Media Professionals Research Articles

Second screening and trust in professional and alternative media: the mediating role of media efficacy

Abstract In the media convergence landscape, consumption of traditional, well-established media is increasingly combined with newer digital and online platforms such as blogs, podcasts, and social media, which has changed the way news users engage with media content. This study examines the relationship between hybrid media use—specifically, second screening—and trust in both professional and alternative media. Drawing on a two-wave U.S. panel data, first, we find that the second screening positively predicts individuals’ belief in the media’s ability to help them comprehend complex political matters, known in the literature as media efficacy. Furthermore, second screening is positively associated with alternative media trust but is not significantly related to trust in professional media. However, media efficacy positively mediates the connection between second screening and trust in both alternative and professional media. By delivering valuable information to help the public understand intricate political topics, the second screening promotes news media trust.

Relationship between Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies and Mental Health among Media Professionals in Conflict Zones

خلفية الدراسة ومشكلتها: بحسب اليونسكو فإنّ عدد القتلى من الصحفيين زاد للضعف في السنة الأخيرة عمّا قبلها، وهذا يعكس بوضوح مدى خطورة عملهم وأثره على صحتهم الجسدية والنفسية، ويظهر هذا التأثير في نمط نومهم، وتركيزهم، ومزاجهم وغير ذلك الأهداف: الهدف من هذه الدراسة هو تحديد العلاقة بين استراتيجيات التنظيم الانفعالي المعرفي وبين الصحة النفسية، لدى الإعلاميين في مناطق النزاع الطرق المستخدمة: شملت هذه الدراسة 146 إعلاميًا تم تقييم جميع المشاركين باستخدام استبانة التنظيم الانفعالي المعرفي وقائمة مراجعة الأعراض - 90 – المنقحة. تم حساب متوسط جميع الأبعاد (الأعراض النفسية) ووجد أنّه 1.36 (SD = -0.167) والمتوسط 1.01 و1.66 للبعدين السابع (القلق الرهابي) والثامن (التفكير بجنون العظمة) على التوالي. وبناءً على نقطة القطع (1.33)، كانت معظم الأبعاد أعلى بكثير من المتوسط، مع مستوى معتدل من الأعراض النفسية (الجسدنة، واضطراب الوسواس القهري، والحساسية الشخصية، والاكتئاب، والتفكير بجنون العظمة، وأعراض عامة أخرى). وكان متوسط جميع أبعاد التنظيم الانفعالي المعرفي 3.39 (SD = 417) وكان متوسط البعد التاسع (إعادة التركيز على التخطيط) 2.7. ومتوسط البعد الخامس (الوضع في الاعتبار) فكان 4.17. وفقًا لنقطة القطع (1.33)، وجميع الأبعاد أعلى من المتوسط النتائج: أظهرت النتائج أنّ معظم هذه الأعراض (لوم الذات، إلقاء اللوم على الآخرين، الاجترار، التهويل، القبول، وإعادة التركيز على التخطيط) في مستويات معتدلة، وباقي الأعراض كانت في مستويات معتدلة الاستنتاجات (التوصيات والمساهمة): هناك علاقة واضحة بين استراتيجيات التنظيم الانفعالي المعرفي المستخدمة من قبل الإعلاميين والأعراض النفسية الناتجة عنها

#73 : Common Problems Faced by Indian Assisted Reproductive Technologies Laboratory Professionals

