Media Partners Research Articles

Civilizing the Child: Violence, Masculinity, and Race in Media Narratives of James Harrison

This article critically examines the media coverage surrounding National Football League (NFL) player James Harrison in 2010 and 2011. In 2009, medical research linking hits to the head and the Alzheimer’s-like condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy prompted the league to institute rule changes to limit violent tackles. Harrison was repeatedly punished by the league office and criticized by sports media outlets for his violent tackles and recalcitrant attitude. Guiding both the discipline and media coverage of Harrison are narratives rooted in a neoliberal logic situating the existence of and responsibility for football violence within the individual decisions of football players. Intensifying these narratives is the NFL and its media partners’ invocation of discourses of Black criminality to construct the most damaging moments of football violence as unsanctioned acts that operate “outside the game.” This invocation serves to place the authority over the judgment and legitimation of football violence within the White corporate morality of the league’s offices and its media partners, allowing them to preserve the sport’s central place in producing and maintaining dominant American masculinities through football violence while casting off the responsibility for the consequences of that violence to the footballing bodies that administer and receive it.

Smarter Travel, car restriction and reticence: Understanding the process in Ireland’s active travel towns

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the factors that precluded the introduction of car restrictive policies in two towns participating in Ireland’s Smarter Travel programme to promote sustainable travel. A total of 14 semi-structured interviews were conducted with the project co-ordinators, community advocates for active travel and retail traders (shops and small businesses).The results indicated that the Smarter Travel co-ordinators were inexperienced in using a full range of pricing, programming and policy measures specific to active travel. A more significant factor was the power of the trader lobby. In the town with the lower population density, car accessibility in the urban centre was perceived by retail traders to be directly associated with retail turnover. In the town with the higher population density, retail traders stated that car accessibility created an illusion of vibrancy that provided security to the retail sector. The retail traders disliked the local authority’s didactic approach to consultation and this dissonance manifested itself in displays of power against the local authority and not necessarily against Smarter Travel per se. Both local authorities struggled to sell the business case for car restrictive policies to the retail traders. They also failed to engage the silent majority in the wider community to act as advocates for active travel.The wider implications for the implementation of Smarter Travel policy are presented. It is important to create community support for active travel interventions by forming ‘town user’ forums and active travel lobby groups and making the local media partners in the project. Training and support should be provided to local authorities to deliver a more comprehensive suite of measures. A toolkit should be developed for local authorities to create a business case for introducing car restrictive measures. Incentives such as improvements to the public realm and accessibility for cyclists should be introduced before car restrictive measures. Car restrictive measures should be introduced incrementally such as introducing temporary pedestrianization or gradually reducing parking supply thereby demonstrating the benefits of the measure to stakeholders.

The State Of Sport Photojournalism

Based on a global survey of photojournalism and case studies of recent transformations in the use of photography in sport, this paper critically analyses current professional practices of sport photojournalists focusing on the contemporary challenges faced by this industry. Rhetoric proclaiming the death of the photographer in the age of video technology and self-mass communication of digital photographs has presented a major challenge to the survival of photographers and photography as a professional practice in news media. In the specific field of sport photojournalism, photographers have faced added challenges of accreditation to sport with the selective access to sporting venues or events through commercial licensing of “preferred media partners” and increasing management of “image rights” and anti-piracy measures. This has occurred at a time when sport images and the digital distribution of sporting images are greater than ever. The data for this article are taken from a World Press Photo Foundation–University of Stirling longitudinal project on photojournalism and represents the views and experiences of over 700 photographers who are engaged in sports photojournalism.

CITY PLACEMENT – INNOVATIONAL MEANS OF PROMOTING CITIES

A detail attempt of the “city placement” strategy, has been made in the article. Its main threads, components and decision making problems of the film producers teams have been emphasized. The author based his knowledge, in this case, on the diagnosis and analysis of the processes and decision making procedures adequate for big, Polish cities, their administrative authorities, promotional strategies and the rules of cooperation with media partners. Assumedly, the used process-structural conceptualization is to emphasize the main determinants of the “city placement” strategy introduction in marketing practice of the cities and regions.

Are you ‘woman enough’ to control your leading cause of death?: an ethnographic content analysis of women’s cardiovascular disease and identities in media narratives

ABSTRACTThe Heart Truth® campaign was implemented in the United States by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in 2002 to increase women’s awareness of heart disease and encourage risk reduction of cardiovascular disease. The present study explored representations of women’s cardiovascular disease, the meanings generated, and the implications for identity construction within one prominent corporate media partner of the campaign. The inaugural 2003 October issue of Glamour magazine was the focus of an ethnographic content analysis. Women’s cardiovascular disease was constructed within an overarching theme of a culture of consumerism, with meanings of cardiovascular disease emerging within two subthemes: (a) the oblivious, unknowledgeable, dependent woman at risk and (b) attaining a particular version of a healthy, feminine woman. Women’s identities were constructed as dependent on experts, purchasing fashion and fitness merchandise, and heteronormative roles for health management. These findings extend health psychology research that has called for more critical explorations of media to extend understandings of disease meanings and the implications for identity and women’s health.

