Pub Date : 2021-06-01DOI: 10.30547/worldofmedia.2.2021.2
G. Simons, A. Manoilo
This article examines the nature of the origin, definitions and functional principles of so-called fake news – reports that are deliberately false in nature which can create a stir in society around a non-existent informational case born ofthesamenews source.Incombinationwithviraltechnologiesandmechanisms of distribution in the media and social networks, fake news in modern political campaigns is becoming a dangerous tool for influencing mass consciousness of societies. The main task of fake news in modern political campaigns and processes is interception of the political agenda, with its subsequent closure to the news feed generated by the fake news itself, as well as creation of general excitement around the given news story. This present article seeks to review and analyse the academic debates on the what (definition), how (operationalization) and why (motivation) questions pertaining to the fake news phenomena. These aspects are then combined to generate the beginnings of creating a conceptual taxonomy to understand this highly topical and emotive concept.
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Pub Date : 2021-06-01DOI: 10.30547/worldofmedia.2.2021.3
J. Ugwuoke, J. A. Erubami
Although the need to guarantee human rights has been long acknowledged, efforts towards their full realization seem limited to the sole reliance on the conventional top-down approach to development. However, current development discourse emphasizes the centrality of people’s involvement in social development, such as human rights promotion, and the social media seem to hold considerable prospects in the actualization of this goal. Using a survey of 1,000 respondents drawn from states across Nigeria, this study investigates how new media technologies, such as social media, are shifting focus from the sole reliance on the mainstream media and influencing public involvement in human rights promotion in Nigeria. Findings showed that the social media have engendered community-wide engagements of people in efforts aimed at reducing cases of human rights violation in Nigeria, as people do not only get exposed to human rights issues on the social media, but also participate in their discussion and promotion. Overall, using the social media for human rights advocacy was significantly associated with respondents’ gender (.528**), education (.674**), perception (.753**), and social media exposure (.421**). Hence, there is the need for stakeholders to leverage the potentials of the social media in the promotion of people’s fundamental rights.
{"title":"old war, new battleground: deconstructing the potency of social media for community engagement in nigeria’s human rights advocacy efforts","authors":"J. Ugwuoke, J. A. Erubami","doi":"10.30547/worldofmedia.2.2021.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30547/worldofmedia.2.2021.3","url":null,"abstract":"Although the need to guarantee human rights has been long acknowledged, efforts towards their full realization seem limited to the sole reliance on the conventional top-down approach to development. However, current development discourse emphasizes the centrality of people’s involvement in social development, such as human rights promotion, and the social media seem to hold considerable prospects in the actualization of this goal. Using a survey of 1,000 respondents drawn from states across Nigeria, this study investigates how new media technologies, such as social media, are shifting focus from the sole reliance on the mainstream media and influencing public involvement in human rights promotion in Nigeria. Findings showed that the social media have engendered community-wide engagements of people in efforts aimed at reducing cases of human rights violation in Nigeria, as people do not only get exposed to human rights issues on the social media, but also participate in their discussion and promotion. Overall, using the social media for human rights advocacy was significantly associated with respondents’ gender (.528**), education (.674**), perception (.753**), and social media exposure (.421**). Hence, there is the need for stakeholders to leverage the potentials of the social media in the promotion of people’s fundamental rights.","PeriodicalId":36142,"journal":{"name":"World of Media","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77240227","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 : 2021-06-01DOI: 10.30547/worldofmedia.2.2021.4
O. Vikhrova, A. Hradziushka, O. Muravyova, M. Alekyan, Nazira Akhmedova
Mass media, as the main tool for information support of integration processes of any regional economic association, are designed to ensure the internal stability of the Eurasian Economic Union, without which it is impossible to strengthen its position on the international stage. In this article, through the analysis of news content of the mainstream broadcasters and print and online media of the member states, it was identified, which thematical components of the image of the Eurasian Economic Union, affecting the perception of the young regional association by population, and to what extent they are currently available to mass audience in Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. The study showed that the information support of the Eurasian integration, unregulated for five years and transferred to the management of the media themselves, led to that the main topics as of Q4 2019 were: meetings of the leaders of the EAEU states, legislative regulation, as well as the prospects for the development of the relations between the Union countries. At the same time, the vast majority of materials are depersonalized information, rather than personalized materials that illustrate the benefits of integration for the public. All this leads to the formation of information apathy to the integration issues both in society and on the part of the journalists themselves.