Background and Aims: There has been tremendous growth in the offering of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) in India creating a critical shortage of experienced clinical embryologists thus inevitably leading reduced training opportunities. The aim of this study was to investigate problems faced by laboratory professionals in the ART industry in India. Method: An online questionnaire survey was distributed to ART laboratory professionals globally through professional societies, social media, and email databases. The questionnaire included demographic questions and open-ended questions on problems faced by ART laboratory professionals at the clinic level, professional level, and personal level. The survey was active from May 2016 until February 2017. The Indian data was collected and analysed as a global sub-population. The identified common problems were used to categorise the responses and the percentage distribution was calculated. Results: Among 136 survey responders, 79 provided responses on problems faced by ART laboratory professionals, including 11 junior embryologists, 19 embryologists, 31 senior embryologists, 18 managers and directors. The problems identified from the responses were ‘overworking’ (18%), ‘respect / recognition’ (16%), ‘clinician and embryologist relationship’ (14%), ‘management’ (12%), ‘lack of training’ (11%), ‘regulation / certification’ (7%), ‘blamed for clinical outcomes’ (7%), ‘decision making’ (6%), ‘salary’ (5%), ‘staffing’ (3%). When stratified into roles, the top problems for junior embryologists were ‘overworking’ (21%), ‘respect / recognition’ (21%), and ‘lack of training’ (21%), for embryologists was ‘overworking’ (21%), for senior embryologists was ‘respect / recognition’ (18%) and ‘management’ (18%), for managers and directors was ‘respect / recognition’ (21%). Conclusion: The problems faced in the Indian ART industry are broad but are prioritised differently by staff members depending on their roles. Future research should investigate reasons underlining these problems and strategies to improve staff wellbeing particularly considering the recently introduced government regulations on ART in India.

Unproclaimed Motivation:

With technological advances in AVT production, distribution, and consumption, translation activity has expanded to allow many opportunities for user participation such as non-professional subtitling. AVT scholars have thereby asserted that a new framework using a sociological lens is needed to study translators’ roles in non-professional settings. This paper focuses on the role of Arabic non-professional (ANP) subtitlers in their capacity as agents of normative change through activist practices. Namely, this paper tests the hypothesis that one of ANP subtitlers’ unproclaimed motivations behind subtitling is to challenge social and subtitling norms. Translating explicit language is presented as an example of this unproclaimed motivation to challenge censorship and ultimately social and subtitling norms. To this end, this paper relies on results obtained from a mixed-method survey that elicited sociodemographic data of 40 non-professional subtitlers of Arabic; as well as their motivations behind subtitling. This study has found that ANP subtitlers demonstrate activist practices by challenging censorship of explicit language. Activism is also identified as an unproclaimed motivation behind ANP subtitling. Survey responses and subtitling examples are analyzed and discussed followed by concluding remarks and recommendations for future research. Lay summary The development and spread of social media, the internet, and media production/distribution has bred new forms of translation that allow more participation from the viewers of films, YouTube videos, and any form of audiovisual content. This has blurred the line between so-called professional and amateur media production/distribution (Pérez-González, 2013a; Díaz-Cintas, 2018). Scholars who study the translation of audiovisual texts such as film using modes such as subtitling and dubbing have thereby stated that a new approach, using a sociological lens, is needed to study translators’ roles in non-professional settings. This paper focuses on Arabic non-professional (ANP) subtitlers in their capacity as agents of change through intervening in the translation. Intervention in the translation is manly revolved around controlling what is translated and how. Specifically, this paper tests the theory that one of ANP subtitlers’ unproclaimed motivations behind subtitling is to challenge societal and subtitling norms. Norms are a set of, mostly unwritten, rules that govern what is acceptable and what is not for a society or a subtitling community. Translating explicit language is presented as an example of this unproclaimed motivation to challenge norms as well as censorship that prevalent in many regulated media outlets such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, etc. This paper presents results obtained from a survey of 40 non-professional subtitlers of Arabic; as well as their motivations behind subtitling. We found that 45% of the surveyed ANP subtitlers claim to adopt subtitling practices that may be called interventionist, and that this can also be seen in some of the examples of their texts. We also found that ANP subtitlers’ motivational factors have an impact on translational choices (for example, the choice of not translating certain words). These translational choices can be interpreted as forms of interventionism in some cases.

