Literature Media Research Articles

Electric vehicle adoption in Vietnam: usefulness and pro-environmentalism in an emerging market

ABSTRACT Future sustainable mobilities are emerging in public discourses in Vietnam, Southeast Asia’s third most populous country and one of the first three late developing countries to commit to net zero carbon by 2050. In response to the global push towards low-emission transport, Vietnam has flipped from being a significant fossil fuel producer to having a strategic plan for becoming a net zero carbon partner. This policy shift includes a top-down commitment to developing the electric vehicle (EV) market in Vietnam. This article maps academic literature and public discourses in the online news media about EV development and consumer attitudes to EV adoption in Vietnam’s domestic market. We find that, despite policy settings to achieve net carbon zero, economic drivers outweigh environmental concerns in the emerging EV market. Drawing on Baudrillard’s consumer society, we find that the use value of EVs is more important at the current time than the sign value associated with prestige, lifestyle and pro-environmental behaviours. The article concludes with recommendations for future research to unpack social and policy issues in the emerging EV market in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

Law, justice and decoloniality in Petina Gappah’s works: an Ubuntu perspective

ABSTRACT The emergence of law and literature as a transdiscipline has unravelled fascinating insights into the role of literary imagination in raising pertinent jurisprudential questions and envisioning alternative legal universes. The literary front can expand legal literacy, humanise the law, and offer perspectives that are otherwise overlooked in conventional jurisprudence. This article explores Petina Gappah’s representation of law and justice in The Book of Memory (2015) and Rotten Row (2016), focussing on how she innovatively deploys politico-aesthetic means to expose ambiguities, ambivalences and inadequacies in Zimbabwe’s legal system. It contends that Gappah uses the literary medium to underline how the exclusion of customary law from the country’s common law system undermines the delivery of justice. Considering that the texts are alive to the limitations of both customary and common law systems, the study argues for a legal pluralism that harnesses the progressive aspects of the two legal cultures. By drawing on Zimbabwe’s humanist philosophy of Unhu, the study places studied texts within a growing decolonial narrative that critiques the coloniality of legal frameworks in formerly colonised nations.

Social media and entrepreneurial competence: the impact of Linkedin on boosting entrepreneurial engagement of Gen-Z

Research Objective: This study examines the impact of LinkedIn usage on entrepreneurial competence and engagement of Gen-Z aged between 18-27. Motivation: This study is motivated by the increased dependence young entrepreneurs have on social media as a channel for professional development and networking. The study builds on works of Banerji & Reimer, (2019) on start-up founders and their LinkedIn connections, Franc, Stampfl, & Geyer, (2024) worked-related learning on LinkedIn, and Vitelar (2019) on Gen-Z and the use of social media. Idea: This research tests the direct effect of the usage of LinkedIn on Gen-Z individuals' entrepreneurial competence and engagement. It assumes that high engagement in learning and networking activities on LinkedIn will be followed by an equivalent improvement in their entrepreneurial outcomes. In this research, the independent variables are the patterns of usage on LinkedIn, while the dependent variables are entrepreneurial competence and engagement. Data: The quantitative research methodology was adopted, and the survey was conducted through Google Forms among 350 Gen-Z users on the professional networking site LinkedIn. Tools: Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression analyses were used for the collected data. Findings: The results indicated that the different usage patterns—such as the frequency of login and engagement on LinkedIn Learning—had a significantly positive correlation with both entrepreneurial competence and engagement. Regression analysis pointed out entrepreneurial competence as one of the chief predictors for entrepreneurial engagement. Therefore, it is concluded that LinkedIn is quite instrumental in enhancing the entrepreneurial capacity of Gen-Z; it therefore gives relevant insights to entrepreneurs and the developers of this particular platform. Contribution: The paper thereby provides empirical evidence on the specific impact of LinkedIn on Gen-Z entrepreneurs, which enriches the literature of social media and entrepreneurship. Keywords: LinkedIn, Gen-Z, Entrepreneurial Competence, Social Media, Professional Networking.

