Media Interest Research Articles

The IPCC in the hybrid public sphere: divergent responses to climate mitigation solutions in mainstream and social media

In April 2022 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its report on the mitigation of climate change, which included detailed discussion of the wide range of solutions at the personal, societal and governmental level needed to reduce emissions. The report generated extensive societal debate and interest in mainstream and social media. Using manual text analysis, we examined 66 articles on more than 20 popular English-language online news sites in the UK and USA and the 56 most shared posts or tweets on Facebook and Twitter about the report. First, we found that the mainstream media faithfully reported the IPCC’s priority messages, and often included the IPCC’s own critique of some solutions, such as Carbon Dioxide Removal, as compared to critiques from other sources. The coverage represented a sharp break with the historical tradition of focusing on the negative, disaster-focused impacts of climate change in favor of more positive, solutions-based reporting. Secondly, in sharp contrast, many of the most widely-shared social media posts did not closely follow the IPCC’s main messages. Less than a quarter of the posts contained the summary message of the report, and about half mentioned no solutions at all. Instead they focused on the direness of the situation and the urgency with which action needs to be taken. Finally, there was a very low presence of voices from the organized climate countermovement, who often question the need to take far-reaching and rapid mitigation action. We discuss the significance of our results for future research and for practical action.

Trans experiences of epistemic recognition against the backdrop of the Finnish trans act reform

Gender recognition law reforms, proposing greater trans equality and agency, are pivotal moments of hope for gender minorities, but they can also result in harmful public debates. Pairing the theories of recognition and epistemic injustice, we examine trans experiences of epistemic recognition in relation to the Finnish Trans Act reform debate. Through thematic analysis of 31 semi-structured interviews with trans and non-binary individuals, we show that the denial of epistemic recognition and respect in the context of – sometimes demeaning or hostile – public debate can harm trans individuals’ social trust. This can erode their sense of safety and trust in daily social encounters but also amplify distrust towards epistemic institutions they perceive to deny their epistemic recognition. While increased media interest can provide opportunities for epistemic empowerment, trans individuals might, due to the loss of social trust, disengage with mainstream media and refrain from participating in public discourse concerning their own rights.

Behaviorally informed digital campaigns and their association with social media engagement and COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belize

BackgroundIncreasing vaccination coverage was key to curbing the COVID-19 pandemic globally. However, lack of trust in the vaccine and fear of side effects in regions like the Caribbean resulted in a low uptake despite enough vaccine supply.MethodsWe conducted two correlational analyses and one experiment between five sequential behaviorally informed Facebook campaigns, social media performance outcomes, and district-level vaccination data. First, we ran multivariate linear regression models to estimate the mean differences between the campaigns in (i) social media performance (“Clicks” and “Engagement”) and (ii) COVID-19 vaccination uptake at the district level. “Clicks” were measured by the number of people who clicked on the respective Facebook advert and visited the official vaccination site. “Engagements” were the number of people interacting with the advert through likes and emojis. Second, we took advantage of the experimental design during one of the campaigns to analyze the differential effect of messages conveying information about the number of people reporting vaccination side effects using words (“Few”/ “Majority) and numbers (“3 out of 100 “) on social media performance.ResultsThe correlational analysis showed that the number of “Clicks” and “Engagement” was similar among campaigns, except for the campaign focusing on vaccines’ effectiveness, which had 14.65 less clicks and 19.52 less engagements per advert (including controls and district-fixed effects) compared to the base “It’s safe” campaign. Vaccination rates were highest at times coinciding with campaigns focusing on vaccination safety and effectiveness. Our experimental results showed that informational messages related to side effects that were framed using words (“Majority did not report discomfort”/ “Few persons reported discomfort”) were better at generating “Clicks” compared to those using numbers (“3 out of 100 reported discomforts”).ConclusionsFacebook adverts highlighting vaccine safety had a similar level of social media performance as other campaigns, except for adverts focusing on vaccine efficacy, which performed worse. Communicating side-effect information with words instead of numbers can expand social media interest in low-uptake regions like the Caribbean. Our results serve as preliminary evidence for public health officials to encourage vaccine uptake in high-hesitancy contexts.

