenon that needs to be studied and understood. The research study applied Bordieu's cultural capital theory and Peterson's cultural omnivore theory to explain the popularity of Mahraganat songs. The researcher conducted a survey of 100 Egyptian university students from rich districts in Cairo. The results show that Mahraganat is an example of the shift from univore taste to omnivore taste among youth from high social classes. Also, mass media and new media have been playing an important role in its widespread and popularity.

Twitter and food well-being: analysis of #SlowFood postings reflecting the food well-being of consumers

Abstract: This study examines how hashtag #SlowFood postings on social media site Twitter reflect the food well-being of consumers. 4102 tweets containing the hashtag #SlowFood were identified. Using interpretive content analysis, only 210 food-content messages in English language, from consumers were selected coded and interpreted. Displays of positive emotions and activities related with the slow food consumption on social media were found. By studying how consumers share their food well-being on social media, this research contributes to the understanding of food well-being and how it is practiced online.

ICT Faculties' Usage in the UAE Private Universities: A Case Study

Abstract: This study raises the question of the ICT usage in Education. A particular focus was put on the UAE private universities implementation of the Learning Management Systems and their engagement in terms of uses. A number of semi-structured interviews were conducted with a sample of academicians selected from four private universities in the UAE, in order to identify the experience of using Blackboard and Moodle. The result showed that the sample faces challenges of transformation of curriculum and learning process, mainly in some programs related to colleges of humanities and social sciences. To boost the use of technology in these programs, respondents claimed many recommendations, such as implementing platforms that recognize the Arabic language and organizing orientations and training sessions for both faculties and students.

The Prospect of Identity Crisis in the Age of Globalization

Abstract: The globalization of communications is the product of communications industry at the same time that it is possible to simultaneously provide the absent present relationship. This new phenomenon is pervasive influence in all spheres of human life, so in the last three decades literature on the globalization of production over 200 years of modern literature is being produced. Most of the time when the word "Globalization" is considered by some to globalization and the globalization of translation in English and Persian, but both terms has no real sense of the word. The fact that suggests of this issue of globalization we have two kinds of globalization one another in physical space and cyberspace globalization. In physical space transportation industry is a global industry. The transport industry in the physical world smaller, faster communication global reference in the second space, the cyberspace. In this context the distance and the speed of change in physical space because there the distance and speed you have a distance over, but are removed when the nature of the movement and speed or less defined meaning. In this article, the third dimension of globalization, the globalization of virtual communities to explain and examine and question how identity crisis caused by globalization, virtual communities responded and coped with the author.

Indonesian 2019 General Election: Who Will Be The Future Leader?

Abstract: This paper aims to listen and understand the Indonesian people’s voice about who is the President that they need for the period 2019-2024. For this purpose, an opinion survey method called People NEWS is used. This is a very democratic survey method where respondents have 100% freedom to express what they want to say. Important results including the criteria of the next President they need, and national development issues that the next President must face, will be reported. In this research, respondents are limited into two groups of people; Indonesian elites and Indonesian scholars. This is an unprecedented research where people formulate the criteria of their national leader.

Facebook credibility: Evidence from Onlineand Offline Political Participation, PoliticalContribution, and Platform Efficacy

Abstract: This study seeks to explore how Egyptian adult users assess Facebook credibility and to test political and non-political factors that predict such credibility, using survey data (N=590). Exploratory factor analysis generated four categories of 16 attributes of Facebook credibility; timeliness, transparency, social impact, and independency. Findings show that both the use of political content of Facebook and reliance on it for political information were limited predictors of some categories of Facebook credibility. In addition, users' evaluation of Facebook as an independent medium was only conditioned to their online political participation. On the other hand, users' views on both the efficacy of Facebook and its positive contribution to the community in addition to their active participation of political content on that platform were strong predictors for the four categories of Facebook credibility. Findings also deliberated the underlying causes of predicting demographic variables for some kinds of Facebook credibility.

Social Media Use in Justice Administration: Disintermediation, Conversation and Collaboration

Abstract: This article examines how social media are used in the administration of Justice and if they improve service quality. Based on three principles of open government-transparency, participation and collaboration—an analytical model is proposed applicable to interactive communication in the judicial branch, and the performance of the official profiles is recorded for the Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts of five State Judicial Systems in the U.S. Although the courts adopt social media strategies with less hesitation, more attention is paid to the risks, and the digital relationship with citizens is mainly top-down for delivery information. This approach leads to a reflection about the extent to which online judiciary collaboration with citizens is possible, considering that its main purpose is to solve disputes. At the same time, it discusses if an integrated user-centric content policy might be appropriate for strengthening its service.

