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Initiatives To Counter Fake News In Selected Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, Peter Roudik, Graciela Rodriguez-Ferrand, Edouardo Soares, Tariq Ahmad, Laney Zhang, George Sadek, Nicolas Boring, Jenny Gesley, Ruth Levush, Sayuri Umeda, Hanibal Goitom, Kelly Buchanan, Norma C. Gutiérrez, Astghik Grigoryan, Elin Hofverberg, Clare Feikert-Ahalt

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Comparative Summary by Peter Roudik, Director of Legal Research

This report examines the legal approaches of fifteen countries, representing all regions of the world, to the emerging problem of manipulation with “fake news” using mass and social media, especially the impact of fake news on ongoing political processes and elections, and the legislative measures undertaken to counteract the dissemination of false information. Fake news as a phenomenon is not new and has been known since ancient times, but the present-day proliferation of digital and social media platforms, which allow for much broader distribution of information to a global audience, makes …

Must Stay Woke: Black Celebrity Voices Of Dissent In The Post Post-Racial Era, Lily Kunda

Institute for the Humanities Theses

In today’s racially charged climate there is an expectation that black celebrities cry out #BlackLivesMatter, get on the field to #TakeAKnee and be #UnapologeticallyBlack whenever they are in the spotlight. This climate transcends what was once seen as a post-racial America— a time where the media portrayed race as no longer being an issue— and encourages black celebrities to address racism. Prior research on black celebrities by Sarah J. Jackson, Ellis Cashmore, bell hooks, James Baldwin and others acknowledges the historical burden placed on black celebrities to publicly discuss racism and represent blackness in order to challenge dominant narratives. Today, …

Spartan Daily, March 28, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

Volume 152, Issue 28

Prospectus, March 28, 2019, Parkland College, Emma Fleming, Nic Hansen, Ayla Mcdonald, Paul Benson, Chad Beyler

Prospectus 2019

Humans of Parkland: Nour Kibech, The Human Library is coming to Parkland College, Support Illinois Literacy with UC Books To Prisoners, Parkland to Screen the Documentary, Free Cece, Four Cobras Honored with Conference, Region Awards

Source Effects Of Health Information And Digital Health Literacy Among College Students: An Elaboration Likelihood Model Perspective, Julia Morton

LSU Master's Theses

While advertising and persuasion is a widely researched area in mass communication, the impact of health marketing on consumer behavior remains a relatively new arena. The complex health information landscape online is comprised of both public health organizations seeking to improve health behaviors as well as businesses seeking to sell their products or services. It is well documented in the communication literature that the source of information can impact the recipient in a multitude of ways. Digital health literacy is undoubtedly an essential skill for anyone interacting with health information online, spurring the question, do individuals with low and high …

Spartan Daily, March 27, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

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Spartan Daily, March 26, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

Volume 152, Issue 26

The Prospector, March 26, 2019, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Border Challenges Increase

The Guardian, Week Of March 25, 2019, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of March 25, 2019. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

The Peruvian Minstrel: An Analysis Of The Representations Of Blackness In The Performance Of El Negro Mama From 1995 To 2016, Ana Lucía Mosquera Rosado

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Peruvian mass media has failed in addressing and representing the cultural and ethnic diversity of its country, as the presence and representation of ethnic minorities (indigenous and Afro-Peruvian) are almost exclusively reduced to the reproduction of stereotypes in comedy shows, in which they are often racialized and the target of offenses directly related with their ethnic identities. The analysis will focus on the figure of El Negro Mama, a very popular character in Peruvian television thought to be a portrait of the Afro-Peruvian population. Through the use of textual analysis, the paper will explore of this character in order to …

Spartan Daily, March 21, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

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Spartan Daily, March 20, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

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Objectification Of Women In Bollywood Item Numbers, Zahabia Z. Slatewala

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Although sexual objectification is commonplace in media culture, music videos provide the most potent examples of it. The current investigation makes an important contribution to the relevant literature regarding the objectification of women in song lyrics while simultaneously broadening the content used to assess objectification. It reflects the ways of objectification of women in India by analyzing Bollywood rap and item songs. Based on objectification theory, one of the primary goals in the present study was to measure differences between visual and behavioral sexual objectification, drawing on theoretically derived indicators of sexual objectification. It also concentrated on measuring the change …

Spartan Daily, March 19, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

Voume 151, Issue 23

A Commentary On Narrative Platforms, Cinematic Universes, And Consumers Formerly Known As The Audience, Andreas Treske, Aras Ozgun

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

No abstract provided.