A Correlation Study Between Altmetrics and Citations Using the Parameters of Title Rendering, Open Access, and Funding Status

A correlation study between professional academic citations and social media (SM)-dominated Altmetrics measures is of interest to library professionals. Three parameters namely, title wording, open access (OA) facility, and research funding credentials impact the citation of an article. The study investigates how these parameters relate to the literature related to COVID-19, SM, and misinformation. The citations were obtained from the Dimension- Altmetric citation database. The database was searched using the search terms “Covid-19 AND Social Media AND Misinformation”. The Mann-Whitney-U test, pearson correlation and point- biserial correlation analysis were used to analyse the 1,489 citations. A moderate positive pearson correlation (r= 0.429, p= 0.00) between the altmetric score and dimension-based citations was found. A significant association between the altmetric score and OA compared to those of non-OA articles was observed. No significant association was found between the altmetric score and the use of specific words in the title of the article except for the length of the title. Articles that received financial support had significantly higher altmetric scores but, in the case of citations, this was not significant.

The role of citizen journalism in society: An analysis based on foreign theory and Kazakhstani experience

This study investigates the impact of citizen journalism in Kazakhstan, utilizing quantitative and logical methods, drawing on both foreign and local insights. Findings reveal trust in mainstream media, concerns about bias and recognition of citizen journalism’s value for diverse perspectives. Media professionals acknowledge its significance and express varied opinions on credibility and future development.

Effect of Using 3D Pageflip Learning Media on Student Learning Outcomes in Vibration and Wave Material

One learning media that can be applied in the learning process is 3D Pageflip Professional. 3D Pageflip Professional is a leading application software for creating e-books, digital magazines, e-papers, and others. This research aims to describe the effect of using 3D Pageflip Professional learning media on vibration and wave material at SMP Negeri 1 Telaga Jaya. This research uses a valid experimental method with a posttest-only control design. The sampling technique in this research was random sampling. The sample for this research was class VIII students divided into two classes, namely the experimental class is class VIII-1, and the control class is class VIII-2. This research uses quantitative descriptive data analysis. The research showed that the average percentage of cognitive level scores for student learning outcomes in classes using 3D Pageflip Professional learning media reached 81.30% (very high). In types using PowerPoint media, it reached 78.33% (high). Likewise, the results of classical completion in learning activities were 92% in the experimental class and 85% in the control class. These values ​​show that the 3D Pageflip Professional learning media influences the learning outcomes of class VII students at SMP Negeri 1 Telaga Jaya, especially on vibration and wave material.

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Influence on Slovak Media Professionals

The research focuses on the status of media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic by media professionals in Slovakia. Out of a representative research sample calculated to be 242 reporters out of a total of 2,130 reporters in Slovakia, only 50 reporters responded to the questionnaire, which is also a limitation of this research. From the responses, the authors generated the current status of media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Positive results of the questionnaire survey include that most of the media reporters tried to rely on the opinions of experts such as epidemiologists, virologists, etc. Also, 64% of the respondents did not feel any restriction of freedom in their work. The high percentage of self-study by reporters should also be added to the positive phenomena. On the negative side, as many as 56% of the respondents stated that it was not important for them to influence public opinion, and a smaller percentage also mentioned various influences that interfered with the impartiality and objectivity of reporting. Also, a high percentage of respondents were critical of the government’s management of the pandemic. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that the state of media coverage in Slovakia during the COVID-19 pandemic was not entirely optimal. Further research should complement and refine the picture of the Slovak media at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Giving coins for free: Does digital outsourcing of technical and advisory support influence the success of initial coin offerings (ICOs)?