Beautifiation through exclusion. City image versus social marginalization on the example of the Summer Olympic Games

Organising significant sports and cultural events becomes an impulse to accelerate the development of cities and regions. The changes concern various elements of urban space, from public transport to building infrastructure. In the face of increased media interest, city authorities are trying to create a positive image of the city as a place to settle, invest and visit. This involves beautifying public areas where people from marginalised groups also lead their lives. The homeless, vagrants, prostitutes and drug and alcohol addicts, through their appearance and non-standard behaviour, differ from the designed image of the city. The article focuses on the activities of authorities and local governments related to cleaning public spaces from groups affected by social exclusion, which intensifies in the preparation period for the Summer Olympic Games. The text is based on a review of press reports, scientific literature, and reports from organisations dealing with the problem of marginalisation. Analysing the collected material allows for a discussion on the actions taken, their frequency and the socio-political situation in which they occur. The results show that regardless of the city in which the Games are held, marginalised groups experience similar repression of a similar nature using analogous tools. The article attempts to systematise the available knowledge in historical and social contexts.

The Effect Of Content Creators And Customer Reviews On Consumer Purchase Interest In Tiktok Social Media

The currently growing TikTok social media presents an opportunity for entrepreneurs to promote products and services to consumers through digital marketing. The thing that sellers do to increase sales is to consistently create interesting and viral content. Creativity in content creation is needed whose impact will be very influential in attracting buyer interest and changing consumer perceptions. This study aims to determine and explain the effect of content creators and customer reviews on consumer buying interest in TikTok social media. Quantitative research method. Questionnaire data collection with a Likert scale. Data analysis with SmartPLS. The results show that content creators have an effect on buying interest and customer reviews have no effect on buying interest.

The Golden Bachelor: Age and Romance in Contemporary Reality Television

ABSTRACT The Golden Bachelor completed its first season in late 2023. Its companion show, The Golden Bachelorette premiered in September of 2024. The reality dating franchise features contestants over the age of 60 and represents an advance in the visibility of older adults in popular media, particularly the dating show genre, while also perpetuating age-related stereotypes. This review will focus on The Golden Bachelor and how it brought aging and associated conversations about dating, intimacy, and grief into popular discourse. While the show significantly revises how older adults are portrayed in popular media, it tempers this potentially subversive move by doubling down on its other socially conventional elements – beauty, monogamy, able-bodiedness, and traditional family values. The Golden Bachelor represents a step forward in visibility of older adults while also being a reminder of the problematic ways that aging is portrayed in popular media. It opens opportunities for dialogue and learning but also reveals the narrow scope of identity that reality television is prepared to depict. Ultimately, The Golden Bachelor revealed both a widespread interest in popular media that engages substantively with older adults and a still-unfulfilled need for this representation to be comprehensive, diverse, and inclusive.

The Effect of Three-Dimensional Media and Learning Interest to Improve Learning Outcomes of Environmental Appearance Material Reviewed from the Learning Styles of Grade IV Students of State Elementary School 2 Ketanon Tulungagung

Three-dimensional media is a suitable media used in accordance with the level of development of children aged 7-10 years, a period where children think concretely in accordance with reality. Three-dimensional media can be used in learning so that student interest in learning can increase and have an impact on student learning outcomes. In terms of student learning styles, three-dimensional media can contribute to improving student learning outcomes. The research approach taken is a quantitative research approach using the analysis that will be used to test this hypothesis is path analysis to regularly measure the effect of three-dimensional media and learning interest to improve learning outcomes in terms of student learning styles, especially in understanding the material of Indonesia's natural appearance. Path analysis research is a technique for analyzing the causal relationship that occurs if the independent variable affects the dependent variable not directly, but also indirectly. The results of the study state that: (1) Three-dimensional media has a positive and significant effect on student learning outcomes as evidenced by the sig value of 0.857 which is greater than 0.05 (2) Learning Interest has a positive and significant effect on student learning outcomes as evidenced by the sig value of 0.599 which is greater than 0.05 (3) Three-dimensional media has a positive and significant effect on student learning styles as evidenced by the sig value of 0.082 which is greater than 0.05 (5 ) Learning interests have a positive and significant effect on student learning styles as evidenced by the sig value of 0.206 which is greater than 0.05 (5) Student learning styles can improve learning outcomes as evidenced by the sig value of 0.322 which is greater than 0.05. Keywords: Three-dimensional Media, Learning Interest, Learning Outcomes, Learning Style

Designing an innovative learning model for fundamental throwing and catching skills using the teaching games for understanding (tgfu) approach in elementary education

