Government Media Research Articles

Sport Event Leveraging and Violence Against Women: The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and One Million Stars to End Violence

The connections between sport events and violence against women are an emerging area of research and align with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 5–Gender equality. This article explores the connection between sport event leverage initiatives and raising awareness about violence against women, through a case study of an arts and cultural initiative that ran in conjunction with the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games: One Million Stars to End Violence (OMSTEV). Event leverage literature and a gendered lens informed our study. We focused on the official messaging of the initiative, as a key aspect in social event leverage. We conducted a document analysis of 30 documents including event reports, government media releases, and public media articles to explore how official messaging and media coverage reported the initiative to the broader public. We found official messaging and media coverage portrayed OMSTEV as a successful community engagement initiative that produced a beautiful artistic installation. However, the official reporting and media coverage failed to communicate in a way to raise the broader public’s awareness regarding violence against women. We provide suggestions for practice and research to better contribute to the value of sport events for targeted social causes.

PATRIARCHAL ERASURE AND MANUFACTURED PASSIVITY: ASYMMETRIC GOVERNMENT AND NEWS MEDIA ATTENTION TO PROTESTS IN CHINA

Is media attention to protest events gendered, and what is the relationship between gender, media, and protest? Using novel big data from Chinese social media, Weibo, spanning 2010-2017, this study offers the first systematic analysis of gender bias in media selection and description of protests in China and establishes the “gender-protest-media triad.” In accounting for this gender bias, we distinguish between two types of media accounts on Weibo: government and news media outlets. The results indicate that women-majority protests, despite being more violent and risky, are less likely than men-majority protests to receive coverage in both government and news media outlets (media selection bias). Furthermore, when reporting on women-majority protests, government media sources tend to describe them as more passive than men-majority protests (media description bias). Our research establishes the “gender-protest-media triad”: (1) Women participate violently in protests as a reactive response to exploitation and marginalization; (2) Women's protests are disproportionately underreported and misrepresented in the media; (3) Such patriarchal media bias deprives women protesters of the public attention and resources necessary to pressure institutions for redress of their grievance. This triadic cycle is symptomatic of what we term the “paternalist stability model”: A mode of governance converging patriarchal logics with neo-Confucian stability maintenance, central to the maintenance of patriarchal hegemony in China and throughout the Sinosphere.

Power implicit in language: A case of the Sri Lankan Government’s securitization of the COVID-19 pandemic

This is an attempt to uncover the ways in which the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) securitized its response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and how that process of securitization functioned in furthering its overall approach to its legitimacy and governance. Regarding this, the article focuses on the language which characterizes the discourse and the references made to the Sri Lankan armed conflict. Using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), written and audio-visual texts from government media outlets, private media outlets, and English news articles are assessed in this article as primary data. The discourse on the studied corpus reveals how the State securitized its response to COVID-19 as one befitting a military threat rather than a public health risk. In militarizing the securitizing process, the police and triforces were deployed as first respondents. References made to their experience in defeating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), as well as to former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s role as Defence Secretary in the armed conflict against the LTTE, were used in legitimizing the process of securitization. References made to the “sacrifices” made by the State, and the military, by extension, were used in instilling a sense of responsibility among the public to show their support for the government in its attempt to grapple with the pandemic. The public were also asked to act in unison which included an implied demand for discarding their diverse identities. This article further reveals a novel form of religious securitization emerging from the studied corpus in relation to GoSL’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A social media adoption strategy for cultural dissemination in municipalities with tourist potential: Lamas, Peru, as a case study