AbstractInitial coin offerings (ICOs) have emerged as a novel mechanism for financing entrepreneurial ventures. This relatively new application of blockchain technology allows a venture to raise money directly from the crowd by creating and selling its own coin or utility token in exchange for future use of this coin to purchase the services and products the venture is aiming to create. During the ICO ventures often use digital technologies to outsource services and build social capital. Despite the explosive growth of ICOs, little is known about the impact of these outsourcing strategies on the ICOs fundraising outcome. This paper presents explanatory research to better understand the role and potential impact of ICO strategies in outsourcing technical and advisory services by offering coins for free. More particularly, using data from 2081 ventures that sought to raise an ICO over the period 2016–2018, we examined the extent to which ventures can influence the likelihood of ICO success by adopting strategies aimed at outsourcing services and building social capital, namely by providing free coins to outsource expertise and by adapting social media campaigns. Findings suggest that although the use of professional social media platforms is associated with both ICO success and a higher level of fundraising, over‐generous outsourcing strategies had a negative impact on the ICO's likelihood to succeed.

Exploring the Audience of Alternative News Media: Trust, Reflexivity, and Political Attitudes in the Czech Republic

ABSTRACT This study explores the audiences of Czech alternative news media (ANM) and seeks the predictors for its use. It examines the relationship between ANM usage and trust in mainstream media, media reflexivity, political interest, political attitudes that indicate the liberal-conservative divide, and political antagonism. Adopting an audience-centered approach, the study identifies ANM users through their self-identification based on perceived ANM news sources. Additionally, it verifies the robustness of this approach by considering a spectrum of alternative-to-mainstream news sources. The findings reveal that the reception of Czech ANM is associated with lower trust in professional mainstream media and higher political interest. Moreover, self-identification-based measures show links with internet usage and media reflexivity, while the second model found weak effects for one’s attitude to the European Union and political antagonism. The study discusses the differences between the approaches and the implications of both measurements.

AI triage or manual triage? Exploring medical staffs’ preference for AI triage in China

ObjectivesThe introduction of AI technology in healthcare presents both opportunities and challenges. The aim of this study was to investigate medical staffs' preference for AI triage and the influencing factors. MethodsA survey was conducted online among medical staffs in China from March 4th to April 28th, 2021. Participants were recruited through multiple channels, including medical professional platforms and social media. A total of 677 valid responses were obtained from medical staff members located in 28 provinces across China. ResultsThe results showed that AI triage had an overall acceptance rate of 77.1%, and 45.2% of the medical staffs surveyed preferred "AI triage exclusively." Direct experience was positively associated with medical staffs' preference for AI triage (β = 0.223, p < .001). Additionally, greater exposure to a variety of media was positively associated with the perceived value of AI technology, which, in turn, increased preference for AI triage (β = 0.040, SE = 0.013, p < .001, 95% CI = [0.017, 0.067]). ConclusionMedical staffs generally hold a favorable attitude towards AI triage, particularly in areas with a high medical burden and during pandemics. In a multimedia environment, media exposure variety impacts medical staffs' preferences through their perceived value of AI technology. This study has implications for the implementation of AI triage on a larger scale.

Path to Improve the Professional Quality of Students Majoring in Financial News: Micro Evidence from 300 Questionnaires from Three Universities

&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;There must be a better match between the supply of financial news graduates in colleges and the media's demand for financial news talents. Based on 300 questionnaires and in-depth interviews from three universities, namely Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, and Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, this paper uses the interview method to excavate the professional quality improvement path for majoring in financial news students. Results reveal that undergraduates majoring in financial news have problems such as low professional identity, insufficient recognition of the discipline system, poor sense of professional identity, common matching between job selection and majors, and worrying about the status quo of professional literacy. Therefore, the improvement of the professional quality of students majoring in financial news and the reform of the training program needs to drive the professional quality of students in multiple dimensions, change their professional cognitive problems, strengthen their professional identity, and achieve an effective match between supply and demand of financial media professionals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Web&amp;#39;s Progression: Moving from Passive Content Consumption to Active Content Creation and Content Validation

This research paper reviews the evolution of the Web from its early phase, web 1.0, to the present state, web 3.0. The primary emphasis is placed on the shift that users have undergone, transitioning from content consumption to content creation, and now towards content validation. During the Web 1.0 era, users could only passively view static web pages. The introduction of Web 2.0 allowed users to generate and share content online. However, in the current era of Web 3.0, personalized content recommendations are offered through machine learning, which makes content validation more important. This study highlights the significance of these changes for digital media professionals, web developers, and web users, and concludes with recommendations for future research.