This research focuses on enhancing elementary school students' fundamental throwing and catching skills through an engaging and effective learning model grounded in the Teaching Games for Understanding (TGFU) approach. Traditional physical education methods often fail to engage students, particularly those with underdeveloped motor skills, resulting in lower participation in physical activities. This study aimed to design and validate a TGFU-based learning model specifically for fifth graders, following Borg and Gall's development process, which includes iterative testing and refinement stages. Instruments used to measure throwing and catching skills included performance assessments and observational checklists. The study involved three stages: initial testing with 20 students, main product testing with 100 students, and effectiveness testing with 36 students. Content validation reached 91%, and media expert validation was 85%, with practicality and student engagement questionnaires scoring 92.5% and 95%, respectively, in small-scale trials, and media interest reaching 96% in large-scale trials. Data normality and homogeneity were confirmed through normality (p > 0.05) and homogeneity tests (p > 0.05), indicating that the data were normally distributed and homogeneous. The paired t-test results (sig. 0.000) demonstrated a significant improvement in students' throwing and catching skills, confirming the effectiveness of the developed learning model. These findings validate the TGFU-based approach as a superior method for engaging students and enhancing their motor skills in physical education. Keywords: Physical Activity, The Teaching Games for Understanding, Learning Model, Basic Movements, Throwing, Catching.

Exploring Determinants of Sustained Participation in New Sports: The Impact of YouTube Engagement and Educator Support.

This study explored the determinants of sustained participation in new sports by applying the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and examining the moderating role of social support, as well as the influence of media interest. This present study aimed to contribute to the promotion and effective adoption of new sports by providing valuable data for new-sports educators to teach these activities. A survey was conducted among 313 university students enrolled in new-sports classes across five universities in Korea, utilizing a convenience sampling method. Using SPSS 26.0 and AMOS 26.0, we conducted frequency, correlation, and reliability analyses, followed by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to validate the measurement model and structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the relationships between media interest, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control (PBC), and behavioral intentions. The software Jamovi version 2.3.21 was employed to analyze the moderating effects of social support from educators on these relationships. The findings reveal that media interest significantly influenced the attitudes, which, in turn, along with subjective norms and PBC, affected the behavioral intentions. Moreover, the social support from educators moderated the effects of attitudes, subjective norms, and PBC on the behavioral intentions. This study concluded that leveraging media interest and enhancing social support can effectively promote engagement and sustained participation in new sports. These insights can offer practical strategies for stakeholders aiming to increase participation rates in new-sports activities.

Pemberitaan Pemain Naturalisasi Dalam Media dengan Analisis DNA Dan Visone

Sports mass media have recently been discussing the discourse on the naturalization of national team players. This discourse is a project initiated by PSSI (All Indonesia Football Association) and BTN (National Team Agency). The reason for doing this is to boost the national team's performance to achieve more in the international arena. This naturalization discourse has raised pros and cons in the eyes of national football lovers. This naturalization issue has been linked to media interest in reporting it. From this problem, the author has a question: how do the media in Indonesia frame the news of the Naturalization of Indonesian National Team Players in recent times? The study used qualitative research and media framing analysis techniques. Data collection was carried out by observation and observation of several media. As for the data analysis technique, this study used media framing analysis with the DNA and Visone applications to determine the media's bias in its reporting. The existence of these similarities makes a country's sovereignty that must be loved. Several specific media reports naturalized players with certain frames to lead readers to be pro or con. This study concluded that some media in Indonesia framed the news of naturalization positively because the increasing achievements of the national team can prove it. A small portion of the media viewed it negatively because it was difficult for local players to defend the Indonesian national team. Keywords: Naturalized player, Framing analysis, DNA and Visone

Navigating Indian Youth’s Identity; Impact Of Korean Media on Language learning

The study of ‘Navigating Indian Youth’s Identity: The Impact of Korean Media on Language Learning’ to explores the complex relationship between Indian youth and the impact of Korean media on language learning. Given the increasing popularity of Korean entertainment, especially K-drama and K-pop, among Indian youth, this study aims to investigate the effect of Korean media exposure on language learning, Korean media has been an effective language learning tool among Indian adolescents, as it has increased their interest in learning Korean, provided motivation, influenced their language learning strategies, positive language learning outcomes, open up career opportunities, facilitate, especially by learning Korean language. A combination of methods was employed, including statistical data analysis and data analysis, to accomplish the aforementioned goals. The impact of Korean media on Indian youth has been divided into various factors such as increased interest in Korean media, especially K-pop-K dramas, which encouraged them to learn the language, though various forms of media such as subtitles, translations , and educational materials It's been simplified.

Contagion and character: How personality predicts interest in pandemic media.