Social media is commonly used by governments to disseminate information related to transparency and institutional promotion, but its potential for the dissemination of cultural resources is often overlooked. This research proposes a strategy for adopting social media to achieve cultural dissemination in the municipality of Lamas, Peru, which has tourism potential and has been awarded the “Best Tourism Villages” seal of the World Tourism Organisation. Methodologically, we propose a case study at a propositional exploratory level. We start by determining the current state of dissemination of tangible and intangible resources, as well as the practical use of social media, through a survey of 20 officials. The results reveal that crafts are the most widely disseminated tangible resource in the municipality (according to 55% of officials), and intangible resources are occasionally disseminated (50%). We also find that Facebook is the only digital channel used to disseminate cultural information. In this context, we formulate a strategy for adopting social media to improve cultural dissemination, which consists of six phases: (i) forming a work team, (ii) preparing a budget plan, (iii) strengthening capacities, (iv) taking inventory of cultural resources, (v) coordinating community interests and (vi) preparing a cultural dissemination plan. The findings can contribute to formulating public initiatives for the institutionalisation of social media in governments for the purposes of preserving, promoting and guaranteeing the accessibility of cultural heritage.

Lack of trust, insufficient knowledge and risk denial; an in-depth understanding of health workers barriers to uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine at Iganga Hospital Eastern Uganda, and Mengo Hospital Kampala Uganda

COVID 19 Vaccine hesitancy among health workers remains a major hindrance to the governments vaccine roll out plan among health workers and other target populations in Uganda. We conducted 12 focus group discussions and 20 in-depth interviews with health workers (vaccinated and unvaccinated) to understand barriers to vaccine acceptance in their own perspective and context in central and eastern Uganda. Reported barriers to vaccine acceptance included: gross lack of trust, fear of side effects, risk denial and insufficient information about the vaccine amidst negative publicity about the vaccine from the internet and social media platforms. Others were health system inhibition factors and religious beliefs against the vaccine. We recommend a health work context specific information, education and dissemination strategy to create awareness, information and more knowledge about the vaccine to health workers. We also recommend a sustained government media campaign to give more information about the vaccine and also dispel the negative publicity and misinformation about the vaccine. Dialogue with health workers at all levels of care, positive peer influence, use of religious and opinion leaders as well as government ensuring accessibly to various COVID 19 vaccines and putting vaccine posts outside hospital settings to limit exposure to COVID patients could also increase uptake of the vaccine among health workers.

Enhancing citizen satisfaction and loyalty in e-government: Lessons learned from Jakarta COVID-19 website

This study focuses on the sustainability of utilizing health information related to COVID-19 to meet public needs after the end of the pandemic era in Jakarta. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, as a form of response to public needs regarding information and services about COVID-19, the government provided services and digital information to optimize information access to citizens. However, the COVID-19 situation in Jakarta has changed, therefore the Corona website’s needs for information and services have also changed. By maximizing e-government owned by the Jakarta Provincial Government, one of the efforts that can be made is increasing service loyalty and information utilization. This research model refers to the theory of Four-Stages Loyalty and reputation on websites, adding variables to Communicative Ecology on government media as a source of information about COVID-19 and variables in visual complexity models on electronic devices. This research methodology uses quantitative approaches using PLS-SEM, and the respondents are users within the last three months. Based on the results of this research, the loyalty stage provides the basis for the development of the Jakarta government’s Corona website to maintain user loyalty.

Analysis of the effect of content innovation and public interaction in new governmental media

Abstract With the arrival of the Internet era, the construction of digital government has been deepening, which promotes the continuous updating and development of governmental new media. This study explores the support role of government new media, explores the trust mechanism of government new media from the perspective of its credibility, and proposes a creation strategy based on the trust generation model. Considering the diverse needs of users, a governmental new media matrix platform has been established to increase the interactive effect with the public and to explore the communication innovation path of government new media. One of the manifestations of political new media content. The material splicing video and real clip are higher, the number of comments on the works is more than 2 million, and the traffic peak of public interaction is concentrated in the two stages of 12:00~18:00 and 18:00~24:00. The increase of 440,000 visitors and 3,260,000 fans under the new communication model shows that the actual operation of the government new media model in this paper has excellent performance and can effectively improve the operation of government new media. This study provides a feasible path to improve government credibility and the development of new media for government.