Analyzing Imran Khan’s Billion Tree Tsunami Initiative from Ecolinguistic Perspective: Assessing its Environmental Implications for Pakistan

Pakistan distinguished as a nation with high vulnerability due to the severe inadequacies of climate change. To mitigate climate change effects the “Billion Tree Tsunami Initiative” was the first attempt launched by Imran Khan in 2014. The campaign discussed and got media attention because of allegations of negligence, corruption and using the campaign for political causes by PTI. This research paper presents an interdisciplinary approach, mingling eco-linguistic discourse analysis with quantitative and qualitative analysis, to offer an inclusive assessment of the initiative's inferences for Pakistan's environment. Through eco- linguistic discourse analysis, the paper reveals the visionary rhetoric implanted in Imran Khan's speeches as well as official documents. It clarifies the initiative's promise to sustainable reforestation rehearses, exceeding mere rhetoric to represent a deep indulgent of the interaction between environmental health as well as long-term economic constancy. The use of eco-centric language strengthens a common moral duty to defend the environment, nurturing a lasting association between the citizens as well as their natural environments. A mix- method approach was applied for this study. For qualitative analysis Imran khan’s 20 speeches were selected randomly from 2014-2022 from different cities of Pakistan, official documents related to “Imran khan’s 10 Billion Tree Tsunami” and media coverage from 2014-2022. A simple random sampling was used for this study. The qualitative data was analyzed by NVivo software. The framing strategies, linguistic features, and metaphors were analyzed from Imran khan’s speeches, official documents, and media coverage. This phase compromises perceptions of the progress of the initiative’s Ecolinguistic discourse over the years. The quantitative data was analyzed by SPSS software (version 24) and Python’s Natural Language Toolkit. Key metrics and sentimental analysis of media coverage were done for the quantitative analysis of “Imran Khan’s 10 Billion Tree initiative”. The quantitative analysis comprises budget utilization, employment impact, public sentiments, and tree survival rates. The SPSS software provides the descriptive statistics of tree survival rates, and the % ages of employment rates, while Python’s Natural Language Toolkit (PNLT) presents the sentimental analysis of media coverage related to the 10 Billion tree initiative launched by Imran Khan. The data has been presented in tables and pie charts. This study will be beneficial for policymakers, activists and NGOs, international researchers, educators, media professionals, media coverage, and fostering global collaboration in ecological restoration efforts.

‘It's all about rapport’: Australian therapists' recommendations for engaging adolescent males in counselling and psychotherapy

AbstractObjectiveWhat are the recommendations provided by Australian therapists to engage and retain adolescent males in psychotherapy? This question is considered in response to research highlighting low engagement and high premature dropout in psychological treatment among adolescent males in both Australia and other Western nations.MethodParticipants were 67 Australian mental health practitioners (35 psychologists, 20 social workers, eight counsellors, three psychiatrists and one occupational therapist) recruited through purposive sampling via professional association websites, publications and social media. Participants completed an open‐question, web‐based qualitative survey. Responses were analysed using inductive reflexive thematic analysis.ResultsThree themes and 10 subthemes were developed, including the following: (1) creating a context of safety; (2) undertaking practices that develop rapport and engagement; and (3) undertaking masculinity‐aware adaptions to the therapy process.ConclusionThe recommendations provided by Australian therapists align with the broader literature tasked with developing male‐friendly interventions applicable and appealing to young men. Therapeutic relationships underpinned by masculinity‐informed trust, commitment and collaboration may be a part of the remedy to young men's limited engagement and retention in therapy.