Contagion and character: How personality predicts interest in pandemic media.

(De)politicization of the environmental agenda in Russian media

In the early 2020s, climate change and environmental challenges became increasingly important issues in the Russian political discourse. This was followed by growing media interest in environmental and climate reporting. This article explores how environmental journalists in Russian media outlets make sense of and discursively frame the environmental agenda. Based on in-depth interviews with environmental journalists working in the Russian media inside the country and in exile, we explore the role of the environmental agenda in a authoritarian regime such as Russia’s. The research reveals the forces shaping the environmental agenda and journalists’ perceptions of it. Drawing on theoretical perspectives on the politicization and depoliticization of the environmental debate, we explain how the prevailing forces shaping the environmental agenda lead to the depoliticization of environmental beats. As a result, some topics are treated as purely scientific problems that do not affect society or the state at large. On the other hand, regional environmental issues that do not affect state security issues allow for freer and more investigative reporting.

PENGARUH KEMAJUAN TEKNOLOGI (SOSIAL MEDIA), LITERASI KEUANGAN TERHADAP MINAT INVESTASI MAHASISWA FAKULTAS EKONOMI DAN BISNIS UNIVERSITAS MATARAM

Technology is a symbol of progress in the development of the era. Technology changes the pattern of activities in a person's daily life. Many people use and manage their finances online because of its convenience, starting from savings, buying and selling transactions, In the field of investment, there is a lot of fraud due to lack of knowledge and people who are easily tempted by the returns offered, these reasons underlie the need for each individual to understand financial literacy before taking investment action. The purpose of this study was to examine how Social Media and financial literacy affect investment interest of FEB UNRAM students. With 96 respondents, this study used an associative quantitative methodology using a questionnaire for data collection and SPSS program for data processing. The results showed that financial knowledge and technology (Social Media) have a positive and substantial influence on investment interest. Furthermore, technology and financial literacy factors have an influence of 35% of the total influence, while the rest is influenced by other variables.

The Theory of Gradual Landing of Public Opinion During Crises

Public opinion is under consideration not only in the media but also in other fields, such as political science, social studies, and psychology, especially with the growing crises affecting institutions and countries during the 20th and 21st centuries. It is noticeable that there are few theories that explain many of the phenomena associated with public opinion, especially in the era of modern communication technologies and social media. This gap necessitated the development of a theory of gradual landing in public opinion during crises. This theory was developed by reviewing extensive literature on public opinion, crisis management, and media theory related to public opinion. The theory deals with four major variables: event, media, audience, and the parties involved in the conflict or crisis. These variables encompass the mechanisms that determine the paths on the rise and decline of public opinion issues. This theory integrates the degree of the significance of the topic and the media's interest. This theory helps identify various cases of rise and decline in the level of interest in public opinion within society.

The border spectacle during the pandemic: A bottom-up political economy of media within the American border regime

This paper explores the ‘border spectacle’, namely the production and diffusion of images of immigration, in contemporary digital journalism to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic public health crisis overlapped with the dual semantics of illegalisation/victimisation of migrants. This article addresses a gap in the field of political economy of the border spectacle, conducting a bottom-up analysis of the socio-economic and material conditions under which visual narratives of migration and borders are produced and diffused in the case of Mexico. The methodology combines virtual ethnography and in-depth biographical/life stories interviews with three female reporter/photojournalists covering migration issues in Mexico and the Americas and producing accounts that differs significantly from the hegemonic iconography of migration. By analyzing the data collected between 2020 and 2021, we explore the extreme violence, precariousness and health risks, as well as strategies of self-support characterising these media professionals’ experiences. The analysis helps understand the rationale behind the political economy of the media during the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown in Mexico, as well as how the media’s structural frame exposes, amplifies and mediates migration in terms of ‘infectious’ and, therefore, a threat to national communities already vulnerable to the virus. Finally, we highlight the conflict between the purpose of the reporters, who want to provide empathetic, first-hand accounts of migration, on the one hand, and the commercial interests of mainstream media, which tends to seek to follow a hegemonic framing, make some of these images viral to create moral panic against migrants, on the other.