Local government media promotion to city image and travel intention: the moderating effect of tourism experience

Local government media promotion to city image and travel intention: the moderating effect of tourism experience

‘Hybrid war’, military humanitarianism, and epistemic friction. Framing illegalised migration on the Polish-Belarusian border

ABSTRACT This article aims to contribute to the understanding of the phenomenon of the ‘humanitarian border’ in its specific local context of Polish nationalism and the use of patriotic sentiments to justify violence at the border. The intensification of asylum-seeker migration from Asia and Africa on the EU's eastern border, triggered by the Lukashenka regime since the summer of 2021, was quickly dubbed as ‘hybrid war’, enabling the Polish government to take decisive military action against border crossers. The justification for this violence became both the patriotic duty, expressed in national idioms, and the discursively produced humanitarian concern for refugees whose lives and health were threatened precisely by the harshness of border controls. The labelling of repression and violence as the heroism and care of the Polish uniformed services, present both in the discursive framework of the description of the ‘crisis’ by the government media and in the cooperation of border guards with humanitarian actors, has become a specific form of ‘epistemic borderwork’. The grassroots solidarity movement that opposes these hegemonic discourses seeks to create counter-narratives highlighting the state's illegal actions and the refugees’ right to freedom of movement.

Publicity governance in contingency management during the COVID-19 pandemic in China: A “Government-Society” perspective

Background Publicity is a common form of governance in government and is even more important in contingency management, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Publicity has two sides, the main body of publicity is led by the government, the object of publicity is the response to the public. So, publicity exists in the "government-society" field. Our aim was to find out how governments have been able to achieve effective publicity in the COVID-19 and to promote the active participation of society in governance. Materials and methods We adopted a case study approach. Taking Chongqing Municipality as an example, we collected 201 messages from five forms of publicity, including cell phone SMS, village (community) broadcast, publicity placards or banners, official websites, and government media platforms during the period of 2020–2021, and described and analyzed the publicity content of different forms of publicity. Results During the whole period of the COVID-19, the publicity governance under contingency management showed the characteristics of focusing on administrative efficiency, social efficiency and post-social efficiency, and showed specific publicity governance functions such as mobilization and control, education and clarification, cultivation of public consciousness and shaping government credibility. Conclusions Publicity governance in contingency management during the COVID-19 pandemic emphasizes three effective approaches: time synchronization, organizational scale, and interaction among multiple advocacy agents. This can extend the existing government-centered research to the level of interaction between the government and society, and help the government to better use effective publicity to achieve the governance task under contingency management.

Using Social Media for Health Services: Bibliometric Analysis

This study aims to analyze the role of social media in using public policy on health services in the literature Scopus indexed. Deep social media government has become more critical in e-government. Considering social media for taking the policy, the government is the internal medium to push public policy on services and health to increase the government's performance. This research analyzed 454 Scopus database documents from 2018-2023 using "health service," "policy," and "service use" as keywords. The data was filtered using bibliometrics based on the relevance of keywords, author's country, and year of publication, limited to the last five years. Information is saved in RIS format and processed through device soft Citespace. CiteSpace software is used for publication data visualization and government plan formulation. Effective social media policy requires good management for public decision-making. The study analyzed only one topic on Scopus without using international index databasesI'll summarize three research by presenting papers based on criteria like publications, origin countries, fields of study, authors, institutions, issues, and citations. Medicine studies with percentages are dominant, King's College London leads, Draheim contributes the most, and the US is the biggest contributor.

Role adjustment of social governance of new government media in alleviating social workers’ mania from the perspective of media convergence

BackgroundIn today’s media environment, the role of new government media in social governance is becoming increasingly important. However, many scholars have studied and discussed how to adjust its role in the perspective of media convergence to alleviate the mania of social personnel.Subjects and MethodsA randomized controlled trial selected two communities as the intervention and control groups. Residents in the intervention group received relevant social governance information and services through new government media, while residents in the control group received conventional social governance services. The study period was one year, and data collection included baseline and follow-up data during and after the intervention. SPSS23.0 software was used for data analysis.ResultsThe improvement rate of mania symptoms in the intervention group was 72%, significantly higher than in the control group (48%). The proportion of improved quality of life (68%) was considerably higher than that of the control group (45%). The rate of social function recovery was 65%, significantly higher than 42% in the control group.ConclusionsNew government media can effectively help mania patients improve their symptoms and quality of life and restore social function in social governance. Therefore, we should make full use of the new media of government affairs and incorporate it into the social governance system to better serve the social personnel, especially the patients with mania.