Legislative International Framework to Protect the Journalists in Armed Conflict Zones in the Middle East

Abstract: The recent war in Middle East is a perfect illustration of the growing risks faced by journalists working in conflict zones. It is therefore important to call renewed attention to the fact that attacks against journalists and media equipment are illegal under international humanitarian law and the Legislative International Framework protecting journalists consists predominantly of International Humanitarian Law, supplemented by International Human Rights Law and International Criminal Law. In addition, most of the Arab countries after Arab spring revolution 2011 changed the constitution to protect the journalists. In light of the increasing threats in armed conflicts, but the reality is very dangers 1293 journalists liked between years 2011 to 2018 (UNESCO observatory of killed journalists), journalists being a war reporter has become an inherently dangerous task nowadays. In light of the growing threats in armed conflicts, being a war correspondent has become an inherently dangerous task. Journalists are not only at risk of becoming so-called collateral damage during military operations, they are also increasingly targeted from regimes and terrorists. It is subsequently essential that the international community re-evaluate journalists with laws to protect them in armed conflicts and to allow for better protection and consequently less casualties in the imminent future. This study aims the protections afforded to journalists by the international laws and d etecting p roposals for enhanced safeguards that are most likely to effectively improve journalists' safety in the conflict zones by laws through a sample of 51 journalists who were subjected to abuses in Middle East war. In this regard, this study will argue about the legal protections are not enough to protect the journalists so that the study will implement new legislative international framework to save the journalists.

Facebook Credibility: Evidence from Online and Offline Political Participation, Political Contribution, and Platform Efficacy

Abstract: This study seeks to explore how Egyptian adult users assess Facebook credibility and to test political and non-political factors that predict such credibility, using survey data (N=590). Exploratory factor analysis generated four categories of 16 attributes of Facebook credibility; timeliness, transparency, social impact, and independency. Findings show that both the use of political content of Facebook and reliance on it for political information were limited predictors of some categories of Facebook credibility. In addition, users' evaluation of Facebook as an independent medium was only conditioned to their online political participation. On the other hand, users' views on both the efficacy of Facebook and its positive contribution to the community in addition to their active participation of political content on that platform were strong predictors for the four categories of Facebook credibility. Findings also deliberated the underlying causes of predicting demographic variables for some kinds of Facebook credibility.

La cobertura noticiosa sobre cambio climático en la agenda informativa de Clarín y La Nación

Abstract: El articulo analiza la trayectoria de la cobertura noticiosa del tema cambio climatico, tomando como caso de estudio a dos diarios de referencia en Argentina: Clarin y La Nacion, durante un periodo de cinco anos (2009-2013). Particularmente, interesa observar las olas noticiosas, o periodos en los que se concentra la cobertura periodistica del tema, y el contexto en el que ello ocurre. Para concretar el analisis, la investigacion recurre tanto a la observacion de textos noticiosos como a entrevistas con periodistas de los diarios analizados. Ello, permitio observar que la construccion de la agenda informativa sobre cambio climatico se encuentra impulsada por la agenda internacional, que abre “ventanas de oportunidad” para mantener el tema activo en los medios de comunicacion.

An in-depth Analysis of Online News Coverage of Inxeba (The Wound): Putting the Lens on the Daily Dispatch and News24

Abstract: This study seeks to analyse the patterns of media coverage of the South African movie Inxeba (The Wound) pre and after its release on local cinemas. The film created a media frenzy just after reports of it collecting numerous international awards. The film revolves around the sacred male rite of passage known as ukwaluka (traditional male circumcision). For the purpose of this research, we opted to analyse two online publications that reported extensively on the movie and the controversy surrounding it. The publications analysed are; Daily Dispatch Online and News24. The Daily Dispatch Online is an East London based daily publication, whereas News24 is an online national publication. The analysis of News24 gives a broad picture of the movie’s media coverage on a national level, while the analysis of the Daily Dispatch gives a location-based picture of the movie’s coverage. Multiple articles where chosen and analysed with the analysis aiming to uncover recurring themes found in the coverage of these publications, and in addition to find out what agenda these publications were pursuing through their coverage if any.