Deep learning approach to detect cyberbullying on twitter

AbstractIn recent years, especially children and adolescents have shown increased interest in social media, making them a potential risk group for cyberbullying. Cyberbullying posts spread very quickly, often taking a long time to be deleted and sometimes remaining online indefinitely. Cyberbullying can have severe mental, psychological, and emotional effects on children and adolescents, and in extreme cases, it can lead to suicide. Turkey is among the top 10 countries with the highest number of children who are victims of cyberbullying. However, there are very few studies conducted in the Turkish language on this topic. This study aims to identify cyberbullying in Turkish Twitter posts. The Multi-Layer Detection (MLP) based model was evaluated using a dataset of 5000 tweets. The model was trained using both social media features and textual features extracted from the dataset. Textual features were obtained using various feature extraction methods such as Bag of Words (BOW), Term Frequency-Inverse Term Frequency (TF-IDF), Hashing Vectorizer, N-gram, and word embedding. These features were utilized in training the model, and their effectiveness was evaluated. The experiments revealed that the features obtained from TF-IDF and unigram methods significantly improved the model’s performance. Subsequently, unnecessary features were eliminated using the Chi-Square feature selection method. The proposed model achieved a higher accuracy of 93.2% compared to machine learning (ML) methods used in previous studies on the same dataset. Additionally, the proposed model was compared with popular deep learning models in the literature, such as LSTM, BLSTM, and CNN, demonstrating promising results.

The Effect of Using Learning Media in Islamic Religious Education (PAI) Learning on Student Learning Achievement in Madrasah Tsanawiyah (MTs) Nahdlatul Wathon (NW) Teros, Indonesia

This research aims to investigate the influence of interest in learning and the level of provision of learning media on the learning achievement of class VII students at Madrasah Tsanawiyah (MTs) Nahdlatul Wathon (NW) Teros. A survey method with an associative explanatory approach was used in this research, using quantitative data to analyze causal variable relationships. The population consisted of 91 class VII students, with the entire population being sampled because the number was less than 100. The research results show that interest in learning and learning media significantly influence student learning achievement. Interest in learning and learning media contributed 70.4% to student learning achievement, while other factors such as teacher ability, student ability, and family conditions contributed 29.6%. The implications of this research emphasize the importance of increasing students' interest in learning and ensuring the availability of adequate learning media in schools. Efforts to improve learning outcomes must also pay attention to other supporting factors such as increasing teacher capabilities and family support.

Pengaruh Media Pembelajaran Digital Terhadap Minat Belajar Anak Usia Dini

The aim of this research is to obtain data about the use of digital media and literacy classes together on student learning outcomes at RA Perwanida Lengkong, Sukorejo, Ponorogo. This research is quantitative research. The research instrument used to obtain data is a scale of digital learning media use and interest in learning. The data analysis technique used is descriptive statistical analysis.Data regarding the use of digital learning media on student learning outcomes was obtained through questionnaires by researchers by measuring something that has a relationship that: (1) There is a significant influence of the use of digital learning media on student learning outcomes. This is proven by obtaining a value of Fo = 9.109 and Sig. 0.000 < 0.05. Together, the variable use of digital learning media contributes 24.2% to the variable student learning outcomes. (2) There is a significant influence of the use of digital media on student learning outcomes. This is proven by the obtained value of tcount = 2.214 and Sig. 0.031 < 0.05. The variable use of digital learning media contributes 12.67% in improving student learning outcomes.

Effects of Teachers’ Media Utilization and Computational Thinking on Sustainable Development in Early Childhood Education

(1) Background: The study aims to analyze the degree of media use among early childhood teachers and the correlations between their computational thinking, playfulness, creativity, and problem-solving abilities. It confirms a strong correlation between playfulness and problem-solving abilities and investigates whether higher levels of computational thinking are associated with higher levels of playfulness. This research is positioned within the context of sustainable development in early childhood education, emphasizing the importance of integrating digital literacy and computational thinking skills to promote sustainability. (2) Methods: The research was conducted on teachers working in daycare centers and kindergartens in Jeju Island, South Korea. A total of 203 questionnaires were collected, employing descriptive statistics, frequency analysis, Pearson’s correlation coefficient analysis, one-way ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis. (3) Results: The study found that teachers’ degree of media literacy affects their media use. Additionally, the higher the degree of computational thinking, the more significant the effect on early childhood teachers’ playfulness. Furthermore, early childhood teachers’ playfulness, creativity, and problem-solving skills were all significantly correlated overall. (4) Conclusions: The findings suggest that if teachers take an interest in IT media and find ways to use it positively, it will have a positive effect on early childhood education. Moreover, increasing computational thinking skills will enable the effective use of various tools, positively impacting teachers’ roles. The study proposes that enhancing early childhood teachers’ playfulness, creativity, and problem-solving skills will contribute to sustainable development in early childhood education.