Great learning, much networking, and friendship.

Asia Pacific Allergy, the official journal of Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma, and Clinical Immunology (APAAACI), is proud of being one of the media partners of World Allergy Congress (WAC) 2015 in Seoul, Korea, which was very successful congress: great learning, much networking, and friendship in the Asia Pacific region and beyond. APAAACI also successfully held a sister society symposium during WAC 2015: important but neglected issues in allergy. The topics were 'eosinophilic esophagitis, gastroenteritis and colitis', 'angioedema without ur ticaria', and 'important but neglected food allergens: lessons from Asia'. Next year, we will have the most important congress in our region: the Joint Congress of APAAACI and Asia Pacific Association of Pediatric Allergy, Respiratory, and Immunology (APAPARI) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during 18th-20th October, 2016 (http://www.apaaaci-kl2016.org). We are ready to invite participants from all over the world. International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is the global health information standard to capture mortality and morbidity statistics maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO) [1]. ICD 10th edition (ICD-10) is currently used by the majority of countries all around the world except some countries such as the United States and Australia which use the 9th edition [1]. However, the allergic and hypersensitivity conditions are not adequately classified and coded in the ICD-10 [2]. An international collaboration of Allergy Academies including first the World Allergy Organization, the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology and the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology has been coordinating tremendous efforts since 2013 to provide a better classification of these disorders in the new ICD-11 [1]. APAAACI as well as the Latin American Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, and the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology joined the international collaboration for its importance. Tanno et al. [1] describe the journey to make the allergic and hypersensitivity conditions visible in the ICD-11 beta draft and the need of changes in the ICD framework. Readers of this journal will find the original articles on the treatment adherence and quality of life among adults with chronic urticaria in Singapore [3], and the attitudes, practices on allergic rhinitis of generalists and specialists in Philippine National Capital Region [4]. The readers will also find the first study on the pattern of anaphylaxis in Saudi Arabia [5] and the interleukin-10 and interleukin-5 balance in patients with active asthma, those in remission, and healthy controls from Japan, which showed a similar result from a murine asthma model of immunotherapy [6]. This issue contains an educational case report of serum sickness reaction with skin involvement induced by bee venom injection therapy from Korea [7], and a pilot study on the use of Yin Qiao San in children with conventional antipyretic hypersensitivity from Singapore [8]. Both of the articles are dealing with 'the traditional or complementary medicine and allergy' in our region.

The Potential Effects of Policy Changes on Drug Markets in the UK and Australia: Estimates from a Survey of Drug Users

One of the barriers to drug policy analysis and reform is uncertainty as to the effects of possible policy changes (Shanahan & Ritter, 2012). This paper will use datafrom the Global Drug Survey to examine potential effects of policy changes in both the UK and Australian drug markets, based on responses on intended behaviour changes from a sample of over 6,500 self-reported drug users (aged over 16) in each country. The Global Drug Survey is an independent online survey that accesses large samples by collaborating with global media partners such as The Guardian, Mixmag and Gay Times in the UK and Fairfax Media in Australia. It asks respondents to report their drug use and includes questions on how people would change their behaviours in response to three potential policy scenarios which are based on: decriminalisation; legalisation of possession; or legalisation with sale by government monopoly. The paper presents information on the demographics of GDS respondents. It uses latent class analysis to group these respondents according to classes of drug use type that underlie the data. It then analyses the extent to which GDS respondents reported an intention to increase use in response to the different policy scenarios. It analyses differences in these intentions to increase drug use across the policy scenarios and across the classes of drug user. Finally, it uses multinomial regression analysis to test the predictors of observed differences in intentions to increase drug use. These analyses suggest that a minority of GDS respondents would increase their illicit drug use (and reduce their alcohol use) under more lenient policy scenarios. Intentions to increase drug use tended to increase under progressively more lenient policy scenarios. People whose pattern of substance use is ‘alcohol only’ (i.e. the largest group in the general population of both UK and Australia) were less likely to report an intention to increase their drug use. GDS respondents in both countries who were male, gay or bisexual, or young were more likely to report an intention to increase drug use.