Shaping governance through social media: A review of Chinese government strategies and public engagement (2013-2023)

This systematic literature review employs the PRISMA framework to assess the literature of Chinese government social media (GSM) from 2013 to 2023. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach that combines bibliometric and content analysis, this review investigates the evolving use of GSM in China. The bibliometric analysis reveals significant trends in research focus and methodologies over the decade, indicating a shift towards more qualitative and mixed-method approaches as the complexity of digital governance increases. Content analysis further delineates these findings into specific themes: governance strategies and implementation, technological evolution, and the audience. Through the examination of these themes, the review highlights how Chinese GSM has been strategically used to foster a more transparent and engaging government presence online, facilitating improved public services and citizen involvement in governmental processes. This study also incorporates a brief cross-analysis to explore the interactions between different research dimensions, offering nuanced insights into the dynamics of GSM applications. This research underscores the critical role of social media in shaping modern governance, suggesting that ongoing technological adaptation and strategic communication are essential for enhancing public engagement and trust in the context of China. The findings advocate for continued research and policy development to leverage the potential of GSM fully, ensuring that digital governance strategies remain responsive to technological advancements and evolving public expectations.

The Impact of Literary Discourse on the Evolution of English Lexicon

This study explores the significant role of literary discourse in the evolution of the English lexicon, analyzing how works by authors such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dickens, and Joyce contributed to the development of new words and meanings. By combining qualitative and corpus-based methods, the research highlights the creative and innovative use of language in literary texts, tracing how words originating in literature entered mainstream usage. The study examines the influence of different genres, particularly drama and prose, on lexical expansion and discusses how literary creativity extends beyond word invention to reshaping existing terms. Findings suggest that literary texts serve as crucial drivers of linguistic change, shaping the dynamic evolution of English vocabulary across centuries. Future research may explore the impact of digital literature and other modern forms of media on lexical growth.

Development of Podcast Media As A Social-Support-Based Coping Strategy In Reducing The Level of Work Stress of English Language Teachers at Public High Schools In Bandar Lampung

This study aims to analyze podcast media literature to reduce work stress in English teachers at Bandar Lampung public high school. This research is a literature review research by reviewing 10 relevant articles related to the keywords in this study. The results of the study can be concluded that the development of podcast media as a social support-based coping strategy can be an effective alternative in helping teachers manage work stress. The development of podcast media as a coping strategy based on social support can be an effective alternative in helping teachers manage work stress.. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the podcast media implementation needs to be done to measure changes in teachers' work stress levels. Involving teachers in the development of podcast content is also important to ensure optimal relevance and engagement. The impact of technology on mental health needs to be carefully considered. Collaboration between various parties, including mental health practitioners, researchers, policy makers, and the technology industry, is key in overcoming challenges and utilizing the positive potential of technology in supporting mental health. Thus, the conclusion of this study shows that the development of social support-based coping strategies using podcast media can be an effective solution in managing teachers' work stress. It is important to continue to develop and evaluate the use of this podcast media as a means to improve teachers' well-being and work productivity

Excessive media use in class and university students’ academic performance: the mediation effect of online vigilance and gender differences

ABSTRACT It is prevalent for university students to spend a large amount of time and effort on media use during classes. Previous studies have proposed that there is an inconsistent conclusion about the effect of excessive media use on academic performance; that is, some research proposes negative effect while the other argues no effect. Therefore, the present study draws on the Stimuli-Organism-Response (SOR) framework, and adopts online vigilance as the organism that mediates the relationship between three dimensions of excessive media use in class (i.e., excessive social use (ESU), excessive hedonic use (EHU), and excessive cognitive use (ECU) and academic performance. Gender differences about the effect of excessive media use in class are also tested. Our empirical findings (n = 457) indicate a full mediation of online vigilance, confirming its organism role. Gender differences of the effect of excessive media use are also confirmed. In addition, our post-doc analysis further indicated that the effect of ECU on academic performance is fully mediated by ESU/EHU and online vigilance. This study enriches the literature of excessive media use in educational area, and emphasizes the importance of university students’ psychological states over the media use per se when predicting academic performance.