Representation of News Sources' Gender in Climate Change Reporting in Pakistani Press

Abstract: The news stories’ formations and structures are based on solid reliable sources. The diverse news sources create different shades of perspectives; thus, news stories’ credibility is enhanced. The global studies have found that primary sources used in all sorts of news media are mostly official/government and elite. Journalists and media organizations compromise non-elite or marginalized sources. Furthermore, a few studies have explored gender as a source of news stories and concluded that female sources are insignificantly used in the news stories. This study aims to examine the use of female sources in climate change reporting in Pakistani Press. In this longitudinal study, the quantitative content analysis method is used. The data is collected from three highly circulated dailies issued in the different languages,’ namely Dawn (English), Jang (Urdu) and Kawish (Sindhi). The study has applied the systematic random sampling, and it is based on five significant global climate change events. These are Earth Summit (1992), Rio de Janerio, Kyoto Protocol (1997), Ratification of KyotoProtocol Globally (2005), COP15 (2009) Copenhagen and COP21 (2015) Paris. The findings show that in Pakistani Press use of female sources in climate change reporting at these five significant events was rare. This study recommends that studies of similar nature, extended to coverage of other societal issued should be conducted to know the application of female sources in the reporting.

Entwicklungskommunikation - communication for social change: Aufbau und Etablierung eines neuen Schwerpunktes in der deutschen Kommunikationswissenschaft

Abstract: In diesem Beitrag wird das Vorhaben Entwicklungskommunikation – Communication for Social Change (EC4SC) vorgestellt, das im Institut fur Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft der Universitat Leipzig angegliedert und durch das Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) gefordert ist. Dieses langfristig ausgerichtete Vorhaben, das im Januar 2019 startete, zielt darauf ab, das Forschungsfeld „Communication for Social Change“ (C4SC), auch unter dem Namen „Entwicklungskommunikation” bekannt, sowohl in der Forschung, als auch in der Lehre der deutschen Kommunikationswissenschaft aufzubauen und zu etablieren. Dafur wird als Teil des Vorhabens das gleichnamige Forschungszentrum EC4SC etabliert. Entwicklungskommunikation ist in anderen Landern (etwa USA, Grosbritannien, Schweden und Norwegen) bereits seit Langem entweder als Studienprogramm oder als Forschungsfeld etabliert.

Secondary Brand Association Influences on Brand Preference and Purchase Intention

Abstract: Everything is being branded in 21st centaury with a view to positioning in customer’s mind. The main objective of this research is to analyze the sources of secondary brand association impacting on brand preference and purchase intention. The research was conducted through, simple random sampling; structured questionnaires distributed among 250 respondents of different brands users in Bangladesh. The research area was Khulna division (Khulna University, Khulna medical college, Khulna govt. B. L. College) with five (05) months duration. The validity and reliability of questionnaires were checked by composite reliability, Cronbachs Alpha, average variance extracted. Subsequently, Pearson correlation and multiple regressions were analyzed. The results of the study showed that company, and country of origin had significant positive relationship and positive impact; channel of distribution, licensing, celebrity endorsement, and third party sources had insignificant positive impact; co-branding, sporting-cultural and other events had insignificant negative impact on brand preference and purchase intention.

El uso estratégico de interacción en la comunicación de los políticos argentinos en Facebook.

Abstract: Los flujos comunicacionales que discurren en las redes sociales y la derivacion en camaras de eco han comenzado a ser objeto de investigacion en los ultimos anos, en parte por sus consecuencias en la construccion de una esfera publica anclada en valores democraticos. Recientes estudios afirman que la interaccion digital origina encuentros con voces que lejos de alentar el debate confirman opiniones preexistentes.Esta investigacion estudia el papel que los dirigentes politicos argentinos cumplen en la construccion de camaras de eco en Facebook a partir del uso estrategico que realizan de las herramientas de interaccion que esta red ofrece. Para ello se analizaron los mensajes que Cristina Fernandez, Mauricio Macri, Sergio Massa y Daniel Scioli publicaron durante el periodo noviembre de 2014-noviembre de 2015 en Facebook, la red social en la que mas de la mitad de los argentinos tiene una cuenta de perfil activa.Los resultados de este estudio empirico demuestran que los dirigentes incorporan, pero escasamente, las herramientas de interaccion propias de Facebook y que, ademas, el uso que realizan responde a una logica difusionista antes que conversacional, enmarcada en una comunicacion personalista que colabora en la construccion de espacios de interaccion cerrados a puntos de vista divergentes.

The European financial and refugee/immigrant crises in the press: similarities and differences of the Greek and German public spheres

Abstract: Having as theoretical basis the notion of the public sphere and its manifestations within the EU, the current paper seeks to trace similarities and differences in the public discourse developed in German and Greek news sites, regarding the financial and refugee crises. Our quantitative content analysis shows that there are both similarities and differences in the two distinct public spheres, regarding the evaluation of the EU, its policies on the aforementioned issues and the ways in which the public discourse is being articulated mainly on behalf of politicians and journalists, who appear to be the main carriers of the public discourse in the media under scrutiny.

