Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2021.1994686
P. Jayan, M. Dutta
ABSTRACT Aotearoa New Zealand’s pandemic communication approach amidst the COVID-19 (C19) has been applauded around the world. The New Zealand government’s border controls and other measures in response to C19 impacted refugees at the margins and prevented people from accessing support services and healthcare. The sanctioned power to ‘care’ thus became a performative form of power for silencing through the dismissing of voices of refugees as being irrelevant. Experiences of refugees at the margins are constructed amid the erasure of community voices in dominant approaches to health. What was missing from the dominant discourses was the voice of the refugees, who had gone through painful experiences of displacement and resettlement. How did the refugee communities at the margins of Aotearoa New Zealand navigate through the prevailing structural impediments to health during the pandemic? In this study, we use a culture- centred analysis to centre the structural context of disenfranchisement during the COVID-19 lockdown. Drawing on in-depth interviews with refugee participants, we attend to how health is negotiated in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown response at the margins. Infectious diseases such asC19 lay bare the structural determinants that create health and well-being challenges among refugee communities in New Zealand. The narratives point out that the one-size-fits-all approach of the government left behind refugees at the margins during the C19 in the public health efforts.
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Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2021.1978627
J. Robb
ABSTRACT An estimated 11.3 million undocumented immigrants reside in the United States, with a majority of this population having limited access to the U.S. healthcare system. This article draws upon in-depth interviews with 25 undocumented immigrants currently living in South Florida to examine how they survive and maintain their health given they are disenfranchised from the U.S. healthcare system. Using a culture-centred approach, I invited ‘people without papers’ to share stories about how their marginalised social status and cultural backgrounds influence the everyday ways they navigate the healthcare system and make health decisions. Participants’ stories focused on four main themes: finding accessible healthcare spaces through the ‘silent network’ (local undocumented immigrants); making healthcare comfortable through cultural solidarity; and supporting emotional/mental health through the ‘silent network’.
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Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2021.2006113
Katey A. Price, M. Hill
ABSTRACT Alzheimer’s disease is shrouded in stigma even though roughly 47 million people around the world have been diagnosed with the disease. This stigma is perpetuated through media, cultural misunderstandings, and age-related stereotypes, and is so powerful that it results in the silencing and social death of many of these individuals. This paper theoretically extends the model of self-stigma, using high-profile examples to illustrate individuals’ response paths, and emphasises the need for social interventions to improve quality of life for those living with Alzheimer’s disease; a moral imperative as diagnoses are expected to reach 130 million over the next 30 years.
{"title":"The silence of Alzheimer’s disease: Stigma, epistemic injustice, and the inequity of those with progressive cognitive impairment","authors":"Katey A. Price, M. Hill","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2021.2006113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2021.2006113","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Alzheimer’s disease is shrouded in stigma even though roughly 47 million people around the world have been diagnosed with the disease. This stigma is perpetuated through media, cultural misunderstandings, and age-related stereotypes, and is so powerful that it results in the silencing and social death of many of these individuals. This paper theoretically extends the model of self-stigma, using high-profile examples to illustrate individuals’ response paths, and emphasises the need for social interventions to improve quality of life for those living with Alzheimer’s disease; a moral imperative as diagnoses are expected to reach 130 million over the next 30 years.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"80 2-3 1","pages":"326 - 343"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78143827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-01DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2021.1958635
T. Nguyen, S. Croucher, A. Diers-Lawson, Elena Maydell
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has brought increased discrimination, stigma, and racism toward individuals of Asian descent. Little research has concentrated on public perceptions regarding who is to blame for the spread of the virus. This study extends integrated threat and attribution theories by examining the extent to which prejudice against Asians is related to blame attribution in New Zealand. The paper employs a mixed-method approach (n = 330). The findings suggest that to understand public stigma in ambiguous crises/events, it is significant to look beyond theoretic frameworks. Particularly, this research provides better understanding of how blame attribution has developed and linked with threats in the pandemic. First, fear of contact with COVID-19 is positively related to symbolic and realistic threats. Second, the more people believe COVID-19 is a public health risk, the more symbolic and realistic threats they have. Third, realistic threat is linked to blame attribution.
