Media and Culture, Culturel Studies, News Ethics, News Analysis, Sociology of Journalism, Advertisement, Consumption Culture, Consumer Behavior, Corporate Communication, Psychology, Social Psychology

Seeking story: Finding the modern day folktale in the daily news

by Brandice Palmer

MODELING NEWS DISSEMINATION ON NUCLEAR ISSUES

by Antonio Barroso

Polarized Political Communication, Oppositional Media Hostility, and Selective Exposure

by Chad Murphy

Co-authored with Kevin Arceneaux and Martin Johnson

Previous research has consistently documented a hostile media effect in which people see bias in balanced reporting on... more Previous research has consistently documented a hostile media effect in which people see bias in balanced reporting on political controversies. In the contemporary fragmented media environment, partisan news outlets intentionally report political news from ideological perspectives, raising the possibility that ideologically biased news may cause viewers to become
increasingly suspicious of and antagonistic toward news media – which we call oppositional media hostility. However, the fragmented media environment also gives television viewers
ample opportunities to tune out news outlets with which they disagree as well as the news altogether, and this should moderate oppositional media hostility. We investigate the effects of partisan news shows on media perceptions across six laboratory-based experiments. We find that counter-attitudinal news programming is more likely to induce hostile media perceptions than pro-attitudinal programming, but that the presence of choice blunts oppositional media hostility.
We explore possible mechanisms that underlie the moderating effects of selective exposure.

Not Ready to Play Nice: An Analysis of Negativity in the News Releases of 2007 Presidential Primary

by Mia Moody

HISTORY OF BEHAVIORISM

by Vic Napier

Selebriti i mediji/ Celebrity and media

by Maja Perovic

Poslato za objavljivanje urednistvu CM-a. Uskoro svi radovi i na engleskom jeziku/ soon,  every paper on English

Rezime:
U radu je pokazano da se pojam selebritija kao i pojam slave menjao se kroz vreme u zavisnosti odmore Rezime:
U radu je pokazano da se pojam selebritija kao i pojam slave menjao se kroz vreme u zavisnosti od
društvenog poretka koji je bio na snazi. Jedna konstanta preovladava, slavne ličnosti su za svoje
postojanje oduvek zavisile od masovnih medija i njihove sposobnosti da posreduju i u datom
posredovanju kreiraju svoju porspektivu, svoju jedinstvenu istinu. Tako se rodio imudž a uz pojavu
informacionog društva i vladavinu medijske kulture i kapitalizma, senzacionalizam postaje pokretačka
snaga u njegovom kreiranju. Kako se u opštoj jurnjavi za novcem i opstankom slava i selebriti šire i
grozničavo zahvataju sve segmente ljudskog života tako se i sadržaji masovnih medija polako
menjaju, mutiraju u „mekše“ sadržaje i izmanipulisane senzacionalističkim elementima. Selebritjem u
modernom društvu ne mora se više nazvati osoba koja je svojim delima zaslužila taj epitet već se i sam
pojam selebritija razgranjava u tri vrste (u zavisnosti od stepena komercijalizacije, vrste
komercijalizacije i međuzavisnosti od masovnih medija): u selebriti kao osnovnu karakteristiku
ličnosti, selebriti kao njegovu dodatnu karakteristiku i selebriti kao jedinu kaarkteristiku. Selebriti
postaju prinčevi, kraljevi, nobelovci, političari, kriminalci, životinje i zvezde najrazličitijih reality
šoova i Interent snimaka.
Sa druge strane, moć medija se korz senzacionalizam koji predstavlja deo selebritizacije pomera ka
pojedincu, selebritiju koji na najrazličitije načine utiče na oblikovanje društva i donošenja, čak i
političkih odluka.

Summary:
This essay shows that the terms of celebrity and fame have changed over time depending on social
order. Never the less, one constant prevails, pure existence of celebrities has always depended on mass
media and their ability to mediate specific perspective and unique truth. The Image was borne. In
information society and rule of media culture and capitalism, sensationalism becomes driving force of
the Image. In general rush for money and survival, fame and meaning of celebrity are spreading to all
segments of every day life. Content of mass media are changing, mutating into soft news manipulated
by sensationalism. In modern society, celebrities do not have to be celebrated by there achievements
and extraordinary talents, term celebrity now can be divided into 3 different groups (depending on
degree of commercialization and interdependence of mass media): celebrities as main characteristic,
celebrities as additional characteristic and celebrates as only characteristic. Princes, kings, Nobel
award winners, politicians, criminals, animals, reality show stars and Internet clips creators are
becoming instant celebrities.
In other hand, through sensationalism as a part of celebritisation, power of media moves to individual,
celebrity that in many different ways is defining society and influencing even political decisions.