Cultural Threats to the Education of an African Girl Child

Abstract: This study focuses on the relationship between culture and education and how it affects the African girl child. This study first tries to define what culture is, from the etymological meaning and also definitions from scholars. It further defines the meaning of education also from its etymological perspective to its scholarly point of view. It then shows the importance of education to every individual, nation and at the international level giving a statistical analysis of the number of people most especially the girl child who has been denied access to education in Africa. This study further explains the various factors that have threatened the education of the African girl child and later give reasons for girl child marriage which seems to be the major threat. This study went further to give the various constraints that has prevented the protection of the African girl child with various recommendations outlined in tackling these setbacks. This study finally concludes with an emphatic appeal on the important need for drastic actions meant to be carried out with a united joint effort from all stakeholders.

The Impact of Media on Religious Conflict in Egypt

Abstract: New media outlets, enabled by modern technology, are having far-reaching and profound impact on society unlike any previous time in history. While the media’s reach is not new, the way in which individuals are interacting with media has changed dramatically. Seemingly, overnight, unidirectional and highly censored transmission of information to the masses has transformed into an interactive environment marked by decreased censorship, rising freedom and a belief that news is no longer only the journalist’s domain: news can come from anyone, anywhere, at any time. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of media expansion enabled by technological innovation on religious views in the Arab society. This paper aims to examine a growing and significant trend in the Arab world namely religious intolerance, division and conflict. We believe recent media expansion has contributed significantly to this intolerance and division by providing and making accessible various media outlets to various parties who use media to spread their religious ideology. A man told his grandson: "A terrible fight is going on inside me -- a fight between two wolves. One is evil, and represents hate, anger, arrogance, intolerance, and superiority. The other is good, and represents joy, peace, love, tolerance, understanding, humility, kindness, empathy, generosity, and compassion. This same fight is going on inside you, inside every other person too." The grandson then asked: "Which wolf will win?". The old man replied simply: "The one you feed." - Anon.

Adaptación cultural de Steven Universe para hispanoamérica: Exportación de una agenda progresista de género en animación

Abstract: Se analiza la adaptacion cultural para Latinoamerica de la serie animada Steven Universe, la cual promueve una agenda progresista respecto al genero que ha sido reconocida ampliamente en su pais de origen. Este trabajo explora si dicha agenda permanece tras la adaptacion cultural del programa para la region latinoamericana hispanohablante. Por tanto, se realizo un analisis exhaustivo de la version de la serie doblada al espanol latino, asi como del material promocional difundido en la region. Se comprobo que, a diferencia de otras partes del mundo donde se han censurado de manera sistematica las escenas y dialogos de la serie que promueven la diversidad de genero, en la version para America Latina de habla hispana las discrepancias en el doblaje son escasas y posiblemente debidas a factores tecnicos, por lo que no se puede afirmar que haya censura. Se concluye que la adaptacion cultural de Steven Universe propone para la region un lector modelo muy similar al de la cultura original norteamericana.

Weaving into the mediascape: an institutional ethnography of NGO Media Activism in South Africa

Abstract: Media Monitoring Africa (hereafter MMA), is a Johannesburg-based non-governmental organization (NGO) with the goals to increase media quality, refocus media ethics, foster media diversity, and advance media democracy. Via an institutional ethnography, conducted during six weeks of fieldwork, I take up MMA’s particular case to investigate how the NGO has become understood as “part” of the South African mediascape, rather than an auxiliary agent. Through participant observation of the NGO’s daily routines, in-depth interviews with MMA members and local media professionals, as well as textual analysis of organizational documents, I found that MMA has managed to weave into the organizational fabric of the South African mediascape. The ethnographic data reveals that MMA is commonly perceived as a necessary element of the South African mediascape—a status that moves beyond the often strictly interventionist role of activist NGOs. I argue that MMA has achieved this unique social position in the mediascape through four central organizational-activist practices: 1. consistent intervention on the same sets of issues; 2. activist innovation around the mode of their intervention(s); 3. multilateral activism (political economy, media policy, media content); and 4. successful curation of relationships with media stakeholders.