Intertextual Borrowings in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood

In every writing, literary and non-literary, no text exists as a complete isolate and complete authorial innovation. It manifests and results from multiple borrowings, conscious and otherwise, from other texts. Following Kristeva (1986), Genette (1997) and William (2010), this study analysed Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s novel, Petals of Blood, to uncover differing extents of textual borrowing in the form of reference, quotation, parody, borrowing, allusion and translation. The study used document review and textual analysis to generate the data that were then subjected to content analysis register occurrences of different forms of intertextuality. Data analysis and interpretation entailed placing these occurrences into themes, establishing frequencies, and computing percentages. The resultant data were summarised and presented in tables and figures, coupled with evidential excerpts gleaned from the text. Borrowing emerged to be the most predominant intertextual element accounting as it does for more than one-third of all intertextualities in Ngugi’s novel. In second came parody and allusion in that order. The other three forms of intertextuality—quotation, reference and translation—are comparably less pronounced in the novel. Conclusively, Ngugi's intertextuality subscribes to the spirit of Africanizing the English as a literary medium in the mould of what terms decolonising the mind of an African writer.

Unveiling the Dynamics: Exploring User Affective and Behavioral Responses to Social Media.

Social media has outperformed traditional media as a source of interpersonal and masspersonal communication tools. The extant literature offers valuable knowledge on the positive and (or) negative attributes of social media and their ultimate effects on users' affective and behavioral responses. However, it is unclear how the positive and negative attributes of social media affect users' responses simultaneously. Drawing on the newly proposed social media demands and resources (SMD-R) model, the present study examined the positive and negative attributes of social media on the affective outcomes of social media fatigue (hereafter SM fatigue) and SM engagement (hereafter SM engagement) and behavioral outcomes of users in a single integrated framework. Data were gathered from 235 social media users in the Republic of Korea (hereafter Korea) to test the proposed framework. Partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was conducted, and the results showed that SM demands positively related to SM fatigue and negatively related to SM engagement. SM resources positively related to SM engagement and did not affect SM fatigue. SM fatigue positively related to SM discontinuous intention and negatively related to SM loyalty. Finally, SM engagement positively related to SM loyalty and negatively related to SM discontinuous intention. These findings contribute to the social media literature by proposing and empirically testing the SMD-R model, which integrates SM demands, SM resources, and the affective and behavioral responses of users.

Wie situiert sich Theorie?

Abstract The essay outlines modelling theory in terms of an active form of thinking. In contrast to concepts of theory whose validity can be described by a scientific explanatory approach with a systematic character and the claim to universalization regarding a specific field of research, the question here is about varieties of theory building. The focus is on theoretical activity, not on theory as a result. Based on ancient implications of the term θεωρία (theoria), models of a theoretical activity, attitude or stance are brought into focus, whereby ways of distancing are constitutive in each case. What does theorizing mean from the perspective of a spectator and to what extent is purposelessness to be thought of as a critical potential? Does the theoretical performance of thought include a sense of possibility and to what extent is this articulated in the aesthetic forms of language? Do theoretical realizations in the literary medium move on a threshold between historical determinisms and the freedom of a conceivable future? To what extent do theoretical views have a synaesthetic dimension, and can we imagine poetic language as a medium of theoretical reflection? Is the nuanced linguistic nature of theoretical articulation modes the very condition of critical intervention? All these modellings of aesthetic distancing ask about the forms in which theory can be expressed, including ways of writing theoretical activity.

The content, evolution and determinants of COVID‐19 disclosures in Canadian financial statements and MD&A documents: An impression management perspective

AbstractWe assess content, evolution and determinants of COVID‐19 disclosures in accounting documents using natural language processing for TSX60 firms. We evaluate sentiment, extent of disclosure, choice of disclosure medium, links to governance, and the relationship with performance. We focus on accounting‐related disclosures, an understudied aspect of corporate responses to the pandemic, and add to the choice of disclosure media literature. Our unique forward‐looking longitudinal approach to understanding the content, evolution and determinants of COVID‐19 corporate disclosures includes an evaluation of how these disclosures are affected by corporate governance and jurisdictional factors. Our findings include evidence of an inverse relationship between causal reasoning in disclosures and performance, with firms attributing poor performance to the pandemic across years, consistent with impression management.