Study on the Problems and Strategies Facing the Development of Governmental Media based on the New Media Environment

Time has changed, and at the beginning of the 21st century, information and communication technology has exploded, and new media technology has stood at the front end of leading information dissemination in the era after continuous updating and iteration. With the development of new media technology, new media has the characteristics of timeliness, feedback and plurality, making all kinds of information spread in cyberspace in an uncontrollable way, which makes the government's task of guiding public opinion more and more heavy. However, the development of new media also provides the government with new governance methods in the field of public management. Based on the new media technology platform, various kinds of governmental media, such as WeChat, Weibo and Sina Weibo, have been built up, which provide the government with a lot of convenient ways to collect public opinion, publicize policies and guide public opinion. Based on the above, this paper will analysis the characteristics of new media and governmental media and identify the commonalities between new media and governmental media based on the connotation of new media and governmental media. Explore the combination road of new media and governmental media.

Theorizing the postcolonial city of Kuching: the socio-spatial production of colonial logistics

ABSTRACT The city plan of Kuching is not influenced by systematic planning principles, but rather, it is deeply embedded within colonial infrastructural logistics to meet the demands of global trade services and social structures. The postcolonial city is a palimpsest of hierarchical and territorial imprints from former colonial governance. Much of urban growth is concentrated around nodes, prioritized for resource collection and distribution. Therefore, this paper delineates how the current state and city governance recalibrate inherited infrastructures of economic development from the past, resulting in fragmented hybrid spaces of ethnic enclaves and economically marginalized groups in this northwest city of Borneo. We narrate how the Brooke dynasty, British administration and the Malaysian state have each developed and reappropriated logistics infrastructure based on their own agenda, leaving an indelible mark on the urban fabric and society of Kuching today. These findings are based on content analysis of city plans, visual surveys, government media, and secondary sources. We aim to open up new ways of understanding how multi-layered infrastructure and spaces produced by successive waves of different political strategies resulted in uneven development around the postcolonial city, and why some centres are given preference over others.

Exploring City Image Communication Strategy of Hefei's New Government Media

City image is a comprehensive evaluation and understanding of a city's internal comprehensive strength, surface development vitality and future development prospects by the communication public. With the development of new media technology and changes in the communication environment, the government's new media has entered the era of short videos, which have become an important medium for spreading the city image. This article studies the city image communication strategy of the government's Douyin account "Hefei Traffic Police" through questionnaire surveys and other research methods. Based on the survey results, the article summarises the city image communication strategy of the government Douyin account "Hefei Traffic Police" from three aspects: form, content, and audience. It analyses the acceptability of its communication effect. Based on the problems, it proposes that the government Douyin account "Hefei Traffic Police" must pay attention to the deep work of content, meet the needs of the audience, innovate communication methods, and promote positive ideas.

Public Discussions on Climate Crisis in the "New Media of Government": Trends, Dilemmas, and Pathways

In the ever-changing era of all-media development, the new government media has accelerated its development and played an irreplaceable role in promoting the openness of government affairs and guiding online public opinion. However, as a product of the integration of government agencies and new media, new government media has encountered difficulties and challenges in specific communication practices. This paper analyses the dilemmas encountered by new government media in climate crisis communication and proposes solutions regarding role positioning, content improvement, and increasing public participation in climate crisis public issue discussions.