Procesos, prácticas y actores de comunicación alternativa digital en el contexto mexicano

Abstract: El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar las caracteristicas de la produccion, organizacion y gestion de la comunicacion alternativa entre seis casos de estudio del contexto mexicano: Las EnREDadas; Hij@s de la tierra; Somos el Medio; las abejas de Acteal; Radio Zapote y RompeViento. Cada uno de ellos, integrado por jovenes de contextos diferentes y con ambitos de intereses muy diversos. La metodologia empleada fue de corte cualitativo y se emplearon tres instrumentos de recoleccion de informacion: 1) analisis de contenido cualitativo; 2) entrevistas semi-estructuradas en profundidad y 3) la observacion participante interna y externa. A traves de un analisis por categorias, los principales hallazgos que plantea este trabajo giran en torno a la redefinicion de algunas de las categorias basicas de la comunicacion alternativa, a partir de su ejercicio en los entornos digitales: la interaccion, participacion, comunicacion horizontal, mensaje contrahegemonico y praxis de transformacion social. En su conjunto, esta aportacion permite ver los cambios y continuidades del ejercicio de los medios de comunicacion alternativa en un contexto de multiples incertidumbres en los entornos digitales.

Percepciones de la interacción y la comunicación en el trabajo colaborativo con TIC, comparativa de los alumnos licenciatura en Comunicación y Periodismo y de la licenciatura en Desarrollo local de la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro.

Abstract: Resumen.El objetivo del trabajo es conocer la manera en que se dan los procesos de comunicacion y las herramientas digitales que utilizan los alumnos de la Licenciatura en Comunicacion y Periodismo y de Desarrollo Local de la Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro en Mexico, al trabajar colaborativamente. A traves de dos grupos focales con alumnos de diferentes semestres; se investigo sobre dos dimensiones de la colaboracion: la comunicacion y el dialogo mediante el uso de herramientas tecnologicas. Se encontro que existen dificultades al comunicarse y dialogar cuando trabajan de manera colaborativa, no saben hacerlo; y que las herramientas tecnologicas dificultan mas este proceso. Por otro lado la falta de infraestructura en las zonas rurales hace complicado el uso de las tecnologias para colaborar lo que priva a algunos de esta experiencia. Con base en los resultados se concluye que las instituciones educativas deben apoyar la adopcion de estrategias didacticas que permitan desarrollar y evaluar habilidades colaborativas que generen un verdadero dialogo que fortalezca las actividades del aprendizaje colaborativo sin importar si se usan o no, las herramientas tecnologicas. Es importante el papel de las Universidades y el gobierno en la cobertura de la infraestructura para el uso de internet.

The Representation of the U.S.-Mexico Border in Television News: Textual Analysis on Bodies and Security Enforcement

Abstract: This article analyzes how television news has enhanced the role of representation of the United States-Mexico border in themes such as immigration, theme represented in “spectacular” ways related to “warfare”. Using textual analysis on TV reports, my aim is to show how local television network news in the United States (NBC) and Mexico (Televisa) construct the representation of the U.S./Mexico border through a particular conflicting vision to account for border enforcements and interventions on both sides and with similar visual strategies. The analysis centers on actual “visual text” or television news reports, which tries to demonstrates how assumptions guide the activity of local network coverage, and how, at the same time, limits what is reported in news. This consequently contributes to the perpetuation of a representation related to ¨crisis¨ in the border region.

NGO and Media Appeals Usage in Egypt: Ramadan as a Case Study

Abstract: Civil society organizations are found in various forms and scale. They devote effort and resources to wide range of causes. One vital form of civil society organization is nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Like various civil sector entities, NGOs operate within a rigid financial environment. The non-profit organization-donor relationship is crucial to a sustainable performance of the non-profit sector. Literature review suggested that people have an internal reward for virtuous behavior acting as an internal rewards mechanism. Building upon such hypothesis, NGO needs to utilize all possible donations techniques for survival. Given the mass media's vital role in advocating any development program and shaping public opinion, media appeals are broadcasted via a medium with substantial magnitude of audience and viewership. This study used content analysis to assess media appeals-mainly focusing on fear and empathy - shown during commercial breaks among three top ranked Egyptian satellite networks, with highest ranking during primetime viewership.

Promotion of Educational Institutions through Press and Publicity Work

Abstract: Public relations department and its activities are playing an important role in promotion, development, image building and branding of educational institutions. Academic institutions are organizing various events and activities to get media coverage for the same. Educational institutes organize seminars, conferences, interaction programmes, culture fest, student activities, club activities, faculty club activities, national and international visits, campus tours, presentation, convocation, orientation programme, faculty interaction programme and FDPs. Entire activities organized by the various departments of the university or educational institutions through their public relation department try to get media coverage in print, electronic and web media. The press and publicity work is a challenging job for the PROs of educational institutions and organizations. Press and publicity work includes press release, news editing, conducting press conferences and interviews with the visitors and achievers, writing special articles on the campus attraction and facilities, important photographs of the event for the press, videos of the event for the electronic media and help to manage the events. This study is based on my conceptual knowledge, practical experience and a systematic research methodology process. An attempt has been made to understand the role of press and publicity in the promotion of educational institutions.