The Unfree Space Of Play: Emergence And Control In The Videogame And The Platform, Logan Brown

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

This article attempts to understand the economic and informatic ramifications of the convergence between increasingly connective games and massive online platforms by considering recent trends in both that center around designing for emergence. Scholarship on emergence as a property of games overwhelmingly treats emergent design as a liberating force that privileges player agency in a virtual space. Yet, as games fuse with surrounding platform ecosystems like Steam, Facebook, and Google, those emergent behaviors are subject to vast systems of inscription that analyze user behavior in order to reshape the free space of emergence and extract greater social and financial capital. …

The Guardian, Week Of March 18, 2019, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of March 18, 2019. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Health Information Seeking As A Coping Strategy To Reduce The Stress Of Informal Caregivers Of Individuals With Alzheimer’S Disease And Other Forms Of Dementia, Nia Francis Mason

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This study explored the relationship between information seeking and the perceived stress levels of informal Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers. An additional component was added to determine whether health literacy and emotional state moderated the relationship.

The study involved conducting qualitative interviews followed by collecting survey data to answer the following research questions: 1) What motivating factors lead informal AD caregivers to seek out information? How do their information needs change? Why do informal caregivers choose to utilize certain resources more than others? Is there a correlation between information seeking and resulting stress levels? Does health literacy moderate the association between …

Key Users, Hashtags, And Topics: Network Analyses Of Twitter During Natural Disasters, Rui Wang

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

During natural disasters, social media can play prominent roles in how publics learn and communicate about disasters, as well as improve disaster communication and operations. The open and flat structure of Twitter platform makes Twitter a suitable platform for disaster communication.

The purpose of this study is to explore the key users, hashtags, and topics in the Twitter networks of natural disasters. In doing so, this study takes a multi-method approach including big data mining and a series of network analyses. This study has collected 9,716,677 tweets during five natural disasters: Louisiana Flood 2016, Hurricane Florence 2018, Hurricane Michael 2018, …

Messaging For Change

DePaul Magazine

A review of the experiences of students from the DePaul College of Communication who traveled to study international advertising and attend the Cannes Lions Festive, the largest global event for professionals in advertising, creative communications and related fields.

Spartan Daily, March 14, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

Volume 152, Issue 22

Prospectus, March 14, 2019, Parkland College, Katherine Majewski, Paul Benson, Emma Fleming, Ayla Mcdonald, Nic Hansen, Katrina Halfaker

Prospectus 2019

Parkland Fire Alarms Spark Concerns, Kendra McClure Teaching Mass Communication and Advising at AMP, Parkland College Foundation Surpasses $50,000 Goal, Irish Food, Music and Storytelling at Sylvia's Irish Inn, Discover India in Foellinger, The "Go Bag" You'll Need: Hospital Edition,

Spartan Daily, March 13, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

Volume 152, Issue 21

Spartan Daily, March 12, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

Volume 152, Issue 20

The Prospector, March 12, 2019, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: UTEP President Finalist Visits

Spartan Daily, March 7, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

Volume 152, Issue 19

Prospectus, March 7, 2019, Parkland College, Ayla Mcdonald, Emma Fleming, Nic Hansen, Paul Benson, Chad Beyler

Prospectus 2019

VOTE FOR PARKLAND'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES, International Fashion show, Successful Student Voices Event, Opinion: Parkland Pride Travels to MBLGTACC...and Survives, Parkland Selects Tapscott, Rose Jr. as February Athletes of the Month, No.8 Cobras Clinch No.1 Seed Behind Big Second Half,

Spartan Daily, March 6, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

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Spartan Daily, March 5, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

Volume 152, Issue 17

The Prospector, March 5, 2019, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Women's Issue