Ključne reči: selebriti / masovni mediji / selebritizacija / senzacionalizam / komercijalizacija
/medijska kultura

Key words: celebrity / mass media / celebrification / sensationalism / commercialisation / media culture

Hard and soft news: A review of concepts, operationalizations and key findings

by James Stanyer

Imagens da indústria automotiva para consumo: o mundo do trabalho na ótica da comunicação publicitária

by Vander Casaqui

Este artigo analisa as estratégias da comunicação publicitária da indústria de automóveis no início do século XXI,... more Este artigo analisa as estratégias da comunicação publicitária da indústria de automóveis no início do século XXI, tendo como eixos principais as representações de seus processos produtivos e os significados do consumo. O quadro teórico discute as teorias de McLuhan sobre os aspectos culturais do automóvel, as tendências da produção e os novos papéis a serem assumidos pelo consumidor, nas transformações promovidas pelo marketing moderno. A abordagem teórico-metodológica da
Análise do Discurso de linha francesa foi adotada na reflexão sobre o corpus.

For-consumption images of the automotive industry: the world of work through the lens of advertising communication

by Vander Casaqui

This paper analyzes advertising communication strategies of the automotive industry in the early 21st century, mainly... more This paper analyzes advertising communication strategies of the automotive industry in the early 21st century, mainly from the standpoint of the representations of its productive processes and meanings of consumption. The theoretical framework discusses McLuhan’s theory on cultural aspects of automobiles, production trends and new roles to be assumed by consumers, in the transformations promoted by modern marketing. The theoretical-methodological approach of the French line of Discourse Analysis was adopted in the reflection on the corpus.

Google e o consumo simbólico do trabalho criativo

by Vander Casaqui

The object of this paper is to examine the ways through which Google Corporation gains media visibility and the... more The object of this paper is to examine the ways through which Google Corporation gains media visibility and the meanings of its work environment, when it is publicized in digital media. We analyse the communicational processes which produce Google´ s meaning of creative work, a meaning that is materialized in spaces, environments and human insertions within these scenarios, ruled by the logic of spectacularization and of the translation of the world of work to the sphere of consumption.

Espacialidades, consumo e trabalho pelos olhos de Mr. Hulot: uma análise de Playtime, de Jacques Tati

by Vander Casaqui

This paper develops an analysis of the Jacques Tati’s movie picture Playtime (1967), from which are discussed matters... more This paper develops an analysis of the Jacques Tati’s movie picture Playtime (1967), from which are discussed matters related to consumption, work environment and human communication, mediated by contemporary architecture and technological disposals. The theoretic frame is based on Walter Benjamin’s studies about Paris and the Universal Expositions, as well as on Beatriz Sarlos’s thoughts on consumption spatiality and Wolfgang Fritz Haug’s construction about the work environment’s esthetical strategies within its spaces.

Commentary: Imedi TV’s “Hope” for Cheap Ratings

by Tornike Metreveli

Dekonsumpcja, ekologizacja i zrównoważona konsumpcja jako przeciwwaga dla konsumpcjonizmu

by Klaudia Plażyk

"Materiały Krakowskiej Konferencji Młodych Uczonych 2011", Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie, Kraków 2011

CONSUMER CULTURE AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE – THE ROLE OF THE INSTITUTION OF MARKETING

by Brendan Sheehan

A post-modernist view of global capitalism sees it divided into three systems. They are the system of scarcity... more A post-modernist view of global capitalism sees it divided into three systems. They are the system of scarcity populated by the people of poverty, the system of sufficiency experienced by those with just enough to make do, and the system of abundance experienced by, what Potter calls, the people of plenty.
This paper focuses on the system of abundance. The dominant economic problem in this system is not one of production or distribution but of demand. It is how to persuade the most affluent consumers of the globe – the people of plenty – to keep spending at ever higher levels.
The system of abundance spontaneously generates an institution of marketing that works to solve this problem. The mass messaging of the institution creates a consumer culture in which the people of plenty increasingly perceive themselves as consumer citizens with a shared morality of indulgence and a shared customer mindset. The institution is also the dominant driver of cultural change. The institution creates a “hot” culture of perpetual change to persuade affluent consumers to spend more.
When the work of the institution is successful is promoting ever higher consumer spending the performance of the system of abundance is good, and when it is less successful, as now, its performance is dire.