Research on Public Opinion Propagation of Emergency Reversal Based on Machine Learning

As an empirical case, this study takes 30 sudden reversal events as examples, combined with the theory of actor network, and explores the four influencing factors of public opinion subjects-netizens and opinion leaders, public opinion objects-events, public opinion carriers-media, and public opinion guides-government in public opinion. The complex combinatorial effects arise during the reversal process. This study verifies the combination of three parallel and equivalent driving paths that lead to the multi-center reversal of public opinion, the opinion leader–media dual-driven path, the opinion leader–media–government multi-driven path, and the media–government dual-driven path. It is concluded that the public should improve their media literacy and maintain a rational return; the media, as “gatekeepers”, need to improve their own awareness and build an objective issue framework; the government needs to establish active communication awareness, and supervision and guidance should go hand in hand.

#bnefloods: An analysis of the Queensland Government media conferences during the 2022 Brisbane floods

Residents look to state leaders during high-risk events for advice and guidance. Previous events have reinforced the vital role that governments play in delivering emergency messages. Creating meaningful messages during emergencies is vital to inform affected populations and to encourage them to take appropriate actions. In February 2022, South East Queensland experienced a significant flooding event that resulted in the loss of life and property. This study identified that conflicting information was released due to the uncertainty of the weather event. Many residents used Twitter to post about what was being experienced, creating a real-time display of what was happening. This study analysed the public-facing government media conferences held over 4 days against Situational Crisis Communication Theory1 and compared the response to Twitter posts during the key days of the February flood. The study found an overwhelming use of the theory’s denial and diminishment approaches used by some communicators combined with the rebuilding approach used by others. This had great potential to cause conflicting and confusing messages. This research is important because language encourages people to believe that floods can be prevented. Conflicting messaging can cause significant harm by not providing clear direction regarding evacuation and other safety measures.

STUDY EFEKTIVITAS KEBIJAKAN INOVASI DOKADU (DOKUMENTASI PENGADUAN) DI DINAS KEPENDUDUKAN DAN PENCATATAN SIPIL KOTA MAGELANG

Management of public service complaints is an important part of improving the quality of services provided by the government to the community. The reasons for the importance of complaints include: 1) the public has the right to obtain quality, non-discriminatory public services in accordance with established standards, 2) public complaints are an opportunity for government agencies to evaluate and improve, 3) as government media in providing response to public complaints. To improve services, one of them is by making an innovative breakthrough that makes it easier for the complaints team to resolve problems with public complaints. This innovation is called DOKADU (Complaint Documentation). This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of the DOKADU (Complaint Documentation) innovation policy in resolving public complaints at the Population and Civil Registration Office of Magelang Municipality for a period of 5 years (2017 – 2021). This research uses descriptive qualitative narrative method. The results of the study show that since the implementation of innovations over the last 5 years (2017 – 2021) it shows that there is a tendency for the number of complaints that have been received and handled successfully to increase (99.85%). FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) that are frequently complained about can be monitored because segmentation/category of complaints can be carried out and ownership of population administration documents increases. This shows that the quality of handling public complaints at the Disdukcapil in Magelang Municipality has increased. This innovation needs to be continuously improved and developed so that it becomes a smart book for the public complaints team. In the future, it is hoped that there will be a software application that assists in documenting complaints, so that population administration services in Magelang Municipality will make the people happier according to the Vision of “Magelang Municipality, namely Magelang is Healthy, Advanced and Happy ".

Protective and Overprotective Behaviors against COVID-19 Outbreak: Media Impact and Mediating Roles of Institutional Trust and Anxiety.

This study aims to explore how pandemic-related media use relates to both protective and overprotective behaviors and to probe the underlying mechanisms. The data were collected online during the early outbreak of COVID-19 in China, and a total of 1118 valid cases, which covered the 30 provincial administrative divisions in mainland China, were collected. Results showed that official government media use was positively associated with protective behaviors and institutional trust was an important mediator. Commercial media use was also found to be positively associated with overprotective behavior, and anxiety mediated this relationship. Findings of this study suggested that different media sources could play completely different roles. Institutional trust in government institutions and medical care systems were equally critical in translating the media effect into public compliance with the preventive measures advocated by the relevant departments. Media outlets and practitioners should also be responsible in order to avoid causing unnecessary anxiety among the public so as to reduce irrational overprotective behaviors.