{"title":"Who’s to blame for the spread of COVID-19 in New Zealand? Applying attribution theory to understand public stigma","authors":"T. Nguyen, S. Croucher, A. Diers-Lawson, Elena Maydell","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2021.1958635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2021.1958635","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has brought increased discrimination, stigma, and racism toward individuals of Asian descent. Little research has concentrated on public perceptions regarding who is to blame for the spread of the virus. This study extends integrated threat and attribution theories by examining the extent to which prejudice against Asians is related to blame attribution in New Zealand. The paper employs a mixed-method approach (n = 330). The findings suggest that to understand public stigma in ambiguous crises/events, it is significant to look beyond theoretic frameworks. Particularly, this research provides better understanding of how blame attribution has developed and linked with threats in the pandemic. First, fear of contact with COVID-19 is positively related to symbolic and realistic threats. Second, the more people believe COVID-19 is a public health risk, the more symbolic and realistic threats they have. Third, realistic threat is linked to blame attribution.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"58 1","pages":"379 - 396"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73667406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-03DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2021.2013087
Walter von Mettenheim, Klaus-Peter Wiedmann
ABSTRACT In this study, we investigate how the attractiveness and gender of an influencer impact receivers’ reaction depends on the users’ own attractiveness and gender. In social media, these variables may play different roles for individuals in varying contexts. To analyse these issues, a survey including 374 observations was conducted and analysed through structural equation modelling in SmartPLS. The results of our quantitative investigation were partially counter-intuitive. In most cases, a highly attractive influencer is more advantageous than an influencer of low attractiveness. More surprisingly, for male fashion, a female influencer appears to be more advantageous. Explanations are provided; based on the findings and implications for practitioners and influencers are proposed.
{"title":"The role of fashion influencers’ attractiveness: A gender-specific perspective","authors":"Walter von Mettenheim, Klaus-Peter Wiedmann","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2021.2013087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2021.2013087","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this study, we investigate how the attractiveness and gender of an influencer impact receivers’ reaction depends on the users’ own attractiveness and gender. In social media, these variables may play different roles for individuals in varying contexts. To analyse these issues, a survey including 374 observations was conducted and analysed through structural equation modelling in SmartPLS. The results of our quantitative investigation were partially counter-intuitive. In most cases, a highly attractive influencer is more advantageous than an influencer of low attractiveness. More surprisingly, for male fashion, a female influencer appears to be more advantageous. Explanations are provided; based on the findings and implications for practitioners and influencers are proposed.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"416 1","pages":"263 - 290"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76475013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-03DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2021.1958467
Tharwat Arafat, B. Hamamra
ABSTRACT This article examines the social and linguistic functions of word elongation in Palestinian Facebook-mediated communication. Drawing on Ochs’ social constructivism and Parrott’s classification of emotions, we analyse a 65-discourse corpus of personal interviews using a mixed methods approach. It finds, while there are many similarities in the conventions related to word elongation between male sand females, 75% of the female sample use this practice while 45% of the males said they hardly used it. Word elongation is clearly a feature that characterises female language although its use is not restricted to females. Forty percent of males would use it to indicate that they are angry whereas 45% of females would use abbreviations instead. While 60% of females use word elongation to express positive feelings, 40% of males would use it to communicate positive emotions. The researchers conclude that elongated words reflect a social change in Palestinian society with respect to gender and language.
{"title":"Gender and word elongation in Facebook-mediated communication in Palestinian Arabic","authors":"Tharwat Arafat, B. Hamamra","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2021.1958467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2021.1958467","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article examines the social and linguistic functions of word elongation in Palestinian Facebook-mediated communication. Drawing on Ochs’ social constructivism and Parrott’s classification of emotions, we analyse a 65-discourse corpus of personal interviews using a mixed methods approach. It finds, while there are many similarities in the conventions related to word elongation between male sand females, 75% of the female sample use this practice while 45% of the males said they hardly used it. Word elongation is clearly a feature that characterises female language although its use is not restricted to females. Forty percent of males would use it to indicate that they are angry whereas 45% of females would use abbreviations instead. While 60% of females use word elongation to express positive feelings, 40% of males would use it to communicate positive emotions. The researchers conclude that elongated words reflect a social change in Palestinian society with respect to gender and language.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"43 1","pages":"221 - 242"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76940446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-03DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2021.1989886
Susan Fountaine, Cathy Strong, Flora Galy-Badenas, L. Salter
ABSTRACT Aotearoa New Zealand is often portrayed as a leader in gender equity, with the recent ascendance of Jacinda Ardern to Prime Minister reinforcing that image in the national and international media. However, 20 years of national data from the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) show that gender imbalances continue in most aspects of the news sector, particularly in sports reporting. While the gender balance in New Zealand’s journalistic workforce has improved, this shift has not resulted in nearly such impressive gains in terms of sources and subjects in news stories. Drawing on other research to extend the insights provided by the GMMP findings, we suggest that young women are readily recruited into journalism but their pay, influence and hopes of promotion remain limited. We conclude by arguing that NZ has made substantial progress towards gender equity but much more can be done.