Lead With Languagesin 2015

Foreign Language AnnalsVolume 47, Issue 3 p. 373-375 President's Message Lead With Languages in 2015 Mary Lynn Redmond, Mary Lynn RedmondSearch for more papers by this authorMartha G. Abbott, Martha G. AbbottSearch for more papers by this author Mary Lynn Redmond, Mary Lynn RedmondSearch for more papers by this authorMartha G. Abbott, Martha G. AbbottSearch for more papers by this author First published: 18 August 2014 https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12095Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Volume47, Issue3Fall 2014Pages 373-375 RelatedInformation

Brands as publishers: Using content and paid media to fuel a brand transformation

Wearing the hat of publisher is a major shift in the way advertisers traditionally approach marketing and communication. Xerox's use of content marketing has enabled it to reposition the brand from its legacy perception as ‘the copier company’ to its current business as a global provider of business process services and solutions. According to Xerox, essential guidelines for content marketing include integrating paid, owned and earned content, appropriately employing sponsored native advertising, working closely with media partners to experiment with new formats and messages and being relevant to the target audience.

Offline: What is the World Health Summit for?

The second regional meeting of the World Health Summit convenes this week at the Medical School of the University of São Paulo (April 6–8). It follows a successful regional conference held in Singapore a year ago. In 2015, the Summit will move to Kyoto, Japan. The Brazilian hosts at this year's meeting are celebrating Latin American learning in five areas—healthy life expectancy, urban health, universal health coverage, health education, and research capacity. Region-focused global health events are rare. They matter because they provide an opportunity for global lessons to be drawn from local experiences. The Lancet is one of several “media partners” to the World Health Summit (Sabine Kleinert and I also sit on the Summit's Council). We have been strong supporters of the idea of a World Health Summit since its inception in 2009. But, as a critical friend, one must question its current value and direction. There is a sense among some partners that the Summit is drifting (and indeed diminishing) from year-to-year without evident achievement or advantage. Does the world need a World Health Summit? What is the World Health Summit for?We thank Richard Horton for his thoughtful critique (April 5, p 1195)1 of the World Health Summit and the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers, Universities, and National Academies. As a supporter of both activities since their earliest days, The Lancet's input is especially important to us. Full-Text PDF

Previewing Education Innovation 2014

The second annual Education Innovation event takes place in Manchester on February 27 and 28 and SecEd is an official media partner. Event manager David Ventris-Field previews the main attractions.

Responsible journalism? WikiLeaks, the diplomatic cables and freedom of expression in a U.K. context

This article develops a new analytical model for understanding the legal and ethical responsibilities of “news leak” sites. Focusing on the case study of WikiLeaks, and in particular the national security implications of the U.S. Cables release, it provides an authoritative summary of the relevant human rights law with a focus on the European Convention on Human Rights and draws on U.K. case law to discuss the likelihood that WikiLeaks could successfully claim free speech protection on the basis of the argument that it acted responsibly and ethically in the public interest. The article outlines WikiLeaks' editorial processes based on analysis of individual cables, and published accounts by WikiLeaks staff and media partners and applies the new analytical framework to WikiLeaks. After developing an analytical framework based on key legal standards, the article finds that the site operated with several different approaches to editorial ethics during its brief history and outlines a new approach to responsible publication for adoption by organizations that seek to emulate the leaks site.

Hannover Messe 2012

E&T is a preferred media partner for Hannover Messe 2012, the world's leading trade showcase for innovative industrial and engineering technology. This preview highlights some key must-visits, with details of free entry for IET members.

Hannover Messe 2012

E&T magazine is a preferred media partner for Hannover Messe 2012, the world's leading trade showcase for innovative industrial and engineering technology. This preview highlights some key visitor must-visits - with details of free entry for IET members.

Hannover Messe 2012

E&T magazine is a preferred media partner for Hannover Messe 2012, the world's leading trade showcase for innovative industrial and engineering technology. This preview highlights some key must-visits - with details of free entry for IET members.

Measuring Impact: The Importance of Evaluation for Documentary Film Campaigns

ABSTRACT Most people would agree that films can significantly impact individual attitudes and cultural narratives, but little research has sought to empirically measure these impacts. It is becoming increasingly important for documentary (and other issue-based) films to justify costs by providing data on the social “return on investment”, but care must be taken to ensure that both the questions asked and the methods used to answer them are valid and respectful. This paper introduces an emerging research agenda for the study of documentary film impacts, discussing both why such evaluation is important and key issues relevant to assessing impact. Author Keywords Film, Impact, Evaluation, Social Change INTRODUCTION Documentary film has grown significantly in the past decade, with high profile films such as Fahrenheit 9/11, Supersize Me, and An Inconvenient Truth garnering increased attention both at the box office and in the news media. In addition, the rising prominence of web-based media has provided new opportunities for documentary to create social impact. Films are now typically released with websites, Facebook pages, twitter feeds, and web videos to increase both reach and impact. This combination of technology and broader audience appeal has given rise to a current landscape in which documentary films are imbedded within coordinated multi-media campaigns. New media have not only opened up new avenues for communicating with audiences, they have also created new opportunities for data collection and analysis of film impacts. A recent report by McKinsey and Company highlighted this potential, introducing and discussing the implications of increasing consumer information being recorded on the Internet as well as through networked sensors in the physical world. As they found: "Big data—large pools of data that can be captured, communicated, aggregated, stored, and analyzed—is now part of every sector and function of the global economy" (Manyika et al. iv). This data can be mined to learn a great deal about both individual and cultural response to documentary films and the issues they represent. Although film has a rich history in humanities research, this new set of tools enables an empirical approach grounded in the social sciences. However, several researchers across disciplines have noted that limited investigation has been conducted in this area. Although there has always been an emphasis on social impact in film and many filmmakers and scholars have made legitimate (and possibly illegitimate) claims of impact, few have attempted to empirically justify these claims. Over fifteen years ago, noted film scholar Brian Winston commented that "the underlying assumption of most social documentaries—that they shall act as agents of reform and change—is almost never demonstrated" (236). A decade later, Political Scientist David Whiteman repeated this