Utilization of ICT-based Learning Media: Differentiated learning in SDGs

This research is motivated by the need for ICT (Information and Communication Technology) based learning media that should be taken seriously in learning. In addition, it is sustainable with the orientation of the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) in education, namely Goal 4: Quality education - Ensure appropriate and inclusive quality education and encourage lifelong learning opportunities for all people, and promote education for sustainable development. The purpose of this research is to analyze how the utilization of media in learning, the fulfilment of learning media according to the needs of students with differentiated SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) with ICT-based learning media (Information and Communication Technology), and analysis of problem solving that will be met by alternative solutions in learning media literature. This research uses a qualitative approach with descriptive methods. Data collection was conducted using purposive sampling technique by determining the sample based on certain considerations. The sample in this study was 144 students from various levels spread across Greater Bogor. Based on the results of the research that has been conducted, it can be described that Information and communication technology in learning has not been fully utilized by teachers. This has an impact on the work produced by students through media utilization. The utilization of learning media based on information and communication technology (ICT) fosters the active role of students in working on learning. It can be concluded that using ICT-based learning media could lead the students to optimize their learning outcome, skills through differentiated learning pertaining to SDGs.

Why are social media users susceptible to health misinformation? A perspective from complexity theory

PurposeHealth misinformation on social media threatens public health. A critical question that sheds light on the propagation of health misinformation across social media platforms revolves around identifying the specific types of social media users susceptible to this issue. This study provides an initial insight into this matter by examining the underlying psychological mechanism that renders users susceptible to health misinformation.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, we developed an integrated model of susceptibility to health misinformation, drawing on the motivation-opportunity-ability theory and the elaboration likelihood model. We collected the data from a sample of 342 social media users in China. Furthermore, the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis was adopted to examine the proposed model and uncover the causal recipes associated with susceptibility to health misinformation.FindingsThe results indicated that there are three configural types of users that are susceptible to health misinformation: the health-consciousness core-driven type, the popularity-driven core type and the dual-driven type characterized by both high health consciousness and information popularity. Among these, high health-consciousness and the reliance on information popularity-based pathways emerge as pivotal factors influencing susceptibility to health misinformation.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the social media literature by identifying various psychological traits that lead to social media users’ susceptibility to health misinformation. Additionally, the study provides comprehensive guidance on how to mitigate the spread of health misinformation.

B2B social media use as a double-edged sword on trust: a social presence theory perspective

PurposeDrawing on the social presence theory, this study aims to explore how supplier–customer social media interactions influence supplier observers’ trust in the customers and what mechanisms contribute to variation in trust experience.Design/methodology/approachA total of 36 semi-structured interviews were conducted with Chinese suppliers using WeChat for business-to-business interactions. Data were analyzed in three steps: open coding, axial coding and selective coding.FindingsFindings reveal that varied trust is based not only on the categories of social presence of interaction – whether social presence is embedded in informative interactions – but also on the perceived selectivity in social presence. Observer suppliers who experience selectivity during social and affective interactions create a perception of hidden information and an unhealthy relationship atmosphere, and report a sense of emotional vulnerability, thus eroding cognitive and affective trust.Originality/valueThe findings contribute new understandings to social presence theory by exploring the social presence of interactions in a supplier–supplier–customer triad and offer valuable insights into business-to-business social media literature by adopting a suppliers’ viewpoint to unpack the mechanisms of how social presence of interaction positively and negatively influences suppliers’ trust and behavioral responses.

Divergence and convergence: The implications of shifting media consumption habits on the field of minority language media studies

This commentary assesses what impact the generational divergence of audience preferences alongside the platform convergence of content creators will have for minority language media outlets and researchers working in this subdiscipline. An overview of the history of minority language media studies depicts this in two waves – first with ‘traditional’ media forms, followed by a second wave with the emergence of social media as a mass form of speakers’ consumption and participation habits. The commentary then outlines the stark generational divergence of social media consumption which has bought TikTok and Instagram to the fore at the expense of Facebook and Twitter, followed by demonstrating institutional actors’ adoption of creating short-form audio-visual content directly for such emerging channels. The conclusions suggest a third wave of minority language media literature will face different challenges as a result, potentially leading to a possible switch towards qualitative over quantitative methods due to less publicly accessible data.