{"title":"A 20-year stocktake of Aotearoa New Zealand’s performance in the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP): Feminisation of the newsroom but still not gender parity","authors":"Susan Fountaine, Cathy Strong, Flora Galy-Badenas, L. Salter","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2021.1989886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2021.1989886","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Aotearoa New Zealand is often portrayed as a leader in gender equity, with the recent ascendance of Jacinda Ardern to Prime Minister reinforcing that image in the national and international media. However, 20 years of national data from the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) show that gender imbalances continue in most aspects of the news sector, particularly in sports reporting. While the gender balance in New Zealand’s journalistic workforce has improved, this shift has not resulted in nearly such impressive gains in terms of sources and subjects in news stories. Drawing on other research to extend the insights provided by the GMMP findings, we suggest that young women are readily recruited into journalism but their pay, influence and hopes of promotion remain limited. We conclude by arguing that NZ has made substantial progress towards gender equity but much more can be done.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"105 1","pages":"207 - 220"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80856858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-03DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2021.1995113
Azmat Rasul
ABSTRACT In political campaigns, candidates and parties frequently use biographical films based on politicians’ life stories to attract voters during election years. However, little academic attention is paid to investigating the cognitive and affective influences of biographical political movies on viewers’ attitudes. This study explores the psychological processes underlying these influences, which might change audiences’ attitudes towards political protagonists in the movies. Specifically, this study focuses on the mediating role of narrative transportation and enjoyment as psychological influences affecting viewers’ attitudes towards female politicians in the biographical films. Using data from 331 participants in an experimental study, a conceptual model was tested, which yielded significant results. The study found that enjoyment and narrative transportation experienced during exposure to biographical films positively influenced viewers’ attitude towards the lead character depicted as a female politician. These findings contribute to and provide important clarification to the existing literature and have both methodological and practical implications.
{"title":"See Jane entertain: Exploring a conceptual model of the effects of (semi)fictional entertainment on attitude towards female politicians","authors":"Azmat Rasul","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2021.1995113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2021.1995113","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In political campaigns, candidates and parties frequently use biographical films based on politicians’ life stories to attract voters during election years. However, little academic attention is paid to investigating the cognitive and affective influences of biographical political movies on viewers’ attitudes. This study explores the psychological processes underlying these influences, which might change audiences’ attitudes towards political protagonists in the movies. Specifically, this study focuses on the mediating role of narrative transportation and enjoyment as psychological influences affecting viewers’ attitudes towards female politicians in the biographical films. Using data from 331 participants in an experimental study, a conceptual model was tested, which yielded significant results. The study found that enjoyment and narrative transportation experienced during exposure to biographical films positively influenced viewers’ attitude towards the lead character depicted as a female politician. These findings contribute to and provide important clarification to the existing literature and have both methodological and practical implications.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"10 1","pages":"243 - 262"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82944719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-03DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2021.2013097
C. Herzog, J. Meese
ABSTRACT Public service media organisations manage the challenges they face as they transition to a converged environment by innovating in the areas of distribution, programming, and engagement. Many commercial media companies critique public service innovation and argue that it is ‘crowding out’ the private market. Focusing on public service media organisations in Germany and Australia, this article examines the relationship between innovation, regulation and resilience. We argue that while the Australian model of innovation performs a vital role for the domestic media industry, it does not always contribute to the long-term resilience of individual innovations brought out by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Conversely, while innovation is hamstrung by layers of bureaucracy in Germany, once innovations developed by Second German Television are legally approved, they operate in a relatively uncontested manner. To explain the findings, we propose a comparative framework consisting of four factors: size, public/private divide, regulatory frameworks and legal traditions.
{"title":"Public service media, innovation policy and the ‘crowding out’ problem","authors":"C. Herzog, J. Meese","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2021.2013097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2021.2013097","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Public service media organisations manage the challenges they face as they transition to a converged environment by innovating in the areas of distribution, programming, and engagement. Many commercial media companies critique public service innovation and argue that it is ‘crowding out’ the private market. Focusing on public service media organisations in Germany and Australia, this article examines the relationship between innovation, regulation and resilience. We argue that while the Australian model of innovation performs a vital role for the domestic media industry, it does not always contribute to the long-term resilience of individual innovations brought out by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Conversely, while innovation is hamstrung by layers of bureaucracy in Germany, once innovations developed by Second German Television are legally approved, they operate in a relatively uncontested manner. To explain the findings, we propose a comparative framework consisting of four factors: size, public/private divide, regulatory frameworks and legal traditions.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"86 1","pages":"291 - 305"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90522865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2021.1927563
K. Kuehn
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