Immediacy and openness in a digital Africa: Networked-convergent journalisms in Kenya

Before the US crackdown on the WikiLeaks website in 2010, the narrative of freedom dominating discourses on uneasy deployment of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in journalism was more prevalent in Africa – and developing regions – than in advanced democracies. Little wonder WikiLeaks did not, at least initially, include African media partners in their potent 2010 ‘cablegate’ exposés. From the 1996 Zambian government ban of the Post online to the recent onslaughts on bloggers in parts of the continent, ICT uses in journalism have reflected national contexts, with restrictions often resulting in self-censorship, as well as innovations that borrow from and build on global developments. This ‘glocal’ context perspective defines the review here of the new media use in journalism in Africa with an examination of Kenyan media coverage – mainly between the 2005 and 2010 constitutional referenda. The focus is on coverage by two leading newspapers as they strive to keep up with emerging alternative spaces of networked online expression. The aim here is to determine the extent to which the coverage reflects immediacy and openness in a networked and converged environment, with implications for democracy. The article employs a comparative approach and qualitative content-genre analysis.

Looking Over the Shoulders of Researchers

The Galathea 3 Expedition from 2006 to 2007 combined research and online news media, allowing journalists literally to “look over the shoulders of researchers.” The authors analyze 781 news articles published online by three media partners of the expedition, all well-established media companies including high-quality newspapers in their portfolio. Less than half of all articles covered research. The articles about research mainly represented researchers as knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and hardworking experts. Taking into consideration public criticism and clashes between journalists and researchers, the authors situate the research-media partnership and their findings in contemporary debates about science and the media.

The Urban Context: A Place to Eliminate Health Disparities and Build Organizational Capacity

This study seeks to examine the process of building the capacity to address health disparities in several urban African American neighborhoods. An inter-organizational network consisting of a research university, community members, community organizations, media partners, and foundations was formed to develop a community-based intervention designed to provide health promotion and disease prevention strategies for type 2 diabetes and hypertension. In-depth qualitative interviews (n = 18) with foundation executives and project directors, civic organization leadership, community leaders, county epidemiologist, and university partners were conducted. Our study contextualizes a process to build a public health partnership using cultural, community, organizational, and societal factors necessary to address health disparities. Results showed 5 important factors to build organizational capacity: leadership, institutional commitment, trust, credibility, and inter-organizational networks. These factors reflected other important organizational and community capacity indicators such as: community context, organizational policies, practices and structures, and the establishment of new commitments and partnerships important to comprehensively address urban health disparities. Understanding these factors to address African American health disparities will provide lessons learned for health educators, researchers, practitioners, foundations, and communities interested in building and sustaining capacity efforts through the design, implementation, and maintenance of a community-based health promotion intervention.

Longevity Risk and Capital Markets: The 2008-2009 Update

Longevity Four: The Fourth International Longevity Risk and Capital Markets Solutions Conference was held in Amsterdam on 25-26 September 2008. It was hosted by Netspar and the Pensions Institute (at Cass Business School), organised by PensionSummit and sponsored by Cardano, EIM, Nationale Nederlanden, and Robeco; IPE and Pensions & Investments were media partners. Mortality improvements around the world are putting more pressure on governments, pension funds, life insurance companies as well as individuals to deal with the longevity risk they face. At the same time, capital markets can, in principle, provide vehicles to hedge longevity risk effectively. Many new investment products have been created both by the insurance/reinsurance industry and by the capital markets. Mortality catastrophe bonds are an example of a successful insurance-linked security. Some new innovative capital market solutions for transferring longevity risk include survivor bonds, reverse mortgages, longevity-linked swaps and mortality (or q-) forward contracts. The aim of the International Longevity Risk and Capital Markets Solutions Conferences is to bring together academics and practitioners from all over the world to discuss and analyze these exciting new developments.