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Media Use By The Syrian Community in Sweden
Full text linkThe study examines the media habits of members of the Syrian diaspora residing in Stockholm,
Sweden, in order to follow up on the conflict and maintain a connection to the homeland. As a result of
the ongoing Syrian Civil War, thousands of citizens are forced to leave Syria and settle down abroad
every day. At the same time, mainstream media outlets are given limited insight into Syria, the
government maintains control over published news content, and a lot of online content is being
censored. This raises questions regarding if, and how, Syrian immigrants outside the nations borders are
communicating with potential friends and family left behind; how they are keeping uptodate
with
developments of the conflict, and where they are able to find reliable information. Previous studies on
the subject of media use among diasporic communities have not taken into account how the Syrian Civil
War has affected the media use by members of the Syrian diaspora. Therefore, the study acts to fill a
void in diaspora research that specifically considers a homeland in turmoil.
Through eleven oneonone
interviews, the study examines what traditional as well as new
media channels are used by members of the Syrian diaspora in Sweden, and how this affects their
conception of the homeland and the nation of residence. Interview respondents are all firstgeneration
immigrants of varied genders and age groups, in order to identify patterns of media consumption among
this group. Specifically, data analysis conducted through a constant comparative method of interview
transcripts examines foreign and local news and broadcast media consumption, as well as Internet use.
The analysis focuses on identifying phenomenological similarities and differences in the perceptions and
motivations of respondents. Findings from the conducted interviews consider differences in how
different genders and age groups use specific media channels in order to follow up the ongoing conflict
in Syria, and how these media affect the respondents’ understanding of Syria. Finally, the study also
considers how these media channels are used by members of the Syrian diaspora in the process of
acculturation and integration into the Swedish community
Media Consumption of Second generation Diaspora in Brussels
Full text linkSome of the existing studies on the media consumption of diaspora (Georgiou,2001, 2002; Hiller & Franz, 2004; Wood & Smiths, 2004; De Andrea & Levine, 2010; Ibold, 2010; Krivolap, 2011; Macri, 2011; Dobrowsky, 2012) confirm that the Internet provides diasporas with new spaces for communication, and a new context for thinking of identity and community. This thesis particularly explores the media consumption of second generation diaspora. It focuses on the ways members of the second generation of the Congolese diaspora in Brussels use Social Network Sites (SNS), especially when it comes to self-expression and cultural identity. This research particularly seeks to identify the various ways and different types of cultural elements that could be presented on SNS. In particular, the study centers on three dimensions: identity and cultural identity, online behaviour (especially on SNS), and the relationship between cultural identity and SNS. The research design comprises of two qualitative methods: two focus groups respectively conducted with five and seven participants, in addition to a series of 13 in-depth interviews conducted with the Congolese youth and emerging adults (18-30 years old). The participants were asked to particularly reflect upon their identities and cultural identities, on their online behaviour, and on the type of cultural elements they share or could share on SNS. The results of the research demonstrated that the second generation of the Congolese diaspora in Brussels often negotiates plural identities: double, African/Congolese, or Cosmopolitan. On a cultural and collective level, the participants were proud of their community but at the same time really pessimistic. This leads to two types of online behaviour and to the expression of different cultural elements. On the one hand, SNS are used as entertainment tools where the positive and negative cultural elements presented are presented in a humoristic way. On the other hand, SNS are used as empowering tools presenting claims of cultural identity and for cultural change within the community and more self-awareness. It was discovered that the interaction on SNS helps the second generation of the Congolese diaspora in their cultural identification process and feeling of belonging
Social media responses of the Turkish diaspora to protests in Turkey: The impact of gezi on attitude and behavioural change
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Political Memes and Fake News Discourses on Instagram
Full text linkPolitical memes have been previously studied in different contexts, but this study fills a gap in literature by employing a mixed method to provide insight into the discourses of fake news on Instagram. The author collected more than 550,000 Instagram posts sent by over 198,000 unique users from 24 February 2012 to 21 December 2018, using the hashtag #fakenews as a search term. The study uses topic modelling to identify the most recurrent topics that are dominant on the platform, while the most active users are identified to understand the nature of the online communities that discuss fake news. In addition, the study offers an analysis of visual metadata that accompanies Instagram images. The findings indicate that Instagram has become a weaponized toxic platform, and the largest community of active users are supporters of the US President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, mostly trolling liberal mainstream media especially CNN, while often aligning themselves with the far-right. On the other hand, a much smaller online community attempts to troll Trump and the Republicans. Theoretically, the study relies on political memes literature and argues that Instagram has become weaponized through an ongoing ‘Meme War,’ for many members in the two main online communities troll and attack each other to exert power on the platform
The Ethical Dimensions of Public Service Advertisements in the Middle East: The Case of Anti-Terrorist Campaigns
No full textThe anti-terror public media campaign started in lraq around 2004 and was called
'Terrorism has no Religion' in order to combat the threats of Al-Qadea and other
affiliated militant groups in the country and aiming at convincing the Iraqi public to
cooperate with the US-led coalition forces. After the withdrawal of the US forces
from the country in late 2010, the campaign stopped but a new one emerged whose
advertisements mostly targeted the Saudi public. This new campaign that is called
'Say no to Terror' is still running and the two Saudi-owned pan Arab regional
channels - Al-Arabiya and MBC- are instrumental in airing its advertisements. This
article discusses the ethical dimensions of these media campaigns with special focus
on the issue of overt violent scenes which they contain and the bias in depicting
certain sects ratherthan the others
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Kekistanis and the Meme War on Social Media
Full text linkThis study examines public discourse, on Instagram and Twitter, related to the alt-right group which call themselves: Kekistanis. It offers an empirical understanding of this community, which uses highly-divisive language in promoting white supremacy through targeted memes. After tracing the origins and nature of the Kekistanis’ coded language, I present a mixed method analysis of tweets and Instagram posts that reference Kekistan and Kek, in order to understand their main themes, messages, and communication strategies.
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