{"title":"Information support of the eurasian integration: the image of the EAEU in the mainstream media of the member states","authors":"O. Vikhrova, A. Hradziushka, O. Muravyova, M. Alekyan, Nazira Akhmedova","doi":"10.30547/worldofmedia.2.2021.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30547/worldofmedia.2.2021.4","url":null,"abstract":"Mass media, as the main tool for information support of integration processes of any regional economic association, are designed to ensure the internal stability of the Eurasian Economic Union, without which it is impossible to strengthen its position on the international stage. In this article, through the analysis of news content of the mainstream broadcasters and print and online media of the member states, it was identified, which thematical components of the image of the Eurasian Economic Union, affecting the perception of the young regional association by population, and to what extent they are currently available to mass audience in Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. The study showed that the information support of the Eurasian integration, unregulated for five years and transferred to the management of the media themselves, led to that the main topics as of Q4 2019 were: meetings of the leaders of the EAEU states, legislative regulation, as well as the prospects for the development of the relations between the Union countries. At the same time, the vast majority of materials are depersonalized information, rather than personalized materials that illustrate the benefits of integration for the public. All this leads to the formation of information apathy to the integration issues both in society and on the part of the journalists themselves.","PeriodicalId":36142,"journal":{"name":"World of Media","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80965774","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 : 2020-09-01DOI: 10.30547/worldofmedia.3.2020.2
K. Chobanyan
Nearly 35 years ago 24-hour global news channels proved to be the fast, efficient and popular way of news production and delivery. They re-defined television news and used to sell this product successfully until the spawn of digital era. However, today younger audience prefers to get their news mainly from digital sources. 24-hour news channels are facing the tough challenge, having to conquer the new ways of packaging and delivering the news. This study uses quantitative content analysis to explore the different practices some of the biggest global news channels are using on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. The findings suggest that TV news powerhouses are abandoning video as their main specialty on digital platforms and mostly use traditional production formats to create the digital news product. We also come to conclusion that each platform is being used for different purposes: YouTube offers mainly the same content viewers would find on traditional TV; Facebook mainly drives traffic to the company web-site; and Instagram so far is the platform lacking clear content strategy, used for strengthening the brand rather than distributing news. The quality of some video materials offered by 24-hour news channels often does not meet conventional professional standards.
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Pub Date : 2020-06-01DOI: 10.30547/worldofmedia.2.2020.2
Anna Gladkova, Taras S. Cherevko
{"title":"Online media in the languages of Russian ethnic groups: Current state and key trends","authors":"Anna Gladkova, Taras S. Cherevko","doi":"10.30547/worldofmedia.2.2020.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30547/worldofmedia.2.2020.2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36142,"journal":{"name":"World of Media","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88309011","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 : 2019-12-01DOI: 10.30547/worldofmedia.4.2019.2
Aminul Islam, B. Kumar