Predication et information islamique en ligne

by Ermete Mariani

“Prédication et information islamique en ligne”, in Gonzalez-Quijano Yves, Guaaybess Tourya (eds), Les Arabes parlent aux Arabes : la revolution de l’information dans le monde arabe. Paris: Sindbad – Actes Sud, 2009, pag. 224-239

... Comment les éditeurs eux-mêmes définissent-ils ce qu’ils
nomment, dans leurs sites, les “nouvelles... more ... Comment les éditeurs eux-mêmes définissent-ils ce qu’ils
nomment, dans leurs sites, les “nouvelles islamiques” (islamic
news), une “étiquette” souvent mise en avant bien que sa signification soit fort imprécise ? La réponse à une telle question
passe par l’analyse de la production de sites majoritairement
arabophones et anglophones car l’anglais est de facto la langue
dominante aussi bien dans les médias internationaux4 que
dans l’espace virtuel5. Mais elle implique surtout de prendre en
compte les stratégies de communication, les politiques éditoriales des sites, qui peuvent varier du tout au tout

En effet, Internet est en général présenté aux utilisateurs
comme un outil permettant, soit de privilégier des événements
négligés par les médias de masse traditionnels, soit de réagir à
une mauvaise couverture médiatique, ou même une information
biaisée sur l’islam, en faisant la promotion du regard que
les musulmans portent eux-mêmes. Pour autant, les statuts
extrêmement variés des éditeurs – entreprises médiatiques, institutions politiques, groupes militants et sites commerciaux… – imposent de repenser le rapport entre information et communication parce que, sur ce type de site en particulier, les rôles des différents acteurs (journaliste professionnel ou citoyen,
attaché de presse, da‘iya, “prêcheur”…), n’est plus clairement
identifiable.

Culture as accent (Blommaert & Varis)

by Jan Blommaert

Philistines on the Big Screen: consumerism in Soviet cinema of the Brezhnev era

by Natalya Chernyshova

Published in Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema, Vol. 5, No 2 (December 2011), pp 227-54

As living standards improved in the Soviet Union under Brezhnev, the regime was faced with a challenge of growing... more As living standards improved in the Soviet Union under Brezhnev, the regime was faced with a challenge of growing consumerism among its population, especially young people. In these new circumstances, it became important to define the boundaries between acceptable norm and unacceptable excess in socialist consumption, and cinema took an active part in the public discussion that ensued. This article considers a wide range of popular films by a variety of directors, including those that often fall off the film historian’s radar, to assess this contribution and to investigate the filmmakers’ motives for engaging with the topic of consumption. The article argues that the individual’s relationship with material goods was a very prominent theme in Brezhnev-era cinema, but also one fraught with many contradictions, reflecting Soviet society’s own conflicting attitudes to modern consumption

Self-Enhancement Following Exposure to Idealized Body Portrayals in Ethnically Diverse Men: A Fantasy Effect of Advertising

by Małgorzata Kolling (Skorek)

Skorek, M., & Dunham, Y. (2012). Self-enhancement following exposure to idealized body portrayals in ethnically diverse men: A fantasy effect of advertising. Sex Roles 66 (9/10), 655-667. doi: 10.1007/s11199-012-0124-8

Viewing idealized body portrayals of men and women in advertising is known to have negative effects on men’s... more Viewing idealized body portrayals of men and women in advertising is known to have negative effects on men’s self-esteem and body dissatisfaction, but little research investigates these effects across race/ethnicity. Racial minorities tend to idealize larger bodies than Whites and so might respond differently to advertising influences. We investigated whether exposure to idealized portrayals of male and female bodies in TV advertisements has different effects on men of different race/ethnicity. Additionally, we investigated whether implicit methods reveal different results than self-reports. One hundred and sixty Asian, Hispanic, and White American male undergraduates from a university in California (USA) were randomly assigned to watch TV advertisements portraying thin women, muscular men, or watched no ads. Their implicit self-esteem was measured using the Implicit Association Test, and a questionnaire assessed explicit self-esteem, actual-ideal body discrepancy, and perception of weight-related health-risks. Exposure to portrayals of muscular men decreased actual-ideal body discrepancy in all men. Exposure to portrayals of thin women increased men's implicit but not explicit self-esteem in Asian and Hispanic men only. Both these findings are consistent with a self-enhancing role of exposure to idealized male and female bodies in advertising, which is often referred to as a “fantasy effect”. This study provides evidence that media exposure interacts with culturally local body ideals and so can produce varying effects in different racial/ethnic groups. This result could have important implications for interventions.

Made for TV: Selling kids’ suffering and creating angels to save them. '.

by Michelle Stack

Stack, M. (2010). 'Made for TV: Selling kids’ suffering and creating angels to save them. '. Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education. 8.1 (2005): 7 - 22. In S. Steinberg & C. Lindsay (Eds.). Taboo: Essays on Culture and Education. (pp. 179-196). Peter Lang. New York, NY. REPRINT

Speech, media and ethics: the limits of free expression: critical studies on freedom of expression, freedom of the press and the public's right to know

by Raphael Cohen-almagor