The Affective Epistemology of Digital Journalism: Emotions as Knowledge Among On-the-Ground and OSINT Media Practitioners Covering the Russo-Ukrainian War

In this paper, we seek to introduce the term “affective epistemology” into digital journalism studies. Building on twenty-seven interviews with media workers reporting on the Russo-Ukrainian War and digital documentation analysis, we address the following research questions: What is the epistemic value of media practitioners’ emotions? How do emotional attachments shape how media professionals and open-source analysts navigate fact-finding and neutrality? We argue that media professionals’ emotional engagement is a form of embodied knowledge with cognitive and strategic rationality. We identify four epistemological affordances of emotions and illustrate that emotions motivate journalistic practices and are motivated by reality on the ground and available knowledge, can serve as a methodological and an epistemological tool, and form a part of reality; emotions also drive innovations and facilitate team collaboration. Furthermore, we argue that the Russo-Ukrainian War is a context where the discourse on impartiality, neutrality, and detachment becomes experienced as problematic and counterproductive. We show how the work of journalists is changing as they align with discourses on human rights and justice and legal fact-finding bodies that are committed to legal objectivity.

Facilitators and Barriers to Accessing Antifibrinolytic and Iron Therapies for Patients Who Menstruate - a Global Healthcare Provider Survey

Background: Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) negatively impacts quality of life directly and indirectly due to symptoms associated with resultant iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA). Antifibrinolytics, to decrease blood loss, and iron supplementation, to replace deficits, should be cornerstones of HMB management. Despite an abundance of evidence supporting their effectiveness and safety, clear, consistent guidance on treating HMB and secondary ID/IDA is lacking which renders access to care suboptimal and inequitable. Objective: To identify barriers and facilitators to health care provider (HCP) access of oral antifibrinolytic agents and iron supplementation for patients with HMB globally. Methods: We conducted a global survey on HCPs' experience in accessing antifibrinolytics, oral and intravenous (IV) iron. Participants were identified via snowball sampling using professional connections and/or social media. Descriptive analysis was used. Given the voluntary nature of our survey, the total number of responses varied with each question. This study was approved by the institutional research ethics board. Results: A total of 113 HCPs responded, and practiced in North America (74%), Europe (17%), Central and South America (2%), Middle East (2%), Africa (1%), and Australia (1%). Specialties included obstetrics and gynecology (41%), hematology (21%), family medicine (16%), internal medicine (11%), pediatrics (9%), and maternal fetal medicine (1%). See Figures 1 and 2 for antifibrinolytic and iron barriers by region, respectively. Antifibrinolytic Top Global Barriers: survey respondents reported product monograph contraindications (50/103, 49%), prescription requirement (46/103, 45%), lack of insurance coverage (34/103, 33%), patient safety concerns and drug cost (both 33/103, 32%). Antifibrinolytic Top Global Facilitators: HCPs reported access to websites for knowledge translation (35/85, 41%), readily available education materials (27/85, 32%), and drug access navigators (16/85, 19%). Oral Iron Top Barriers: HCPs reported patient concern regarding adverse effects of oral iron (64/101, 63%), inappropriately low ferritin reference ranges (38/101, 38%), drug cost (36/101, 36%), lack of private insurance coverage (27/101, 27%), and lack of public insurance coverage (26/101, 26%). Oral Iron Top Facilitators: HCPs reported readily available education materials (43/82, 52%), websites for knowledge translation (33/82, 40%), and drug access navigators (19/82, 23%). IV Iron Top Barriers: HCPs reported lack of infusion center capacity (58/101, 57%), drug cost (51/101, 51%), administrative burden (50/101, 50%), lack of public insurance coverage (40/101, 40%), and lack of private insurance coverage (37/101, 37%). IV Iron Top Facilitators: HCPs reported publicly funded infusion clinics (55/99, 56%), private infusion clinics (29/99, 29%), readily available education materials (25/99, 25%), websites for knowledge translation (23/99, 23%), and drug access navigators (21/99, 21%). Conclusions: Despite geographical variability in funding of health services and medications, there was a surprising consistency in the top reported barriers and facilitators to antifibrinolytic and iron access among international survey respondents. A key limitation is the predominant representation from North American and European countries. Further research in other regions is needed to allow us to gauge and address global barriers and facilitators more comprehensively.