Multiple information and communication technologies are ubiquitous in human lives today. Our pattern of social interactions, formation and maintaining of relationships and status of mental health are mostly shaped by the communication technologies and social media platforms. Yet several studies show that we feel increasingly alone and the sense and feeling of loneliness are becoming an epidemic in modern society. On the other hand, several studies indicate that the use of communication technologies and social media platforms affect academic achievements of students both positively and negatively. The dimensions of an individual’s loneliness and interactions on social media platforms are well documented from the perspective of western countries, yet little is known about it from the context of developing countries like Bangladesh. The purpose of this study was to examine the structure of real-life and virtual social network and their relationship with loneliness and academic achievements of university students in the country. In this regard, the study used primary data collected from 234 university students. The study employed Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS-6) and UCLA loneliness scale to measure the level of real-life social network and loneliness. The study finds that students are averagely engaged in real-life social network and moderately lonely. The study also finds a significant and positive relationship between Facebook use and loneliness, and a significant and positive relationship between social media (Facebook) use and loneliness. In addition, the study finds that academic performance or GPA of a student may be decreased by 0.843 and 0.781 if the student uses social media one hour more and suffer from loneliness, respectively. researchers, no researcher has explored the relationship between mental health (loneliness) and real-life social network and virtual social network (Facebook), from the context of Bangladesh. To fill up the gap, this study investigates the structure of real-life and virtual social network and their relationship with loneliness and academic
多种信息通信技术在当今人类生活中无处不在。我们的社会互动模式、人际关系的形成和维持以及心理健康状况在很大程度上受到通信技术和社交媒体平台的影响。然而，几项研究表明，我们越来越感到孤独，孤独感和感觉正在成为现代社会的一种流行病。另一方面，一些研究表明，通信技术和社交媒体平台的使用对学生的学业成绩既有积极的影响，也有消极的影响。从西方国家的角度来看，个人的孤独和社交媒体平台上的互动的维度得到了很好的记录，但从孟加拉国等发展中国家的角度来看，人们对此知之甚少。摘要本研究旨在探讨我国大学生现实生活和虚拟社会网络的结构及其与孤独感和学业成绩的关系。在这方面，研究使用了从234名大学生收集的原始数据。本研究采用Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS-6)和UCLA孤独感量表对现实生活中的社交网络和孤独感进行测量。研究发现，学生们在现实生活中的社交网络中处于中等水平，并且有一定程度的孤独感。研究还发现，Facebook的使用与孤独感之间存在显著的正相关关系，社交媒体(Facebook)的使用与孤独感之间存在显著的正相关关系。此外，研究发现，如果学生多使用社交媒体一小时，学业成绩和GPA分别会下降0.843和0.781。没有研究人员从孟加拉国的背景下探讨心理健康(孤独)与现实生活中的社交网络和虚拟社交网络(Facebook)之间的关系。为了填补这一空白，本研究调查了现实生活和虚拟社会网络的结构及其与孤独感和学业的关系
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Pub Date : 2019-09-01DOI: 10.30547/worldofmedia.3.2019.1
Namita Nagpal, S. Tripathi
{"title":"New media, youngsters and family: An emerging culture of changing communication practices in Indian families – a study in Delhi and NCR","authors":"Namita Nagpal, S. Tripathi","doi":"10.30547/worldofmedia.3.2019.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30547/worldofmedia.3.2019.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36142,"journal":{"name":"World of Media","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87390048","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 : 2019-09-01DOI: 10.30547/worldofmedia.3.2019.2
S. Jamil, Gifty Appiah-Adjei
{"title":"Journalism in the era of mobile technology: The changing pattern of news production and the thriving culture of fake news in Pakistan and Ghana","authors":"S. Jamil, Gifty Appiah-Adjei","doi":"10.30547/worldofmedia.3.2019.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30547/worldofmedia.3.2019.2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36142,"journal":{"name":"World of Media","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81827422","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 : 2019-09-01DOI: 10.30547/worldofmedia.3.2019.3
Elizabeth Titilayo Aduloju
{"title":"Content analysis of the reflection of media literacy in communication curricula of select Nigerian universities","authors":"Elizabeth Titilayo Aduloju","doi":"10.30547/worldofmedia.3.2019.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30547/worldofmedia.3.2019.3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36142,"journal":{"name":"World of Media","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90928152","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 : 2019-06-01DOI: 10.30547/WORLDOFMEDIA.2.2019.1
Anthony Moretti
{"title":"The 2017 Saudi-Qatari crisis: The White House and The New York Times see two different events","authors":"Anthony Moretti","doi":"10.30547/WORLDOFMEDIA.2.2019.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30547/WORLDOFMEDIA.2.2019.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36142,"journal":{"name":"World of Media","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84258335","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}
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