The emerge of ‘web’ as a literary media and the change of the aspect of writer and writing

The emerge of ‘web’ as a literary media and the change of the aspect of writer and writing

Media narratives of industrial plant closures in Ontario, Canada, from 2000 to 2019

AbstractSince the 1970s, a defining feature of advanced economies has been industrial plant closures, stemming from the broader process of economic restructuring. Plant closures have been extensively covered by the media due to their adverse effects on localities. However, no media analysis of closures has been conducted in the plant closure literature. In addition to providing a wealth of information, such an analysis can provide insight into media narratives of closures. Media profoundly affects economies by disseminating narratives that influence society, institutions, and politics. To bridge the plant closure and media literature, this paper conducts a media analysis of closures in Ontario, Canada, from 2000 to 2019. Like other advanced economies, the province has experienced many plant closures over the past several decades. The paper found that the overarching narrative presented by the media was that ‘no one is responsible’ for plant closures and therefore ‘no one can or should act’. Also, it was found that differences in media narratives of closures were primarily due to the political slant of news outlets, not city size or scale of news outlets or whether news outlets were independently owned or part of a media conglomerate. Lastly, the paper found that the dissemination of media coverage on plant closures throughout the province was primarily based on the number of job losses, resulting in media coverage of smaller closures remaining localised, while media coverage of larger closures spreading throughout the province.

Legal Review of the Criminal Act of Rolling Football Gambling in Golewa District

The phenomenon of gambling is considered normal by some people, in fact this act takes root and develops just like that, if there is no action taken by law enforcement it will certainly become a disease that will then destroy life. Gambling often involves children, young people, including the elderly, this condition will trigger disorganization and disintegration in community life. Author in tackling criminal acts of gambling. The research method is in the form of legal-empirical research which examines and examines real law. The data used is from mass media literature such as results from television, cellphones, journals, books, previous research and official documents. The results of the research findings show, First, criminal acts in the form of rolling ball gambling both when there are single organ events at night and during the day. Second, a strategy for dealing with criminal acts of gambling by conducting outreach, preventive and repressive efforts. The crime of rolling ball gambling is widespread at night, and also on market days in Golewa sub-district, specifically located at the Malanuza people's market. Many football bookies play this action and attract a lot of attention, from teenagers to the elderly. A lot of money is scattered when the ball has traveled on the roll ball board, and the players enter the numbers chosen with the betting money.

Writing in/against the Academy: Contemporary Biomythographies by women of colour

Biomythography is a rich literary medium through which women of colour writers can simultaneously express their hopes for the future and anxieties about the injustices of the present. This essay concentrates on Western higher education as a site of oppression for multiply marginalised women of colour, analysing Audre Lorde's biomythography Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (1982) and Jo Hamya's novel Three Rooms (2021) in dialogue with one another to highlight issues of racialisation, class, and identity in mid-twentieth-century United States and modern British society. By learning from Lorde's and Hamya's use of biomythographical narrative, we can resist the academy in generative forms through embracing nuanced, complex representations of the experiences of women of colour in contemporary literature.

Pengaruh Social Media dalam Membentuk Loyalitas Terhadap Film di Bioskop dengan Mediasi Movie Coolness serta Pengalaman Menonton Film

In 2022 the Indonesian film industry experienced a revival after two years of being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Restrictions imposed during pandemic and the changes of consumer behavior have increased the reliance on social media as information provision channel. The phenomenon also transpires in the practice of movie marketing. The purpose of this study is to examine the utilisation of social media as a movie marketing tool by investigating the mediating effects of movie coolness and cinematic experience on movie loyalty. Moreover, this study focuses on the recent Indonesian highest box office movie, KKN in Dancer Village movie. In doing so, this study integrate a framework of social media information dimensions (i.e., interestingness, value added, information amount, virtual appearance) and social media contents (i.e., advertising and promotion), and analyse their impacts on movie coolness, movie experience, and movie loyalty. This study collected 236 respondents and analyzed the data using SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) using SmartPLS 4.0. The finding suggest that the amount of information and social media content are significant drives of movie experience which lead to a loyaltu to a movie. The results of this study can provide insights to better plan marketing activities of Indonesia movies. In addition, this research contributes to the progress of literature in social media marketing and movie marketing.