Quality of online media reports of suicide and attempted suicide in India.

News media reporting of suicide may influence the masses toward or against suicidal behavior. So, responsible reporting by news media is important to protect vulnerable people from the deleterious effects of media reporting. World Health Organization has issued guidelines for media reporting of suicide in this regard. We planned this research to evaluate the quality of online news media reports of suicide and attempted suicides in India. We assessed a total of 210 news reports about suicide and attempted suicides (70 English, 70 Malayalam, and 70 Hindi) to evaluate the reporting of harmful and protective characteristics in news according to the World Health Organization guidelines for reporting suicide in media. We found all three language media reported almost all potentially harmful characteristics with gender (100%), location/site of suicide in the headline (97.61%), precipitating life events (95.24%), mentioning term 'Suicide' in the headline (98.10%), monocausal explanation for suicidality (90.95%), suicide method in the headline (90.95%), an accompanying photo (92.38%), and suicide method (93.81%) being reported with highest frequency. Potentially protective characteristics were not included in most news reports with poor focus on awareness information. Vernacular language media were poor as compared to English news media about the quality of reporting suicide. We found poor adherence to reporting guidelines by online news media for reporting of suicide with poor coverage of educative and awareness information for the general public. It underlines the need for improving awareness among media professionals about responsible reporting of suicide.

Media Dualism in Indonesia's Coverage of the Sexual Violence Bill

This research is motivated by two primary factors. First, the emergence of alternative news media can be considered as a counterbalance to the professional news media with their various biases. The second pertains to the protracted legislative process of the Sexual Violence Bill (RUU TPKS) before its eventual enactment. The objective of this study is to see examine these two media categories frame the protracted struggle in the legislative process of the TPKS Bill, given that framing reflects the media's perspective, which subsequently influence the audience's understanding of the issue. The subjects of this research are news related to the TPKS Bill as presented by both professional and alternative media in Indonesia. This research employs a qualitative approach in conjunction with the framing method developed by Robert Entman. This study’s findings reveal diametrical contrast in the frames adopted by professional and alternative media in reporting the TPKS Bill. Professional media constructs a frame that characterizes the protracted discussion of the TPKS Bill in the DPR as a technical-procedural problem. In contrast, alternative media framed it as a result of the DPR’s failure or lack of commitment to protect victims of sexual violence.

Current use of drains and management of seroma following mastectomy and axillary surgery: results of a United Kingdom national practice survey

PurposeUp to 40% of the 56,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK undergo mastectomy. Seroma formation following surgery is common, may delay wound healing, and be uncomfortable or delay the start of adjuvant treatment. Multiple strategies to reduce seroma formation include surgical drains, flap fixation and external compression exist but evidence to support best practice is lacking. We aimed to survey UK breast surgeons to determine current practice to inform the feasibility of undertaking a future trial.MethodsAn online survey was developed and circulated to UK breast surgeons via professional and trainee associations and social media to explore current attitudes to drain use and management of post-operative seroma. Simple descriptive statistics were used to summarise the results.ResultsThe majority of surgeons (82/97, 85%) reported using drains either routinely (38, 39%) or in certain circumstances (44, 45%). Other methods for reducing seroma such as flap fixation were less commonly used. Wide variation was reported in the assessment and management of post-operative seromas. Over half (47/91, 52%) of respondents felt there was some uncertainty about drain use after mastectomy and axillary surgery and two-thirds (59/91, 65%) felt that a trial evaluating the use of drains vs no drains after simple breast cancer surgery was needed.ConclusionsThere is a need for a large-scale UK-based RCT to determine if, when and in whom drains are necessary following mastectomy and axillary surgery. This work will inform the design and conduct of a future trial.